Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 53
27 December 1907 53 because the souls have not been created by him. Just as he is by himself, similarly, souls are by themselves. It cannot be that he could create more souls. Therefore, out of the fear that if souls are granted eternal salvation, a time would eventually come when all the souls would escape his control having attained sal- vation, and this entire established set up would suffer disrup- tion. Therefore, he saves one sin in their account as an excuse, thereby keeping this cycle running. 1 The Holy and Omnipotent God of Islam Islam’s God, on the other hand, is such a Holy and All-Powerful God that even if the entire world tries to find a flaw in Him, it cannot. Our God is the Creator of all the worlds. He is free from every blemish or flaw. How can one who has any flaw be God and how can we pray to such a god and how can we pin any hopes on him if he himself is flawed and imperfect? In con- trast, Islam has presented an Omnipotent God who suffers no shortcoming, from whom we can beg and through whom we can attain the fulfilment of our greatest desires. It is indeed for this very reason that He has taught us to pray in this same S u rah al-F a ti h ah that you should supplicate to Me: 2 َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا ۰۰ َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا ۰۰ 1. From Badr: In this world some deny [His ability of ] creation, some [His] gra- ciousness, some [His] mercy, and some Him being the Master of the Day of Judgement. All religions have this kind of conflict but Islam is such a pristine religion which gathered all the most perfect attributes ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 6, dated 9 January 1908). 2. S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6–7 [Publisher]