Love of God

mould iron, but man himself is not so malleable. Man is his own engineer or maker. If man is unwilling to submit to the influence of others, there is no one who can shape his personality. This is why introspection plays a role in man’s personality development, or his tazkiyah. The role of a teacher is solely to provide a strong incentive for engaging in tazkiyah. He should develop the thinking in man that, if he does not engage in self-purification and reform himself, he will be forever ruined; he has to undertake tazkiyah himself and whatever he has to do should be done today without waiting for tomorrow. Man tends to find justification for all of his faults; he always finds some words to prove that he is in the right. It is necessary for one who wants to purify himself to root out this mentality once and for all. But this can be done only by the individual concerned, and not by anyone else. TAZKIYAH AND REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH The remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in man. It makes him extremely concerned about tazkiyah. He will try to attain tazkiyah from every aspect before death overtakes him. For the process of tazkiyah to go forward, the remembrance of death acts as a very powerful spur. The remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in man. Death reminds him of the fact that he cannot afford to