Volume 18 Surah 78 - 114 - Enjoy Islam

Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof)pleasure with them is much more exalted and far more enjoyable than anyhappiness. Moreover, in their inmost souls they feel happy with their Lord. They arewell pleased with the destiny He has set for them, delighted with the grace He hasgranted them, and enchanted by this relationship with their Lord: “God is well pleasedwith them and they with Him.”“This is for him who is God-fearing.” (Verse 8) This is the final assertion. It stressesthat all that has been said is dependent on the nature of the relationship betweenman’s heart and God. It also depends on man having a feeling of God which urgeshim to all sorts of good deeds and militates against all sorts of deviation. It is afeeling which removes barriers, lifts curtains and makes man’s heart stand barebefore God, the One, the All-Powerful. Such a feeling helps make worship andsubmission to God pure and purges human actions from all elements of hypocrisyand idolatry. So he who truly fears his Lord cannot allow his heart to entertain theslightest shred of influence by any being other than God, the Creator of all. Such aperson knows that God rejects any deed done for the sake of anyone other than Him.For God is in no need of partners. Every action must be purely for Him or else Herejects it.221