Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (94) | The name of God (Al-Raqib) and the effects of belief in Him
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The name of Allah, al-Raqib (The All-Watchful), and the fruits of believing in it.
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The name of Allah, al-Raqib, is mentioned in three verses.
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His saying, the Exalted:
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“O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.” (4:1)
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And His saying, the Exalted:
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“I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, (saying): Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness of them while I dwelt among them, and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the Watcher over them. Thou art Witness over all things.” (5:117)
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“I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, (saying): Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness of them while I dwelt among them, and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the Watcher over them. Thou art Witness over all things.” (5:117)
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And His saying, the Exalted:
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“It is not allowed thee to take (other) women henceforth, nor that thou shouldst change them for other wives even though their beauty pleased thee, save those whom thy right hand possesseth. And Allah is ever Watcher over all things.” (33:52)
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Al-Raqib is the All-Preserving, the All-Witnessing.
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He from whom nothing is absent.
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And who is never absent from that which He preserves.
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Allah, glory be to Him, is the All-Preserving and All-Witnessing over His servants and their deeds, both outward and inward.
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He keeps an exact account of them.
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Nothing of them is hidden from Him.
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His hearing encompasses all that can be heard.
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His sight encompasses all that can be seen.
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And His knowledge encompasses all information, both manifest and hidden.
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He is fully aware of what the hearts conceal.
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“Is He Who is aware of the deserts of every soul (as he who is aware of nothing)? Yet they ascribe unto Allah partners. Say: Name them. Is it that ye would inform Him of something which He knoweth not in the earth? Or is it but a way of speaking? Nay but their contrivance is made seeming fair for those who disbelieve and they are kept from the right road. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.” (13:33)
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He preserves all created beings and conducts them according to the best order and most perfect arrangement.
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Among the most important fruits of believing in this majestic name:
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Is the realization of the servant’s constant awareness of his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic.
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For this awareness—
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Is the act of worship through the names of Allah: al-Raqib (the All-Watchful), al-Hafiz (the All-Preserving),
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Al-Shahid (the All-Witnessing), and al-'Alim (the All-Knowing),
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And al-Sami' (the All-Hearing) and al-Basir (the All-Seeing).
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Whoever comprehends these names,
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And worships Allah according to their implications,
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Attains a state of constant awareness of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.
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The reality of this,
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Is the servant’s constant knowledge and certainty that Allah is observing his outward and inward state.
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When this is realized by him,
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And he takes control of his own self,
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It produces the fear of Allah (taqwa).
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He watches over his own soul so that his Lord does not see him where He has forbidden him to be.
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And he does not fail to be present where He has commanded him to be.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.