Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 81
Our Beliefs in Brief 81 enemies stands up against me, He stands up against them on my behalf. There are secrets between Him and me that are known to no one else, neither in the heavens nor in the earth. And from the time when Allah revealed to me ٗ َ ا ہّٰللُّٰ بِکَاف ٍ عَبۡدَہ اَلَیۡس [Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?] on the day of my father’s death, I swear by Allah that the safety and well-being which I found under the protection of my Lord was never tasted by me while I was under the protection of my father. And when He saw that I was com- pletely engrossed in His love, He gave me the glad tidings of true guidance. And then, by Allah, He drew me completely towards Himself and caused the oceans of wisdom and insight to flow towards me. And when He said that soon He would make me free of every want and would not let me remain in poverty, I swear by Him that He bestowed innumerable favours upon me and upon the multitudes of my impoverished companions that were drawn towards me. This is my story. Yet these jealous scholars count me among imposters. They do not see the destitution of faith, instead they cause it to become weaker and leave it to be crushed by the fangs of Christianity.