Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 418
418 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 about its existence, but it requires a lot of hard work and effort to remove the soil from the top of the water completely so that clear and sweet water emerges from underneath. God helps those who help themselves. Seeking God with sincerity and faithfulness makes one victorious. وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا گویند سنگ لعل شود در مقام صبر آرے شود و لیک بخون جگر شود It is said that a stone can turn into a jewel through patience [meaning after the passage of a long time], yes it can but it has to go through a lot of struggles. گرچه وصالش نه بگوشش دهند ہر قدر اے دل کہ توانی بکوش Although union with Him [Allah] cannot be attained through efforts, O my heart! Nevertheless try as hard as you can. I also wish to meet you but I am waiting for the right time. Even an untimely Hajj is of no benefit. Many pilgrims go to perform Hajj with great joy and then come back with a hardened heart, the reason for it is that they visited the House of Allah at the wrong time and saw nothing but a room, and found most of the attendants to be lacking in sincerity and righteousness. The heart became hardened. In a similar way, many types of trials befall with meeting in person as well, except what Allah wills. The answers to your questions, that I can think of at this point, are briefly set forth. You have first asked the question that why is the full awareness that one has while awake not there in a dream and why does the person seeing a dream not consider his dream a dream? So it should be clear to you that a dream is 1. And as for those who strive in Our path-We will surely guide them in Our ways (Surah al-Ankabūt, 29:70). [Publisher]