Relationship Between God and ManI asked Dr. Siddiqi if, in this state of complete submission to God, there was any merging or sharing of the divine nature by the Creator and his beloved believer? "God is God, man is man, but there is a very close relationship. There is no identity, no merging of the two, but there is a very deep closeness. The Prophet Mohammed was told by God, ‘Give the answer, tell them (the seekers) I am near.’ Now, God didn’t say how near. You cannot measure that closeness in inches or in feet or in yards. But God’s nearness is something that everyone has to realize for himself or herself. How very near God becomes to you. He is closer to you than your own jugular veins. He is closer to you than your own self. God is closer to me than my own self. "So, God is near. But still, one should not point to any person and say, ‘This is God.’ This becomes idolatry, this becomes polytheism, and then people turn away from the worship of God to the worship of other things. Other things and other people. "The Muslim surrenders his ego, his deceptive ego, and finds himself in the nearness of God. He finds that God is nearer than his own jugular vein, nearer than his own self." |
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