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T H E S T R A I G H T P A T H Surat Quraysh By: Hussaintheshortcomer Peace to those who follow true guidance. Before we begin to look at Surat Quraysh, I will just paste an excerpt of Mutashabihat Question 106: {It is Allah Who takes away the souls at the time of their death,}. {Say: "The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls,}. {Whom the angels cause to die while they are wronging themselves.}. {Those whom the angels cause to die (when they are) good}. {Until when death approaches one of you, Our angels take his soul}. {until, when Our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls}. ...so Allah (swt) the Glorified and All Mighty takes the soul; because He is the Creator, that is the Controller over all the worlds of the living and the dead, and the Angel of death (Izra’eel (a.s)) takes the souls; because he is the leader of the Angels of death, and the Angels take the souls; because they are the executors to the command of the Prince of death, who is the executor to the command of Allah (swt) the Glorified. Let us contemplate on these verses: command and orders and will of Allah (swt), and this is Muhammad (s.a.w). Let us contemplate this next verse: {Do they then wait for anything other than that Allah should come to them in the shadows of the clouds and the angels and the question is (thus) settled? But to Allah do all questions go back (for decision).} {Surat Al-Baqara(2):210}. In this verse, it says that "Allah" is coming through the shadows of clouds. There is no other interpretations that scholars can make, rather it is plainly and specifically attributing movement (coming and going) to Allah (swt). So can we ever say that Allah (swt) comes or goes (with movement)? No, because this would mean he occupies space and time. Rather the person intended is a person under the command and orders and will of Allah (swt) and who exists in space and time, and this is Muhammad (s.a.w). Now let us explore Surat Quraysh: {For the taming of Qureysh. *** For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer. *** So let them worship the Lord of this House, *** Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.} The House in this context refers to the Holy House of Allah (swt), the Ka'aba. {Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant). *** Looking at their Lord.} {Surat Makkah(75): 22-23} What is the most significant thing to have happened to the Ka'aba, apart from it being built by Abraham and Ishmael (a.s)? In these verses, some faces are radiant and are "looking" at their Lord. Now nobody can see Allah (swt), because He does not exist in space or time, rather He is infinite and omnipresent. So this reference to "Lord" is intended towards someone who is not Allah (swt), someone who exists in space and time, and someone who is under the direct It split open in half, and allowed Fatima bint Asad (a.s) to enter inside and give birth to Ali (a.s). Fatima bint Asad (a.s) is not only the mother of Ali (a.s) but also the caretaker of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w), as his parents died when he was very young. 6 So in order to worship Allah (swt) - the Lord of the House, we have to prostrate to the Adam (a.s) of this time. And this is none other than Ali (a.s) and the Imams (a.s) from his children, and all the Muslims prostrating towards Ka'aba reflects this. In the Quran, food sometimes represents knowledge, and giving someone food represents giving them knowledge. The executor of the Command of Allah (swt) and order in order to have "fed them against hunger" is Ali (a.s). As Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) taught people the apparent meaning of the Quran, he taught and commanded Ali (a.s) to teach the knowledge of the hidden meanings from the Quran, or in other words, "fed them against hunger" (hunger - lack of knowledge). Fear represents either opposition in this worldly life such as one group of people threatening another because of religion/politics, and the other is fear of being on the wrong religion, a religion that represents some truth and some falsehood mixed together, a religion which has grown corrupt over time. And since all religions teach different (opposing) beliefs, there can only be one true religion. Then we understand that "made them safe from fear" is fear of being on the wrong religion, from the command and will of Allah (s.w.t), executed by Ali (a.s) the door of the city of knowledge (Muhammad - s.a.w). The other meaning of a group of people threatening another group can also be found in this verse. From the emergence of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi (a.s), comes the unification of one religion, and the exchange of tyranny and oppression from the world into justice and equity, removing any fear from the face of the planet, InshaAllah.          ***