Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 180
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 180 child becomes ill or one becomes involved in some grave court case. Thus, unless and until there develops a real restlessness and a state of anguish in supplication, it is a totally ineffectual and absurd endeavour. Anguish is a prerequisite for acceptance [of prayers] as Allah says: 1 ْنَّمَا ُبْيِجُّي َّرَطْضُمْلا اَذِا ُهاَعَد َو ُفِشْكَي َءْٓوُّسلا ْنَّمَا ُبْيِجُّي َّرَطْضُمْلا اَذِا ُهاَعَد َو ُفِشْكَي َءْٓوُّسلا Make Yourself an Excellent and Pious Example Our Jama’at members should make themselves into an exam- ple for others. If the life of anyone, even after entering into the Bai’at [Pledge of Allegiance], is as unholy and filthy as it was before, and the person sets a bad example despite being a mem- ber of my Jama’at and displays weakness in his belief or in his conduct, then such a one is a wrongdoer because he defames the entire Jama’at and makes me a target of criticism as well. Members who are a bad exemplification create aversion in oth- ers while those who are a good exemplification serve to attract others. Some people write to me that though they are not yet members of my Jama’at, they surmise from the condition of some of its members that it must have pious teachings. 2 َّنِا َهّٰللا َعَم َنْيِذَّلا اْوَقَّتا َّو َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه َنْوُنِسْحُّم َّنِا َهّٰللا َعَم َنْيِذَّلا اْوَقَّتا َّو َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه َنْوُنِسْحُّم God Almighty also prepares a daily record of man’s actions so we too should prepare a daily record of our actions and should 1. Or, Who answers the distressed person when he calls upon Him, and removes the evil ( S u rah an-Naml, 27:63). [Publisher] 2. Verily, Allah is with those who are righteous and those who do good ( S u rah an-Na h l, 16:129). [Publisher]