Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan<\/b><\/p>\n
Do not look for thanks or appreciation for all the good you do to others, nor use it as a means to stimulate your vanity. Do all that you consider good for the sake of goodness, not even for a return of that from God.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~~~ ”Sangatha I, 3 – Saluk”, by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished)<\/span><\/p>\n When one sees clearly the roguery and crookedness of another person and yet allows him to take the best, he is the holy man, he is beyond the regions of humanity, he is beginning to climb the angelic planes, he sees all things, understands all things and tolerates all things. The mystics talk about the innocence of Jesus, and Sufis try to follow it as an example. This innocence is the same, and revelation comes to that person who sees all the falsehood and treachery of human nature and pities instead of accusing, and forgives because he has reached to that height that no falsehood, roguery, deceit or treachery of an ordinary human being can touch him — he is above it.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~~~ ”Githa III, Kashf 8, Revelation”, by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished)<\/span><\/p>\n We must give our services and our time to the deserving and undeserving alike, and we must be thankful to God that He has enabled us to give. For this is the only opportunity we have of giving. This life is short, and we shall never have the same opportunity to give, to serve, to do something for others. … It is said that if a man asks you for your coat, you should give him your cloak also. Why? Because neither the cloak nor the coat are yours. If someone thinks, ’This is mine, I should keep it, I should guard it’, he will always be watching his goods. If they are yours, whose were they before? Whose will they be after you? Someone will take them after you, and all that you value so much will be in the hands of others.<\/p>\n Then it is said that if someone asks you to go with him one mile, you should go with him two miles. That means, if someone makes use of our services, let us not think, ’Why should I, such an important person, serve another, give my time to another?’ Let us give our services more liberally than we are asked to do. Let us give service, give our time; but when the time for receiving comes, do not let us expect to receive anything. … We must practice virtue because we like it; do good because we like to do it and not for any return; expect no kindness or appreciation; if we do, it will become a trade. This is the right way for the world in general, and the only way of becoming happy.<\/p>\n