In The Company Of God

IN THE COMPANY OF GOD When a man discovers his Lord, he repeatedly feels that he has come very close to his Lord. Finding one’s Lord at the spiritual level, his heart trembles and his eyes are filled with tears. M any articles and books are published in Arabic with this title: Time Spent with a Particular Person (Sa’atun ma‘a Fulanin). Such a title is apparently well-chosen, but it is strange that no writer has ever written an article with this title–Time Spent in the Company of God (Sa‘atun ma‘a Allah). This is a proof that our writers have set a value upon the company of man, but they have not done so for the company of God. As mentioned in a Hadith, such moments when the believer must be whispering with his Lord should be a part of his life (Sahih Ibn Hibban, Hadith No. 361). Whispering suggests such an experience when man finds himself so very close to God that he starts speaking to Him in undertones. Although there is evidence in the Quran that, “God is