Blessings of Khilafat — Page 146
146 These verses are indeed magnificent, and impart a glorious teaching. It was customary on the part of the Holy Prophet sa to recite these verses three times and blow over his body every night before going to bed. It is incumbent upon every Muslim to follow his Sunnah. The first thing to which man has been called upon in these verses is: 6 That is, behold O man that there is none who is worthy of your worship except God. In the world, things are valued depending upon their scarcity. Take water for example. Although is an essential commodity, people do not try to save it. The reason is that they know that they will get it whenever they need it. Air is essential for life but no one tries to save it; everyone knows that whenever it is required, it will automatically be inhaled by the body through its normal channels. But the same water that is generally not valued becomes extremely valuable in a desert where water is scares. At such a time, if someone possesses a glass of water and is asked to sell it for millions of rupees, he will refuse to do so. We only come to know the value of a thing depending upon the need it assumes. Grains, when found in large quantities, are available at cheap rates, but they become expensive when they are scarce. Similarly, if there had been several gods, it might have caused people to say that should they fail to attain to one of them, they would always have the chance to attain to another one, but: 7 6 Ibid. 7 Ibid.