Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 168
169 seeks help from Him, He gives him strength, and with that strength man stands up on his own feet and finds within him an urge and strength for carrying out virtuous deeds, which is called [turn to Him]. Therefore, the natural order is also the same. In short, there is a set formula in it for the seekers, that in all circumstances a seeker should seek help from God. A seeker can do nothing [on his own] unless he seeks strength from God Almighty. The power to do Taubah is given after Istighf a r, and remember for sure that in the absence of Istighf a r the strength for Taubah dies away. If you seek forgiveness of your Lord in this way and then turn to Him the result will be, 84 (H u d 11:4). God’s continued practice is that if you seek forgiveness and turn to God repentantly, you will achieve your goals. Everyone has a sphere of his own within which he achieves the stages of his progress. ” 85 He says, keeping within your respective spheres try to attain the Divinely heights as far as is possible for you and attain them by the virtue of Istighf a r and Taubah. At another place the Promised Messiah as says: “All this detail reveals that the real significance of the request in Istighf a r is that it is not because a right has been denied; but it is prompted with the desire that the right may not be denied. And the human nature, realizing its own weakness, naturally seeks strength from God…And this is indicative of the fact that man can attain a high station in chastity and intercession only when he keeps praying all the time for his failings to be