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THE CAPACITY TO SERVE By Abdul Qadir Jilani

When He wants a servant to do something, He prepares him for it. This is something that has to do with inner meanings, not outer forms.... His speck of dust will become a mountain; his tiny drop, an ocean; his star, a moon; a sun; his little, much; his obliteration, existence; his annihilation, perpetuity; his mobility, stability. His tree will grow tall; it will tower up to the heavenly throne, while its roots are in earth and its branches provide shade in this world and the hereafter....
When this has been fully accomplished, this servant is properly equipped to stay among the people, to lend them a helping hand, and to save them from the drowning ocean of this world. For if the Lord of Truth intends to use His servant as an instrument for doing good, He makes him their guide, their physician, their educator, their trainer, their translator, their interpreter, their good omen, their gift, their lamp, their sun.

From The Sublime Revelation, by 'Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani, translated by Muhtar Holland. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1992, p.44

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