hell and hope of heaven have reduced us to this condition". "What a pity", rejoined Jesus, "your fear and hope is limited. to creatures". Then he went onward and saw some more devotees, and put the same question. "We are devoted to God and revere him for his love", they replied with downcast eyes. "Ye are the saints" exclaimed Jesus, "you will have my company".[1]
Fourthly, the affinity between two souls meeting and loving each other is a mystery, but more mysterious is the affinity between God and his loving devotee, It cannot and must not be described before the uninitiated. Suffice it to say that the souls possessing the higher qualities of beneficence, sympathy, mercy, etc. have that affinity hinted at in the following saying of the prophet: "Imitate divine attributes". For man has been created in the image of God, nay he is, in a way, akin to Him, says the Quran.
- ↑ From uncanonical:sayings of.Christ.
