Friday Nasiha - Issue # 448

Shawwal 7, 1428, A.H. - October 19, 2007, C.E.

Living the Quran

Al-Imran (The House of Imran) Chapter 3: Verse 26 The Sovereign Of All Dominion Say: "Lord, Sovereign of all dominion, You grant dominion to whom You will and take dominion away from whom You will. You exalt whom You will and abase whom You will. In Your hand is all that is good. You are able to do all things." This verse expresses the natural result of the oneness of God. Since there is only a single deity, He is then the only Master, "the Sovereign of all dominion" Who has no partners. He gives whatever portion He wishes of His dominion to whomever He wants of His servants. What is given becomes simply like a borrowed article. Its owner retains his absolute right of taking it back whenever he wants. No one, then, has any claim of original dominion giving him the right of absolute power. It is simply a received dominion, subject to the terms and conditions stipulated by the original Sovereign. If the recipient behaves in any way which constitutes a violation of these conditions, his action is invalid. Believers have a duty to stop him from that violation in this life. In the life to come, he will have to account for his violation of the terms stipulated by the original Sovereign. [read more here]