Glory and praise be unto You to the number of Your creatures, that may be as pleasing to You as the extent of Your Throne and the ink of Your words, and we glorify You with all the glorifications of Your prophets and saints and angels. [^13]

[^13]:Muslim, Dhikr, 79; Tirmidhī, Da’wāt, 103; Nasā’ī, Sahw, 94; Musnad, i, 258, 353.

Just as an officer presents all the duties of his soldiers to the king in his own name, so man, who acts as officer to other creatures and commands the animals and plants, has the capacity to be vicegerent over the beings of the earth, and in his own world considers himself to represent everyone, declares:

You alone do we worship, and from You alone do we seek help;(1:4)

He offers the worship and seeking of help of all creation to the All-Glorious True Object of Worship in his own name. He also exclaims:

Glory be unto You with all the glorifications of all Your creatures and with the tongues of all Your artefacts,

and makes all beings speak on his own account. He also declares:

O God! Grant blessings to Muhammad to the number of the particles in existence and all their compounds!

He offers benedictions for the Prophet (UWBP) in the name of everything. For everything is connected with the Muhammadan Light. Thus, you may understand the wisdom in the countless numbers mentioned in the glorifications and benedictions for the Prophet (UWBP).

Third Fruit

THIRD FRUIT

O soul! If, in a brief life, you want to do something that will profit you infinitely in the hereafter, and you want every moment of your life to be as beneficial as a lifetime, and if you want to transform your habitual actions into worship and your heedlessness into awareness of the divine presence, follow the illustrious practices of the Prophet (UWBP). For when you apply your actions to the rulings of the Shari‘a, it affords a sort of awareness of God’s presence; it becomes worship of a sort and yields many fruits for the hereafter. For example, you bought something. The moment you applied what is acceptable and required by the Shari‘a, that ordinary act of shopping acquired the value of worship. Recalling the injunctions of the Shari‘a calls to mind Revelation. And by thinking of the Lawgiver, you are turned towards God. And that makes you aware of His presence. That means, in applying the illustrious Sunna to your actions, are such advantages as making this fleeting life the means of gaining an everlasting life which produces eternal fruits. Heed the decree: