The Shining Lamp — Page 148
148 THE SHINING LAMP world would have drowned in misguidance, and everyone would die having become an atheist or a disbeliever. This is the grace of God that He rescued the arc of humanity just in time. What was this fourteenth century [of the Hijri calendar]? It was the moon of the fourteenth night in which God covered the entire earth with His light. So will you now fight with God and batter your head against a fortress made of steel? Have some shame, and do not obstruct the truth. God has seen the earth burnt down by innovations, shirk [associating partners with God] and wickedness, where immoral- ity is liked, and the truth is shunned. Thus, as is His practise from time immemorial, He turned His attention towards the reforma- tion of the world because true change comes from heaven and not the earth and true faith is attained from above and not from below. Therefore, the Rahim [Merciful] God desired to revive faith and show such a Sign to those people who have been invited by the public announcements or will be so invited in the future. And addressing me, my God has said: الْأَرْضُ وَ السَّمَاءُ مَعَكَ كَما هُوَ مَعِي . قُلْ لِّيَ الْأَرْضُ وَالسَّمَاءُ قُلْ لَّن سَلَامٌ فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيْكَ مُقْتَدِرٍ . إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا وَالَّذِيْنَ هُمْ مُّحْسِنُونَ. يَأْتِي نَصْرُ اللَّهِ. إِنَّا سَنُنْذِرُ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ إِنَّا سَنَنْزِلُ . أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا . Meaning: The heaven and the earth are¹ with you as they are with Me. Say, 'The heaven and the earth are for me. Say, "There is security for me in the seat of truth with the Omnipotent King. Allah is with those who are righteous 1. Note: The singular form هُوَ )huwa) has been used because it denotes the entire creation (as a single entity). [Publisher]