Heavenly Jewels

length. All that one needs to know is that Allah (The Exalted) d id not create us like stones and other lifeless objects. We have been given the ability of deciding whether to do a certain thing or not. With this ability, we have also been blessed with intelligence, that we may differentiate between right and wrong, benefit and loss. We have also been blessed with all the necessary means to do what we need to and it is for this, that we are answerable. To think that you are totally powerless or completely powerful, are both deviation from the true path. Rule: To do evil and to attribute it to fate or toattribute it to the Will of Allah (The Exalted) is an improper theory. The law is this, that when you do any good, say that it is from Allah (The Exalted) and if you do any bad, attribute it towards your evil desires (nafs). A. 24 Belief: Allah (The Exalted) is free from shape, size, space, direction, time and all that which is created. A. 25 Belief: To see Allah (The Exalted) in one's worldly life is only unique to the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and in the hereafter it is not only possible, but a reality for every Sunni Muslim. As for the issue of seeing spiritually or in a dream, then this was bestowed upon various Prophets (upon them all be peace) and also certain Awliyah Allah. Imam Aazam Abu Hanifa (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Allah (The Exalted) in his dream one hundred times. A. 26 Belief: When seeing Allah (The Exalted), it is without exhilaration, in other words one who sees will not be able to describe what he saw. When a person usually sees anything or anyone then he sees from either far or near, above or below, from the left or right or from front or behind, but the seeing of Allah (The Exalted) is free from all these. It is usually asked how and why �his will happen? The answer to this is that there is no place for such a question in this issue, Vfhen we see then TIe will be able to answer this question. The crux of all this, is thal if the inte!lect engulfs it then it 20