This letter was written to Khân-i Jihân. It enjoins holding fast to the Sharî’at, which is firm, and informs that to be careful about observing the Sharî’at in one’s worldly businesses is to earn the dîn and the world together:
May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless you with doing the things which He likes! May He bestow safety upon you and bless you with being valuable and cherished! For the sake of His high Prophet and his close relatives ‘alaihi wa alaihimussalawâtu wattaslîmât’, may He accept this prayer of mine! Translation of a Persian couplet:
The ball of prosperity and happiness is thrown onto the field.
There is none in sight, where are the polomen?
The world’s sweet things and transient blessings are useful and halâl only when they help one to obey the brilliant Sharî’at. A worldly advantage is good when it is together with the advantage pertaining to the Hereafter. Those worldly blessings which do not help earn the Hereafter are like poisons covered with sugar. Idiots are deceived by them. Shame on those who do not use the theriac prescribed by Allâhu ta’âlâ as a curative against these poisons! So wretched are those who do not cure these sugary, sweet poisons by enduring the difficulty of obeying the commandments and prohibitions of the Sharî’at. A person who makes only a small effort, who makes a little attempt at following the Sharî’at, will attain endless advantages. It is so easy to follow the commandments and prohibitions of the
Sharî’at. And with only a little unawareness and slackness these endless blessings will be
lost. A person with a far-sighted, accurate mind should follow this briliant Sharî’at. He should not be like a child who misses useful things by being absorbed in playing with walnuts and cypress cones. If you observe and obey the Sharî’at during your worldly occupations you will have followed the Prophet’s ‘alaihimussalâwâtu wattaslîmât’ way and clung to your faith. Even if we worship sincerely for many years, we incapable people cannot approach the grade of a hero like you, who have earned the dîn and the world together. O our Allah! Bless us with the lot of doing the deeds which You like! Let me say also that dear Khwâja Muhammad Sa’îd and Khwâja Muhammad Ashraf, who have taken up to you this piece of paper written by your humble servant who prays for you, are among those who are beloved by us and close to us. The gifts which you will bestow upon them will please this faqîr. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless you with the lot of doing valuable deeds, and may He exalt your honour!