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Thus, that great desert is the face of this world. The sea of sand consists of beings and wretched man, who are tossed around by the force of the flood of time and the motion of particles within events. All human beings see the future with the eye of misguidance, enveloped in terrifying darkness, and their hearts are harrowed with anxiety. They know no one they can make hear their cries for help. They are infinitely hungry, infinitely thirsty.
However, when this world is seen in terms of things pleasing to God, which is a fruit of the Ascension; that is, it is seen to be the guest-house of Someone exceedingly generous, and human beings are seen to His guests and officials, and the future to be as delightful as Paradise, as sweet as mercy, as shining as eternal happiness, you will understand what a delightful, exquisitely sweet fruit it is.
At this point, the one who is listening says: "Never-ending praise and thanks be to Almighty God, for I have been saved from atheism and now affirm Divine unity. I have attained a complete belief, I have gained perfect belief."
And we say: "Brother! We congratulate you. May Almighty God allow us the intercession of His Most Noble Messenger (Peace and blessings be upon him). AMEN."
O God! Grant blessings to him at whose sign the moon split, and from whose fingers water flowed forth like the spring of Kawthar, the one who made the Ascension and whose eye did not waver, our master Muhammad, and to all his Family and Companions, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Great Gathering.
All glory be unto to You! We have no knowledge save that which You have taught us; indeed, You are All-Knowing, All-Wise! 19
O our Sustainer! Accept this from us; for, indeed, You are All-Hearing, All-Knowing!20 * O our Sustainer! Do not take us to task if we forget or unwittingly do wrong!21 * O our Sustainer! Let not our hearts swerve from the truth after You have guided us!22 * O our Sustainer! Perfect our light for us and grant us forgiveness; for, indeed, You are Powerful over all things!23' * And their call will close with, 'All praise is due to God, the Sustainer of all the worlds'24
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19. Qur'an, 2:32.
20. Qur'an, 2:127.
21. Qur'an, 2:286.
22. Qur'an, 3:8.
23. Qur'an, 66:8.
24. Qur'an, 10:10. Double click for meaning of the world. | |
