Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 113
Malfuzat - Volume I 113 In the face of God's supreme power and control, human beings seem as though they were lifeless creatures. When they observed man as such, they began to ex- press the views I have just mentioned and their thoughts became inclined to such concepts. The Servitude of the Holy Prophetsa Study the Holy Quran and you will see that there is not a single example of any- one who can match the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who was the perfect man, nor can he be matched until the end of time. Even though the Holy Prophets was blessed with the ability to manifest miracles in which it appeared as though he could harness divine power, he was always char- acterised by his servitude to God. The Holy Prophets would always declare, again and again: إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ I am only a man like yourselves. This was to such extent that even in the Muslim creed which professes the Unity of God, the Holy Prophets declared that it was incumbent to profess the Proph- et's servitude to God as a necessary constituent-a declaration, without which a Muslim cannot be a Muslim. Reflect again and again! To entertain in our hearts and minds those ideas previously mentioned, is absurd and inappropriate, given how our Perfect Guide lived such a life that even after attaining to the highest possible status in nearness to God, he still did not fail to acknowledge his own servitude to the Divine. Two Forms of Divine Power Of course, a fact which no one can deny is that the powers of Allah the Exalted are countless and unlimited. It is impossible to count and enumerate them. The more a person progresses in piety and spiritual discipline, the closer they come to Allah the Exalted; and a tinge of these divine powers begins to manifest themselves in the person of such an individual proportionately. The door to the knowledge of these divine powers is opened to such people. It seems appropriate at this instance to state that the powers of the Divine are of two kinds: one which relates to the 1 al-Kahf, 18:111