Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 47
26 October 1905 47 in wealth and worldliness so that life may be lived in comfort. God is disgusted with such a person. You should look at the life of the Companions ra ; they were not enamoured with life. They were always ready to die. Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance] means to sell one’s life. When a person has dedicated his life, why does he bring worldly matters into it? Such a man only takes a superficial bai‘at. He will fall by the wayside today or tomorrow. Only a person who wants to per- fect his faith can remain. A person should study the life of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his Companions daily. They were of a calibre that some had already died, and some were sitting ready to die. I genuinely say that nothing can be done in any other way. Allah the Exalted says that those who worship, standing as it were, on the edge, so that they may run away upon seeing any trial, will not be able to derive any benefit. The people of the world have the habit that if they experience the slightest pain, they start offering long and laborious prayers but forget God during times of ease. Do people wish that God should be pleased with them without having to pass through trials? God is Merciful and Beneficent. However, the true believer slaughters the world with his own hands. God does not waste such people. In the beginning, the world becomes a paradigm of Hell for the believer. Various types of trials occur, and horrors unfold. Then they persevere, and God protects them. Nonetheless: وبد وخین و رسشک اول قشع وبد �ب�ی�روین ہک رہ د ر خ رگ�ی� ات At first, love is loud and fierce; So that the person who is just a spectator should run away. There are two Paradises for the one who fears God. He who becomes one with the will of God is protected by Him, and he