Our teachers tell us of the angelic human beings whom we should aspire to be like, and the dangers of becoming of the animalistic kind. They remind us that this ephemeral life is merely a struggle between these two states. One is often left broken hearted thinking of those particular angels who have remained in prostration to their Lord since the beginning of time, and will continue to do so until the end of time... when they will come before their Creator downcast, and proclaim:
“O Allah: forgive us, for we did not worship You as you deserved.”
These are the beings we want to become. Absorbed for all of time in the worship of the Creator; the very purpose of life itself.
“I created mankind and jinn but to worship Me.” – Q.
How deficient are we. If I calculate the fraction of the day that I spend in the worship of God, in the seeking of God, in the way of God (or at the least, the awareness of God!) ...
Ibn Ata’illah al-Askandri so beautifully said: “If you want the door of hope opened for you then consider what comes to you from your Lord; but if you want the door of sadness opened for you then consider what goes to Him from you.”
We are inherently deficient. Mankind was named ‘insaan’ because of his ‘nisyaan’ (forgetfulness). It is our very nature to forget that which we owe to our Lord; His rights upon us, our time, our lives. It makes no sense to despair over one's nature.
But when will we (try to) rise above? – when will we rise to the Divine calling? – when will we be worthy to be mentioned in the court of the Divine Himself?
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