An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 84
84 stage of knowledge, certainty, trust and love… (A ’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m , pp. 63-64, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 5, pp. 63-64) Now in this stage of Liq a , the highest stage, a man sometimes works things which appear superhuman and are a manifestation of Divine Power. For instance, our lord and master, the Seal of the Prophets, threw a handful of pebbles at the infidels in the Battle of Badr. But this handful of stones had such an extraordinary effect upon the enemy that not a single eye could escape it. All turned blind and were frightened and were seized with panic and it was to this miracle that the holy verse alludes to when "thou didst cast and thou threwst not but it was All a h who threw" (8:18). A human being could not do it, it was the hidden power that did it… (A ’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m , p. 65, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 5, p. 65) Now our object in writing these lines is to show that a man who has reached the stage of Liq a necessarily does some divine deeds in the best moments of this condition, and a person who passes part of his life in close connection with such a man must witness such powerful miracles because in those best moments, the Divine attributes are reflected in him to such an extent that his mercy becomes the mercy of God and his wrath, the wrath of God. And many times he says, without offering a prayer: "Let such and such a thing be" and it is so. He casts an angry look upon a person and the wrath of God is upon him. He casts a kind look upon another and the same is favourably looked upon by God. And as the "So be it" of God always produces the desired results without fail, the "So be it" of such a person in that best moment does not go unfulfilled. … (A ’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m , pp. 68-69, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 5, pp. 68-69) It should also be clearly understood that upon the realization of the stage of self-annihilation described as Fan a by the mystics and described as Istiq a mat (Steadfastness) by the Holy Quran, the stages of