Taraq _E_ Doonia Is It… Comments

When the great friends of Allah are left to themselves no one of them would choose for a public display.That is because they know that Allah has not created them in the first place for themselves or for the service of some other creature.He only created them for Himself They occupies them with the reason creation.However, when Allah chooses to show them in public He puts in the hearts of his creatures, and then this belongs to His affairs.They do not aim for such a thing when he, however, hides them and makes them insignificant in the hearts of the people and because of which they are not honored by the people, then this belongs to His affairs. Thus they do not have a choice of their own next to the choice of Allah. When he clearly leaves the choice to them, then they would choose for being hidden and not to be in the eye of the public. They would prefer to keep themselves solely occupied with Allah. And because it is their station to hide their spiritual rank and even keep it hidden to them - not to mention to outsiders! - It is necessary for us to explain something of their station of self-protection.
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