Allah The Exalted — Page 135
All a h the Exalted 1 3 The Christians should remember that it is not at all estab- lished that Jesus was the Resurrection , nor have the Christians been resurrected. They are dead more than the other dead, and lie in narrow and dark graves and are fallen into the pit of paganism. They neither possess the spirit of faith nor the blessings of such spirit. They have not achieved even the lowest grade of faith in the Unity of God, which is to abstain from the worship of crea- tures. They worship as creator one weak and helpless like themselves. The Unity of God has three grades. The lowest grade is to abstain from the worship of any created thing like one- self, neither stone nor fire nor man nor any star. The second grade is that one should not be devoted to mate- rial means as if they were a sort of partner in the operation of Rub u biyyat. One must concentrate on the Provider of means rather than on the means. The third grade is that having witnessed perfectly Divine manifes- tations, one should consider every other being as nonexistent including one's own self. Everything beside God Almighty, Who possesses perfect attributes, should appear as mortal to one's eyes. Spiritual life means that these three grades of faith in Unity should be achieved. Now consider carefully that all eternal fountains of spiri- tual life have come into the world through Hadrat Mu h ammad, the chosen one [peace and blessings of Al- l a h be on him]. It is only the Muslims, though they are not Prophets, who experience converse with God Al- mighty like the Prophets, and though they are not Messengers, God's bright signs appear at their hands, and the rivers of spiritual life flow through them and no one else can compete with them. Is there anyone who would