Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Ask Allah
Aqeedah-e-Ruboobiyat
O honorable brothers and sisters in Islam! When we perform salah, we come across a word repeatedly and this is the word Rabb. We recite Alhamdulillaahi Rabbil Alameen when standing, when going to ruku we say SubhanAllah Rabbial Azeem and on standing back, we say Rabbana lakal hamd. We then go to sajdah and say, SubhanAllah Rabbial Ala. In every rakat we come across this word. We say, Rabbijalni, Rabbana zalamna anfusana, Rabbana aatina fiddunya. SubhanAllah! In fact even before coming to this world, we were made to recognize this word. Allah asked us, alastu birabbikum qaaloo bala shahidna, Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)? - They said: "Yea! We do testify!" Al Quran: 7:172. This word was then repeated again and again in the mans life, in the life of a Muslim. This is because now when does a Muslim deviate from the path of truth, siratal mustaqeem? This is when his aqeedah (belief) in the Ruboobiyat (Lordship) of Allah becomes weak which makes his entire life weak. If we look at the attacks on the aqeedah of the human, it is this exact aspect that has been attacked. Aqeeda-e-Ruboobiyat was always attacked. And the greatest trial that will be coming in the end times, the trial of Dajjal from whom the Prophet sought refuge and in whose hand there will also be the flag and the speculation that will be present will also be related to this aqeedah because he will proclaim, Ana rabbukumul ala I am your Lord, most high. Firaun also proclaimed the same, Ana rabbukumul ala and so will Dajjal.
in such a circumstance, there is a great appreciation. O honorable ones! Today the support we need is of the Rabb whose Ilm, Affection and Power is perfect and complete. He is more Affectionate than the mothers, more Beneficent and Loving than the mothers. My wealth, provision and my future are under His custody. And the power He has! Allahu Akbar! If He is to close the ways, there is none to open them and if He is to open the ways, there is none to close them. If He is to ease the ways, there is none to bring the hurdles. If He wants to solve a problem, no one can cause any difficulty. waAllahu ghaalibun alaa amrihi. And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs. Al Quran12:21 wallaahu yahkumu laa muaaqqiba lihukmihi. (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put back His Command Al Quran-13:41. If He is to decide something, there is none who can dare to turn it down. Alaa lahul khalq wal amr. Is it not His to create and to govern? Al Quran-7:54. We are the masterpiece of His Power and the decisions in our life go only as per Him ,as per that Rabb. O honorable ones! Let Allah so make it that we become very familiar with the belief in our Rabb. Let us make Him close to us and we become close to Him .This belief is very much definite and this belief has very high strength that my Rabb is Allah .My Rabb is Rabbus samaawati wal ardh-The Lord of the heavens and the earth. This belief has so much of strength.
courage and boldness when they became the strangers in the whole of that fully established society? Apparently they were aidless but what was that thing that created in these youths the strength, the courage and the boldness and kept their consciousness sound and made them take a firm decision? This is the Aqeedah of Ruboobiyat. Both their own ones and the strangers tried to explain to these youths that why they chose the path that severed them from people and made everyone their enemies? Which path did you people choose? What did these youths reply? Rabbuna Rabbus samaawaati wal ardh. SubhanAllah! They said, Our Rabb is the One Who is the Rabb of the heavens and the earth? The Quran has mentioned the true story of these youths. So reflect. The whole society has become their enemies and no one is ready to assist them be it their own ones or the strangers. The ruler too gave them the respite to decide in few days. Even their own ones withdrew their hands from helping them thinking even their life will fall in danger if they are with them. Even their own ones withdrew their hands of tolerance and forbearance. No one was ready to say any sweet word or a word of comfort. Everyone adopted the abandonment and the ruler announced the punishment of death for them giving a few days of respite to allow them to think and decide but SubhanAllah these youths learnt only one subject- Rabbuna Rabbus samaawaati wal ardh. Warabatna Alaa quloobihim ith qaamoo faqaaloo rabbuna rabbus samawati walardi lan naduwa min doonihi ilaahan laqad qulnaa ithan shatataa. Haaolaai qawmunaa ittakhathoo min doonihi aalihatan lawlaa yatoona Alayhim bisultaanin bayyinin. We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity!"These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Al Quran: 18: 14-15. Such were the words of the aqeedah they uttered that our Lord is the one who cherishes the heavens and the earth and Whose Power is dominant over the heavens and the earth and Whose knowledge works on the heavens and the earth. And by His affection and kindness, the insects inside their nests, the fishes in the oceans and the birds in the sky are being cherished and fed. The talluq 4
(connection) of Rabb we have is that of the Rabbus samaawaati wal ardh. So what is there the danger for us? We do not have fear of anyone. Rabbuna Rabbus samaawaati wal ardh. He even feeds the insects inside the rocks. By His ilm, He sees even those insects and by His power, He further sends the provision to them. He is our Rabb. This aqeedah is such a thing that fills the mans heart with strength. It fills the heart of the man with courage and boldness. It creates strength inside the man and the man becomes strong, courageous and bold. This indeed is a strange aqeedah. It is very easy to say when ones own ones withdrew from them, even the friends changed their path, all the relatives severed their ties with them and the whole society turned away from them. The King announced the death for them and these youths are not some lowly ones but they were from noble families, brought up rich and yet were very fortunate to get a very effective aqeedah that filled them with strength and power. Rabbuna Rabbus samaawaati wal ardh.
I am as My slave thinks of Me
The Prophet used to say that Allah says, I am as My slave thinks of Me. When those youths decided to build the talluq with that Being, then Allah too manifested the superior level of His Ruboobiyat. Allah made them the manifestation of His Ilm and Power. The world then witnessed. Those youths went inside a cave and Allah overpowered them with sleep and He made them sleep for years and years. Allah says, wanuqallibuhum zaatal yameeni wazaatash shimaal. We turned them on their right and on their left sides. Al Quran: 18:18. If a man sleeps just on one side, his skin deteriorates. And Allah is saying wanuqallibuhum zaatal yameeni wazaatash shimaal. These words are so filled with love that Allah is saying He Himself turned them on their right and left sides like a mom turns the sides of the child with love. Allah is
expressing such a love that He Himself is turning their sides sometimes to the right and sometimes to the left. Sunrays are very essential for life and He commanded the sun to throw their fresh rays on His slaves when it rises and He commanded the wind to keep passing the breeze on His slaves. And they kept sleeping for years and years. Allah woke them up after many years.
halal food and see from where you get the food because the haram food extinguishes the light of eemaan. Sometimes the adversity of haram food reaches generations so be cautious and bring the halal food. Go to a good shopkeeper. When the youth went to the shopkeeper he got bit perplexed with the change he observed for they slept really long but Allah is Allah and He has the greatest Power and He is the most Beneficent. When he presented the coins to that shopkeeper and got the food, the shopkeeper said, Give me the new coins for you have brought the old coins. He replied, How come this has become old for just now I went from here. The man held his hand and he remembered the story of the youths of his country who were treading the right path. The king of that time wanted to arrest them but they so disappeared that none knew any sign of them. The man asked him if he is not that youth. How can he lie now and said yes he is the one. The man then said that the king of his time was not alive and so his people. The king has changed and so are the people. And the man told him that he will take him to the court of the righteous king who would be very happy to see him. When he was taken to that king, the king was in prostration praying to Allah ,O Allah! Some of the people of my nation are of the belief that there is no life after death and they think how they will raise after death. Send me such a manifestation and send me such a proof so I can make them understand. As the youth came, the king understood that Allah has heard his plea and sent this clear manifestation that the One who can make them sleep for years and years can even raise the dead.
extremely beneficent. The tarbiat (upbringing) of a Muslim child used to be based on this very aqeedah-e-Ruboobiyat. The first lesson of a Muslim child was, Iqra bismi Rabbikalladhee khalaq. Al Quran: 96:1 SubhanAllah! Recite in the name of your Rabb, In fact the Islamic scholars have written that this is exactly the nisab-e-taleem (the course of study) and nisb-e-tarbiat (the course of upbringing) of the Muslim children. Iqra bismi Rabbikalladhee khalaq. Who will cherish you? How many peoples deen becomes bogus and how many people become astray from the path because the biggest problem they think to be is of livelihood! How many peoples deen get destroyed because of livelihood thinking how they will eat? So the tarbiat of a child starts from here that Iqra bismi Rabbikalladhee khalaq. It is the Rabb Who will feed. It is Allah Who feeds the fishes, insects and bugs and it is Allah Who returns the bird that flies from its nest with its stomach filled in the evening. It is Allah Who will send you the earnings to the place where you opened the shop. And the land in which you sow seeds, it is He Who will put the taste there. The grains and fruits that come out of it are saved from hot and cold weather only by Him .He is the Rabb. You can establish a factory and produce things but it is not in your control to inspire the buyer to buy things from you. You can sow the seeds, you can plant, tame the land and water it, but the seeds under the earth bursting out in a unique way and the soft fruits coming out of it being protected in the hot and cold winds, growing them, then bringing out the fruits and putting taste in it, who does that? Rabbuna Rabbus samaawaati wal ardh. It is He Who cherishes. When you were unable to do all these things and in fact you couldnt even walk from your place, you couldnt hold anything by your hand; you couldnt even express your hunger, then Who is that One who placed your provision in the mothers breast? Rabbuna wa Rabbusamaawaati wal ardh. In fact when you didnt even see the light of this world and you were inside your mother in the darkness, the darkness of the night, the darkness of the stomach and then the darkness of the womb in which you were in, who sent you the provision? Rabbuna wa Rabbusamaawaati wal ardh. It is He Who cherishes. The Muslims tarbiat used 8
to be with this kalmah and aqeedah. And then this aqeedah is reminded in the entire life. Whenever we pray salah, this is reminded several times and whenever we are to ask something to Allah for our life, then it goes with this word. Rabbana aatinaRabbana hablanaRabbi habliRabbana zalamnaIt goes right with this word. SubhanAllah! Rabb is Rabb for it is He Who has the perfect Power, Affection and Knowledge. Oh the honorable ones! That Rabb is cherishing us even today and even today He is cherishing us with all His Power but we should have husn-e-dhan (good opinion) with our Rabb and we should get close to our Rabb. More one gets close to His Rabb, he will feel the blessings of aqeedah-e-Ruboobiyat. He will realize the blessings of this aqeedah, he will feel the strength of this aqeedah inside him and he will feel the benefits of this aqeedah.
this aqeedah alive which will create revival in our lives. Today we do not have this bloom in our lives but only despondence and fear. The hopelessness we have today in our lives will all change if this aqeedah gets alive. We have our Rabb for He is the One Who gives life at the clutch of the death.
Allah! You know that I went near my cousin with a wrong intention but she denied saying that if I only bring this much of money, she will allow me to overpower her. I then worked hard and saved money. When I collected enough money and obtained enough strength upon her, there came the words from her, Fear Allah .Do not do this. O Allah! Only for Your sake, I was saved from this sin. O Allah! If you liked this deed, then grant us life. The Prophet of Allah said that the rock then moved away and these youth got life from the clutch of the death.
his children are put through such a tarbiat keeping in mind only his livelihood for his future.
12
13
gets broken, I ask my Rabb. Ask Allah for every single thing. It is only He Who gives. Make it a habit to ask your Rabb. Ask every single thing only to Allah .Become so close to Allah that whenever any difficulty comes, your mind thinks only of Him .Let the mind go only towards that Being. Let the talluq be to such an extent that if your mind goes anywhere, it is to Him .Get closer to Allah to that extent. O honorable ones! You will then see the barakah of this aqeedah. You will remain content and there will be a great courage and strength in your life. No other thing can create strength like this in life.
Him ,the closer you will find Him to you. The Prophet of Allah said, O ibn Abbas, if you take care of Allah ,He will take care of you. That is if you keep in mind the commandments of Allah ,then you will find the help and victory from Allah before you. And he said, If the whole world wants to benefit you something, they cannot benefit you if Allah doesnt will. And if the whole world wants to cause you any harm, they cannot harm you if the Rabb doesnt will. So connect yourself with Allah .
and when he starts doing this Allah will keep away His punishment. This was said by the Prophet and so is present in the Book of Allah .The Prophet said that this is how a sinful slave gets connected with Allah and he seeks forgiveness with the regret over his sins. He said, "Whosoever regularly seeks Allah's pardon, Allah makes for him a way out of all tight corners, removes all his worries and grants him sustenance from sources he had never imagined." Get connected to Allah and see how it goes. The improvement of our condition and the setting right of our condition lies in this and so is the solution for all our difficulties. So get connected to Allah and not just you but also connect your family with Allah .Make the environment of your house in such a way that every member becomes like the one connected with Allah .Change the environment of your office, factory or whatever is in your control. Connect everyone with Allah .And towards this turns the mercy of Allah . Let Allah grant us all tawfeeq to act on what we hear, write and read. Ameen
17