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Suratul Fatiha - Hujjat Workshop

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AYA 6إذَُِ‏ ب اىصِّشَاغَ‏ املُسزَقٌَُِ‏6. Guide us on the straight path.The ayaat explaining the right path, the laws of that way oflife, including morals & etiquettes are elaborations of this aya.Show us the direct way. A straight line is the shortest distancebetween two points. A straight line is also one point travelingin only one direction. Therefore, you ask to be shown themost direct route towards this knowledge of acquiring ourperfection (full potential). Some aspects to be considered are:i) The path of perfection is one to be found – not onethat needs to be invented.ii) All beings are progressing along a creational qahri(involuntary path) which eventually leads to Allah.“Be aware That all affairs return to Allah” <strong>Suratul</strong>Baqara 2:211iii) There is only one path that the human being mustchoose (freedom of no choice) “O human being!Indeed you are striving towards your Rabb, strivingso that you shall meet Him.” <strong>Suratul</strong> Inshiqaaq 84:8iv)Siratul Mustaqeem has a defined direction fromthe start. It is not a path of twists and turns whichpasses from one contradiction to another.v) The path exists within one’s own being. Within theessence of the human being there exists thenatural instinctive pre-dispostion (fitri) towardsperfection just as within the acorn lies thepredisposition to become anb oak tree.vi)vii)The straight path is the path of least resistance.Despite this predisposition the human being needsa guide.www.qfatima.com Page 76

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