The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 177
171 under his shade for everyone who is in need, and pours down the rain of grace at its proper time. Like the earth, out of utter humility, he becomes like a floor for everyone's comfort and gathers them close to afford them security, and offers them diverse types of spiritual fruits. Thus, he who adheres to the perfect law discharges his obligations to God and to his fellow creatures to the utmost. He loses himself in God and becomes a true servant of His creatures. This is the effect of the practical ordinances of the law on his life here. Their effect in the hereafter is that a person who adheres to them will observe his spiritual relationship with God as a manifest reality. The service that he rendered to God's creatures out of his love for God, which was stimulated by his faith, and his yearning for righteous action, will be manifested to him as the trees and rivers of paradise. In this context, God Almighty has said: وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحْهَا وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلْهَاتِ وَالهَارِ إِذَا جَلْبَهَاتِ وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشُهَا وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنْهَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَهَا وَنَفْسٍ وَ مَاسَوبَهَا فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقَوبِهَاتِ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّهَانِ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَشْهَا كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَعُونَهَا إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ نَاقَةَ اللهِ وَسُفَيْهَا فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا