Suratul Fatiha - Hujjat Workshop

AYA 5إََِّبكَ‏ ‏َّعِجُذُ‏ وإََِّبكَ‏ ‏َّسِزَعِنيُ‏5. You alone do we worship and You alone do we ask forhelp.All ayaat about Ibada, it's niyya, how to pray .... etc. areelaborations of this aya.إََِّبكَ‏ ‏َّعِجُذُ‏IbadaIn ‘Arabic when something is totally submissive with noopposition or resistance it’s condition is said to be ta’abbud(worshipful). A mu’abbad (a worshipful person) is thereforeone who is at peave and obedient wioth no trace of resistanceor rebellion. This is a condition that a person should have onlyin respect to Allah. With respect to other than Allah; tawheedmeans to be in a condition of rebellion and disobedience. Thusthe human being must at all times comprise two apparentcontradictory conditions – total submission to Allah and totalresitance to other than Allah – this is the meaning of You andYou alone do we worship….‘Ubudiyya is based on the development of the rational selfthrough outer action. Ultimately this is the recognition that weare of no significance unless it is because of the divineprogram that began before our involvement in it. We arealready slaves to this reality. The use of the word ‘slave’however, implies oppression and exploitation, which is nottrue of the Arabic word ‘abd, from which comes ‘ubudiyya,servitude or obedience to Allah. There is true proximitybetween the Rabb and the ‘abd, but never a union as such. Itis like coal and fire. When coal is close to the fire, it takes onwww.qfatima.com Page 62