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One who has understood and attained Iman, absolute faith, will know that all of everything is Islam. He will see the seed of Islam in everything and will see the qudrat of Allah, His power, in every creation. Therefore, he will not discriminate against any other being, or discard him. Iman-Islam, perfect certitude and purity of faith in Allah, will not cause pain to any heart, any qalb. One who has the heart of Iman-Islam will not hurt any other heart. One who has acquired the wealth of iman will have the sabur, inner patience, which will comfort all lives. Shakur, contentment, will be his life. Al-hamdu lillah, the praise of Allah, will be his worship. And tawakkul-‘alallah, surrendering to Allah, will be his state. At each waqt, each moment, he will say ‘Al-hamdu lillah,” and for the next moment, he will say “Tawakkul-‘alallah.” This will be the life of one who is Iman-Islam. He will not think of anything other than Islam and will not hold anything as equal to Allah. His only treasure for the dunya, this world, and akhirah, the hereafter, will be Allah and the Rasul (Sal.). The plenitude of the wealth of dunya is the rahmatul-‘alamin, the grace of all the universes. That is Allah’s wealth. This will be his treasure, and he will share it with all lives. This is Iman-Islam. One who is in this state will not try to capture for himself either the world or the lives in the world. He will seek and take only Allah and His treasures as his permissible wealth. This is the wealth that belongs to Iman-Islam. Allah’s three thousand divine attributes, His ninety-nine wilayats, His miracles, actions, and powers are the wealth of Iman-Islam, the wealth for the three worlds of awwal, dunya, and akhirah. His qualities, His conduct, His duties, and His grace are the law for this wealth, and God has placed His qualities as the law in the Qur’an. To capture other lives and other countries is not the law in the heart of one who is Iman-Islam. The Rasulullah (Sal.), from the time he appeared to the time he departed, did not keep anything in his hands other than Allah. He did not keep the ‘ilm or knowledge of the world. The only wealth he had in his hands was the qualities of Allah and the ‘ilm of those qualities. Therefore, that will be the wealth of one who has understood Iman-Islam. Allah alone has the daulat, the wealth, to know everything. Whether one has iman or not, whether he is a mu’min, a true believer, or not, whether he is a Muslim, one of purity, or not, only Allah can give that judgment. The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Family Newsletter Winter 2006-2007. Muhaiyaddeen, Bawa. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh. Philadelphia: The Fellowship Press, 2006. pg. 458-459.
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