Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 88
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 88 1 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز۰۰َ۪ۙو ْدَق َباَخ ْنَم اَهىّٰسَد۰۰ ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز۰۰َ۪ۙو ْدَق َباَخ ْنَم اَهىّٰسَد۰۰ This states that the one who purified his soul found salva- tion, and the one who remained deprived of it ended up being unsuccessful and frustrated. Therefore, you should understand now what is meant by tadhkiyah nafs [purification of the self ]. Truth about Tadhkiyah Nafs Accordingly, a Muslim should always be ready to discharge the rights of God and the rights of fellow beings. As a Muslim, he proclaims with his tongue that God is One without any associate in His being and His attributes, and he should prac- tically demonstrate it to be so. He should treat His creation with sympathy and gentleness; and should not carry any kind of grudge, jealousy, or rancour for his brethren; and should distance himself from backbiting altogether. But I see it is still far off that you become so engrossed and absorbed in God Almighty as if you only belong to Him. Just as you proclaim with your tongue, you should show it with your actions as well. Many of you do not duly discharge the rights of God’s creation yet. Many harbour enmity and dissent among themselves and look upon those who are weaker and poorer than them with disdain, treating them rudely; and backbite against each other, carrying grudges and rancour in their hearts; whereas God admonishes the believers to become as a single body. 2 And when you become as a single body, then it could be said that you have purified your souls, because until your mutual inter- action is not set straight, your interaction with God cannot be 1. S u rah ash-Shams, 91:10–11 [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam , vol. 12, no. 3, p. 2–5, dated 10 January 1908