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The Sheikh said to his disciples: Children who perform duties and service to God, no matter where they may be—whether in a jungle, in a house, under a tree, or at the foot of a mountain—must carry out the duties which are His qualities, His actions, and His conduct. Allah has given each of them an account book. There are two bookkeepers: one to record the profits, and the other to keep account of the losses. That book is kept within each child’s qalb, or inner heart. Every moment of the day, this account must be furnished to the accountants who are the representatives of Allah, with the qualities of patience, inner patience or sabur, contentment or shakur, trust or tawakkul, and giving all praise to God, al-hamdu lillah. Each child’s duty, effort, and wages, as well as his profits and losses, must be calculated from the time of the early morning prayer of subhat to the subhat of the following day. Every 24 hours, any profit earned must be deposited in Allah’s bank of iman, the bank of perfect faith. You must understand this: What are your duties? What profits have you earned from these duties? There is duty to God, duty to the Sheikh, duty to the people, and duty to all creations in the world. I will give you an example to illustrate this. If four shiploads of goods worth $400,000 are unloaded and sold for $800,000, there is a profit. The bookkeeper and the accountant must check this and calculate the taxes. If there is any discrepancy, if the methods used were not quite right, there may have to be a government inquiry. The accounts would be submitted and reviewed step by step, showing the books, the bills, the receipts, and all details. Such matters come up for reckoning when people do business. In the same way, some people say they are performing the four kinds of duty, but the only thing they do is sign their books. Such people may even turn up every morning at subhat, but they will only write their names on the appropriate lines, saying they have done this work and that; but as soon as they sign, they go away. They do not do any duty. They do not care to look into what needs to be done and to do duty for the Sheikh. They are only concerned about signing their names in the book. Such people are the majority. The entries in the account book will be audited four times: in the qalb (inner heart), in the grave, on the day of reckoning or Qiyamah, and in the final court in the presence of Allah. Since Allah is the ruler of all the universes, the final reckoning will be in His presence. There we will be questioned about our duty, wages, profits, and losses. It is there that the caliber of our duty will be revealed. The book will be examined and we will also be questioned directly. According to what we have earned, the final judgment will be given at that court. We must realize this. Before the day of Qiyamah (judgment), arrives, we need to understand in our qalb the duty we do and the wages which will accrue from that duty. If man performs the duties of God, he is perfect purity of Iman Islam, an insan kamil or perfected man, and a true believer, mu’min. Of the 73 groups of people in the world, such people make up only one group; all the rest of the people form the other 72 groups. The people in those 72 groups are the ones who will have to face the day of Qiyamah. My son, as we do our duties in serving the Sheikh, serving Allah, and serving all lives in the world, we must act with the qualities of God. If we live in a state in which we understand what our wages are throughout all 24 hours of the day, if we avoid what is wrong and do only what is right for God, then we will have victory over judgment day. Allah knows our every word and every breath, my son. He lives with us. Since He dwells with us and we dwell with Him, we have to think. Do not try to deceive Him by merely signing the duty roster and then going away to indulge in evil actions. Do not try to steal a certificate, thinking He cannot see. God has created you out of the 28 letters that form the Qur’an. The Qur’an is mingled with your surah, your true body. God will raise every one of the 28 letters, infuse them with light, and ask them directly about their actions. And each of the 28 letters will repeat what it has done. Therefore, you must reflect and carry out the true duties. Do tasbih (prayers of praise), glorifying His name 24 hours a day. Love all lives as you love your own. Truly open your qalb and worship God. Whether you serve the Sheikh or the people, you must do it with an open heart without attachment. Then God will give you a place in His kingdom. Copyright: Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh No. 507 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Family Newsletter May-Jun 1997
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