The Meeting with God

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.
Thursday, September 4, 2003

"O man, you must strive a hard striving to attain to thy Lord, until thou meet Him." -H.Q. 84:6

"He is born in vain who, having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life."

"God cannot be realized if there is the slightest attachment to the things of the world. A thread cannot pass through the eye of a needle if the tiniest fiber sticks out."

It is clear, from these words, that the Ultimate and Supreme Goal of Human Life is to Merge or Become One with the Creator. Success, then, in the Truest sense can only be measured along these lines. What greater cause could we devote our lives to? What more noble an effort can we put forth? What greater failure is there than to have been born, have lived and have died without ever KNOWING, much less FULFILLING, our Divine Purpose? God, along with the Knowledge of Self, sits atop the Highest Mountain. Who among us is willing to make the climb?

Who among us is willing to pay the ultimate price to attain the Ultimate Goal? Very few.

The sad irony in this is that the very thing(s) we cling to are the things that keep us from our destiny - possessions, personalities, lusts, fears, hatreds, hurts; and the very thing(s) we should be clinging to are the things we tend to turn away from - humility, charity, sacrifice, selflessness, truth, patience, Love.

"By the Time, surely Man is in loss; except those who Believe and do good, and exhort one another to Truth, and exhort one another to patience." -H.Q. 103:1-3

I, for one, have determined, in the words of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, that "I will give all that I have, and all within my power..." to realize and fulfill Allah's Plan and Purpose for my Life...which is actually His Life.

What do YOU think?

Peace and Love
RM