Real Revolution — Page 110
110 spiritual and material blessings should be received in their highest quality and quantity, since there can be no question about the value of a thing when it is actually in one's hand, and when, moreover, it has borne fruit. After a student has obtained his degree at the end of his studies at some college, or when, having served in some department for some time, a man obtains an official reward from the government, there can be no question of the possibility of that college or that department of government service involving a fraud. Similarly, atter acting on the teaching of a religion, when a man begins to receive all the fruits and favours which should follow, there remains no basis for doubt as to the veracity of that teaching. . What is Ni'mat (Favour). Let us now try to find out what is meant by ni'mat. We read in the Quran: وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيْكُمْ أَنْبِيَاء وَجَعَلَكُمْ تُلُوكاً وأتَاكُمْ . ما لم يؤت أحدا من العالمين "And remember when Moses said to his people, 'O my people, call to mind Allah's favour upon you when he appointed Prophets money and mado