FIRST HALF ESTABLISHED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ALLAH, THE SECOND HALF IS SUPPLICATION
IHDINAA SIRAATAL MUSTAQEEM
Ihdinaa- GUIDE (show the way)
Comes from the word HIDAYA- (origin means walk with someone along, show them the way)
If you have seen a blind person, his walking stick is HAADIYA because it shows person the way)
IHDI- show me, guide me, show me the way
IHDI NAA (naa means US, guide us, show us the way)
What do we want to be guided to? ASIRAAT-
SIRAAT VS SABEEL
It means PATH (siraat) but it means a SPECIFIC type of path, there are other words for path
SABEEL (path)
SIRAAT (path)
The difference is siraat has NO PLURAL in the Arabic language!
Sabeel has plural (subul) but siraat has no plural!
When ever imaan is talked about in the Quran, faith and belief, Allah uses SIRAAT because there is ONLY ONE PATH OF GUIDANCE, ONLY ONE PATH OF IMAAN, singular, one
The concept of unity is continuing. Everyone is one line, one path
Singular path of guidance, following way of prophet, and it unites us
When Allah talked about spending in the way of way Allah, Allah used SABEEL!
Fi sabee lilah! Because there are A LOT of ways to give in the way of Allah!!! Give to the masjid, humanitarian relief, Islamic school, etc so there are many many paths.
When guidance is used, its SIRAAT.
ALMUSTAQEEM-
This comes from the root for the word TO STAND (qiyam)-
Means to stand
MUSTAQEEM means (to make something stand, to make something upright) then it is STRAIGHT, that’s where the translation of straight comes from. The translation gets to the point.
Make someone stand and upright and stand
Guide us to the straight path.
It carries 2 implications- It’s the MOST APPROPRIATE WAY a person can walk through this life
If Allah was to say IHDINAS SIRAATAL MUSTAKEEM, it conveys a point-
But that kind of leaves a question
People want to live upright lives, people want to be ethical and moral BUT what humanity struggles with is the issue of HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT?
WHAT IS THAT?
Everyone tries to come up with their own idea, and their own definition
Humanity struggles with this
ALLAH PROVIDES US WITH AN ANSWER FOR THAT. When Allah give us hidayah, Allah lights the way
You know EXACTYL where you are going
Allah defines that path, what is that path of guidance
Whats interesting is that Allah defines the path BY PEOPLE!
SIRATALADHEENA AN AMTA ALAYHIM
AN AMTA comes from the root word for BLESSING
The path of those people whom YOU HAVE BLESSED, whom you have sent your blessing upon
THOSE PEOPLE
GHAYRIL MAGHDOOBI ALAYHIM
NOT those people
AL MAGHDOOB (its passive, means THEY HAVE INCURRED THE WRATH UPON THEMSELVES! They themselves, have brought upon the anger upon themselves!!
WALADHAALEEN
Not the path of those people who are wandering around lost, doesn’t know his or her way
Allah identifies path of guidance BY the people whom He has blessed
GUIDANCE IS A BLESSING OF ALLAH NO ONE IS ENTITLED TO IT, NO ONE CAN CLAIM IT FOR THEMSELVES
We need to constantly be thankful to Allah for the great blessing we have!
WE WOULDNT BE ABLE TO GET HERE OURSELVES
THIS IS A BLESSING FROM ALLAH
We ATTTRIBUTE this blessing to Allah,
YOU have given it to me Ya Allah
Allah then talks about EVIL, Evil is the ABCENCE OF GUIDACNE, darkness is the absence of light.
EVIL is manifested in 2 different ways
Either people become DISOBEDIENT, rebellious, “Im going to do what ever I feel like doing”
OR
It manifests itself in the form of APATHY, they just don’t care, lost, clueless, they don’t even know they don’t care!
WE SEEK PROTECTION FROM ALLAH
GHAYRIL (doesn’t say “people who you are angry upon” don’t attribute it to Allah-
When we talk about anger, we don’t say Allah sent the anger, THEY brought it upon themselves!
Allah identifies what is guidance by pointing out the people before us
When he tells us the opposite of that he ONCE AGAIN points out people
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