Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 330
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 330 stop his craft and sit [idle] like a cripple. On the contrary, I am advising you to exemplify the case of: 1 اَل ْمِهْيِهْلُت ٌةَراَجِت َّو اَل ٌعْيَب ْنَع ِرْكِذ ِهّٰللا اَل ْمِهْيِهْلُت ٌةَراَجِت َّو اَل ٌعْيَب ْنَع ِرْكِذ ِهّٰللا Cultivating a state where the hand is engaged in work while the heart is engaged in [the remembrance of ] the Beloved. In short, no matter what work you are involved in—a trader in his trade, a farmer in his farming, or a king ruling from his throne of governance—everyone should keep God as his objective in all his engagements, and may do whatever he desires while keeping His grandeur and awe in his mind, and respecting His commandments and His permissions and prohibitions. Do everything while being fearful of Allah. Where does Islam teach that you should give up work and sit idle like the handicapped; and, instead of being of service to others, become a burden upon them? Nay! Laziness is a sin. How then could such an individual serve God or His religion? How would he feed the family of his which God has trusted to his care? So remember that Allah does not wish for you to entirely give up this world. His wish is that: 2 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز Do business, do farming, be employed, be a craftsman, do what- ever you want, but restrain your egos from disobeying God, and purify your selves to such an extent that these worldly occupa- tions fail to make you forgetful of God. Then your mundane 1. Whom neither trade nor commerce makes oblivious of the remembrance of Allah ( S u rah an-N ur , 24:38). [Publisher] 2. Surely, he prospers who augments it ( S u rah ash-Shams, 91:10). [Publisher]