The Heavenly Decree — Page 34
34 A sm a n i Fai s lah find relief shall do so by virtue of the holy breath, prayer, attention and the blessings of the bodily existence on earth of those who enjoy His nearness and are granted the honour of the acceptance of prayer. There are many idolaters in the world who do not turn to perfect believers in times of affliction, and some who do not believe in the acceptance of prayer, and confine themselves wholly to worldly means and stratagems, and a look at their life histories may deceive an unscrupulous person into thinking that these people too find solutions to their difficulties. How then can it be clearly proved that the prayers of the accepted ones are mostly heard? The answer to such doubts, as stated in the Holy Quran, is that even though a person turns to idols, or other gods or to his own devices, still the holy law of God Almighty is that all such things happen through the influence and holy breath of His accepted ones. It is by their blessings that the world thrives; it is by their blessings that rains fall and peace prevails in the world, and epidemics are removed and strife and unrest is banished; it is by their blessings that worldly people succeed in their endeavours, and the moon comes out and the sun shines. They are the light of the world, and the world will remain illuminated as long as they continue to exist in it as a class, and with the end of their existence as a class the world shall also end, for