Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

279-280

In short, the Western Education has ballooned the poison of the atheism and materiality in the hearts and brains of the educated class of society. Many hearts have died in perspective of religion. These have become devoid of every religious sense and no hope is there to bring these back on the right course. If some hearts have remained safe, these are ill with severe fatal disease and the aforementioned suspicions have surrounded these hearts very tightly. Many people have no time spare against the worldly Khatraat and carnal thoughts that they may ponder over the matter of Faith and Religion from the core of heart and may think as to what they are? Why they are? From where they have come and where are they going? They are forgetting the must, the fixed and unavoidable venture of death in a way as if they are not subject to that far off, severely odorous, painful and scuffled journey in the near future. If, by chance, the thought of the painful throes of death comes in mind suddenly in the mind of some people, they defer this thought in a way that 'we will see when it will come, why should we take its pains before its arrival, many people have already left this world, if they can persist, we will also'. With such childish consoles, Satan lulls these stupid persons to slumber of ignorance and bars them in collecting the provisions of this journey and one becomes conscious when the time has passed and empty-handed, needy, disable, poor, blind, crippled, struck with painful problems and grieves, he is pushed towards the Abode of the Next World. He repents great with penitence, rue and regrets but 'it is useless to repent over spilled milk'.

Though you might have the pomp and power more that Alexander,

And have a life longer than the Prophet Noah (Nooh) Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe,

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You will have nothing other than lamentation on the last day,

Although you will shed tears more than the sea.

Upon studying this book of mine, people are feared to infer the meaning of this book is that one should become idle against all works of world and should live in jungle or sit in that chamber or privacy where he can remain occupied and drowned into the Zikr of Allah Almighty and Visualization. Hence, the aim and purpose behind this book appears to be the exercise of Rahbaniyat although 'there is no Rahbaniyat in Islam' has arrived. Such teaching is in the Christ's Faith that they are going to jungles and caves in mountains. That is, Esa Alaihis-Salaam was the Master of Cave whereas our Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam has shown himself to be the Master of Sword and Jihad. These are the days when the European Nations are flying over the high horizons of political and worldly progress whereas the Muslims are falling in the ditch of ignominy and adversity. Islam needs discipline, unity, teaching, worldly acme and political sciences etcetera. Alas! Many bishops of politics and the tycoons in Muslims see European Nations with lustful eyes focusing upon the temporal beastly pleasures and earthly wealth and carnal sensualities and when they do not find Allah and His Prophet supportive in their carnal quests, they become roguish in their hearts and give sundry superstitious remarks against Islam. Out motive behind writing this book is not this that the Muslims should face towards the jungles or sit in Sanctums and just say Allah Allah only leaving all other activities. This is not practical. Yes! off course! Our intent behind inclining the Muslims for the Zikr of Allah Almighty and the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) is that, first, the Muslims should covert to the original Muslims in real terms.