Demand of Creator Every person must have knowledge of is those acts which make him become deserving of the blessings of Allah. There are only two things which Allah demands from us. If we fulfill these two demands of our Creator, then without any doubt, we will become deserving of His blessings. 1. Sura adh-Dhaariyay ayah 56: “And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should worship Me” In this ayah, the first thing which Allah demands is worship. only Masoomeen (as) have the right to interpret the words of Allah. Therefore we will ask Masoom (as) for the explanation of the word “worship”. In the tafseer of this ayah, Imam Zainul Abideen (as) says, “In this ayah, the meaning of worship is gaining the marifat (recognition) of Imam” (Tafseer e Furat). The first thing which Allah demands of you before you will become deserving of His blessings is that you gain the marifat (recognition) of the Imam of your time. This is why RasoolAllah (saw) said, “Anyone who dies without gaining the marifat of the Imam of his time has died the death of a jahil (ignorant), kufr (disbelief), and nafaq (hypocrisy)”. Now imagine a person who takes his shahadah (testimony of faith) and prays his whole life, fasts, performs numerous hajj, but does not gain the marifat of the Imam of his time. Now despite all of his acts of worship he will die as a kafir (disbeliever) and munafiq (hypocrite). All of his acts of worship became worthless because he did not fulfill the purpose of his life which is gaining the marifat of the Imam of his time. When he does not achieve his purpose, then all of his deeds become batil (false). 2. Sura Mulk ayah 2: “Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in deed; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving” In this ayah the singular form has been used for the word “amal” (deed). It means there is only one deed. So it becomes wajib (compulsory) upon every person who seeks forgiveness and mercy from his Lord that he must obtain knowledge regarding that deed which is the only way he can obtain salvation. 3. Sura Naml ayah 89-90: “Whoso bringeth a good deed will have better than its worth; and such are safe from fear that Day. And whoso bringeth an evil deed, such will be flung down on their faces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded aught save what ye did?” This ayah tells us that our Lord does not want numerous good deeds. He only demands one good deed from us. That good deed is a combination of all good deeds and without this good deed every act which one does becomes evil. Now we will see what that good deed which Allah demands from us is. We will answer this question using both Shia and Sunni sources. 1. Tafseer e Safi page no 35, it is narrated from Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) that Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) says, “Ameerul Momineen (as) said in the tafseer of this ayah “That good deed is marifat (recognition) of the wilayat of Us Ahlul Bayt (as) and Our love. That evil deed is denying the wilayat of Us Ahlul Bayt (as) and hatred and envy towards Us. Then Ameerul Momineen (as) recited this ayah.” 2. This narration can also be found in Tafseer e Qummi as well. 3. Yanabil Muwaddah page no 161, Ameerul Momineen (as) said, “I will inform you regarding a good deed. If one does this, Allah will enter him into jannah. I will inform you regarding an evil deed. If one does this, Allah will throw him into the fires of hell and no good deed will be accepted if one performs this evil deed.” Then Moula (as) said, “That good deed is Our love. That evil deed is being envious of Us.” 4. Yanabil Muwaddah page no 435, Imam Hussain (as) said, “That good deed is loving Us Ahlul Bayt (as).” Now it has been made absolutely clear that our Lord wants nothing more from us except that we love Ahlul Bayt (as) and hate Their enemies. If we fulfill His demand, then we become deserving of His blessings.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:07:57 +0000
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