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The Little Man in the Tower

We created man and We know what his own self whispers to him.
We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. (Surah Qaf: 16)

Anyone who comprehends this truth understands that Allah is his only
friend, protector, and helper. In this way, the secret of the prayer in Surat al-
Fatiha, the first Surah, is revealed "You alone we worship. You alone we ask
for help." In the same way, the believer understands that everything in the
world happens by the will of Allah, functioning according to the destiny He
has set out for it, and can never step outside His will. This is the
understanding of the secret revealed in the verse below:

Everyone in the heavens and earth belongs to Him. All are
submissive to Him. (Surat ar-Rum: 26)

Realizing that space is only a perception removes all misunderstandings
and doubts as to how life in the Hereafter will be lived. Most who do not
believe in the Hereafter or who doubt its existence cannot understand how
the universe, which they imagine to be fixed and unalterable, will come to
an end, to be replaced by a brand new world containing Heaven and Hell.
The fact is, the very universe that they imagine to be fixed and unalterable
consists of the totality of perceptions revealed by Allah to their souls. For
Allah, it is a simple matter to remove one of a person’s perceptions and give
another in its stead. In the same way that you can have a dream, but find
yourself in an entirely different world on awakening (the world you imagine
to be "real"), so in the same way you will make the transition from the life of
this world to the Hereafter. The universe you imagine to be fixed and
unalterable, but which really exists only through Allah’s creation at every
moment, will disappear in a great tumult, following which Heaven and Hell
will be created.

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