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رد: Secret of the Qur’an Sūrat Al-Munājāh (Chapter of The Private Invocation) (Chapter 1) Purposes of the Surah Anyone who contemplates people's conditions will realize that the reason behind their misery lies in their distance from moderation, by adopting either excess and exaggeration or negligence and carelessness.Therefore, Sūrat al-Fātihah sets a moderate approach that secures happiness for humanity and success for the slave in the worldly life and the Hereafter. The Muslim is commanded to ask his Lord to guide him to the straight path and recite in each rak‘ah of the prayer the verse that reads: {Guide us along the Straight Path} Then He describes that straight path clearly as He says:{the Path of those You have blessed—not those You are displeased with, or those who are astray}A Muslim does not follow the approach of those who have evoked Allah's anger or that of those who have gone astray, for both approaches revolve around excessiveness and negligence.Instead, he should follow the straight and moderate path of the believers.Being the "Mother of the Book", Sūrat al-Fātihah includes the greatest purposes and glorious meanings of the Qur’an.The main purpose of Sūrat al-Fātihah and the mainstay on which it revolves around is:1. Achieving full devotion to Allah, The Exalted, through showing perfect servitude to Him alone and affirming Allah's deserving of this because lordship exclusively belongs to Him. 2. Acknowledging that divinity is an exclusive right of Him. 3. Asking Him for guidance to the way of those upon whom He bestows His favor, who observe perfect servitude to Him. 4. Disassociation from the path of those whom He is displeased with and those who have gone astray.Commencing the Mighty Book by Sūrat al-Fātihah is proof of its virtue and high status.It also reflects the easiness and simplicity of Islam, and its being understandable to people.Simplicity and easiness are the main features of this surah, despite its briefness and few words.This also indicates that the surahs that will come after it will be easy and understandable to those competent for religious assignments;as the content of this mighty book is evident from its opening chapter (Sūrat al-Fātihah).This signifies that one should start by what is most important before what is less important, and by fundamental issues before sub-issues, and by the main principles of creeds and laws before their details.The legislation has observed this order in prayer, making it obligatory to start the prayer by reciting Sūrat al-Fātihah after Takbeerat al-Ihrām (commencement Takbeer) and before reciting any other surahs.The first halfThe right of Allah AlmightyThe Muslim starts his recitation in the prayer by reciting Allah's statement:{All praise is for Allah—Lord of all worlds} Praise is to attribute perfection to the praised entity, along with love and glorification. The Arabic definitive article 'al' (the) denotes comprehensiveness. That is, all perfect praises are due to Allah. The preposition 'l' in Arabic that is equivalent to (for) denotes deserving and exclusiveness. Hence, Allah Almighty deserves perfect praise from all aspects and it is something exclusive to Him. So, absolute praise should be attributed to none but Allah Almighty.That is because Allah alone is the One to Whom belong permanent and enduring attributes of glory and perfection.He alone is praised for the perfection of His Essence, Names, Attributes, and Actions, for His creation and blessings, for His revelation and guidance, and for His decree and fate.For this reason, whenever something pleasant happened to the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, he would say:"Praise be to Allah, by Whose favor good things are accomplished."But, if something otherwise happened to him, he would say:"Praise be to Allah in all cases." [7] 7. [7] Narrated by Ibn Mājah in the Book of Manners, Chapter on the Virtue of Those Who Praise Allah. Hadith no. 3803. Al-Albāni classified it as Hasan/Sound. Allah Almighty's statement:{All praise is for Allah—Lord of all worlds} includes declaration of Allah's Oneness with all its kinds.Allah Almighty is exclusively deserving of perfect praise because lordship belongs to Him alone. That Allah Almighty is the Lord of all the worlds is the greatest proof of His divinity, and that He alone deserves that worship be dedicated to Him. It also includes a refutation to those who believe in the Lord, yet worship others along with Him.For, being the Lord of them all, then none other than Him deserves to be worshiped. There is also in this verse a proof that the name "Allah" is the greatest of all His names.Moreover, describing Him of being the Lord of the worlds means that He is the One Who rules over them, brings them up and amends their affairs.We have to believe with certainty that the upbringing that Allah gives to His slaves cannot be paralleled by an upbringing given by any human whosoever. Allah Almighty, by means of His uncountable blessings, brings up His slaves,and by means of the divine decrees to which He subjects them.When the slave accepts this upbringing and is pleased with it,and knows that Allah sends good things along with such divine decrees, the good and bad thereof from where the slave does not expect or realize,he will be pleased with Allah and His decrees, and Allah will be pleased with him, and show him signs of His mercy and gentleness.Then Allah Exalted mentioned after this:{the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful,}given the encouragement and reassurance which those two attributes involve. He stated them explicitlyso as to highlight that among the most significant features of His lordship is His mercy to His slaves, and that His mercy precedes His anger.In fact, the greatest thing by which the slave evokes the mercy of His Lord is to show submissiveness to Him and to display to Him servitude, humility, incompetence, and need to His mercy, along with having good expectations of Allah, the Most Glorious.Therefore, Allah Almighty has mentioned those two names in particular, apart from all His other names, in this great context so as to invite His creation to aspire for His vast mercy.Allah, the Exalted and Almighty, is Ar-Rahmān (The Compassionate) in the worldly life and the Hereafter, and He is Ar-Raheem (The Most Merciful) to His believing salves.According to the aforementioned Hadith of Abu Hurayrah:"And when he says: Ar-RahmaanAr-Raheem (the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful,), Allah says: My slave has extolled Me."To extol means to repeat the praise and to mention Allah's beautiful Attributes.{and when he says: Mālikiyawm ad-deen (Master of the Day of Judgment), Allah says: My slave has glorified Me."To glorify means to exalt.The Day of Judgment is the Day of Resurrection. It is called as such because people will be called to account on it and be recompensed according to their deeds, being good or evil.This verse also includes affirmation of the Last Day, resurrection after death, and reckoning and recompense.It also highlights the fact that Allah Almighty is the Lord of the worlds in the worldly life and the Hereafter, not in the worldly life only,and that His praise, mercy, and justice entail that He gives recompense to the slaves according to their deeds, and gives everyone his right in full. Believing in the Day of Judgment fosters reassurance within the soul, because the believer's righteous deeds shall never go in vain, and his efforts shall never go fruitless. Allah Almighty mentioned His sovereignty on the Day of Judgment in particular, although He is the Sovereign in the worldly life and the Hereafter, because it is the day when there will be no sovereignty for any created being;Allah Almighty says:{The Day all will appear ˹before Allah˺. Nothing about them will be hidden from Allah. To whom belongs ˹all˺ sovereignty this Day? To Allah, the One, the Prevailing.} [8] 8. [8] SūratGhāfir - verse 16. When the slave remembers that momentous day, he will never be beguiled by any perishable wealth that he or any other person owns. Between Allah and His slave((The Secret of the Qur’an)){It is You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help.}This great verse is the middle verse in Sūrat al-Fātihah, as previously stated.It is that which is between the slave and his Lord. When the slave recites it in his prayer,Allah says: "This is between Me and My slave, and My slave shall have what he is asking for."Some scholars called it "the Secret of the Qur’an", for it contains reference to the actions of man in terms of the right of the Creator, which is worship, and the right of the created beings, which is seeking help from the Creator.In fact, the whole religion is based upon this verse, and upon it monotheism and servitude are founded. That is because man's life consists of two halves: one half is worship,which is the purpose and aim behind creating mankind, and the other half is reliance and seeking help.Man's life is nothing but worship and seeking help. If he wishes for happiness in the worldly life and the Hereafter, and gives precedence to Allah's right of worship, Allah will give him his right of help and will facilitate for him the easy way and guide him to the straight path.So, rest assured that the more you are sincere to Allah, and the more you are a devout worshiper of Him, the more He grants you help, success, and guidance.The second person pronoun "you" is repeated in Allah's statement:{It is You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help}so as to highlight what is entailed by the statement, and to denote restriction of the meaning, and to evoke its importance. All this implies that it is obligatory to devote worship sincerely to Allah Almighty and seek His help alone.For one to be sincere in seeking Allah's help, he must have two great principles combined in his heart: trust in Allah and reliance upon him.Whoever has his heart attached to Allah, trusts His Ability and Mercy, and relies upon Him, He will Help him and fulfill his need.Dear reader, be certain that in order to achieve your purpose and aim, there is no other way than seeking help from Allah. So, keep your heart attached to Him,be reassured by His Decree in all matters, whether small or great, and beware not to let your heart be inclined to other than Him.And, in your pursuit of lawful means, you should consider them to be of no effect in and off themselves. [9] |