What do you Think of the Lord of the Worlds?

To Allah belong all affairs from before and after. All affairs are in His hands. Everything is existing through Him. Everything is subject to Him. There is nothing in existence except through His permission. He is most kind to His servants. He preserves His religion. And He safeguards His allies. However, If we look at what’s going on across the world. And the domination of the treacherous. Our hearts ache and we feel fatigued and weary. And this may cause people to forget the One in Whose Hands the means are. And who controls the affairs. And who makes circumstances alternate and change.

People take into consideration all the worldly means and forget to consider the Creator of all the means.

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds?

He made the burning fire cool and pleasant for Ibrahim (peace be upon Him), after the people were sure that he had perished. And He made within the drowning sea, a hard land for Musa, after the people thought that they were overtaken. So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds?

And He saved Musa from drowning when he was placed in the river alone in his fragile state. And pharaoh and his army were drowned when he was at the height of his power. So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds?

And when the confederates surrounded the Prophet ﷺ and his companions from above and from below, and their hearts reached their throats, and they were shaken, they had the best confidence in Allah. And upon Him they relied. And it did not increase them except in Iman (faith) and submission to Him. And they said sufficient for us is Allah.

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds?

What do you presume about the Lord of the worlds? This is big question. It is a question that shakes the hearts and leaves them in awe.

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds? A question that stops every listener to reflect on his shortcomings in the rights of the Great, Generous Lord. Allah informed of his due rights and the state of his servants in fulfilling these rights:
Az-Zumar (39) 67: They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him. And on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand. Glorified is He, and High is He above all that they associate as partners with Him!

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds? The One Who has the dominion of the skies and earth. For He is the Creator and there is no creator aside from Him. He is the Owner and there is no owner aside from Him. He the Exalted is the Administrator of this existence. There is not a movement or stillness except through His command.

The fish in the sea and the trees in the wilderness are all under His command. And nothing of their affairs are hidden from Him. All Glory and Praise is due to Allah. What do your presume about this great Lord such that you disobeyed his commands and violated his Shariah?

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds? And what a question it is!!! A question that informs servants of their Lord’s great magnitude. And that his Lord is beyond all aims in magnitude, level and stature. Glory is to Allah and praise is to Him, He is the Most High, the Most Great. To Him belongs the highest description in the heavens and earth.

Ash Shuraa (42) 11: There is nothing like unto Him

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds?

Allah the exalted said:
Ar-Rad (13) 15: And to Allah prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons.

So what do you presume about the Lord of the worlds? A question that generates exaltation of the Lord within the hearts. And thinking good of Allah to whom all matters belong.

The one whom worshippers are unable to sufficiently praise. Glory and all praise is to Allah. This question induces the hearts to think good of Allah. And it induces the hearts to hope for all good from Him.

Yahya bin Muath (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The most reliable hope is the hope that a servant has in his Lord. And the best of thinking is thinking well of Allah. Because of this, these aspects are realized by the believer in a state of weakness. Likewise, it is incumbent that he does so at times of strength. And how much he is in need at times of weakness.

The poet Abu Al A3taaheya (أبو العتاهية ) recited a poem before his death:
My Lord do not torment me.. For I admit what I have done.
I have no power except my hope in your forgiveness and my thinking good of you.

Oh Muslims: Anas (may Allah be please with him) related I heard the Messenger of Allah say: Allah said:
O son of Adam! Indeed as long as you call upon Me and place hope in Me, I shall forgive you, despite whatever may have done, and without hesitation. O son of Adam! Were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky, then you sought forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you, and without hesitation. So son of Adam! If you came to me with sins the size of the earth, and then you met Me not associating anything with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness as great (as the earth).

It is mandatory to presume good of Allah. Jaber said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say three days before his death:
None of you should die except that he expects good from Allah. [Muslim]

We think good of Allah so that we worship him with His beautiful names and attributes.

Al Araf (7) 180: And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.

And most of the names are the qualities of beauty. Pardon, graciousness, generosity and other qualities of beauty. The aspect of hope is greater than the aspect of fear. Therefore we should think good of Allah.

Abu Hurairah related what the Prophet ﷺ narrated from his Lord:
A servant [of Allah’s] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant committed a sin and knew that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant committed a sin and knew that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant committed a sin and knew that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for sins. I have forgiven my servant, let him do as he wishes.” [al-Bukhari and Muslim]

We should think good of Allah because we are certain in the promise of Allah. Allah says:
Al Maeda (5) 9: Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that] for them there is forgiveness and great reward.

And we should think good of Allah because we are certain that Allah will make us successors on this earth. Allah the Exalted said:
An Noor (24) 55: Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that – then those are the defiantly disobedient.

We think good of Allah..to enter the gardens of bliss. For the hearts are filled with deposits of sins and wrong habits that sever what is between a person and Allah. And there is no antidote for it other than thinking good of Allah. So that you love Him and love getting closer to Him and getting to know him through his mercy, generosity and favor. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
Whoever is pleased with Allah as (his) Lord, and Islam as (his) religion, and Muhammad as (his) Prophet tastes the essence of Iman (faith).

And if you think good of Allah, you will become more hopeful in him and that He will not overlook you, and you will trust in Him alone and you will not ask anyone else. And you will know that all the issues that you face along the way are tests from Allah the Exalted.

And so that Allah purifies your heart, sees the genuity of your repentance and the extent of your patience. Allah said:
Al Ankabut (29) 2-3: (2) Do the people think that they will be left to say, “We believe” and they will not be tried? (3) But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.We ask Allah the Exalted to make us among those who think good of Him and to adorn us with optimism, patience and hope.

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