Favours of the Gracious God — Page 142
142 Know for sure that true eternity is not found in any - thing except the Lord of Glory and Honour. And that the millstone of extinction operates on both the soul and body. And the Oneness of God requires, at certain times, the extinction of every entity other than Him— with the exception of those who persevered in faith and, after their death, entered the abode of Allah, and were cleansed in the rivers of Allah, and Divine Light encom - passed them, and the signs of God effaced the trace of all others and having been annihilated in God, they died in God’s love. Thus, these people will not taste death after their first death. This mercy is from their Lord, the Most High. They do not experience any pain nor any ordeal, but that they continually reside in the Garden of God the Ever-Living, and Allah bestows life upon them from His existence, and grants them excellences from His own excellences, and His jealous regard for them does not let them perish, for His own Oneness encompasses them. Blessed are those who have lost themselves in the love of the Lord Who is the All-Powerful Master. Now I revert to my earlier discussion and say that God, the Self-Subsisting, created every living thing from water. And water has descended from heaven with many blessings and favours. Thus, every grace has indeed ema -