MAN MEANS NEEDY

MAN MEANS NEEDY
    Hadrat [1] Imam-i Rabbani says in the 62nd letter of the second
volume of his Maktubat:

    Man has been created so as to be civilized. In order to be
civilized and live, he needs others. Allahu ta'ala declares in the
sixty-fourth ayat [2] of Anfal Sura [3], "O my Prophet! Allahu ta'ala
and the Believers who are with you are sufficient for you!" Thus, He
informs that the Believers are sufficient for helping the Best of
Mankind. Hence, it is understood that it is necessary to help others.
Rich people of our time think that being a dervish is not to need
anybody else. It is a wrong understanding. Man means needy. Not only
men but also all creatures are needy. In fact, man's goodness, beauty,
arises from his being needy. Also, man's being a slave, his broken
heart are the results of his being needy.

    If man were not needy, he would be disobedient, excessive,
unbridled. Allahu ta'ala declares in the sura of Iqra', "When man is
without any needs, for certain he will become excessive!" Those faqirs
who have freed their hearts from being attached to creatures, when
they need to cling to causes express their needs to the Owner and
Creator of the needs. When they get the causes, they know them to be
from Him. They say that it is always He who sends or who does not
send.

    For many orders and benefits, Allahu ta'ala creates everything
through causes. He states that those who cause goodness are good and
those who cause evil are evil. Outwardly, they have been deeming
goodness and evil to be from the causes. If Allahu ta'ala had created
everything directly without any causes there would not be any order in
the universe, everything would be all mixed up. O our Allah! Thou
never create anything corrupt or out of order!
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GLOSSARY
[1] Hadrat: title of respect used before the names of great people
like and Islamic scholars.
[2] ayat: a verse of al-Qur'an al-kerim; al-ayat al-karima.
[3] sura(t): a Qur'anic chapter [a chapter of the Qur'an].

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