Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 119
Malfuzat - Volume I 119 history of the world. This is the perfect grace of Allah the Exalted so that the people may comprehend the level to which man can develop a relationship with Allah the Exalted. The purpose of this discourse is to expound that the relation- ships of Allah the Exalted reach an immensely subtle degree. Divinity becomes so intertwined with the elect of God that those who are inclined to worship God's creatures consider such human beings to be God Himself. It is absolutely true and correct to say: مردان خدا ، خدا نباشند لیکن زخدا جدا نباشد The men of God are not God Himself; Yet they are not parted from God either. The relationship that they enjoy with God Almighty is such that even without their supplications, He supports them. In short, the highest station among the various states of man is the soul at rest, which I discussed earlier in this discourse. In this state-rather in their every condition-people of such calibre, become so closely intertwined with God that their relationship with Him surpasses normal bounds and becomes a relationship that is truly special; this relation is no worldly or superficial one, it is a bond of the highest, heavenly nature. The purport is that this comfort can also be described as a prosperity (falah) and steadfastness (istiqamat), and has been alluded to in the following verse: 1 اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ Guide us in the right path. It is this very path that one has been taught to seek in prayer. This path of steadfastness is the path of those upon whom Allah has bestowed His blessings; they are those who receive the grace and favour of Allah the Exalted. The path of those upon whom Allah has bestowed His blessings has been mentioned so as to explain that though the ways of steadfastness are numerous, that steadfastness, which is synonymous with the paths of prosperity and success, are the paths of the Prophets, peace be upon them. Another point to note is that the prayer (Guide us in the right path) is made by the tongue, heart and action of man. Now, when a person supplicates the Divine to become righteous, 1 al-Fatihah, 1:6