The Fountain of God’s Unity — Page 4
However, man, to whom God Almighty has given a certain degree of freedom has always harboured this malady in his heart. Even though many people received guidance and achieved the ranks of the shuhada and siddiqeen¹, however, there were still a large number of people in the world who did not let go of shirk. SHIRK: THE PRIMARY REASON FOR REJECTING PROPHETS Furthermore, when God Almighty sends a prophet for the reformation of people, and, after some time, those people attribute the divine blessings which had occasionally been bestowed on them to their own personal efforts and hard work, they then turn away from God Almighty. So at that moment, the first [seed of] evil that is planted in their hearts 1 Shuhada refers to Martyrs and Siddiqeen means the Truthful. [Publishers] -4-