The Will — Page 45
Appendix Relating to Risalah al-Wasiyyat 45 remember, these are the Works of God Almighty, and He does what He wills. Indeed He has willed that by this scheme He shall distinguish between a hypocrite and a believer. And I too feel that those who, having been informed of this Divine scheme, having been informed of this Divine scheme become anxious, immedi- ately and without hesitation, to subscribe one tenth of their prop- erty in the way of Allah—nay, they even show greater fervour— and set the seal on their faithfulness. Allah says: 1 ّٓمٓلا۰۰ َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي۰۰ Do the people think that I [Allah] should be pleased only by their verbal claim: ‘We have believed’ and that they should not be tried just yet. Whereas this trial is no trial. The companions of the Holy Prophet s as were tried when they were required to sacrifice their lives. Accordingly, they laid down their lives in the path of God. Then how far away from the truth is the thought as to why every- one is not allowed to be buried in this graveyard. Were this the case, why then did God Almighty prescribe trials in each age? In every age, He has been pleased to distinguish the impure from the pure. He has, therefore, done the same now. In the days of the Holy Prophet s as , God prescribed some minor trials, too. For example, it was the practice that no one would seek any kind of 1. I am Allah, the All-Knowing. Do men think that they will be left alone because they say, ‘We believe’, and that they will not be tested? ( S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:2–3) [Publisher]