The meaning of ‘shunning the world’ is not that a person abandons all activities and goes into seclusion. I do not forbid a labourer to be employed, or a trader from engaging in their trade, or a landowner from managing their cultivation, but I say that a person be such that
دست درکار ودل بہ یار
[his hand is engaged in work, while his heart is with the Beloved].
Man ought to follow the pleasure of God Almighty and not act against the shariah in any matter. Man’s salvation is only in giving precedence to God. Pliancy has increased among worldly people; they praise anyone of any religion they encounter. God Almighty is not pleased with this.
Some of the companions were very wealthy and were engaged in all kinds of businesses. Many Muslim kings were of saintly character. They sat upon imperial thrones, but their hearts were with God all the time. However, the condition of people these days is that when they incline towards the world, they fall for it to the extent that they mock religion. They raise objections against prayer and ridicule the wudu [ablution for prayer].
These people exhaust their lives studying worldly sciences and then begin to dole out opinions on religious topics, whereas a person can only extract profound insights about a subject when they have a greater attention towards it. These people are completely unaware of the wisdom, knowledge, and verities pertaining to religion. The polluted atmosphere of the world has inflicted a toxic effect upon the hearts of these people.
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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), Malfuzat – Vol. IX (Tilford, Surrey: Islam International Publications Ltd., 2024), 8-9.
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