Session: 27 November 1958 / 13 Jamadi al-Awwal 1378 AH — Thursday

۲۷ نومبر ۱۹۵۸ء — جمعرات

Worthless Things Burn (لاقیمت جلے)

(1) A person feels that others look down upon him in comparison to himself — this is natural human perception. People occupy themselves with ordinary tasks and professions. Whatever has come to influence the world — whether mesmerism, hypnotism, or other such things — the truth will prevail and falsehood will be burnt away. Mesmerism, too, is controlled by ordinary means. The man who does not believe in such things cannot be affected by them — the man who believes in them is affected, though he may not be a firm believer but merely have a doubtful or uncertain mind, and such a mind can be affected by the belief in mesmerism and hypnosis.

(2) Some say: 'The person who performs intense physical exercise (like the hard ascetic disciplines) acts in the manner of a disbeliever and takes liberties.' Some say that he can do nothing — the people who have died in his name, the shaytans give the name of those elders to people who come in dreams. Tell such a person: 'Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, cannot produce such a thing.' At times shaytans also deceive Muslims by presenting themselves in the names and forms of elders and saints. But it never happens that the shaitan could appear in the form or name of Hazrat (the Shaykh) — and in dreams too, never. 'I truly saw him in my dream — I actually saw him.' Why? Because the shaitan cannot take the form of my likeness — hadith — 'this is our experience': at the time of Imam Husayn's (may Allah be pleased with him) Fatiha — 'recite the Fatiha, give it' — he will say, 'give it' — meaning the disbelievers — 'they will give' — meaning some non-Muslims among the elders who also perform the Fatiha ceremony — they also perform it.

(3) 'Itminan-e-Qalb (Tranquility of the Heart)' — My criterion for truth and falsehood is this: it is itminan-e-qalb (tranquility of the heart). A Muslim receives this tranquility, a disbeliever does not — why would he? How little does he do! An elder was going along the road — in the way was a garden of a sahib (gentleman). He was shown an apple inside it. 'What a fine apple! What did I find from it!' As soon as another elder arrived beside the first, he said, 'They are very old and very tired.' He said to them, 'I am very sorry about you. You have great trouble.' They answered: 'No trouble to us — the trouble is to you — your heart is the apple that is coming back — it is the apple that comes back — meaning a great deal of trouble.' So the heart's tranquility is the criterion.

(4) After death, the vision of the Lord — at the time of death, the heart of the believer is given full tranquility by the vision of the Lord. As long as the Lord does not come to view — Hazrat says — the restlessness continues. 'Keep this matter in mind! Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: until He comes to view, the restlessness continues.' Then after His coming, a hope of His grace and kindness arises — after death, His lordship will be seen in full. But the one who is a disbeliever will not recognise Him — though he may see the blessed countenance, the holy words, and the Companions' testimony — 'It is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' A story: a certain poor faqir saw in his dream his grave — fire was coming out from it — he was distressed and called upon the Lord — the Lord of glory arrived — seeing Him, the hellfire was extinguished, the torment vanished — he sat leaning against his back, and at that moment came from within — 'O Messenger of Allah! Little boy! I am giving witness to him — why do you cause him trouble?' He will say: 'I accept that command, I will fight, I will not share in the disturbance.' They went away, and those who came and said, 'good things are there, go to Khwaja Zakariyya's presence' — 'he is not coming, he will go' — 'who will call him' — Hazrat said, 'Hazrat, I will come from the command — you will have to go.' — Fighting began, and those who came, those who were disbelievers — they went — 'Allah did not give me his hand, he came' — they went — 'Hazrat, walk! O man! I have already eaten! Is there still something to eat?' — 'It will be eaten at that time, but since they gave their command, I will not abandon its fulfilment until his end. What to do!' — thus — 'I am doing it — I sit pressing down and raising up the hand (pointing above) — he gives it to me, to eat I go, eating, to eat — and he says (pointing)' — 'Shahabi Zor is progressing — you are in my murshids.'