A Sign of Allah - Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan — Page 22
A Sign of Allah 22 fact, it was always he who would raise the status of the office. He kept raising the stature of those offices to such a degree that when he would vacate a post, the office would seem to be even higher in status than before—and the ability to do this is granted to man as a result of exhibiting humility. If one ponders deeply, then one will discover that humil - ity and having a profound capacity for fortitude are simply two names for the same thing. An ignorant and unwise per - son with cursory understanding imagines high status and expansiveness to be attained through raising one’s chin with arrogance. However, one who understands human nature and has learned the secrets of it from the Holy Quran under - stands this truth well that within humility, in fact, lies emi - nence and expansiveness and both of these characteristics are taught to us daily by each prescribed unit of the five daily prayers. First, we express humility while bowing and we recite: 1 ُ سُبْحَان َ رَبّي َِ الْعَظِيْم With this prayer, God Almighty turns our attention towards the expanses as if to say that since you have bowed before Me, you will be endowed with expansiveness because you have bowed before the Lord of Expansiveness. The other move - ment that we make towards humility, which is the height of 1. Holy is my Lord, the most Great [Publisher].