Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 70
70 57 58 * 57 As for those who say, 'Our Lord is Allah', and then remain steadfast, the angels descend on them, saying : 'Fear ye not, nor grieve; and rejoice in the Garden that you were promised. 'We are your friends in this life and in the Hereafter. Therein you will have all that your souls will de- sire, and therein you will have all that you will ask for. — Ha M i m al- Sajdah, 41: 31-32 [Publishers] 58 And when My servants ask thee about Me, say : 'I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way. — Al-Baqarah, 2:187 [Publishers] * Do understand that the Friends of God, who love Him and are loved by Him, are distinguished by the following signs. They have no fear of what they will eat or what they will drink or how they will get rid of certain calamities, because they keep receiving assurances from Him. They grieve not over the past, for they are blessed with patience. The second sign is that they are true believers, which means that they are perfect in their faith; and they are God-fearing, which means that they distance themselves from everything that is against their faith and against true submission. Their third sign is that they keep receiving glad-tidings through Divine converse and true dreams. This is a promise which God has made to them in this life, as well as in the hereafter, and this promise will never be withdrawn. This is the friendship and distinc- tion that they have been blessed with, i. e. , the chosen servants of God, who are His friends, certainly receive their share of Divine converse and true dreams, and deserve to be honoured with Divine communication Contd…