Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 285
21 May 1907 285 21 May 1907 Man is Dependent on God Almighty at Every Moment I declared alchemy as shirk [associating partners with Allah]. This meant that God Almighty does not desire for man to be independent. That is why, it is mentioned: 1 َّنِا َناَسْنِاْلا ىٰۤغْطَيَل۰۰ ْنَا ُهٰاَّر ىٰنْغَتْسا۰۰ َّنِا َناَسْنِاْلا ىٰۤغْطَيَل۰۰ ْنَا ُهٰاَّر ىٰنْغَتْسا۰۰ God states that man transgresses when he sees himself as being independent. Servitude has such a relationship with Divinity that every fibre of the servant is dependent upon his Lord and cannot pass a moment without God. Thus, an individual who seeks such means as would void the need for turning one’s atten- tion to God (and attention depends on need), it is as though he falls into shirk because he makes another his objective besides the One. A believer is the one who does not even mention issues that interfere with Tau hi d [the Oneness of God]. This matter ought to be carefully understood that a patient stays with the physician so long as he is sick. Hence, a servant will pay atten- tion only so long as he in the state of servitude. َ اَلْعَاقِبَۃ ُ لِلْمُتَّقِیْن َ اَلْعَاقِبَۃ ُ لِلْمُتَّقِیْن [The (Good) End is Only for the Righteous] Two parties contend with each other but the ultimate victory is achieved solely by those who have God with them. Moses as apparently could not compete with Pharaoh, but God bestowed 1. S u rah al-‘Alaq, 96:7–8 [Publisher]