Suratul Fatiha - Hujjat Workshop

This reminds us that we should not accord another humanbeing as our Rabb.A positive example is where the only entities that have beengranted, in human terms, the word Rabb are parents.سَّةِّ‏ اسِدََِهَُب مََب سَثََُّبٍِّ‏ صَغِريّاO my Lord! have compassion on them, as they brought me up(when I was) little.This status should, however, not be abused by parents.Anecdote:Prophet Musa wanted to understand what Rabb was.Allah tells him to watch the mother whose child wasscreaming. The mother does everything to soothe thechild but the child would not calm down. Eventually,the mother gently places the screaming child into apram and walks away for a minute and looks up at thesky. Allah tells Prophet Musa to observe her rahmatowards the child. He tells Musa that He is 70x moreRaheem than that mother. His is His Rububiyya.RububiyyaAllah’s Rububiyya emanates from His love.Allah was and there was no creation. He wanted to be known,out of love, and therefore He created. The highest creature inHis creation is the human being, both in its form and in itsspirit. We are, therefore, in evolutionary terms, at thepinnacle of His visible creation. We are also at the zenith inAllah’s unseen realms. The prophets and the messengers whowere sent as ideals of their respective times are in advance ofus in this respect. We know historical or biographicalinformation about only a few of the thousands that have beenwww.qfatima.com Page 40