Allah’s Treatment Is According To Ones Expectations (part two)

The second point in this hadith is “whenever a slave of Mine remember Me, I am with him.” In another hadith, it is stated “So long as one’s lips move in My remembrance I remain with him.” i.e. Almighty Allah bestows His special care and mercy on him during all this time.

The third point is that Almighty Allah mentions him with favour to the angle, which signifies the value of zikir. Firstly, this is because Allah created man such that inherently he is liable to be good as well as to go astray, as a hadith below;

From Abu Hurairah r.a and Abu Said r.a, both bore testimony to having heard from Rasulullah s.a.w that the gathering engaged in zikir of Almighty Allah is surrouned by the angles on all sides, the grace of Allah and “Sakinah” (peace and tranquility) descend upon them and Almighty Allah speaks about them by way of appreciation, to His angles.”

Submission on his part therefore deserves special appreciation. Secondly, at the time of Adam’s creation, the angels (who have no instinct for doing evil) could not understand the creation of man and had contended that he would cause blood-shed and trouble in the world, while they are always there to praise and glorify Almighty Allah. Thirdly, man’s worship of Allah and submission to His will is more commendable than that of the angles, because he does so on account of his faith in the unseen which, however, is actually seen by the angles. It is to this fact that Allah refers in the Holy Quran: “How would the man have not worshipped if he had actually seen the Paradise and the Hell.” It is for this reason that Almighty Allah praises the noble deeds of those who worship and glorify Him without seeing.”

The fourth point contained in the above-mentioned hadith is that if a man increases his devotion to Almighty Allah, the increase in His mercy and kindness upon him is proportionately far greater. “Getting near” and “running” signify immediate increase in His blessings and mercy. Thus, it is upto a person that, if he wants to enjoy more kindness and favours from Almighty Allah, he should increase his devotion to Him.

The fifth point in the above mentioned hadith is that the angles have been stated to be superior to man, while it is commonly know that man is the best creation of Allah. One reason for this has already been explained in the translation (of the hadith), that the angles are superior because they are innocent and are unable to commit sins. Secondly, they are superior because they are better than the majority of man, including even the majority of believers and yet some selected Believer like the Prophets a.s (Alaihis Salam) are superior to the angles. There are other reasons as well, which are however left out in order to prevent the discourse from getting too long.