Blessings of Khilafat — Page 154
154 and His power is such that He controls everything and there is nothing that can cause him to get tired. 16 There is now only one possible objection left, namely, that even if we agree that God does not need anybody’s help in order to keep Himself well-informed, He must have appointed some courtiers to display His might and glory. God has rejected this notion by saying that is, He is the Greatest; there is nothing which can make Him greater by its help and support. Whatever stands by Him, stands for an elevation in its own stature and not for that of God. Therefore, it is absolutely wrong to think that God might have employed courtiers for the sake of demonstrating His might and glory. God prevails over everything. There is nothing that can refuse to submit to Him. Such is our God—the True God. There is none who is like Him. How unfortunate it would be if, having such a Lord, one should still look for someone else! If a person is provided excellent food, but he wants to consume filth; or if he is provided excellent clothing, but prefers to wrap a dirty rag around him, can such a person deserve to be called wise and sane? Definitely not! Wise is he who opts for what is better. Hence, know for sure that there is none who is better than God. I wish to impress upon you that you should always keep God and His pleasure in view, for all that exists in the world is nothing as compared with Him, and there is nothing that can stand equal to Him. You find the moon shining and pleasing to eyes, yet can anyone call this to be an inherent characteristic of the 16. . . and He is the High, the Great. Ibid.