Real Revolution — Page 80
80. Noah and Abraham stand in this respect is evident from the events of their lives. When Noah had to face the deluge, he was directed to build an ark, to save himself and his handful of followers. But when Allah directed Abraham to take his wife and child to a certain remote and uninhabited valley. we do not find him being directed to take steps for keeping them supplied with food and water. He was just ordered to leave them there, and he did so without the slightest hesitation, or worry, as to how the two would. subsist, for he had not the slightest doubt that the Lord Who fed them at home would also take care of them in that far off wilderness. . Abraham thuse stood at a higher point in regard to tawakkul (absolute reliance on God) than did. Noah, and perfect tawakkul is attained only at the point where Abraham stood. . Perfection of Humanity through Abraham. Similarly the perfection of humanity also came about through Abraham, and in fact the perfection of humanity and a perfect realisation of the unity of. God go inseparably with each other. Without a perfect realisation of the unity of God the humanity of man remains incomplete, while without the attainment of perfect humanity there can be no perfect realisation of the unity, uniqueness, power and glory of the Lord, this being the explanation