A Present to Kings — Page 28
( 28 ) of his sins remain ? Similarly when a creature speaks in reference to his Creator, "God! Thou art most worthy of praise," then does God make him worthy of praise, and when he declares the greatness of God, then God makes him great. Thus in declaring the holiness of God, in extolling His praise and in proclaiming His greatness there is received, on the one hand, the reward for the devotion and, on the other, God's attribute of. Rahmaniyat being set into motion makes the devotee pure, praiseworthy and great. This is why the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be on him) has said in the tradition, خفيفتان على ( المسان ثقيلتان في الميزان حبيبتا كلمتا บ الى الرحمن سبحان الله و بحمد ، سبحان الله العظيم. Now since Nimaz is a detailed exposition of these Kalemas, and in every portion of it there is the declaration of God's holiness. and praise and greatness, consequently God says in. Nima) ان الصلواة تنهى عن الفحشاء والمذكر the Holy Quran deters men from indecencies and evil ways), because the more a man performs his Nimaz and makes declaration of the holiness, praise and greatness of God, the more does God make heavy the scale of his good deeds and the exaltation of the man proceeds apace. And since sin is the result of affinity with matter, the more a man is raised above the world, the smaller grows his affinity with matter and consequently he is made more and more secure from sin. . THE REAL NATURE OF THE PRESENT DAY DEVOTIONS. . It thus follows that if a man performs his Nimas and declares God's purity and His praise and still experiences no elevation of his nature nor any purification, but on the contrary remains still afflicted with many a foulness, then obviously there must be some defect is his Tasbih (declaration of holiness) and Tahmid (extolling God's praise). Thus the fact of Mussalmans' performing their Nimaz and persevering with the same is no proof that they are good or that there is left among them any true religiousity, because when their Nimaz does not produce the results which are proper to them, the Nimaz must