Tadhkirah — Page 117
1883 117 establish prayer for My remembrance. You are with Me and I am with you. Your secret is My secret. We have relieved you of the burden which had well-nigh broken your back, and have exalted your name. You are on the straight path, of high standing in this world and the hereafter and of those who are close to Allah. [Arabic] Allah will support you, Allah will help you. Allah will raise the argument of Islam. It is the beauty of Allah that has purified you in every situation. The mysteries that God Almighty has granted to His auliy a’ [friends of Allah] cannot be encompassed; someone is drawn towards Him by one way, and someone else by another…. This is an indication that there are two divine attributes which operate for the moral and spiritual development of God’s servants. One operates by way of tenderness , bountifulness and benevolence. It is called Jam a l [Beauty]. The other operates by way of power and harshness. It is called Jal a l [Majesty]. It is thus the way of Allah that those who are summoned to His presence are nurtured sometimes through His attribute of Beauty and sometimes through His attribute of Majesty. In matters where the grace of the One God is directed in a magnificent manner, the attribute of Beauty is always manifested in abundance, but on some occasions Allah wills to discipline or nurture His favoured servant through the attributes of Majesty. Even with regard to the Prophets it has been the way of God Almighty that they are nurtured normally through the operation of the attributes of Beauty but sometimes the attributes of Majesty