Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 40
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 40 around a pedestrian and bark and make a ruckus, one who comes commissioned by God is attacked by people like dogs because he is not from among them and they raise a clamour in his opposition and try to cause him grief, but eventually God Almighty destroys them all with one glare. Verbal Confession of Islam is Not Enough One who follows a religion as pure as Islam is very fortunate. However, there is no benefit in mere verbal confession of Islam until one acts upon it with a sincere heart. Apropos for most people is the following description of the Holy Quran: 1 َو اَذِا اوُقَل َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا اْۤوُلاَق اَّنَمٰا١ۖۚ َو اَذِا اْوَلَخ ىٰلِا ْمِهِنْيِطٰيَش١ۙ اْۤوُلاَق اَّنِا ْمُكَعَم١ۙ اَمَّنِا ُنْحَن َنْوُءِزْهَتْسُم۠ َو اَذِا اوُقَل َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا اْۤوُلاَق اَّنَمٰا١ۖۚ َو اَذِا اْوَلَخ ىٰلِا ْمِهِنْيِطٰيَش١ۙ اْۤوُلاَق اَّنِا ْمُكَعَم١ۙ اَمَّنِا ُنْحَن َنْوُءِزْهَتْسُم۠ Meaning that, when they go to the Muslims, they say, ‘We are Muslim. ’ And when they go to others, they say, ‘We are with you. ’ These are the people who have been called hypocrites in the Holy Quran. Therefore, until one follows the Holy Quran fully, he does not fully enter Islam. The Excellences of the Holy Quran The Quran is the Holy Book which came to the world at a time when terrible iniquities ran rampant throughout the world. Many errors of belief and practice had found currency and almost all were mired in foul deeds and foul beliefs. This is what Allah the Almighty points to in the Holy Quran: 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:15 [Publisher]