concerning it. This human admonisher is thus paired with the Messenger's earlier admonition.
Thus someone asked the Messenger of God, God's blessings and peace be upon him, to make him his companion within the Garden. The Messenger of God, God's blessings and peace be upon him, said to him, ‘Help me concerning yourself through much prostration.’ He asked him for assistance, so they stood in pairs concerning this: he and the Messenger of God, God's blessings and peace be upon him.
He, exalted is He, said: ﴿Cooperate in righteousness and godfearing﴾ [al-Māʾida 5:2].
He also said: ﴿Seek help through God﴾ [al-Aʿrāf 7:128]. He thus associated Himself with His servant in the act.
Whatever God does only through an instrument[61] belongs to this domain. None knows this but one knowing God's secrets and what the realities are upon.
Do not neglect this breath. Be the helper of those I have mentioned to you: you will praise your outcome and receive a share in assistance alongside the helper.
The servant says: ﴿You alone we ask for help﴾ [al-Fātiḥa 1:5]. The Real says, ‘This is between Me and My servant, and My servant has what he asks.’
Consider His saying, exalted is He, ‘This is between Me and My servant.’ It belongs to God and to him in the ruling of assistance. If God wills the existence of prayer, the preparedness of the locus through which prayer appears is indispensable. Understand.
‘Section’: His Saying, Exalted Is He, ﴿And Remind Them of God's Days﴾ [Ibrāhīm 14:5]
Reminding him of God's days concerns, in reality, the days of breaths, for these are the least upon which the name ‘day’ can be applied. It is to remind him of His saying: ﴿Every day He is upon an affair﴾ [al-Raḥmān 55:29]. Those are God's days, of which you are heedless.
You come
Notes
[61]
(The previous copy read ‘bi-l-adilla’ [through proofs]; this was corrected to ‘bi-l-āla’ [through the instrument] by comparison with the new edition, vol. 10, p. 118.)
