Tazkiyah and Renunciation of the World

TAZKIYAH AND RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD Renouncing the world is renouncing the madu. Renouncing the world is to go away from those to whom the dayee has to convey the divine truth. In later times one group adopted the path of renunciation of the world in order to attain tazkiyah. But disenchantment with the world is required in the psychological sense rather than in the practical sense. The concept of the renunciation of the world is a product of non-dawah (missionary) thinking. The world is inhabited by human beings, as such, renouncing the world is akin to renouncing people. A dayee cannot afford to abandon people on any pretext. Others may see people from other angles, but a dayee looks at man as a potential madu. In the eyes of a dayee, every man is a madu, be he rich or poor, a commoner or a VIP, ruler or ruled. Even if he is a rival or a tyrant, in the eyes of the dayee, he is a human being. And a dayee’s first desire is to convey the truth to him. A dayee cannot afford to say that if someone enters from one gate, he will go out from another gate. He will instead say that the coming person (visitor) is a madu for him and, as such, he will meet him and convey the message of truth to him with wisdom. Renouncing the world is to distance oneself from the madu whereas a dayee must maintain good relations with the madu, only then he can convey the message of God to them.