Sweepıng Clean Theır Houses

We have seen the Remembrance, and We will watch over it.” 

Commentators say that this quote refers to the Koran, but it also means, “We have seen in you a substance, a seeking, a yearning. We will watch over that, not letting it go to waste, but will bring it to its rightful place.” 

Once you say “God”, then stand firm under all calamities that rain down upon you. 

A certain person came to the Prophet and said to him, “Truly I love you.” The Prophet said, “Take heed what you say.” The person repeated, “Truly I love you.” Mohammed said, “Take heed what you say.” They said, “Truly I love you.” Mohammed said, “Now stand firm, for with your own hand I will slay you. Woe upon you!” 

Another person came to the Prophet and said, “I don’t want this religion. By God, take it back. Ever since I entered your religion I’ve had no peace for a single day. My wealth is gone, my spouse has left, my child cannot be found, my respect is destroyed, my strength is sapped, even my lust has disappeared.” 

Mohammed answered, “What did you expect? Wherever our religion goes it does not return without uprooting that person and sweeping clean their house.” “None but the purified shall touch God.” So long as there remains in you a single trace of self-love, God will not show His face to you. You will not be worthy of His presence. You must become wholly indifferent to yourself and the world, so that Friend can show His face. So, whenever our religion lodges in a heart, it will not withdraw its hand until it brings that heart to God and severs from it all that is untrue.

Fihi Ma Fih - Discourse 27