THE HOLY QUR'AN

 HOLY QURAN IS TOUCHSTONE

The Great Reformer said:

One should always try to be finding out his standard of Taqwa and Purity. The Touchstone for this is the Holy Quran. One of the indications of Taqwa, as mentioned by God in the Holy Quran, is that God frees a Muttaqi from the undesirables and takes the responsibility of the execution of his duties (He helps him). God the Al-mighty says in the Holy Quran: 

wa manyattaqillaha yajal lahoo makhra-jan wa yar-zuqho min haiso laa yahtasib.

He who fears God (is a Muttaqi) finds a way out and gets rid of his hardships - that is the way God helps him. God the Almighty provides for him in a way that he could not even imagine.

It must be remembered that this is the sign of a Muttaqi; he is never in need of useless things.

For example, a shopkeeper thinks that he cannot run his business without telling lies and therefore he continues telling lies; he thinks that it is a necessity which he cannot avoid. It is not true that telling lies is a necessity for selling his goods. God Himself is the Protector of the Muttaqi and He keeps him away from this kind of occasions (where he may have to tell lies). You should remember that when a man leaves God, God also leaves him. And it is quite obvious that when Rahman has left somebody, he will definitely be picked up by the Satan.

Do not think that God is weak. He is the Possessor of Great Powers. Whenever you will put your trust in Him, he will surely help you.

Wa man-yata wakkal alallahi fahowa hasbohoo (whoever puts his trust in God, (he should know) God is sufficient for him). The people who were the first addressees of this verse were the religious people; all their thoughts were centred round the religious affairs. They left their worldly affairs in the hands of God Who told them that He was with them. 

In short, one of the blessings of Taqwa is that God frees the Muttaqis from all the hardships that come in the way of their religious affairs. Likewise, God provides them for their needs.

(Malfuzat Vol. 1 , p .11)