God, the Glorified and Praised, never insisted on being...

God, the Glorified and Praised, never insisted on being worshipped for the sake of His own Person, since He is independent of His worshippers, so that He would be sat- isfied with a worship of this sort, nor did He ever put Himself as the goal and objective of the human march, so that man may bow his head down to Him within the scope of his worship, and that is it . . . !

Rather, He meant such worship to build the good person who is capable of going beyond his ego, participating in a bigger role in the march. The exemplary achievement of this cannot be reached except when the spirit of worship gradually extends to other activities of life, for its extension - as we have already seen - means an extension of objectivity of purpose and the inner feeling of responsible behaviour, and the ability to go beyond the self to be in harmony with…