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PERFECTED FAITH

The Humbleness of The People of Perfected Faith

"… Your God is One God, so submit to Him. Give good news to
the humble-hearted." (Surat al-Hajj, 34)

The Qur'anic sense of humbleness is acknowledgement of one's sta-
tus as an imperfect servant of Allah and conducting one's entire life in
acceptance of this fact. The opposite attitude is unthinkable for a man
who can appreciate his Creator. He is the One Who creates man, Who
gives and takes his life and Who regulates all affairs. There is no god
but Him, He is the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. He encompasses
everything, He has power over everything, He is the One Who creates
destiny, He it is Who hears, sees and knows everything. Allah is ex-
alted above all things. He does not need anything. He neither errs nor
forgets.
Man, on the other hand, is an imperfect being who is not capable of
creating anything. Furthermore, he is himself created and does not
know anything other than what Allah has taught him. He relies on
the thousands of blessings Allah bestows upon him at every moment.
Even if only one of these blessings is lacking, he becomes weak and
desperate. He is an imperfect being who continuously needs Allah's
blessings to survive.
Not being humble is against the very nature of a man who is a weak
and imperfect being before Allah. Therefore, a man of perfected faith
never loses sight of his own weakness. This consciousness which he
builds through contemplation, is what imbues him with a humble
spirit, and this manifests itself in his face, looks, conversations, as well
as in each of his character traits. For instance, only a humble person
can take warning. He likes to hear any criticism or advice that comes
from believers. Indeed, a man of deep faith does not even object to crit-
icism of something about which he is most meticulous; he takes the
advice and strives for the betterment of his acts. When he is told he is