89th Letter

[Noori]

Imam Rabbani's

 

89th LETTER

 

This letter, written to Sayyid Mîr Muhibbullah, informs that in the world it is necessary to do what will be useful to the Hereafter.

 

Praise and thanks be to Allâhu ta’âlâ! May Allahu ta’âlâ keep you and us on the right way of your ancestors! As the alms of His beloved Prophet, the Highest of Mankind, may He accept our prayer! The states and the matters of the faqîrs being here have been all right. We always offer our hamd and thanks to Allâhu ta’âlâ, and we pronounce our infinite benedictions and salâm over His Prophet. I pray to Allâhu ta’âlâ that you may keep on being in safety, in good health, on the right way, and make progress. My dear and merciful Sir! The time of earning has been going past. Each moment past has been subtracting from your life, the time of death is approaching. If we do not pull ourselves together today, we will obtain nothing but sighing, wailing and repenting tomorrow. In this few-days’ time of health, we should try to live suitably with the brilliant Sharî’at! In this way only are we hoped to get saved. Worldly life is the time of work. The time of comfort and pleasure is further ahead. The rewards of what is done in the world will be obtained there. To spend the time of work amusing oneself is like a farmer’s eating his seeds, thus depriving himself of the harvest which he will get later on. I hesitate to write any more lest I cause your head to ache. May Allâhu ta’âlâ make you attain the blessings of this world and the next!