The man said...

The man said: I be sacrificed for you, did Allah authorize people to do what they like? He (A.S.) said: If He has authorized them; He would not have limited them by His commands and prohibitions. The man said: I be sacrificed for you, is there a position inbetween these then?

He (A.S.) said: Aye, Aye, a position more wide than the space between earth and heaven).([^3]) These texts and narrations reveal to us an important fact which we ought to take into consideration and be committed to; we should sense Allah the Sublime’s assistance and guidance in our life, we must sense Allah the Sublimes’ company in every situation, and at every move we make.

If man frees himself from the ideological debate that characterizes the mental history of Islam, returning to himself for a while, he will clearly realize that Allah the Sublime has not forsaken him even for one moment in his life; thus he has never been away from His guidance and assistance all along his life.

If Allah the Sublime forsakes the universe, it will vanish; and if Allah the Sublime has forsaken man leaving him to his own devices and to the system of destiny and fate, man long ago would have reached a dead end. But Allah the Sublime’s providence accompanies mans progress through history, guarding him at every turning point, and every trouble, converting, supporting, protecting and granting him success at every stage.

A general reading to the Book of Allah the Sublime will deepen this feeling in us, making us realize that the Quran means to unite our life and progress along with the Divinity and Providence, rearing in us a sense of Allah’s continuous protection, guardianship and assistance.

And although the Quran is keen about emphasizing the freedom of choice as a principle, yet it never refers anywhere that man in his choice, decision and action is independent from Allah the Sublime; or that Allah the Sublime has left man to his own in respect of choice, decision and action; woe to man if Allah the Sublime leaves him to his own.

It is quite not possible for man within the frame of cause and effect law and the system of existence to be independent from Allah the Sublime in his decision, deed and choice. But suppose we reasonably presume that; and man did become independent from Allah the Sublime and was left to his own to face the system of destiny and fate alone; he-in some of the deadlocks and crises that face him-long long ago would have fallen down reaching a dead end that has no way.