The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 77
Allah the Exalted 77 fest itself without the intervention of material means and it will be observed and felt that everything besides the great power and might of Allāh is nonexistent. . Then all comfort and joy, and all reward and punishment, will appear clearly as coming from God. There will be no veil in between and there will be no room left for any doubt. At that time, those who had cut themselves asunder from everything for His sake will find themselves in a state of perfect bliss which will envelope their bodies and souls, their outside and inside, and no part of their beings will be deprived of this great good fortune. . Mālik-i-Yaum-id-Din also indicates that on that Day comfort or suffering and pleasure or pain, whatever is experienced by man, will proceed directly from God Almighty, and He will be the Master of all conditions. In other words, meeting with Him or being cut off from. Him will be the cause of eternal good fortune or eternal misfortune. Those who had believed in Him, adhered to. Unity and had dyed their hearts in His pure love, will experience the lights of His mercy clearly and openly; and those who had not achieved faith and love of God will be deprived of this delight and comfort and will be involved in painful torment. . . . . It will thus be seen that the priority given to the attribute Raḥmān over the attribute Raḥīm is necessary and is demanded by the rule of good composition. When the book of nature is studied, the first attribute of God which comes to notice is Rububiyyat, then His Raḥmāniyyat, and thereafter His Raḥīmiyyat and finally His Malikiyyat. Perfect composition demands that the order followed in the book of nature should also be kept in view in the revealed book. To reverse the natural order in composition