Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 10
10 know any such person on the surface of the earth or below it? Do you ask how the sick can be cured without medicine, and do you consider this to be beyond understanding even though God created you out of nothingness, and He will resurrect you again after you die, and this action is continuously manifested in your being. How then can you deny it? So fear Allah and do not deny His great power. The plague emits sparks that immediately kill. Tell us, from which medicine can you expect peace and health? Medicine is based on conjecture, and conjecture bears no significance in front of reality. O young men! Do you speak of inoculation even though it cannot provide protection against the blazing fire that has spread its wings across all places? You do not have any remedy that can stop the heavenly decree and eliminate this serpent. In fact, it is this calamity which you witness to have completely over- whelmed the people and left them absolutely routed. Misguided indeed are those who believe that they have numbered all divine practices and encompassed His laws. God is Holier and Loftier than what they attribute to Him! They are like the blind, nay, even more lost. The reality is that His powers are beyond limit and He has put into operation His laws of nature. He manifests some of His laws in an extraordinary manner for the sake of the righteous and those whom He loves. He manifests for them that which cannot be imagined and observed. If this had not been the case, His seekers would have failed to find their purpose and the Being of the Almighty would have remained unrecog- nised, and His lovers would have died in separation, ignorance and blindness. By Allah, had there not been any miracles, the fruits of worship would have been lost, His servants would have