‘Abû Hurairah (radiAllâhu anhû) said: I have heard the Prophet
(sallAllâhu alaihi wasallam) say:
| “Allâh (the Mighty and Sublime) has said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says:Al Hamdulillâhi Rabbil-Alamîn. |
Allâh (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me.
And when he says:
Ar-Rahmân ar-Rahîm
Allâh (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says:
Mâliki-Yawmid-dîn
Allâh says: My servant has glorified Me -and on one occasion He said: My
servant has submitted to My power.
And when he says:
‘Iyyâka Na’badû wa ‘Iyyâka Nastaîn
He says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what
he has asked for.
And when he says:
Ihdinas-Sirâtal Mustaqîm, Sirâtal-ladhîna an’Amta alayhim,
Ghayril Maghdûbi alayhim, walad-Dâl-lîn.
He says: This is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he has
asked for.
And when he says: All praise is due to Allâh the Rabb of all the Worlds,
he pauses for a short while waiting for the response of his Lord: “ My
servant has praised Me.” Then when he says: The Most Gracious the Most
Merciful, he waits for the response: “ My servant has extolled Me ” and when
he says: Master of the Day of Judgement, he waits for the response: “ My
servant has glorified Me.“
It is the delight of his heart, the pleasure of his eye and the joy of his
soul that his Lord says about him: “ My servant ” three times. By Allâh! If
the fumes of desire and the darkness of the souls were not upon the
hearts, they would have flown out of happiness and joy that their Lord,
Maker and Deity says: “ My servant has praised Me, My servant has extolled
Me and My servant has glorified Me.”
Then there would have been space in his heart to witness (the reality) of
these three names which are the basis of all the Beautiful Names and these
are: Allâh, ar – Rabb and ar-Rahmân…
….When he says: Master of the Day of Judgement, he witnesses the glory
which befits none but the King, the Truth, the Manifest. So he witnesses a
very powerful and compelling King, to Whom the whole creation has yielded,
to Whom the faces are humbled, to Whom the creation humbles itself, and to
Whom every possessor of power and honour submits to. He witnesses with his
heart a King (Who is) upon the Throne of the Heaven…
….And when he says: You alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek
help, in which lies the secret of the creation and the affair, of the
world and the hereafter, and which contains the loftiest of goals and the
most excellent of means (of approach to Allâh). The loftiest of goals is
enslavement to Allâh and the most excellent of means is His help and
assistance. There is no deity deserving of worship in truth except He and
there is no helper in His worship besides Him. Therefore, His worship is
the greatest of goals and His aid is loftiest of means…
….And these words contain the two types of Tawhîd and they are Tawhîd
ar-Rubûbiyyah and Tawhîd al-‘Ulûhiyyah. Devotion and Enslavement to
Allâh is comprised in the names ar-Rabb and Allâh, so he is worshipped
on account of His Ulûhiyyah, help is sought from Him on account of His
Rubûbiyyah and He guides to the Straight Path on account of His Mercy.
The first part of the sûrah therefore, mentions His names Allâh, ar-Rabb
and Ar-Rahmân for the purpose of the one who seeks His worship, help and
guidance. He is alone in being able to bestow all of that. There is no one
who can aid others in His worship besides Allâh and none can guide (to
the Straight Path) except Him.
Then the caller realises with the speech of Allâh: Guide us to the
Straight Path, his extreme need for this (guidance). He is never in need
of any other thing as much as he is for this guidance. He is need of it in
every moment and at every glance of the eye…
….Then Allâh makes it clear that the people of this Guidance are those
who have been specified with His favour, not of those upon whom is His
anger, and they are the ones who know the Truth but do not follow it and
not of those who are astray, and they are those who worship Allâh without
knowledge. Both of these groups share with each other in speaking about
His creation, His command and His Names and Attributes without knowledge.
The path of those upon whom is His favour and blessing is different from
the people of falsehood with respect to knowledge and action.
When he finishes from this praise, supplication and tawhîd he has been
ordered to end it with “âmîn”, which is a seal to (to his supplication)
and to which the âmîn of the angels in the sky coincides with. This
â mîn is from the beautification of the prayer, just like the raising of
the hands is a beautification of the prayer, a following of the sunnah,
veneration of the command of Allâh, worship by the hands and a sign of
the movement from one pillar (of the prayer) to another.
[Taken from
[As-Salât wa Hukmu Târikihâ ], p. 171-172]
Note: Tawhîd ar-Rubûbiyyah means Maintaining the Unity of Lordship Tawhîd al-‘Ulûhiyyah (means Maintaining The Unity of Worship)
(NOTE: If you want to build a strong and powerful relationship with Allah, check out Islamia TV, where you can watch Islamic speakers from across the globe deliver inspiring and motivational courses. Learn more at www.islamia.tv.)
