The Holy War — Page 64
64 virtue of His will, and also the Possessor of all perfect attributes and the One who also sends down His revelation. The second sign is اَهُعْرَف يِف ِءٓاَمَّسلا ۰۰ [ far‘uh a fis-sam a’ ] which means that its branches reach up to the heavens and those people who look to the heavens—in other words, those who observe the laws of nature— should be able to see it and, moreover, it thus becomes established that it is the Perfect Teaching. One part of the proof for this comes forth from this same verse. This is so because as Allah, the Lord of Glory , has set forth this teaching in the Noble Quran, for example, that: 1 ُدْمَحْلَا ِهّٰلِل ِّبَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلا۰۰ ِنٰمْحَّرلا ِمْيِحَّرلا۰۰ ِكِلٰم ِمْوَي ِنْيِّدلا۰۰ The meaning of this is that Allah, the Lord of Glory , is the Lord of all the worlds; that is to say, He is the ultimate cause of every single source of providence. Secondly, He is also the Most Gracious, which is to say, without the need for any action, He provides for His creation from Himself all sorts of bounties and favours. He is also the Ever Merciful, meaning He is the Helper of those who do good works and takes their objectives to perfection. And He is also ِكِلٰم ِمْوَي ِنْيِّدلا ۰۰ [ M a liki-Yaumid- D i n —Master of the Day of Judgement] so that every reward and pun- ishment is in His control. He can deal with His servant as He wills, punish if He so desires, in recompense for an evil deed to such an extent as is proper for that evil deed or, if He so desires, He may make available the means for forgiveness; and all these matters are clearly proven by studying the system that Allah, the Lord of Glory , has put in place. Then, the third sign ْۤيِتْؤُت اَهَلُكُا َّلُك ٍنْيِح , means that a sign of a Complete Book is also that whatever fruit it promises to give, it should not only be a promise, but it should bestow that fruit forever and at all times. And here, by fruit, is meant the meeting with Allah, the Lord of Glory , together with all its accompaniments by way of heavenly blessings 1. S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:2–4 [Publisher]