Blessings of Khilafat — Page 175
Objects of Human Life 175 God will not only raise their own spiritual stations, but will also raise the stations of those related to them. The Holy Prophet sa has said: In paradise, I will be accompanied by Ali and Fatimah. That is because God says that He will be kind to even the relatives of those who look after His creation in this world. The next statement by God is very wonderful. Everything is attracted to its own kind. God states that when these people will enter paradise, the angels will swiftly move towards them. The angels are bound to fall in love with them, for they are those possessed of angelic spirits. They will rush towards them saying, ‘peace be on you, for you remained steadfast’. Here, God has stated in clear terms that such people will possess the station equal to that of the angels—and the station possessed by the angels is indeed very high. Sixth Rank Man, then, progresses further and excels even higher when he becomes aware of his spiritual station. It is then that he does not only safeguard his self against vice; he rather comes to understand that his being is mere nothing. Having realized this, he surrenders himself completely to God. It is this state of man about which the sufi’s have said that man begins to partake of divine attributes. The Holy Quran has thus elaborated this rank: 25 25 Nay, whoever submits himself completely to Allah, while he is excellent in conduct, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve. ( S u rah al-Baqarah , 2:113)