Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 8
8 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 Praise of Maulawi Muhammad Ali The Review of Religions was being discussed. Someone praised the exceptionally high calibre of its articles. The Promised Messiahas said: Its editor, Maulawi Muhammad 'Ali, is an intelligent and schol- arly person. He has passed his M. A. , and is also acquainted with matters of religion. He has always passed with the high- est marks and was accepted for the E. A. C. [Extra Assistant Commissioner] but he abandoned all these opportunities and settled here. This is the reason that God Almighty has blessed his writings. Shunning the World The Promised Messiahas said: The meaning of 'shunning the world' is not that a person aban- dons all activities and goes into seclusion. I do not forbid a labourer to be employed, or a trader from engaging in their trade, or a landowner from managing their cultivation, but I say that a person be such that دست درکار ودل به یار his hand is engaged in work, while his heart is with the Beloved]. Man ought to follow the pleasure of God Almighty and not act against the Shariah in any matter. Man's salvation is only in giving precedence to God. Pliancy has increased among worldly people; they praise anyone of any religion they encounter. God Almighty is not pleased with this. Some of the Companionsra were very wealthy and were engaged in all kinds of businesses. Many Muslim kings were