Discovering God

Purification of the Self is a rival or a tyrant, in the eyes of the reformer, he is a human being. And every sincere preacher’s first desire is to convey the truth to him. A reformer cannot afford to say that if someone enters from one gate, he will go out from another gate. He will instead say that the visitor is a seeker for him and, as such, he will meet him and convey the message of truth to him with wisdom. Renouncing the world is, in fact, renouncing the seekers. Renouncing the world is, in effect, to go away from those to whom the preacher would normally want to convey the divine truth. A businessman can walk away from everything but he cannot walk away from his customers. In a similar way, a preacher can tolerate everything but he cannot tolerate going to a secluded place where there are no people who may be potential seekers of the truth. When he remains among people, he may be beset by certain problems, but he overlooks them because he cannot afford to break off his relations with them. Along with tazkiya, dawah, or conveying the message of God to people, is an equally important goal for the believer. And if a believer is sincere it is not possible for him either to give up his efforts to attain tazkiya or to give up his dawah activities. Tazkiya–An Act of Preparation In the present material world, everyone is in need of some employment. Everyone wants a good job. That is