NINTH INDICATION

Q u e s t i o n : Why is it that the people of guidance, who are God’s party, are so often defeated by the people of misguidance, who are Satan’s party, despite the Glory of the World  (Upon whom be blessings and peace) being at their head  and their receiving so much divine mercy and assistance and so many favours? What was the reason  for  the  dissemblers   of  Medina  insisting  on  misguidance  and  their  not embracing guidance, despite being  close to the brilliant sun-like prophethood  and messengerhood of the Seal of the Prophets (UWBP) and the Qur’anic truths, which are more captivating than the universal laws of attraction?

T h e  A n s w e r : To solve the two parts of this awesome question, a profound principle must be explained. It is like this:

The All-Glorious Creator of the universe has two sort of names, those pertaining to  His   glory  and  those  pertaining  to  His  beauty.  Since  the  names  require  to demonstrate  their  decrees  through  different  manifestations,  the  Glorious  Creator blended together opposites in the universe. Bringing them face to face, he gave them aggressive and  defensive positions,  in the form  of a wise and beneficial contest. Making  the  opposites  transgress  one  another’s  bounds,  He  brought  conflict  and change  into  being,  and  made  the  universe   subject  to  the  law  of  change  and transformation and the principles of progress and  advancement. In humankind, the comprehensive  fruit  of the  tree  of creation,  he  gave  the  law  of  contest  an even stranger form, and opening the door to striving, which would be  the means to all human progress,  He  gave  Satan’s party certain faculties  with which to  challenge God’s party.

It is because of this subtle mystery that the prophets were often defeated by the people of misguidance. And the people of misguidance, who are extremely weak and impotent, temporarily triumph over the people of truth, who in reality are extremely strong, and struggle against them. The wisdom in this strange opposition is as follows: Misguidance and unbelief comprise both non-existence and omission, so that they are extremely easy and do not require action. They also give rise to destruction, which is also  easy, and need little action. They are also a source of aggression, which may cause much harm  to many with little action, and by way of intimidating others and satisfying the soul’s  desire for power, may secure rank and position for a person.