What of those who come to stay in the khánqáh? After coming to stay in the khánqáh there is just no question of feeling upset at anybody telling you off. Why have you come here? You have come for this very reason that: “Even if somebody were to take a basketful of faeces and throw it on me I will not take it badly!” This is the intention with which you left and came here to stay in the khánqáh, that you came for your isláh and tarbiyet.
This is the resolve and determination with which you came, that: “Even if somebody were to take a basketful of faeces and throw it on me I will not let ghussah overtake me!” This is the objective with which you came here. And if you had no such notion in your mind, this is the ta’lím that is now placed in front of you that, if filth was thrown on you, why should you feel upset? If you are feeling upset, then it means that there is still some deficiency in you! Your isláh has not been achieved. There is still some deficiency. The sheikh will remove this deficiency so that, when you leave the khánqáh and go back home to your neighbourhood, to your town, to your country, whenever anybody does any such thing which is contrary to your temperament, there will no possibility of anger overtaking you. This is what the sheikh wants to mould you into and send you back, seeing you have come as a tálibe sádiq. When the internal environment is corrected, then the outside environment will also be corrected. Remember: the whole world has not been made your responsibility. Nobody will influence you because you have corrected your environment.
This is what Alláh Ta’ala is saying. I am merely conveying His proclamation to you:
Laa Yadhurukum Man Dhala Izahtadaytum
He who has gone astray cannot injure you if you are rightly guided. (S.5.105.)
When this is the case the whole universe can be astray, but nobody will be able to corrupt you.
