Allah The Exalted — Page 132
1 3 The second attribute which has been manifested is His Ra h m a niyyat whereby He has provided numberless boun- ties for man without any action having preceded from man. This attribute also discloses His hidden Being. The third attribute is His Ra hi miyyat. That means, that at first He bestows upon righteous people by virtue of His Ra h m a niyyat the capacity for righteous action and then, as demanded by His Ra hi miyyat , He enables them to perform righteous actions and thus safeguards them against calamities. This attribute also discloses His hid- den Being. The fourth attribute is M a lik-i-Yaum-id-D i n. This also discloses His hidden Being as by virtue of it He rewards the righteous and chastises the wicked. These four attrib- utes bear aloft His ‘ Arsh. That is to say, His hidden Being is recognized in this world through these attributes. This recognition will be doubled in the hereafter, that is to say, eight angels, instead of four, will bear aloft the ‘ Arsh. [Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 23, pp. 278-279] The Unity of God is a light which illumines the heart after the so-called outer and inner deities are totally ne- gated, and it courses through every particle of man's being. It cannot be acquired by anyone on his own, but only through God and His Messenger. Man's function is that he should impose a death upon his ego and should discard the satanic vanity that he is a learned person. He should deem himself ignorant and should be occupied with supplication. Then the light of Unity would descend upon him from God and would bestow new life upon him. [ H aq i qat-ul-Wa hi , R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 22, p. 148]