The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 96
96. Essence of Islam-1 prostrations of Moses [peace be on him] though time after time God announced that He would destroy Israel. . All this shows that prayer is not in vain, nor is it a type of worship which does not procure any grace. This is the thinking of those who do not estimate God Almighty as. He should be estimated, and who do not reflect deeply on. God's words nor do they observe the law of nature. The truth is that grace does certainly descend in response to supplication and bestows salvation upon us. It is the grace of Raḥimiyyat through which man makes progress. . Through this grace, man arrives at the stage of Vilāyat, and believes in God Almighty as if he was beholding Him. . Intercession also depends upon the attribute of Raḥīmiyyat. It is Raḥimiyyat of God Almighty that demands that good people should intercede for bad people. . The fourth beneficence of God Almighty, which might be named most special grace, is Malikiyyat of the Day of. Judgement, by virtue of which He has been named Māliki-Yaum-id-Din in Surah Fātiḥah. The difference between this attribute and Rahimiyyat is that through prayer and worship Raḥimiyyat operates to establish a person's worthiness and through Malikiyyat the reward is awarded. . Through the operation of Raḥimiyyat, a person deserves success in an affair like a student's passing an examination, but to be awarded the rank or other object for which the examination was undertaken and passed is by virtue of the attribute of Malikiyyat. These two attributes indicate that the beneficence of Raḥīmiyyat is achieved through God's mercy and the favour of Malikiyyat is achieved through the grace of Almighty God. Malikiyyat would manifest itself on a vast and perfect scale in the hereafter, but in accordance with the measure of this