Allah The Exalted — Page 54
5 Him is your return 67. [Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 1, pp. 515-521, sub-footnote 3] God's Beauty and Beneficence God's law of nature and the book of nature, which have been in existence since the creation of man, teach us that to establish a strong relationship with God it is necessary to have experienced His Beneficence and His Beauty. As pointed out before, by beneficence is meant instances of the moral qualities of God Almighty which a man might have personally experienced in his own being. For in- stance, God may have become his Guardian when he was helpless and weak and an orphan. Or God may have ful- filled his need at a time of want; or God may have helped him at a time of great sorrow; or God may have guided him without the intervention of a preceptor or guide in his search after God. By His beauty are also meant His attributes which appear in the guise of beneficence, for instance, His perfect Power or His Tenderness or His Kindness or His Rub u bi- yyat or His Compassion, or His general Rub u biyyat and those common bounties which are available in large numbers for the comfort of man. There is also His knowledge which a person obtains through Prophets and thereby saves himself from death and ruin. Also His at- tribute that He hears the supplications of the restless and fatigued ones. Also His excellence that He inclines to- wards those who incline towards Him, even more so. All this is comprised in God's Beauty. The very same attrib- utes when they are experienced by a person become His Beneficence with reference to him, though they are only 67 al-Qa s a s , 28:89 [Publisher]