Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 470
! ! 470 ِﻟ َﻴ ۡﻌ ُﺒ ُﺪ ۡو ِن ِا َّﻻ ا ِۡﻻ tۡ َﺲ َو ا ۡﻟ ِﺠ َّﻦ َﺧ َﻠ ۡﻘ ُﺖ َﻣ ﺎ َو “ And I h ave not created the jinn and man, but that they may worship M e. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 51: V. 57) Jinn and man have only been created in order for them to spend their time in the worship of Allah , so as to develop such heavenly eyes in the hereafter , which are capable of seeing God Almighty. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’ān : َا ۡﻋ ٰﻤ ﻲ ا ٰۡﻻ ِﺧ َﺮ ِۃ ِيف َﻓ ُﻬ َﻮ َا ۡﻋ ٰﻤ ﻲ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ٖۤھ ِۡيف َﻛ ﺎ َن َﻣ ۡﻦ َو َﺳ ِﺒ ۡﻴ ًﻼ َا َﺿ ُّﻞ َو “ But whoso is blind in this world wi ll be blind in the Hereafter, and even more astray from the way. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 17: V. 73) A person who is [spiritually] blind in this world and does not possess such heavenly eyesight with which to see God Almighty , will be raised up blind o n the Day of Judgment as well. For o n the Day of Judgment, his spiritual eyes will be borne from [his own] knowledge of Allah in this world. T hus, a person who did not develop spiritual insight to see God Almighty in this world , will be raised up spiritually blind in the next world as well and will be un able to see God Almighty. The Holy Qur’ān states that when such people are raised up blind, they will object , “W hat has happened to us that we cannot see anything?” God Almighty will then reply , “In the previous world you were blind a s you did not develop spiritual vision, which should have been developed there. That is why you cannot see Me now. ” Upon hearing this, the people will say, “W hat is the use of this lif e if we are incapable of seeing You? ” The desire to form a bond with God and to achieve eternal life is embedded within man, even if he appears to have forgotten this. This desire deep within him