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Spiritual Food

labour on soil and so it was possible for soil to yield such products
useful for people. This discovery inculcates in your heart great
love towards mankind. You say: ‘O people I am thankful to you.
Due to your valuable contribution, it was possible that I could
have such nice and delicious items for my lunch and dinner.’
This is an example of spiritual extraction from physical
items. This extraction, on the one hand, makes you able to
acknowledge God’s blessing, and on the other hand, it enables
you to acknowledge man’s contribution towards you and towards
civilization.

These spiritual experiences are highly valuable to the
spiritual development of the personality of a true
believer.

“Divine provision” in the above verse is not used in the sense
that the reward will be given to the believer only in the later
period of life. Certainly, believers will receive reward in the world
hereafter. But in the present world also they will receive provision.
This provision will be spiritual provision—the provision that a
believer extracts from worldly experiences.
These spiritual experiences are highly valuable to the spiritual
development of the personality of a true believer. In one sense a
believer is a spiritual personality, and this spiritual personality is
developed in a person through those spiritual lessons which he
drives through contemplation in the world around him.
Spiritual food is a kind of inspirational food, the source of
this inspiration is two fold: contemplation in the glory of God
and deriving lessons from experiences had in daily life. The
Quranic spirituality is not mysterious spirituality; it is based on
the mind and can be received through applying wisdom in the
daily experiences.

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