Understanding Salat — Page 21
Qiyam 21 The allotter is Allah and the executor is Allah and the creator is Allah, so He is more deserving of thanks than others. For example, one does not look towards the slave who carries a present but towards the master, the sender of the gift. …Whoever looks to the outside and the cause, and his knowledge does not go beyond these, is ignorant and defective in his intelligence. The term ‘intelligent’ applies to a per- son on account of his insight into the ultimate end of things. ( Fut uh ul Ghaib, Discourse 59) ________ O _________ ۡفًا ي ِ حَن being ever inclined The Promised Messiah as said, The very essence of Islam is that all of one’s facul- ties—whether inner or external—must always lay prostrate at the threshold of Allah Almighty, just as a large engine fuels many other parts. In the same way, until a person’s every action and movement is not made to follow the overall power and control of the