Thus, among beings the most superior are animate beings, and among animate beings the most superior are conscious beings, and among conscious beings the most superior are true human beings, and among true human beings the one who carried out  the above-mentioned  duties  at the most  comprehensive  level and  in the  most perfect form, would of a certainty rise through an all-embracing Ascension to “the distance  of  two  bow-lengths,”  knock  at  the  door  of  eternal  happiness,  open  the treasury of mercy, and see the hidden truths of belief. Again it would be him.

Seventhly:  As is plain to see, beings are made beautiful  with the very finest embellishment. This demonstrates that their Maker possesses a powerful will to make beautiful and intention to adorn. And this shows that the Maker necessarily possesses a strong desire and holy love towards His art. And among beings it was again most certainly he who displayed altogether in himself the most comprehensive and subtle wonders of art, and knew them and made them known and himself loved, and who appreciated the beauties to be found in other beings, declaring: “What wonders God has willed!”, and was most beloved in the sight of his Maker, who nurtures and loves His art.

Thus, it was again self-evidently he (UWBP) who, declaring: “All glory be to God! What wonders God has willed! God is most Great!” in the face of the exquisite qualities that gild beings and the subtle perfections that illuminate them, causes the heavens to ring out, and who, through the strains of the Qur’an, causes the universe to reverberate,  and  through  his  admiration  and  appreciation,  his  contemplation  and display, his mentioning of the divine names and affirmation of divine unity, brings land and sea to a state of ecstasy.

Thus, in accordance with the saying “the cause is like the doer,” [8] it is pure truth and sheer wisdom that the one on whose scales shall be found the equivalent of all the good  deeds  performed  b y  his  community,  and  whose  spiritual  perfections  draw strength  from the benedictions  of all his community,[9]  and who,  as a result of the duties  he  discharged   in  his  prophethood,  received  immaterial  recompense   and boundless emanations of divine mercy and love, should advance by the stairway of the  Ascension  as  far  as Paradise,  “the  Lote-tree  of the  farthest  limit,”  the divine throne, and “the distance of two bow-lengths.”(53:1-18)

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[8] This resembles the Hadith “Whoever points out an instance of good [to someone] will receive the same recompense as the one who performs it.” See, Tirmidhi, ‘Ilm, 14; Musnad, v, 357; Abu Hanifa, al-Musnad, i, 151.

[9] See, Qur’an, 33:56; Bukhari, Adhan, 8; Tafsir (17:)11: Muslim, Salat, 14; Abu Da’ud, Salat, 37.