Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 318
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 318 thing. One can intuitively recognize that this person is truth- ful. Truth has a boldness and bravery to it. A liar shows coward- ice. One whose life is sullied by impurity and filthy sins, always remains afraid and cannot enter the field. He cannot express his truth with bravery and boldness like a truthful person can, nor can he present evidence of his purity. Just ponder upon worldly affairs: is there a person who has been granted even a trivial portion of well-being by Allah, and he is not beset by jealous individuals around him? People do become jealous of every prosperous person and remain in his pursuit. The same is the condition of spiritual matters. Satan, too, is the enemy of reformation. Therefore, one ought to keep his account clean and keep his dealing with God straight. He ought to please God and, then, not be fearful of anyone nor worry about anyone. He should refrain from such matters as would make him the target of [Divine] chastise- ment. However, all this cannot happen without the help from the unseen and an ability granted by God. Human effort alone cannot accomplish anything unless it is also accompanied by the grace of God: 1 َقِلُخ ُناَسْنِاْلا اًفْيِعَض َقِلُخ ُناَسْنِاْلا اًفْيِعَض Man is feeble. He is full of wrongs. He is encircled by adversi- ties. Thus, pray that Allah the Exalted may grant the ability to do good and make one heir to help from the unseen and the blessings of [Divine] grace. 1. Man has been created weak ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:29). [Publisher]