So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 21
(Your wealth may not destroy you). The other kind of provision is the one that is granted by God with His pleasure. God Himself is the Guardian of such people and all that they have, they take it to be really for God ((e. the real possessor is God) and they give a practical proof of it. Look at the Companions of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq was the first to cover himself with a blanket (for, he had given everything to the Holy Prophet for the cause of God). Then, how great was the reward given to him by God. He was the first to become Khalifa (Successor of the Holy Prophet). This is real excellence and commendable virtue and it should be remembered that it is only what we spend for the cause of God that becomes the source of contentment and spiritual bliss. (Malfoozat Vol. I, p. 202) EXCELLENCE SHOULD BE 'EPIDEMIC' You should remember that the excellences should be like "epidemic diseases". The believer has been commaI]. ded to make his manners and character so excellent that they m·ay become epidemic, for there is nothong, however good it may be, that the people would like to follow or to adopt unless it has a glow and an attraction. It is the brightness of the things that attracts and it is the attraction that draws them towards itself. It is the good part of a thing that urges the people to act the same way. (Malfoozat Vol. I, p, 204) THE HOLY QURAN FOR EVERYBODY You should remember that the Holy Quran has two parts, rather three parts. One part is such that even the common man who is illiterate can understand. The second part 21