Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 492
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 492 Difference between Rahman and Rahim Ar-Rahman It should be kept in mind that ت ي ن رامح� [ Rahmaniyyat — Graciousness] is the name of that blessing of Allah the Exalted, which accompanies man at all times and in all conditions, and is not bestowed upon him by way of recompense, nor is there any pre-requisite of human action, labour, or effort. Allah the Exalted, has, for example, created the system of the universe; brought into being the sun, the moon, the stars, air, water and grain; created cures and medicines for the treatment of our various illnesses. In short, there are thousands of such boun- ties that He has brought into being without any deed, effort, or labour on our part, purely out of His grace. Should a man look deeply, he will find hundreds of thousands of such bounties and he will be forced to admit—finding no reason to dispute—that all those bounties and means of comfort that predate even our coming into being could not possibly have been the result of some deed on our part. Reflect upon the fact that this earth and this heaven and everything within them—even our own form and condition when we were yet in the wombs of our mothers, and our facul- ties during that time—which deed of ours is all this the result of ? Here, I do not wish to discuss those who believe in rein- carnation, nor can I desist from saying at least this much that there are innumerable other bounties and favours of Allah the Exalted upon us that they cannot be weighed in any scale. All these blessings that He created the moon, the sun, the earth, and provided for all our needs even before our birth—can any- one tell me which deed exists that could be weighed against all these blessings?