Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 469
14 May 1908 469 can be expected to happen other than him falling on someone? He should go in the likeness of a lamp so that others could find light through him. Piety and Purity of Heart are Indeed the Right Weapons To exult on knowledge of material sciences is foolishness. Your strength should be of your spirit. God Almighty did not say that He taught science or philosophy or logic and provided assis- tance through them. He said rather that: 1 ْمُهَدَّيَا ٍحْوُرِب ُهْنِّم ْمُهَدَّيَا ٍحْوُرِب ُهْنِّم That is, He assisted with His Spirit. The Companions ra were unlettered and so was their Prophet (Our Leader the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). And yet, great scholars could not imagine the wisdom imparted by them because they had special help from God. Righteousness, piety, and purity provide help from within. These weapons of material sciences are weak weapons. It is possible—nay, highly probable —that the opponent has even stronger weapons. Therefore, the weapon needed ought to be such as the enemy cannot compete with. And that weapon is [bringing about] a real change, and the piety and purity of heart. How can one with a cataract, cure the cataract of another? Even if the advice of one who possesses a pure nature is apparently rejected at the time, it does not go in vain. Rather, it leaves a hidden impact on the life of the person, as is said: � د الرجم رب دل ن � ي � ش � ن � د � ي نخس زک دل ربون ٓا� What proceeds from the heart, undoubtedly penetrates hearts. 1. S u rah al-Muj a dalah, 58:23 [Publisher]