Proceedings of the Prayer Meeting — Page 9
The Sermon 9 during the recent drought had God not poured forth the rain out of His own grace, and protected the life of a large population. In short, first and foremost, it is God Almighty who, in His own right, is fully and perfectly worthy of praise. No one else is worthy of worship in his own right. If any one else deserves any praise, it is only because of dependence upon Him. Moreover, even this is the mercy of God Almighty that despite His being the unrivalled One without partner, He allows some to share His meritorious attributes in a dependent way as He says in the following holy surah: ْنِم ِّرَش ِساَوْسَوْلاۙ ْلُق ُذْوُعَا ِّبَرِب ِساَّنلا۰۰ۙ ِكِلَم ِساَّنلا۰۰ۙ ِهٰلِا ِساَّنلا۰۰ۙ 1 ِساَّنَخْلا۰۰۪ۙ ْيِذَّلا ُسِوْسَوُي ْيِف ِرْوُدُص ِساَّنلا۰۰ۙ َنِم ِةَّنِجْلا َو ِساَّنلا۰۰ Herein, Almighty Allah has—along with the Truly Worthy of praise [i. e. Himself ]—implicitly indicated those also who deserve praise temporarily; and this is so that high morals might be perfected. Accordingly, He has specified three kinds of rights in this surah. First, it exhorts to seek refuge with Allah, who comprehends all perfect attributes, and is the Lord of mankind, the King, and the Truly Worshipped and Sought One. This surah is such that while firmly retaining the essence of Tauheed [Oneness of God], it has simultaneously alluded to not violating the rights of other people who manifest these titles in the man- ner of a shadow. Within the word Rabb is the indication that 1. Surah an-Nas, 114:2-7 [Publisher]