The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 168
168. Essence of Islam-1. The second attribute which has been manifested is His. Rahmaniyyat whereby He has provided numberless bounties for man without any action having preceded from man. This attribute also discloses His hidden Being. . The third attribute is His Raḥīmiyyat. That means, that at first He bestows upon righteous people by virtue of His. Raḥmāniyyat the capacity for righteous action and then, as demanded by His Raḥīmiyyat, He enables them to perform righteous actions and thus safeguards them against calamities. This attribute also discloses His hidden Being. . The fourth attribute is Mālik-i-Yaum-id-Din. This also discloses His hidden Being as by virtue of it He rewards the righteous and chastises the wicked. These four attributes bear aloft His ‘Arsh. That is to say, His hidden Being is recognized in this world through these attributes. This recognition will be doubled in the hereafter, that is to say, eight angels, instead of four, will bear aloft the 'Arsh. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 23, pp. 278-279]. The Unity of God is a light which illumines the heart after the so-called outer and inner deities are totally negated, and it courses through every particle of man's being. It cannot be acquired by anyone on his own, but only through God and His Messenger. Man's function is that he should impose a death upon his ego and should discard the satanic vanity that he is a learned person. He should deem himself ignorant and should be occupied with supplication. Then the light of Unity would descend upon him from God and would bestow new life upon him. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 22, p. 148]