Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 67
! ! 67 Muhammad sa , the Prophet of Allah was as though a representative of God who came to this world and brought a sampl ing of treasure s from God A l m ighty. That is to say, he came to reveal the qualities and attributes of Allah , so that people would be inspired to strive in knowing God Almighty. Men and women have not been created without a purpose , rather God Almighty has created them for a reason. The reason is for God Almighty to reveal His Sovereignty. God is the Provider. He does not require provision for Himself; hence it was necessary to create mankind so that He might provide for them. In the same way, God is Merciful. Thus, in order to manifest His mercy, it was necessary to have oppressed [peoples]. Everyone is a R eflection o f God In short, God Almighty created people to manifest His attributes. Every single one of us is a mirror, through which Allah desires to see His reflection. Allah wished to create a mirror and He fashioned man’s heart as that mirror, imprinting His own image up on it. For example, Allah is Rabb [ the Sustainer ]. Do you also act as a sustainer? Allah is the Master ; He either punish es or forgive s. D o you also forgive ? If we do not act likewise, then His true image is not imprinted within us. God has cre ated all of you, so that He might manifest His attributes through y ou. If you do not display all these attributes, you are not fulfilling the purpose of your creation. [If that is the case then] y our similitude is that of a defective mirror whic h does not reflect the face clearly, and so the owner discards it. God Almighty will remove such a person in exactly the same way. However, as opposed to this, the more a person becomes pious, the more God Almighty blesses him. However, when a person becomes evil, God eventually destroys him, and God values an animal more than that person. There is a story from the time of Haz rat Noah as of a sparrow who laid baby birds in a nest high up in a tree. When the flood level s rose , God said , “I shall save the sparrow’s babies, who are better than those wicked [pe ople ] , whom I will destroy for having incurred My wrath. ”