Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page xxxiv
xxxiv MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 He states further: Supplication is like a sweet fountain upon which a believer is seated. Whenever he desires, he can drink from this fountain and quench his thirst. Just as a fish cannot survive without water, similarly, for a believer, his water is supplication, without which he cannot survive. The rightful abode of this supplica- tion is Prayer. (Malfūzāt, vol. 6, p. 222 [Urdu edition]) This is my advice, which I consider to be the essence of all Quranic teachings. (Malfūzāt, vol. 6, p. 345 [Urdu edition]) Hence, O our beloved God! Fill the homes of those friends with Your blessings and lights, who value the words of Your Messenger and con- tinue to study these malfūzāt with the pure intention that their chil- dren and relatives-everyone-should become adorned with the very character that You find pleasing; meaning that, the soul of each and every one of them proclaim in a loud voice just like Hadrat Ibrāhīm, peace be on him: أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ . Amin. Humbly, Jalāl-ud-Din Shams Rabwah, 9 November 1964 1. I have submitted to the Lord of all worlds (Surah al-Baqarah, 2:132). [Publisher]