Greatness of Allah the Almighty
Greatness of Allah the Almighty ÍÓÇã Èä ÚÈÏÇáÚÒíÒ ÇáÌÈÑíä Greatness of Allah the Almighty Translated by: Alamgeer Usmani. Praise belongs to Allah, we praise Him, and we ask Him for help and forgiveness. We seek protection in Allah from the malice of our souls, and the evil of our actions. Whom Allah guides, no one can lead him astray, and whom He makes astray, no one can lead him back to the right path. I bear witness that there is no other deity but Allah alone who has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and messenger. “O you who believed! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except as Muslims.” (Aali ‘Imran * 3:102). “O mankind, fear your Lord who created you from a single soul, and from it, He created its match, and spread many men and women from the two. Fear Allah in Whose name you ask each other (for your rights), and fear (the violation of the rights of) the womb-relations. Surely, Allah is watchful of you. (Al-Nisa:01). “O you who believe, fear Allah and speak in straightforward words. If you do so, Allah will correct your deeds for your benefit, and forgive your sins for you. Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger achieves a great success”. (Al-Ahzab:70-71). To proceed, Servants of Allah, Hadith of Ibn Masoud - may Allah be pleased with him – is recorded in Bukhari and Muslim, he said: A priest from the Jews came (to the Prophet) and said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will place all the heavens on one finger, and the Earth on one finger, and the waters and the land on one finger, and all the creation on one finger, and then He will shake them and say. 'I am the King! I am the King!'" I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) smiling till his premolar teeth became visible expressing his amazement and his belief in what he had said. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) recited: ﴿ æóãóÇ ÞóÏóÑõæÇ Çááøóåó ÍóÞøó ÞóÏúÑöåö æóÇáúÃóÑúÖõ ÌóãöíÚðÇ ÞóÈúÖóÊõåõ íóæúãó ÇáúÞöíóÇãóÉö æóÇáÓøóãóæóÇÊõ ãóØúæöíøóÇÊñ Èöíóãöíäöåö ÓõÈúÍóÇäóåõ æóÊóÚóÇáóì ÚóãøóÇ íõÔúÑößõæäó ﴾ [ÇáÒãÑ: 67]. “They did not hold Allah in His true esteem. The whole earth will be in a single grip of His hand on the Day of Doom, and the heavens (will be) rolled up on his right hand. Pure is He, far too higher than what they associate with Him”. O Muslims, It is incumbent upon us, in this age in which material things have prevailed, distractions abounded, and minds dazzled with techniques, to remind ourselves of the wonderful workmanship of the Creator - the Exalted and Sublime - and his greatness. Glorying to Allah - the Exalted and Glorious - is loftier heartfelt worship, and it provides a Muslim with many wonderful advantages. Glorifying Allah creates trust in Allah, and it results in calmness of the soul, no matter how the condition is bad, and glorifying Allah brings about the feeling of Allah’s company, and glorifying Allah increases steadfastness and honor. Glorifying Allah leads to sincerity in deed, glorifying Allah creates the courage of speaking the truth and sticking to it, glorifying Allah motivates upon obedience and abandoning forbidden things, glorifying Allah fills the heart with contentment, beautiful patience. And it has other great benefits. O worshipers, Ibn Abbas said in the words of Allah: ﴿ ãóÇ áóßõãú áóÇ ÊóÑúÌõæäó áöáøóåö æóÞóÇÑðÇ ﴾ [äæÍ: 13] “What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur”. Means: “you do not appreciate the Majesty of Allah”. Saeed bin Jubayr said, it means: “Why do you not glorify Allah as He deserves ?” Our Lord, the Almighty, is great in Himself, as he said about Himself: ﴿ áóåõ ãóÇ Ýöí ÇáÓøóãóæóÇÊö æóãóÇ Ýöí ÇáúÃóÑúÖö æóåõæó ÇáúÚóáöíøõ ÇáúÚóÙöíãõ * ÊóßóÇÏõ ÇáÓøóãóæóÇÊõ íóÊóÝóØøóÑúäó ãöäú ÝóæúÞöåöäøó ﴾ [ÇáÔæÑì: 4 - 5] “To him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and He is the High, the Supreme.The heavens almost burst apart from their above side”. The commentators said: “Heavens and earth tear into parts from the greatness of Allah, the Exalted, the Majestic. And in the Sahih of Abi Dawood, Jabir bin Abdullah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying: “I have been permitted to tell about one of Allah’s angels who bears the throne that the distance between the lobe of his ear and his shoulder is a journey of seven hundred years”. It is narrated by Ibn Abi Hatim, he said: “As the birds flop,” and its chain of transmission is authentic. This is the quality of an angel of the bearers of the throne. ﴿ æóíóÍúãöáõ ÚóÑúÔó ÑóÈøößó ÝóæúÞóåõãú íóæúãóÆöÐò ËóãóÇäöíóÉñ ﴾ [ÇáÍÇÞÉ: 17] “And on that Day, the Throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight”. This is some of what Allah has told us about himself and his Messenger PBUH told us about Him. ﴿ æóáóÇ íõÍöíØõæäó ÈöÔóíúÁò ãöäú Úöáúãöåö ÅöáøóÇ ÈöãóÇ ÔóÇÁó ﴾ [ÇáÈÞÑÉ: 255] “While they encompass nothing of His knowledge, except what He wills”. Ibn Katheer - may Allah have mercy on him - said: “means: no one can be aware of anything of Allah’s knowledge except what Allah Almighty has made known to him, and he has made it known to him, and it is likely that it means: they are not aware of anything of the knowledge of His deity and His attributes except what Allah has made known to them, such as His saying: ﴿ æóáóÇ íõÍöíØõæäó Èöåö ÚöáúãðÇ ﴾ [Øå: 110] “And they do not encompass Him in (their) knowledge”. What happened to Moses, when he asked his Lord for that great request? ﴿ æóáóãøóÇ ÌóÇÁó ãõæÓóì áöãöíÞóÇÊöäóÇ æóßóáøóãóåõ ÑóÈøõåõ ÞóÇáó ÑóÈøö ÃóÑöäöí ÃóäúÙõÑú Åöáóíúßó ÞóÇáó áóäú ÊóÑóÇäöí æóáóßöäö ÇäúÙõÑú Åöáóì ÇáúÌóÈóáö ÝóÅöäö ÇÓúÊóÞóÑøó ãóßóÇäóåõ ÝóÓóæúÝó ÊóÑóÇäöí ÝóáóãøóÇ ÊóÌóáøóì ÑóÈøõåõ áöáúÌóÈóáö ÌóÚóáóåõ ÏóßøðÇ æóÎóÑøó ãõæÓóì ÕóÚöÞðÇ ÝóáóãøóÇ ÃóÝóÇÞó ÞóÇáó ÓõÈúÍóÇäóßó ÊõÈúÊõ Åöáóíúßó æóÃóäóÇ Ãóæøóáõ ÇáúãõÄúãöäöíäó ﴾ [ÇáÃÚÑÇÝ: 143]. “When Musa came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, “My Lord, show (Yourself) to me that I may look at You.” He said: “You shall never see Me. But look at the mount. If it stays at its place, you will see Me.” So, when his Lord appeared to the Mount, He made it smashed, and Musa fell down unconscious. When he recovered, he said: “Pure are You. I repent to You, and I am the first to believe (that no one can see You in this world)”. And in the Sahih of ibn Majah, with a chain of transmission which is traceable back to the Prophet: "His Veil is Light, and if He were to remove it, the glory of his Face would burn everything of His creation, as far as His gaze reaches.'" Glory be to Him: ﴿ ÅöäøóãóÇ ÃóãúÑõåõ ÅöÐóÇ ÃóÑóÇÏó ÔóíúÆðÇ Ãóäú íóÞõæáó áóåõ ßõäú Ýóíóßõæäõ ﴾ [íÓ: 82]. ﴿ áóíúÓó ßóãöËúáöåö ÔóíúÁñ æóåõæó ÇáÓøóãöíÚõ ÇáúÈóÕöíÑõ ﴾ [ÇáÔæÑì: 11]. “His practice, when He intends to do something, is no more than He says, “Be”, and it comes to be”. “Nothing is like Him. And He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing”. May Allah bless you and me in the Great Qur’an, and benefit us with the verses and wise remembrance that are mentioned in it. I say this saying, and I ask Allah’s forgiveness for me and you, so ask His forgiveness; He is forgiving. Second Sermon ﴿ ÇáúÍóãúÏõ áöáøóåö ÇáøóÐöí áóåõ ãóÇ Ýöí ÇáÓøóãóæóÇÊö æóãóÇ Ýöí ÇáúÃóÑúÖö æóáóåõ ÇáúÍóãúÏõ Ýöí ÇáúÂÎöÑóÉö æóåõæó ÇáúÍóßöíãõ ÇáúÎóÈöíÑõ ﴾ [ÓÈÃ: 1].“Praise be to Allah, to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth; and for Him is the praise in the Hereafter, and He is the Wise, the All-Aware”. And may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon the one who is bearer of glade tiding, the warner, and the luminous lamp. And after that, servants of Allah, It is incumbent upon us to search for what nourishes the glorification of Allah in our hearts, and the greatest of that is the following: First: Knowing the Most Beautiful Names of Allah and His Sublime Attributes with their meanings, so look into the attribute of knowledge, for example, and meditate on what is mentioned in them; He - the Most High - said: ﴿ æóÃóÍóÇØó ÈöãóÇ áóÏóíúåöãú æóÃóÍúÕóì ßõáøó ÔóíúÁò ÚóÏóÏðÇ ﴾ [ÇáÌä: 28] “And He has encompassed all that is with them, and has comprehensive knowledge of everything by numbers”. So, contemplate what is around you, like plants, trees, sand and stone, and feel the vastness of His knowledge - Glory be to Him - and meditate on what Allah says: ﴿ æóÚöäúÏóåõ ãóÝóÇÊöÍõ ÇáúÛóíúÈö áóÇ íóÚúáóãõåóÇ ÅöáøóÇ åõæó æóíóÚúáóãõ ãóÇ Ýöí ÇáúÈóÑøö æóÇáúÈóÍúÑö æóãóÇ ÊóÓúÞõØõ ãöäú æóÑóÞóÉò ÅöáøóÇ íóÚúáóãõåóÇ æóáóÇ ÍóÈøóÉò Ýöí ÙõáõãóÇÊö ÇáúÃóÑúÖö æóáóÇ ÑóØúÈò æóáóÇ íóÇÈöÓò ÅöáøóÇ Ýöí ßöÊóÇÈò ãõÈöíäò ﴾ [ÇáÃäÚÇã: 59]. ﴿ æóãóÇ ÊóÍúãöáõ ãöäú ÃõäúËóì æóáóÇ ÊóÖóÚõ ÅöáøóÇ ÈöÚöáúãöåö æóãóÇ íõÚóãøóÑõ ãöäú ãõÚóãøóÑò æóáóÇ íõäúÞóÕõ ãöäú ÚõãõÑöåö ÅöáøóÇ Ýöí ßöÊóÇÈò Åöäøó Ðóáößó Úóáóì Çááøóåö íóÓöíÑñ ﴾ [ÝÇØÑ: 11]. “With Him are the keys of the Unseen. No one knows them but He. He knows what is in the land and the sea. No leaf ever falls but that He knows about it, and there is no grain in the dark layers of the earth, or anything fresh or dry that is not recorded in a manifest book”. “No female conceives (a baby) nor gives birth (to it) without His knowledge; and no aged person is made to advance in age, nor is a part curtailed from his age, but all this is (recorded) in a book. Surely all this is easy for Allah”. Second: What nourishes the glorification of Allah in the heart is: contemplation, meditation, and reflection upon Allah’s creatures, and upon this wondrous universe, and upon its the awesome perfection. ÊóÃóãøóáú Ýöí äóÈóÇÊö ÇáúÃóÑúÖö æóÇäúÙõÑú https://www.alukah.net/Images/alukah30/space.gif Åöáóì ÂËóÇÑö ãóÇ ÕóäóÚó Çáúãóáöíßõ https://www.alukah.net/Images/alukah30/space.gif Úõíæäñ ãöäú áõÌóíúäò ÓóÇÈöÛóÇÊñ https://www.alukah.net/Images/alukah30/space.gif Úóáóì æóÑÞò åõæó ÇáÐøóåóÈõ ÇáÓøóÈöíßõ https://www.alukah.net/Images/alukah30/space.gif Úóáóì ßõËõÈö ÇáÒøóÈóÑúÌóÏö ÔóÇåöÏóÇÊñ https://www.alukah.net/Images/alukah30/space.gif ÈöÃóäøó Çááøóåó áóíúÓó áóåõ ÔóÑöíßõ https://www.alukah.net/Images/alukah30/space.gif (Contemplate the plants of the earth and see the effects of what the King has created. The water springs of pure silver on the papers of molded gold and on the pieces of peridot are witnessing that Allah has no partner). And our Lord says about people of understanding: ﴿ æóíóÊóÝóßøóÑõæäó Ýöí ÎóáúÞö ÇáÓøóãóæóÇÊö æóÇáúÃóÑúÖö ÑóÈøóäóÇ ãóÇ ÎóáóÞúÊó åóÐóÇ ÈóÇØöáðÇ ÓõÈúÍóÇäóßó ﴾ [Âá ÚãÑÇä: 191] “And ponder on the creation of the heavens and the earth (and say) Our Lord, You have not created all this in vain. We proclaim Your purity”. And Allah the Almighty says: ﴿ æóåõæó ÇáøóÐöí ãóÏøó ÇáúÃóÑúÖó æóÌóÚóáó ÝöíåóÇ ÑóæóÇÓöíó æóÃóäúåóÇÑðÇ æóãöäú ßõáøö ÇáËøóãóÑóÇÊö ÌóÚóáó ÝöíåóÇ ÒóæúÌóíúäö ÇËúäóíúäö íõÛúÔöí Çááøóíúáó ÇáäøóåóÇÑó Åöäøó Ýöí Ðóáößó áóÂíóÇÊò áöÞóæúãò íóÊóÝóßøóÑõæäó * æóÝöí ÇáúÃóÑúÖö ÞöØóÚñ ãõÊóÌóÇæöÑóÇÊñ æóÌóäøóÇÊñ ãöäú ÃóÚúäóÇÈò æóÒóÑúÚñ æóäóÎöíáñ ÕöäúæóÇäñ æóÛóíúÑõ ÕöäúæóÇäò íõÓúÞóì ÈöãóÇÁò æóÇÍöÏò æóäõÝóÖøöáõ ÈóÚúÖóåóÇ Úóáóì ÈóÚúÖò Ýöí ÇáúÃõßõáö Åöäøó Ýöí Ðóáößó áóÂíóÇÊò áöÞóæúãò íóÚúÞöáõæäó ﴾ [ÇáÑÚÏ: 3 - 4] “He is the One who spread out the earth and made mountains and rivers on it, and created in it the pairs of two from all the fruits. He makes the night cover the day. Surely, in that there are signs for a people who think.And in the earth, there are tracts of land neighboring each other, and gardens of grapes, and farms and date palms, some having twin trunks and some having a single one. (Although) all of them are irrigated with the same water, We make some of them better than others in taste. Surely, in that there are signs for a people who understand”. ﴿ æóåõæó ÇáøóÐöí ÌóÚóáó Çááøóíúáó æóÇáäøóåóÇÑó ÎöáúÝóÉð áöãóäú ÃóÑóÇÏó Ãóäú íóÐøóßøóÑó Ãóæú ÃóÑóÇÏó ÔõßõæÑðÇ ﴾ [ÇáÝÑÞÇä: 62] “And He is the One who made the day and the night following each other, for the one who wishes to be mindful or wishes to show gratitude”. And thirdly: What increases the glorification of Creator in the heart is: reading His words - the Most High - with contemplation and presence of the heart; Because, when a Muslim reads the words of his Lord, he reads about his dignified deity, and about His cosmic signs, and he comes to know stories, lessons, intimidation and warning: ﴿ ÝóÐóßøöÑú ÈöÇáúÞõÑúÂäö ãóäú íóÎóÇÝõ æóÚöíÏö ﴾ [Þ: 45] “So, exhort, through the Qur’an, the one who fears My warning”. ﴿ áóæú ÃóäúÒóáúäóÇ åóÐóÇ ÇáúÞõÑúÂäó Úóáóì ÌóÈóáò áóÑóÃóíúÊóåõ ÎóÇÔöÚðÇ ãõÊóÕóÏøöÚðÇ ãöäú ÎóÔúíóÉö Çááøóåö æóÊöáúßó ÇáúÃóãúËóÇáõ äóÖúÑöÈõåóÇ áöáäøóÇÓö áóÚóáøóåõãú íóÊóÝóßøóÑõæäó ﴾ [ÇáÍÔÑ: 21] “Had We sent down this Qur’an to a mountain, you would have seen it humbled, burst apart out of awe for Allah. We cite such examples for people, so that they may ponder”. ﴿ æóáóæú Ãóäøó ÞõÑúÂäðÇ ÓõíøöÑóÊú Èöåö ÇáúÌöÈóÇáõ Ãóæú ÞõØøöÚóÊú Èöåö ÇáúÃóÑúÖõ Ãóæú ßõáøöãó Èöåö ÇáúãóæúÊóì Èóáú áöáøóåö ÇáúÃóãúÑõ ÌóãöíÚðÇ ÃóÝóáóãú íóíúÆóÓö ÇáøóÐöíäó ÂãóäõæÇ Ãóäú áóæú íóÔóÇÁõ Çááøóåõ áóåóÏóì ÇáäøóÇÓó ÌóãöíÚðÇ æóáóÇ íóÒóÇáõ ÇáøóÐöíäó ßóÝóÑõæÇ ÊõÕöíÈõåõãú ÈöãóÇ ÕóäóÚõæÇ ÞóÇÑöÚóÉñ Ãóæú ÊóÍõáøõ ÞóÑöíÈðÇ ãöäú ÏóÇÑöåöãú ÍóÊøóì íóÃúÊöíó æóÚúÏõ Çááøóåö Åöäøó Çááøóåó áóÇ íõÎúáöÝõ ÇáúãöíÚóÇÏó ﴾ [ÇáÑÚÏ: 31] “And even if there were a Qur’an wherewith the mountains could be moved, or the earth could be split apart, or wherewith the dead are spoken to, (they would not believe). In fact, every decision rests only with Allah. Are the believers not satisfied with the fact that, if Allah willed, He would have brought all the people to the right path? And the disbelievers are continually receiving affliction because of what they did, or it visits somewhere close to their homes, until the promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise”. There is a lesson for those with understanding in some recent discoveries and the so-called scientific miracles. Then send peace and blessings upon the one about whom Allah has commanded you to pray: ﴿ Åöäøó Çááøóåó æóãóáóÇÆößóÊóåõ íõÕóáøõæäó Úóáóì ÇáäøóÈöíøö íóÇ ÃóíøõåóÇ ÇáøóÐöíäó ÂãóäõæÇ ÕóáøõæÇ Úóáóíúåö æóÓóáøöãõæÇ ÊóÓúáöíãðÇ ﴾ [ÇáÃÍÒÇÈ: 56] “Surely, Allah and His angels send blessings to the Prophet. O you who believe, do pray Allah to bless him, and send your Salam (prayer for his being in peace) to him in abundance”. Oh Allah, send your blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and his offspring. Oh Allah, make our hearts obedient, and purify them, you are the best One to purify them, you are the protector and guardian of them. O Allah, grant us your love, glorification, and pleasure. ﴿ ÑóÈøóäóÇ ÙóáóãúäóÇ ÃóäúÝõÓóäóÇ æóÅöäú áóãú ÊóÛúÝöÑú áóäóÇ æóÊóÑúÍóãúäóÇ áóäóßõæäóäøó ãöäó ÇáúÎóÇÓöÑöíäó ﴾ [ÇáÃÚÑÇÝ: 23] “They said, “Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and do not bless us with mercy, we shall, indeed, be among the losers”. ﴿ ÑóÈøóäóÇ ÂÊöäóÇ Ýöí ÇáÏøõäúíóÇ ÍóÓóäóÉð æóÝöí ÇáúÂÎöÑóÉö ÍóÓóäóÉð æóÞöäóÇ ÚóÐóÇÈó ÇáäøóÇÑö ﴾ [ÇáÈÞÑÉ: 201] “Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the punishment of Fire.” Oh Allah, grant honor to Islam and to the Muslims, Oh Allah, help those who helped the religion of Islam, Oh Allah, be with our Muslim brothers everywhere, Oh Allah, feed the hungry of Muslims, remove their fear, mend their broken, heal their sick, and release their captives. O Allah, guide the rulers of Muslims to what you love and is pleased with, and take their foreheads to righteousness and piety, O Allah, forgive the Muslims and Muslim women, the living of them and the dead. ﴿ ÓõÈúÍóÇäó ÑóÈøößó ÑóÈøö ÇáúÚöÒøóÉö ÚóãøóÇ íóÕöÝõæäó * æóÓóáóÇãñ Úóáóì ÇáúãõÑúÓóáöíäó * æóÇáúÍóãúÏõ áöáøóåö ÑóÈøö ÇáúÚóÇáóãöíäó ﴾ [ÇáÕÇÝÇÊ: 180 - 182] “Pure is your Lord, the Lord of all might and honor, from what they describe. And Salam be on the messengers.And praised is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds”. |
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