Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 164
164 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION [observe Prayer] means that, as far as they possibly can, they strive to make the Prayer stand upright and employ extra effort and hard work. the grace God says The fact, however, remains that human efforts are futile without of God Almighty. This is why the Benevolent and Merciful meaning that: 'As far as possible, they should strive to establish Prayer with sincerity. After this if they have belief in My Word, I shall not relegate them merely to their own effort and labour. On the contrary, I shall Myself assist them. Then, their Prayer shall assume a different complexion and an exquisite state will develop in them which they never thought or imagined. They would be blessed with this grace only because they believed in the 'Word of God', the Holy Quran, and, as far as it lay within their power, they remained engaged in acting in accordance with its injunctions. In short, the additional guidance that has been promised regarding Prayer is that one should be able to attain a state of natural fervour, personal love, reverence, and full concentration to the extent that the human eye opens to behold his True Beloved, and an extraordinary state to wit- ness the beauty of God be provided which is totally suffused with spiritual delights and makes the heart averse to mundane vices and the variety of sins of speech, conduct, sight, and sound. In this context God says: إِنَّ الْحَسَنتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيَاتِ 2 Similarly, the utmost that a person can do on his own effort, in terms of financial sacrifice, is to offer a portion of his favourite possessions for the sake of Allah, as God Almighty says in the same chapter [of the Holy Quran]: 1. Surah al-Baqarah, 2:4 [Publisher] 2. Surely, good works drive away evil works (Surah Hūd, 11:115). [Publisher]