Blessings of Prayer — Page 46
Barak a tud Du‘ a 46 creations. If one would enquire about His powers, then let him know that He has the power to do everything with the exception of that which is contrary to His perfect attributes and His true promises. To contend that though He may be All- Powerful He may not wish to exercise His power is completely absurd, for 21 is also one of His attributes. is the ultimate secret of Divine knowledge, which cannot be understood without keeping company with the perfect ones. Being a very profound and rare phenomenon, every intellect is not aware of this philosophy. But, remember, everything listens to the voice of God Almighty. He has control over everything and He holds all the strings in His Hand. His wisdom knows no limit and it penetrates to the root of every particle. Nothing possesses properties that are in excess of His powers. All the qualities that things may possess are within the scope of His power. He who does not believe in this is among those about whom it has been said: a Since the perfect man is a perfect manifestation of the whole world, it is therefore drawn towards him from time to time. He is like a spider of the spiritual world and the whole world is his web. This is the secret behind miracles. b [Author] a And they failed to respect Allah as He should be respected. — Al-An‘ a m , 6:92 [Publishers] b Those who possess true knowledge, influence the scheme of things; What has he seen of the world who has no experience of their world! [Publishers] 21 Every day He reveals Himself in a different state. — Al-Ra h m a n , 55:30 [Publishers]