Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 199
— Part II 194 give themselves over to God completely, He apparently shares what is His with them. This is what the Prophets as and saints enjoy, and of those who enjoy nearness to God, the Holy Founder sa of Islam had the highest rank. Everything that was his, he handed over to God, apparently leaving himself nothing. The Quran says: Say, 'My Prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. ' (S u rah al-An‘ a m; Ch. 6: V. 163) It should be remembered that each individual will be at a different rank and therefore each will be treated differently. When we talk of a particular category of achievement, not all people in that category will be of equal status. Each stage is further divided into sub- stages. Hence it is not only Prophets as who can enjoy a relationship of I t a ’i Dhil-Qurb a with God; others, too, can share the same with Him to a degree. The Holy Prophet sa says: That is to say, there are certain people who, in the eyes of the world, appear desolate and downtrodden. Yet it is these very people who enjoy an immensely close relationship with God; so much so that if they were to predict that God would cause a certain event