Suratul Fatiha - Hujjat Workshop

sent by Allah to various people at different times asexemplars. Every age, every people had its messenger.What completes the long line of prophethood, spanning thecenturies since the world was created, is the advent ofRasulullah (S.A.W.) some fourteen centuries ago. It was duringhis time that tarbiya, education in the outer courtesies ofliving in society, combined with the enhancement of the innerbeing, was perfected. Tarbiya derives from the Rabb and Hisrububiyyya.There are hundreds of ayat in the Qur`an that describe thedifferent aspects of the Rabb. These descriptions generally fallinto four distinct categories.i) One set of ayaat describes those who are guided,consequently giving us a ready made prescription forhow to conduct ourselves. One aya, for example,states: ‘Say that all your worship, all your adoration,indeed your life and your death are for the Rabb’(Qur’an 6:162). This is the voice of those who areguided. They are tuned to the higher principle,knowing that even noble aspirations can only happen ifthey are part of the decree, if all the elements areright. The final words of the rightly-guided ones, theQur`an says, can only be ‘Praise belongs to the Rabb al-‘alamin, the Lord of the universe,’ (Qur`an 10:10)because there is nothing else to say. They havecomplete faith in what Allah has sent to them from Hisunlimited sources of knowledge, both of the seen andthe unseen worlds, and commit themselves tofollowing the example of the prophets andmessengers. People who are guided ask Allah tooverlook their mistakes. They know that the lower nafswill inevitably lead them astray. Indeed, Allah says inwww.qfatima.com Page 41