– you will say that you have no time for the prescribed Thikr because you are involved in earning a livelihood. Your business, your profession and your family commitments allow you no time for the Thikr which your Shaikh has instructed you. If you examine your heart, you will not fail to discern the invalidity of these arguments which you present to soothe your conscience.
You do have time to read the newspapers and other magazines [and in today’s times, to wile away the time on the internet and checking on messages and news updates on your smartphone] to derive nafsaani pleasure.
You do have time to listen to the radio supposedly to keep abreast with world developments.
You do have time for other recreational activities, and you do have a world of time to engross yourself in the pursuit of unnecessary wealth and luxury.
But, you have no time for the short Thikr prescribed by your Shaikh for your everlasting benefit and success in both this world and the Aakhirah.
You should shame yourself and understand your nifaaq (hypocrisy).
You should understand that your claims of devotion are hollow, designed to deceive yourself and others.
When the Mureed lacks the resolve to even observe the light forms of Thikr prescribed for him, he cannot be a Mureed. Mureed means one who has firmly resolved to move and act in the direction of Divine Proximity.
When the supposed mureed lacks the determination to even commence the Journey, how can he be a Mureed?
We say to the Mureed: Stop beating about the bush. If you are sincere or if you had lacked sincerity but have been jolted into sincerity by the death of your Shaikh who you had not appreciated, then do not lose hope. Get up and start along the Road as if you have today entered the Pledge of Allegiance.
(ADVICE RENDERED ON HADHRAT’S DEMISE)
