Favours of the Gracious God — Page 33
ِ ا ہّٰللِّٰ الرَّحْم�ٰ ن ِ الرَّح�ِی ْمِ �ب ِسْم [In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful] All praise belongs to Allah – the Lord, the Most Gracious. Glory, Grace and Beneficence are His attributes alone. He created 1 man and taught him the art of expression. Then from one tongue, spread many across the lands just as He made, from one colour, a variety of different colours. He made Arabic the mother of all tongues and in radiance and brightness, made it like the Sun. It is He, Who is praised by men and Jinn who affirm that He is the Lord. Souls and bodies fall prostrate before Him. The heart and tongue are occupied in His praise. Holy is our Lord Who is the Lord of the present, the future and the past. He does whatever He 1 A lengthy footnote in Urdu begins here in the original text. For the convenience of the reader, it has been moved to page 65 as a separate chapter. [Publisher]