WEBVTT

00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:08.859
A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:12.269
The meaning of the term "Rabb" (Lord).

00:00:12.269 --> 00:00:14.269
In the Arabic language, the term "Rabb" is applied

00:00:14.269 --> 00:00:16.269
to an owner who has authority over his property,

00:00:16.269 --> 00:00:18.269
to a master, a manager,

00:00:18.269 --> 00:00:21.269
to one who nurtures, reforms, and maintains.

00:00:21.269 --> 00:00:24.269
It is not used without being annexed to something

00:00:24.269 --> 00:00:26.269
except when referring to Allah the Exalted.

00:00:26.269 --> 00:00:29.269
As He, the Almighty, has said:

00:00:29.269 --> 00:00:32.270
“There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two gardens on the right hand and the left (as who should say): Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an indulgent Lord!” (34:15)

00:00:32.270 --> 00:00:36.270
“There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two gardens on the right hand and the left (as who should say): Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an indulgent Lord!” (34:15)

00:00:36.270 --> 00:00:39.460
However, when it is used to describe someone other than Allah the Exalted,

00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:42.460
it must be annexed to something else.

00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:45.460
Thus, one says "Rabb al-dar" (master of the house),

00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:47.460
or "Rabb al-dabbah" (owner of the beast),

00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:50.780
meaning its owner who has authority over it.

00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:53.780
The Qur'an most frequently uses the term "Rabb"

00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:55.780
in reference to Allah the Exalted,

00:00:55.780 --> 00:00:58.780
and it appears mostly in the annexed form,

00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:00.780
as He, the Almighty, has said:

00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:02.780
"Lord of the worlds."

00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:05.780
And He said: "Lord of the heavens and the earth,"

00:01:05.780 --> 00:01:07.780
"and whatever is between them."

00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:09.780
And He said: "Your Lord,"

00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:13.780
"and the Lord of your forefathers."

00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:16.780
It is a description of Allah, the Almighty,

00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:18.780
that encompasses the linguistic meanings

00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:20.780
mentioned for the term "Rabb."

00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:22.780
For Allah’s Lordship over the universe,

00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:24.780
and everything within it,

00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:26.780
entails His authority over it,

00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:29.780
His management of it, His reforming of it,

00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:32.780
and the execution of His command within it at every moment.

00:01:32.780 --> 00:01:34.780
He, glory be to Him, is with the universe,

00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:37.780
at every hour, in every affair.

00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:39.780
He creates and provides sustenance,

00:01:39.780 --> 00:01:41.780
He gives life and causes death,

00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:43.780
He lowers and raises,

00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:45.780
He gives and withholds,

00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:47.780
He honors and humiliates.

00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:49.780
He is ever-watchful over every soul,

00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:51.780
regarding its good and its evil,

00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:54.780
and everything in the universe

00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:55.780
subsists through Him.

00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:58.780
The entire affair of the universe is managed

00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:01.780
by the will and decree of Allah.

00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:04.939
The prohibition against using the name "Rabb"

00:02:04.939 --> 00:02:07.780
for anyone other than Allah the Exalted.

00:02:07.780 --> 00:02:10.780
The Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade

00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:12.780
a servant from saying to his master,

00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:14.780
"My Lord" (Rabbi).

00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:16.780
He, peace be upon him, said:

00:02:16.780 --> 00:02:18.780
"None of you should say,

00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:20.780
'Feed your lord,'

00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:22.780
'Perform wudu for your lord,'

00:02:22.780 --> 00:02:25.780
but let him say, 'My master' (sayyidi) and 'my patron' (mawlaya)."

00:02:25.780 --> 00:02:27.780
"And none of you should say,

00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:29.780
'My slave' (abdi) or 'my slave-girl' (amati),"

00:02:29.780 --> 00:02:31.780
but let him say,

00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:33.780
"My young man" (fataya) or "my young woman" (fatati),

00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:35.780
or "my servant" (ghulami).

00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:37.939
Narrated by al-Bukhari.

00:02:37.939 --> 00:02:40.129
The reason for this prohibition

00:02:40.129 --> 00:02:42.129
is that the reality

00:02:42.129 --> 00:02:44.129
of Lordship (Rububiyyah) belongs only

00:02:44.129 --> 00:02:46.129
to Allah the Exalted,

00:02:46.129 --> 00:02:48.129
because the "Rabb" is the owner

00:02:48.129 --> 00:02:50.129
who sustains and maintains a thing,

00:02:50.129 --> 00:02:52.129
and the reality of this

00:02:52.129 --> 00:02:54.129
exists only for Allah the Exalted alone.

00:02:54.129 --> 00:02:56.159
As for that which

00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:58.159
one does not have absolute authority over, among animals

00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.159
and inanimate objects,

00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.159
it is not disliked to apply the term "Lordship"

00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.159
to its owner.

00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.159
Thus, it is correct to say,

00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.159
"Master of the house," "owner of the horse,"

00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:10.159
and "owner of the garment,"

00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.159
and so on.

00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.669
The name "Rabb"

00:03:14.669 --> 00:03:16.669
is among the greatest of praises

00:03:16.669 --> 00:03:18.669
with which Allah, the Almighty,

00:03:18.669 --> 00:03:21.379
praises Himself.

00:03:21.379 --> 00:03:23.379
The name "Rabb"

00:03:23.379 --> 00:03:25.379
is among the greatest of praises with which

00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:27.379
Allah, the Almighty, praises Himself.

00:03:27.379 --> 00:03:29.379
For He has praised

00:03:29.379 --> 00:03:31.379
Himself as being the Lord

00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:33.379
of the worlds,

00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:35.379
and He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth

00:03:35.379 --> 00:03:37.379
and whatever is between them.

00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:39.379
And He said: "And He is the Lord of everything,"

00:03:39.379 --> 00:03:41.379
and "He is the Lord

00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:43.379
of the Mighty Throne."

00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:45.379
And other verses in which

00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:47.379
the name "Rabb" is mentioned for Allah,

00:03:47.379 --> 00:03:49.379
the Almighty.

00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:51.379
All of them are in the context of praising

00:03:51.379 --> 00:03:54.620
Allah and magnifying Him.

00:03:54.620 --> 00:03:56.620
"Rabb" is one of the most frequent names

00:03:56.620 --> 00:03:58.620
by which Allah, the Almighty, is invoked,

00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:01.550
because

00:04:01.550 --> 00:04:03.550
the Rabb is the Nurturer

00:04:03.550 --> 00:04:05.550
of all His servants through His management

00:04:05.550 --> 00:04:07.550
and various types of blessings.

00:04:07.550 --> 00:04:09.550
He is the Nurturer, in particular,

00:04:09.550 --> 00:04:11.550
of His chosen ones by reforming

00:04:11.550 --> 00:04:13.550
their hearts, their souls,

00:04:13.550 --> 00:04:15.550
and their characters. Since

00:04:15.550 --> 00:04:17.550
this is the case,

00:04:17.550 --> 00:04:19.550
the most frequent supplication of the prophets of Allah,

00:04:19.550 --> 00:04:21.550
His chosen ones, and His allies

00:04:21.550 --> 00:04:23.550
was with this majestic name,

00:04:23.550 --> 00:04:25.550
as they began their supplications with it.

00:04:25.550 --> 00:04:27.680
Adam,

00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.680
peace be upon him, and his wife said:

00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.680
"Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves,"

00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:33.680
“They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!” (7:23)

00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.680
"and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us,"

00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:37.680
"we will surely be among the losers."

00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:39.839
And Nuh (Noah), peace be upon

00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:41.839
him, said: "My Lord,"

00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:43.839
"forgive me and my parents."

00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:45.899
And Musa (Moses), peace be upon

00:04:45.899 --> 00:04:47.899
him, said: "My Lord, forgive"

00:04:47.899 --> 00:04:49.899
"me and my brother, and admit us"

00:04:49.899 --> 00:04:51.970
"into Your mercy."

00:04:51.970 --> 00:04:53.970
Yusuf (Joseph), peace be upon him, said:

00:04:53.970 --> 00:04:55.970
"My Lord, the prison is dearer"

00:04:55.970 --> 00:04:57.970
"to me than that to which they invite"

00:04:57.970 --> 00:04:59.970
"me."

00:04:59.970 --> 00:05:01.970
And he said: "My Lord,"

00:05:01.970 --> 00:05:03.970
“O my Lord! Thou hast given me (something) of sovereignty and hast taught me (something) of the interpretation of events - Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protecting Guardian in the world and the Hereafter. Make me to die muslim (unto Thee), and join me to the righteous.” (12:101)

00:05:03.970 --> 00:05:05.970
"You have taught me of the interpretation"

00:05:05.970 --> 00:05:07.970
"of hadiths. Originator of"

00:05:07.970 --> 00:05:09.970
"the heavens and the earth,"

00:05:09.970 --> 00:05:11.970
"You are my protector in this world"

00:05:11.970 --> 00:05:13.970
"and the Hereafter. Cause me to die"

00:05:13.970 --> 00:05:15.970
"as a Muslim and join me"

00:05:15.970 --> 00:05:17.970
"with the righteous."

00:05:17.970 --> 00:05:19.970
And Zakariyya (Zechariah), peace be upon him, said:

00:05:19.970 --> 00:05:21.970
“Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.” (3:38)

00:05:21.970 --> 00:05:23.970
"a goodly offspring."

00:05:23.970 --> 00:05:25.970
"Indeed, You are the Hearer"

00:05:25.970 --> 00:05:28.060
"of supplication."

00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.060
And Sulayman (Solomon), peace be upon him, said:

00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:32.060
"My Lord, forgive me"

00:05:32.060 --> 00:05:34.060
“He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me sovereignty such as shall not belong to any after me. Lo! Thou art the Bestower.” (38:35)

00:05:34.060 --> 00:05:36.060
"that will be suitable for anyone"

00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:38.060
"after me."

00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:40.060
And the righteous servants of Allah said:

00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:42.060
"Our Lord, indeed we"

00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:44.060
"have heard a caller"

00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:46.060
"calling to faith,"

00:05:46.060 --> 00:05:48.060
"saying, 'Believe in your Lord,' so we have believed."

00:05:48.060 --> 00:05:50.060
"Our Lord,"

00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:52.060
"forgive us our sins,"

00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:54.060
"remove from us our misdeeds,"

00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:56.060
"and cause us to die"

00:05:56.060 --> 00:05:58.480
"with the righteous."

00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.480
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:02.480
would often

00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:04.480
invoke Him by the name "Rabb,"

00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.480
and praise and magnify Him through it.

00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.480
Among these instances

00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.480
is his saying, peace be upon him:

00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.480
"Shall I not guide you"

00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.480
"to the master of seeking forgiveness?"

00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:16.540
"O Allah,"

00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:18.540
"You are my Lord,"

00:06:18.540 --> 00:06:20.540
“And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer.” (21:87)

00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:22.540
"You created me and I am Your servant."

00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:24.769
Narrated by al-Bukhari.

00:06:24.769 --> 00:06:26.899
And his saying, peace be upon him,

00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:28.899
when he went to his bed:

00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:30.990
"O Allah, Lord of the heavens,"

00:06:30.990 --> 00:06:32.990
"and Lord of the earth,"

00:06:32.990 --> 00:06:34.990
"and Lord of the Mighty Throne,"

00:06:34.990 --> 00:06:36.990
"our Lord,"

00:06:36.990 --> 00:06:38.990
"and Lord of everything."

00:06:38.990 --> 00:06:41.220
Narrated by Muslim.

00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:43.310
And his saying, peace be upon him,

00:06:43.310 --> 00:06:45.310
during the night prayer:

00:06:45.310 --> 00:06:47.379
"O Allah, Lord of Jibril (Gabriel),"

00:06:47.379 --> 00:06:49.379
"and Mika'il (Michael),"

00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:51.379
"and Israfil."

00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:53.500
Narrated by Muslim.

00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:55.540
And his saying, peace be upon him,

00:06:55.540 --> 00:06:57.540
at times of distress:

00:06:57.540 --> 00:06:59.540
"There is no god but Allah,"

00:06:59.540 --> 00:07:01.540
"the Almighty, the Forbearing."

00:07:01.540 --> 00:07:03.540
"There is no god but Allah,"

00:07:03.540 --> 00:07:05.540
"Lord of the Mighty Throne."

00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:07.540
"There is no god but Allah,"

00:07:07.540 --> 00:07:09.540
"Lord of the heavens"

00:07:09.540 --> 00:07:11.540
"and the earth,"

00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:13.540
"and Lord of the Noble Throne."

00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:15.730
Narrated by al-Bukhari.

00:07:15.730 --> 00:07:17.980
All of this indicates

00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:19.980
that this name

00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:21.980
encompasses great meanings,

00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:23.980
and for that reason,

00:07:23.980 --> 00:07:27.069
Allah is invoked by it.

00:07:27.069 --> 00:07:29.069
The covenant that Allah took

00:07:29.069 --> 00:07:31.069
from the children of Adam

00:07:31.069 --> 00:07:34.000
It is Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah).

00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.000
The covenant that Allah took

00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:38.000
from the children of Adam

00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.000
is what He deposited within their innate nature (fitrah),

00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.000
consisting of the acknowledgment that He is their Lord,

00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.000
their Creator, and their Sovereign.

00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.000
This is the meaning of His saying, the Exalted:

00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.000
"And [mention] when

00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.000
your Lord took from

00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:52.000
the children of Adam

00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.000
from their loins

00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.000
their descendants

00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.000
and made them testify

00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.000
as to themselves,

00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.000
'Am I not your Lord?'

00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.000
They said, 'Yes,

00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.000
we have testified.'"

00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.000
[This was] lest you say

00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.000
on the Day of Resurrection,

00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.000
"Indeed, we were

00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.000
of this unaware."

00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.420
The intent of the verse

00:08:16.420 --> 00:08:18.420
is not

00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:20.420
that Allah established a proof against them

00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:22.420
based on what they acknowledged at the time of their extraction

00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:24.420
from the loins of Adam, peace be upon him,

00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:26.420
and made them testify against

00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:28.420
themselves regarding that,

00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:30.420
as some have claimed.

00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:32.419
Nor does the wisdom of Allah,

00:08:32.419 --> 00:08:34.509
the Exalted, necessitate this.

00:08:34.509 --> 00:08:36.509
Reality testifies that this covenant

00:08:36.509 --> 00:08:38.509
and pledge is not remembered by

00:08:38.509 --> 00:08:40.509
anyone, nor does it cross [their minds].

00:08:40.509 --> 00:08:42.509
So how could

00:08:42.509 --> 00:08:44.509
Allah establish a proof against them regarding a matter

00:08:44.509 --> 00:08:46.509
of which they have no knowledge,

00:08:46.509 --> 00:08:48.509
nor any trace,

00:08:48.509 --> 00:08:50.509
nor any sign?

00:08:50.509 --> 00:08:52.509
This indicates that the intended meaning is

00:08:52.509 --> 00:08:54.509
what Allah deposited

00:08:54.509 --> 00:08:56.509
into their innate nature at the time of their birth,

00:08:56.509 --> 00:08:58.509
consisting of Tawhid,

00:08:58.509 --> 00:09:00.509
as the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

00:09:00.509 --> 00:09:02.509
"Every newborn

00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:04.509
is born upon the fitrah,

00:09:04.509 --> 00:09:06.509
then his parents make him a Jew,

00:09:06.509 --> 00:09:08.509
or a Christian,

00:09:08.509 --> 00:09:10.769
or a Magian."

00:09:10.769 --> 00:09:13.820
Agreed upon.

00:09:13.820 --> 00:09:15.820
Shirk in Rububiyyah (Lordship).

00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:18.879
Most polytheists acknowledged

00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:20.879
the Lordship of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic,

00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:22.879
and did not deny it,

00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:24.879
as the Exalted said:

00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.879
"And if you asked them,

00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.879
'Who created the heavens

00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:30.879
and the earth and subjected the sun

00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:32.879
and the moon?' they would surely say,

00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:34.879
'Allah.' Then how

00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:37.039
are they deluded?"

00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.039
Yet, despite their acknowledgment of the Tawhid of Lordship,

00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.039
and that Allah is the Creator and Disposer of affairs,

00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.039
they fell into Shirk

00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:45.039
in Uluhiyyah (Worship),

00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:47.259
and worshipped others besides Allah.

00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:49.259
However, some polytheists

00:09:49.259 --> 00:09:51.259
fell into Shirk in Lordship

00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:53.259
alongside their Shirk in Worship.

00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:55.460
Among them are the Christians,

00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:57.460
due to their belief

00:09:57.460 --> 00:09:59.460
that Jesus, peace be upon him,

00:09:59.460 --> 00:10:01.460
forgives sins and saves people from them,

00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:03.460
and manages affairs alongside Allah

00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:05.460
regarding provision and all other

00:10:05.460 --> 00:10:07.460
matters of the servants.

00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:09.460
Among them are the Magians,

00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:11.460
who attributed the occurrences of good

00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:13.460
to Light,

00:10:13.460 --> 00:10:15.580
and attributed the occurrences of evil to Darkness.

00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:17.580
Among them are the worshippers of the stars

00:10:17.580 --> 00:10:19.580
and celestial bodies,

00:10:19.580 --> 00:10:21.580
who believe they manage

00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:23.580
the affairs of the world,

00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:25.740
such as the Sabaeans.

00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:27.740
Among them is a faction of the extremist Sufis,

00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:29.740
who claim that the saints (awliya'),

00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:31.740
or their souls after

00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:33.740
their death,

00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:35.740
act in managing the affairs of the world

00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:37.740
and fulfilling the needs of the people.

00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:39.740
They have regarding this

00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:41.740
nonsense and claims

00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:43.740
that are false and suspicious,

00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:45.740
and titles for which Allah has sent down

00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:47.740
no authority.

00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:49.740
For them, the world is managed by

00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:51.740
the Ghawth (Succor) or the Qutb (Pole),

00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:53.740
the Greatest, and he is—

00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:55.740
in their claim—a saint from among the saints of Allah.

00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:57.740
He is followed by two ministers,

00:10:57.740 --> 00:10:59.740
then the Awtad (Pegs),

00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:01.740
who are four, holding up the world

00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:03.740
from its four sides.

00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:05.740
Then the Abdal (Substitutes),

00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:07.740
who are seven, in every

00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:09.740
continent of the seven continents

00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:11.740
of the earth, one of them,

00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.740
and so on, to the end of what they claim

00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:15.740
of these absurdities

00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:17.740
and inanities for which

00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:19.740
Allah has sent down no authority.

00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:21.740
They claim through them

00:11:21.740 --> 00:11:23.740
the control of these people over the world

00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:25.740
and the management of its affairs.

00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:27.740
This is undoubtedly among the greatest

00:11:27.740 --> 00:11:29.740
forms of Shirk, and it is Shirk

00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:31.740
in Lordship, which was not even committed

00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:33.740
by the early polytheists

00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:35.740
from the people of the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance).

00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:37.740
It necessitates for them the lack of

00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:39.740
forgiveness and eternity in the Fire.

00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.779
Among the forms of Shirk

00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:43.779
in Lordship is legislating

00:11:43.779 --> 00:11:45.779
other than what Allah has revealed,

00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:47.779
because legislation is among the characteristics

00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:49.779
of the Lord, the Mighty and Majestic.

00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:51.779
The Exalted said:

00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:53.779
“Say: Allah is Best Aware how long they tarried. His is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth. How clear of sight is He and keen of hearing! They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He maketh none to share in His government.” (18:26)

00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:56.259
anyone.

00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:58.259
The fruits of the Tawhid of Lordship.

00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:01.570
For faith,

00:12:01.570 --> 00:12:03.570
in the Tawhid of Lordship,

00:12:03.570 --> 00:12:05.570
there are many magnificent fruits.

00:12:05.570 --> 00:12:07.570
Among the most important of them:

00:12:07.570 --> 00:12:09.570
First:

00:12:09.570 --> 00:12:11.570
Defining for people their purpose

00:12:11.570 --> 00:12:13.570
for which they were created,

00:12:13.570 --> 00:12:15.570
and informing them of what benefits them

00:12:15.570 --> 00:12:17.570
and what harms them by receiving

00:12:17.570 --> 00:12:19.570
that from their Lord,

00:12:19.570 --> 00:12:21.570
because it does not befit the Lord of the worlds

00:12:21.570 --> 00:12:23.570
to leave

00:12:23.570 --> 00:12:25.570
His servants neglected,

00:12:25.570 --> 00:12:27.570
without informing them of what benefits them

00:12:27.570 --> 00:12:29.570
in their worldly life and their afterlife.

00:12:30.570 --> 00:12:32.570
"Did you think that We

00:12:32.570 --> 00:12:34.570
created you in vain

00:12:34.570 --> 00:12:36.570
and that to Us

00:12:36.570 --> 00:12:38.789
you would not be returned?"

00:12:38.789 --> 00:12:40.789
Second:

00:12:40.789 --> 00:12:42.789
Realizing the Tawhid of Names and Attributes,

00:12:42.789 --> 00:12:44.789
because the Lord

00:12:44.789 --> 00:12:46.789
must be Living, Sustaining,

00:12:46.789 --> 00:12:48.789
Creator, All-Powerful,

00:12:48.789 --> 00:12:50.789
All-Knowing, All-Hearing,

00:12:50.789 --> 00:12:52.789
All-Seeing, Possessor of Will.

00:12:52.789 --> 00:12:54.789
And say the same

00:12:54.789 --> 00:12:56.789
regarding all the Names of Allah

00:12:56.789 --> 00:12:59.110
and His supreme Attributes.

00:12:59.110 --> 00:13:01.110
Third:

00:13:01.110 --> 00:13:03.110
Contentment with the judgment of Allah and His law,

00:13:03.110 --> 00:13:05.110
because acknowledging the Lordship of

00:13:05.110 --> 00:13:07.110
Allah, the Mighty and Majestic,

00:13:07.110 --> 00:13:09.110
is contentment with what Allah apportions

00:13:09.110 --> 00:13:11.110
to the servant and decrees for him.

00:13:11.110 --> 00:13:13.110
This also necessitates

00:13:13.110 --> 00:13:15.110
contentment with what He legislates

00:13:15.110 --> 00:13:17.110
and commands,

00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:19.110
and desisting from what He forbids.

00:13:19.110 --> 00:13:21.240
Fourth:

00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:23.240
Love for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic,

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.240
gratitude to Him, glorification of Him,

00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.240
and veneration of Him.

00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:29.240
Creatures are naturally disposed to love

00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.240
those who rectify them, provide for them,

00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.240
and do good to them.

00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.240
This produces in the heart of the servant

00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.240
the love of Allah, the love of what

00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.240
He loves, and the love of those whom He loves,

00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.240
and hatred of what He hates,

00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.240
and hatred of those whom He hates,

00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:45.240
and hastening to His pleasure, glorifying Him,

00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.240
venerating Him,

00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.529
thanking Him, and praising Him.

00:13:49.529 --> 00:13:51.529
Fifth:

00:13:51.529 --> 00:13:53.529
Reliance (Tawakkul) upon Allah in all matters.

00:13:53.529 --> 00:13:55.529
For whoever is certain

00:13:55.529 --> 00:13:57.529
that Allah is the Provider, the Disposer of affairs,

00:13:57.529 --> 00:13:59.529
and that He is over all

00:13:59.529 --> 00:14:01.529
things All-Powerful,

00:14:01.529 --> 00:14:03.529
his heart is filled with reliance

00:14:03.529 --> 00:14:05.529
upon Him, Glorified be He, in all

00:14:05.529 --> 00:14:07.750
his affairs.

00:14:07.750 --> 00:14:09.750
Sixth:

00:14:09.750 --> 00:14:11.750
Turning to Allah and supplicating

00:14:11.750 --> 00:14:13.750
to Him during times of hardship and calamity,

00:14:13.750 --> 00:14:15.750
out of certainty that He

00:14:15.750 --> 00:14:17.750
alone is the Disposer of affairs,

00:14:17.750 --> 00:14:19.750
The Bringer of Benefit and the Bringer of Harm.

00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:21.750
The Reliever of distress.

00:14:21.750 --> 00:14:24.139
And the One who fulfills all needs.

00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:26.139
The use of the oneness of Allah as evidence.

00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:28.139
The Lordship (Rububiyyah) is based upon the Oneness of Allah (Tawhid).

00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:31.350
The Oneness of Allah in worship (al-uluhiyyah).

00:14:31.350 --> 00:14:33.350
And among the greatest requirements of Tawhid

00:14:33.350 --> 00:14:35.350
The Lordship [of Allah] as established through rational evidence.

00:14:35.350 --> 00:14:37.350
through it upon the Oneness of Allah

00:14:37.350 --> 00:14:39.350
The divinity, therefore,

00:14:39.350 --> 00:14:41.350
It has been singled out as an independent concept.

00:14:41.350 --> 00:14:43.350
This is because the Lord

00:14:43.350 --> 00:14:45.350
He who created the heavens and the earth

00:14:45.350 --> 00:14:47.350
And what is contained therein, and He who possesses

00:14:47.350 --> 00:14:49.350
He alone possesses the authority to dispose of them.

00:14:49.350 --> 00:14:51.350
and the management of its affairs.

00:14:51.350 --> 00:14:53.350
He alone is the One who is worthy of worship.

00:14:53.350 --> 00:14:55.350
For He associates no one with Himself.

00:14:55.350 --> 00:14:57.350
No one [is] in that regard.

00:14:57.350 --> 00:14:59.350
It is for this reason that the verses were revealed.

00:14:59.350 --> 00:15:01.350
By using the Lordship of Allah as evidence.

00:15:01.350 --> 00:15:03.350
regarding divinity

00:15:03.350 --> 00:15:05.350
And the rejection of associating partners with Allah in worship.

00:15:05.350 --> 00:15:07.350
Exalted is He, after the affirmation.

00:15:07.350 --> 00:15:09.450
regarding Lordship

00:15:09.450 --> 00:15:11.700
Among these examples is the saying of Allah the Almighty:

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:16.039
Ah, the best.

00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:18.039
... what do they associate [with Allah]?

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.039
As for

00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.039
Who created the heavens

00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:24.039
and the earth

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:26.039
and He has sent down for you

00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:28.039
from the sky

00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.039
water

00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.039
and He has sent down for you

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:34.039
from the sky

00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:36.039
water

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.039
Then We caused to grow

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.039
with it

00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.039
gardens

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:44.039
possessing great beauty

00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:46.039
It was not for you

00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.039
for you to grow

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.039
its trees

00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.039
Is there a god with

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.039
Allah

00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:56.039
Rather, they are a people

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.039
They equate [others with Allah].

00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.419
And in the same manner

00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:02.419
The same thing came as a remainder.

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:04.419
The verses up to the verse

00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:06.419
The sixty-fourth.

00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:08.679
This refers to His saying, the Almighty:

00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.679
Do you believe

00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:12.679
The creation begins, then

00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.679
He returns it, and

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:16.679
He provides for you from the heavens.

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.679
And the earth

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:20.679
Is there a god

00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:22.679
with Allah

00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:24.679
Say, "Bring forth your proof."

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.679
your proof

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.679
if you are

00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:31.000
the truthful

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.190
Allah, the Almighty, says:

00:16:33.190 --> 00:16:35.190
Do they associate with Allah partners that

00:16:35.190 --> 00:16:37.190
He creates something

00:16:37.190 --> 00:16:39.190
They are being created.

00:16:39.190 --> 00:16:41.190
and they are unable

00:16:41.190 --> 00:16:43.190
For them is victory.

00:16:43.190 --> 00:16:45.190
...and their souls.

00:16:45.190 --> 00:16:47.190
They are victorious.

00:16:47.190 --> 00:16:49.289
And like this

00:16:49.289 --> 00:16:51.289
This is the essence of what is argued for using the concept of Lordship.

00:16:51.289 --> 00:16:53.289
...on divinity, many [disagreed].

00:16:53.289 --> 00:16:55.289
As in Al-Baqarah.

00:16:55.289 --> 00:16:57.289
and the bees and the believers

00:16:57.289 --> 00:16:59.960
and the Companies (of the Qur'an)

00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:01.960
This is a summary of concepts.

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:03.960
The People of the Sunnah