The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 130
130 The commentary of al-Qa si dah We would not have created the universe if We had not created you. ( Silsilatul-A ha d i thi d-D a‘ i fati Wal-Mau du ‘ a ti , vol. 1, by Muhammad N as ir-ud-D i n Al-B a ni, p. 450, H ad i th no. 282, Maktabatul-Ma‘ a rifi, Riyad, 2000 A. D. ) In this h ad i th the Holy Prophet sa has been described as the central point of the circle of humanity. In other words, he was the perfect human being. In 1928, when I was residing in a hotel in Haifa, Palestine, I was sitting on the balcony on the second floor when two businessmen from Nablis, who were also staying in the hotel, came and started a conversation with me. During our conversation they asked regarding this h ad i th. I gave them a general description but it did not satisfy them. One of them said that it seems illogical that if one person was not to be created, then the whole world would not have been created. I felt a disturbance in my heart because of his objection and I had a great desire at that moment to find a solution that would satisfy him. Al h amdulill a h , all of a sudden this matter was clarified in my heart which I proceeded to explain to them. I said that when a person starts to build something it is normally his desire to make it so perfect that it will have no shortcomings so he tries his best in order to achieve that. The reason for the defects in the works of human beings is that they do not have perfect knowledge nor do they have control over everything. For example, a watchmaker, no matter how professional he is in his trade, would not be able to build a watch that would continue to run forever without any defects. Why can he not make such a