Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 169
170 suppressed, and for others, to be saved from the poison of sin; and he draws the attention of God towards himself with his entreaties; and then such a person wishes for others, who establish a relationship with Him through the bond of faith, to also partake of it. The reason why a sinless person stands in need of strength from God is that human nature, in itself, possesses no excellence, rather all the time it acquires excellence from God. It possesses no strength of its own, rather all the time it acquires strength from God. And it does not possess any perfect light of its own, rather light descends on it from God. The real secret behind all this is that the perfect nature is bestowed upon only the ability to attract, so that it could attract the Superior power towards itself; but the source of power is God Himself. The angels also derive power for themselves from the same source. So does a perfect man, from the same source and through the ways of servitude, derives the power of sinlessness and grace,…So, what is Istighf a r ? It is like a device that channels power through itself. The entire secret of Tau hi d [the Unity of God] is associated with the principle, that, sinlessness in man should not be regarded as the permanent property of man; rather God alone should be regarded as the fountainhead for achieving it. ” 86 When God’s protection is secured and man has acquired power from God only then he gets the opportunity of Taubah (that is, turning to God) and then his Taubah is granted acceptance by Allah the Almighty. The Promised Messiah as says: “Rise up, therefore, and turn to God, and please