The Fountain of God’s Unity — Page 19
nobility among the Arabs [of the time] ―was not fulfilled. However, the person who cut his neck, severed it near the head, thereby showing that the friends of Satan never succeed. On the contrary, the Holy Prophetas was granted victory in such a manner that not only did he become the recipient of God Almighty's paradise in the hereafter, but also in this life. Just as God says [in the Holy Quran]: وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي Therefore, whosoever wishes to establish a perfect relationship with God Almighty ought to forsake [all forms of] shirk, as God abhors shirk. TWO FORMS OF SHIRK Here I deem it necessary to explain the two types of shirk: 1 And enter thou My Garden. Al-Fajr 89:31 [Publishers] -19-