Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 69
69 poison, jumping into a well, or shooting themselves. But, at such critical moments, God helps the favoured ones in a most wonderful and extraordinary manner. Divine grace comes to their rescue in such an amazing way that an inti- mate friend instinctively testifies that this man enjoys Divine support. 5. The one whose prayer is heard as a favour is the focus of Divine blessings, and God takes care of all his affairs. The light of Divine love, the abandoned loftiness peculiar to the accepted ones, and signs of spiritual ecstasy and bounty are all evident on his face, as Allah says: 55 56 55 Thou wilt find in their faces the freshness of bliss. —Al-Ta t f i f, 83:25 [Publishers] 56 Behold! the friends of Allah shall certainly have no fear, nor shall they grieve—those who believed and acted ever righteously—for them are glad-tidings in the present life and also in the Hereafter—there is no changing the words of Allah; that indeed is the supreme triumph. — Y u nus, 10:63-65 [Publishers]