The Table spread of the Cosmos

THE TABLE SPREAD OF THE COSMOS The entire universe is a table spread of divine sustenance for a true believer. Everything in this world is made so a person can draw a lesson from seeing it. The Quran says God is the light of the skies and the earth. it means that the world is entirely an expression of divine attributes. a sensitive heart will see reflections of God in everything that exists here. The entire cosmos is a table spread of divine sustenance. if faith in God gives someone the sensitivity that true faith in God engenders, he will see God’s light everywhere in the universe. When the breeze touches him, he will feel that he is experiencing God’s touch in the softness of the breeze. in the flow of a stream, he will see the mercy of God expressing itself. When he hears birds chirruping, his heart will witness a soul-stirring tune played on a divine musical instrument. it would be like bathing in divine fragrance when he smells a fragrant flower. The entire universe is a table spread of divine sustenance for a true believer. Everything in this world has been made in this way so that a person may draw a lesson by seeing it. Those who truly love God can experience these divine states. The Flame-of-the-Forest is a tree that bears gorgeous flowers. When autumn comes, and its leaves fall, the tree