In the same way, “All praise be to God, the Sustainer of All the Worlds” encompasses  numerous  truths.  The  people  of  illumination  and  of  reality  interpret them differently according to the meanings they uncover.

Personally, I think that the heavens consist of thousands of worlds; some of the stars may each be worlds. On the earth too, every sort of creature is a world. Each human being is a small world. As for the term, “Sustainer  of All the Worlds,”  it means  that every world is administered, sustained, and governed directly through Almighty God’s dominicality (rubûbiyet).

T h i r d l y :   God’s Most Noble Messenger  (Upon whom be blessings and peace)  said:  “When  God  wishes  a people  well,  he  causes  them  to  see their  own faults.”[2] And in the All-Wise Qur’an, Joseph (Upon whom be peace) said:

“Nor do I absolve  my own  self [of blame];  the [human]  soul is certainly prone to evil.”(12:53)

Yes, the person who is fond of himself and relies on himself is unfortunate, while someone who sees his own faults is fortunate. So you are fortunate! Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that the evil-commanding  soul is transformed  into the blaming soul or the tranquil soul, and that it hands over its weapons and equipment to the nerves. Then the nerves and veins of temperament perform its function till the end of life. Although the person’s evil-commanding  soul died long beforehand, his nerves are still apparent. Many great saints and holy men have complained about their evil- commanding souls although their souls were tranquil. They have lamented over sicknesses of the heart although their hearts were completely sound and illumined. But what afflicted these persons was not their evil-commanding souls, but the soul’s functions that had been handed over to their nerves. Their ailments were not of the heart, but of the imagination. My brother! God willing, what is attacking you is not your soul and a sickness of the heart, but the state which, as we said, by reason of human nature and to perpetuate striving, has been transferred to the nerves and results in constant progress.

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[2] al-‘Ajluni, Kashf al-Khafa’, i, 8.