The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 233
The Holy Prophetsa 233 sity of his agony should make him feel as if his limbs are separating themselves from his body and his senses are all scattered. His sympathy should carry him to a stage which exceeds that of father and mother and every sharer in sorrow. When these two conditions are created in a person, he is united on the one side with the heavenly station and on the other with the earthly station. Then both sides of the scale are in balance, that is to say, there is a perfect manifestation of the heavenly and also a perfect manifestation of the earthly and he is thus suspended midway between the two. . Heavenly Staion. Point of Intercession. Earthly Station. Referring to the Holy Prophet's station of intercession, the Holy Qur'an affirms his status as the perfect man by saying: ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَتي فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ او ادنی 0 135. This means that: The Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] ascended towards God and approached as near to Him as was possible and acquired all the perfections of nearness and partook fully of the heavenly station, and then leaned perfectly towards the earthly station and arrived at the extreme point of service and worship and partook fully of the pure essentials of humanness, namely love and sympathy for mankind, denoting earthly perfection. Thus, he arrived at the point 135 al-Najm, 53:9-10 [Publisher]