While here he beholds the worlds of Paradise,

Like a mountain chain, unbending under ruinous blows.

Even if towering cliffs press in on him,

The moon sets, the sun dies, the sky darkens,

And the skies fall — still he does not abdicate his way,

The torch of belief in his spirit never flickers.

How sacred his belief, surging up in his heart!

A voice ever calling out to his conscience:

Traveller, hasten on! The dawn's breaking, don't tarry!

Grasp the torch! Streak the darkness with crimson and ochre!

Step up to the stars, rise to lofty worlds!

A hand's stretched down from Paradise to save humanity.

These lines were as though written for Bediuzzaman, the hero of belief and supreme mujahid. For these are his attributes. See what Almighty God promises the mujahids in this verse:

And those who strive in Our [cause] — We will certainly guide them to Our paths; for indeed, God is with those who do right; [29:69] that is, with those strivers who worship God as though they were seeing Him.

Thus, Almighty God promises that He will point out the ways of truth and guidance to those who strive to their utmost for the sake of the Qur'an and belief, renouncing the world and their own selves. Almighty God never breaks his promise; however, the conditions have to be met so that the promise can be fulfilled.

The verse illuminates us as to how we should understand Ustad's character and personality; in its shining light, we can perceive its finest, most subtle points. Because a person who receives the bounty of Almighty God's protection no longer feels such things as fear, anxiety, sorrow, distress, boredom, and so on.

What clouds can darken the skies of a heart illumined with God's light? What fleeting hopes and desires, what wretched favours and bounties, what vulgar goals and ambitions can satisfy the spirits of God's servants who attain to a constant sense of His presence?

Allah is his friend, preceptor, and protector;

All his senses and feelings turn into light on recalling Him!

Continuously rising to climes of knowledge,

What horizons the Qur'an unfolds in his spirit!

It recalls to him the vow of "Am I not your Lord?'

Since pre-eternity the lover is intoxicated with that emanation.

Thus, Bediuzzaman was an exceptional person who received grace so