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Pearls of Wisdom -
He it is Who made the sun radiate a brilliant light and the moon reflect a luster and ordained for it stages, that you might know the number of years and the reckoning of time. Allah has not created this but in truth. He details the Signs for a people who have knowledge. Verily, in the alternation of night and day, and in all that Allah has created in the heavens and the earth there are Signs for a Godfearing people. Chapter 10 Yunus Verse 6 & 7
Abu Hurairara reported that Allah’s Messengersasaid:
If a believer were to know the punishment (in Hell) none would have the audacity to aspire for Paradise (but he would earnestly desire to be rescued from Hell), and if a non-believer were to know what is there with Allah as a mercy, none would have been disappointed in regard to Paradise. (Sahi Muslim - Kitab Al-Tauba)
Writings of the Promised Messiah (Peace be upon him) - Sultan-ul-Qalam (King of the Pen)
So Said the Promised Messiah(as)
“Let the righteous persons of the Jamā‘at who have pure souls accept Bai‘at in my name. God Almighty desires to draw all those who live in various habitations of the world, be it Europe or Asia, and who have virtuous nature, to the Unity of God and unite His servants under one Faith. This indeed is the purpose of God for which I have been sent to the world. You, too, therefore should pursue this end, but with kindness, moral probity and fervent prayers. And till that time when someone inspired by God with the Holy Spirit is raised by Him, all of you should work in harmony with one another.
And you, too, should partake of the Holy Spirit by compassion and by purifying your souls, because without the Holy Spirit true Taqwā cannot be attained. And, totally shedding all base desires of the self, choose for the sake of winning the pleasure of God that path compared to which no path can be narrower and straiter. Don’t fall in love with the pleasures of the world, for they take you away from God. Choose a life of austerity for the sake of God. The pain which pleases God is better than the pleasure which makes Him angry. And the defeat which pleases God is better than the victory which invites the wrath of Allāh. Renounce the love which brings you nearer to the wrath of Allāh. If by purifying your hearts you come to Him, He will help you whichever path you tread and no enemy shall ever be able to harm you. You can never ever win the pleasure of Allāh unless you, relinquishing your desires, abandoning your pleasures, sacrificing your honour, disowning your wealth, discarding your life, bear such hardships in His way as make you suffer the pangs of death.
But once you suffer such hardship, you will sit in the lap of God like a beloved child. And you will be made heirs of the truthful who have preceded you. The door of every blessing will be opened to you. But there are few who belong to this category.
God addressed me and said that Taqwā is a tree that should be planted in the heart. The very water which nourishes Taqwā irrigates the whole garden. Taqwā is a root without which everything is meaningless; and if it remains intact then nothing is lost. What benefit is there for a man in indulging himself in the useless activity of claiming with his tongue that he seeks God while he has no sure footing with his Lord.” (The Will – pp 8-10)