May hamd-u-thenâ[1] be to Allâhu ta’âlâ, who sends us all the conspicuous and invisible blessings, who shows us the way to safety, and who has honoured us by making us an Ummat of His beloved Prophet Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’. Allâhu ta’âlâ is the only One who gives every blessing, every goodness to all creatures. He is the One who creates everything and who gives the blessing of existence. He is also the One who keeps everything in existence every moment. Perfect and good attributes are given to men through His mercy, through His sympathy. Our attributes of life, knowledge, hearing, seeing, power and speech are all from Him. He, alone, sends innumerable blessings. He is the One who saves people from troubles. He is the One who accepts prayers and rescues people from disasters. He is such a Razzâq[2] that He does not cut off the sustenance of His born slaves on account of their sins. His forgiveness and mercy is so plentiful that He does not disclose the ugliness of the faces of sinners. He is so lenient that He does not hurry in punishing His born slaves. He is so bounteous that He showers His favours and blessings upon everybody, whether beloved or hostile. And, as the most honourable, the most valuable and the highest of all His blessings, He teaches Islam to His born slaves clearly, and shows them the way He likes. He so kindly commands them to attain endless bliss by following the highest of creatures. Thus, His blessings and favours are clearer than the sun and more conspicuous than the moon. Also, He is the One who sends the blessings that come through others. Others’ favours are similar to the custodian’s entrusting something to another person for safekeeping. To ask anything from somebody else means to expect something from a poor person. An ignorant person as well as a learned one knows this. A blockhead as well as a clever person understands it.
