Discovering God

tazkiya. The correct position is that worship is an external manifestation of the spirit of tazkiya. If the spirit of tazkiya is produced within one, in the real sense, then inevitably one will become God’s worshipper. Worship cannot be separated from tazkiya. But full emphasis should be laid upon producing the spirit of tazkiya, rather than upon the external form of worship. It would be true to say that, without worship, the claim to have attained tazkiya is false. But it is also a fact that the outward form of worship cannot automatically produce the spirit of tazkiya. Conscience–A Guide to Tazkiya Man is endowed with a natural faculty called the conscience, which serves as a divine teacher and a guide to tazkiya. Conscience guides one on all occasions, albeit wordlessly—do this, don’t do that, this behaviour is in accordance with tazkiya and that behaviour is against tazkiya, this behaviour will help in developing a purified personality and that behaviour will defile your personality. But experience shows that the majority of the people do not allow their conscience to act as a guide to tazkiya. What is the reason for this? The reason is that everyone is given another faculty, which is the opposite of conscience, and that is the ego. A person often comes under the influence of the self, or Satan. He does not let the conscience work