The Objectives of Founding the Community

39. O my friends, who have entered into a covenant with me, may God enable me and enable you to do such things as would please Him. Today, you are small in number and are being treated with contempt. You are passing through a great period of trial. According to His established scheme of things, it was decreed by God since time immemorial that efforts would be made from all directions that you should falter. You will be harassed in every way and you will have to bear with all manners of talk. Each one of those who will inflict misery upon you with his tongue or with his hand will do it in the belief that he is doing it in the service of Islam. So also will you be tried from Heaven so that you are tried in every possible way. Hearken ye, therefore, that for you the road to victory does not lie in the direction of dry logic which you may employ or that you should return mockery for mockery or that you should return abuse for abuse. If you adopt such a course your hearts will become hardened and you will be left with nothing but mere words which God Almighty loathes and looks down upon with aversion. So do not behave in a manner whereby you should become subject to two curses, the curse of men and the curse of God.

(Izala-e-Auham: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 3, pp. 546 -547)

40. Never think for a moment that God will let you go to waste; you are indeed a seed planted by the very hand of God in the soil. Thus, declares God, this seed will sprout and grow and will branch out in every direction and will turn into a mighty tree. So, blessed be he who has trust in the word of God and should fear not the intervening trials. Remember that it is essential for trials to come so that thereby, Allah may distinguish which of you is true in his covenant of Bai'at and which of you is false. He who stumbles in the course of any trial will not harm God in the least and his evil fate will lead him ultimately to hell. Would that he were not born. As for those who remain steadfast to the end, however much they have been confronted with calamities and have passed through periods of great shaking and trepidations, those who have been subjected to mockery and are laughed at by nations, and whom the world will treat with utter disdain, they are the ones who will emerge victorious in the end, and the gates of blessings will be thrown open to welcome them. Thus has God instructed me as He spoke to me that I make it clear to my followers that such among men who have believed and their faith has no trace of worldly motives nor is it blemished with cowardice and hypocrisy, theirs is a faith which never fails to comply with the requirements of obedience at any level. Such are the people endeared by God. It is about them that God declares that they tread the path of truth.

(Al Wasiyyat: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 20, p. 309)

41. Slay not truth by sticking obstinately to injustice. Accept the truth though you receive it from a child. Similarly, when you find your enemy to be in the right, renounce your dry argumentation forthwith. Adhere firmly to truth and bear true witness. Remember how the Glorious God admonishes you:

This means, shun the abomination of idols and stay away from the telling of lies which is no less sinful than idolatry. Anything which turns you away from your true goal, that is an idol in your path. Bear true witness even if it should be against your fathers or brothers or friends. Do not let enmity against anyone prevent you from dispensing justice. Treat not one another with miserliness, show no rancour, entertain no jealousy and be not cold hearted. The teachings of the Holy Quran can be divided into two major categories. The first being Unity of God and love and obedience to Him, exalted be His name. The second is to treat kindly, your brothers and fellow beings.

(Izala-e-Auham, Pt. 2: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 3,p.550)

42. Abide by the truth and hold fast to it. He sees what is in your hearts. Can man ever deceive Him? Can trickery be of any avail against Him?

(Izala-e-Auham, Pt. 2: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 3, p. 549')

43. If you want that God should be pleased with you in heaven, unite and be one like two brothers of the same mother. Nobler is he among you who forgives the sins of his brother more than others and doomed is he who is stubborn and does not forgive. He has nothing in common with me. Live in fear, lest you be cursed by God. He is Holy and He is a jealous Guardian over the honour of His beloved ones. The wicked cannot attain His nearness, the arrogant cannot gain His nearness, nor can the tyrant nor the one who breaks trust. Nor can he, who is not ready to lay down everything for the honour of His name, nor those who fall to the pleasures of the world like dogs and ants and vultures and who are comfortable with the luxuries of the world. Each unchaste eye is remote from Him, each impure heart knows Him not. Those who remain in agony for His cause will be delivered from the fire of hell. He who weeps for Him will laugh at last and he who breaks away from the world for His sake will meet Him. Be Allah's friend with all your heart, in all sincerity, gaining His nearness with ever growing zeal. Be kind to your subordinates, to your wives and to your less fortunate brothers so that you may be shown kindness in heaven. Become truly His so that He may belong to you.

(Kashti-e-Nuh: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 19, pp. 12,13)

44. So listen all you who consider yourselves to be of my community. When you truly tread the path of righteousness, only then will you be counted in heaven as my community. So perform your prayers five times a day inspired by such awe and awareness of the presence of Almighty God as if you were seeing Him with your own eyes. Also observe the days of fast sincerelyfor the sake of Allah, fulfilling their requirements. Each one of you who is assessable to Zakat, should pay Zakat. Similarly anyone upon whom Pilgrimage has become obligatory and has no cause for exemption must perform the Pilgrimage. Do good deeds in the best of manners and reject evil with repugnance. Remember that no deed of yours which is devoid of righteousness will be ever entertained by God. An act of goodness is only that which is rooted in the fear of God. No act in which this root remains intact will be permitted to go to waste. It is inevitable that you should be tried with diverse trials of pain and misfortune as the faithful before you were tried. So remain always wary lest you should stumble. The earth can do you no harm as long as you have firm ties with heaven. If ever you come to grief, you will come to grief at your own hands rather than at the hands of your enemies. If you lose all honour on this earth, God will bestow an eternal honour upon you in heaven. So leave Him not. You are bound to suffer pain at their hands and you will be deprived of the fulfilment of many of your aspirations. But be not heavy hearted; God merely tries you whether you are steadfast in His cause or not. If you desire that even angels should praise you in heaven then suffer in the path of Allah with grace and remain cheerful. Hear abuse and remain grateful and despite frustration break not your ties (with God). You are the last people raised by God so do such deeds of piety as touch the loftiest standards of excellence.

(Kashti Nuh: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 19, p.15)