Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 154
155 cleansed bosom and a tear-shedding eye, only then his prayer is answered. But our God (God forbid) is not ignorant. Nothing is concealed from Him. As the Holy Quran very clearly says that He is aware of what goes on in hearts and knows who is truly righteous and who is not. He knows as to who our foe is and who is our friend. He knows what is good for us and what is harmful. Thus, He responds to our supplications in the capacity of the All-Knowing. He (God forbid) is not like a silly mother who, on demand of an ember from her child, sometimes in peevishness gives it to the child and consequently burns his hand. God is more loving than a mother can be, and is more affectionate than a father. When He comes to accepting supplications He accepts them in a way they are beneficial to us. But if the thing sought for in the supplication is not good for us He turns down that supplication. In its stead, out of His grace and benevolence, He manifests His benevolence in some other form and way. He is a very loving and very compassionate Lord. We are under the obligation to pass our days being His grateful servants, and we should always live in unity and concord in the Jam a ‘at, and never lose sight of the fact that all holiness and all Wil a yat is under the foot of Khilafat-e-R a shida. He who, out of this fold, deems himself something, and if his supplications are answered they are not in the sense of acceptance of the selected ones; that acceptance is a trial and a test. Thus, one should always fear his Lord. 76