04-22-2004, 07:11 PM
Praise be to Allah Lord of the Worlds, The Creator and The Merciful, prayer and peace be upon His Messenger
Still with Noble Quran and the amazing usage of Allah’s Names and Attributes
(Quran 2: 127-129) “And (remember) when Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and (his son) Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael) were raising the foundations of the House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah), (saying), "Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily! You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knower." [1]”
At this situation when Ibraheem and his son were adhering to the commandments of Allah of reconstructing Ka`aba, although as noted it was an order from Allah, yet they were still seeking His Acceptance. So they were talking to Allah invoking upon Him, thus they needed the All – Hearer.
While at the same time, they wanted their intention to be only for Allah and as such they needed the All Knower. Seeking help through the same Name, they were admitting that only the All Knower Who gave the orders Knows the reason behind it, only Him Knows the wisdom behind it, only Him Knows the reason behind assigning them personally for this task. Only Him knows what is outcome of this reconstruction. As such they were also practically submitting to the All Knower. They were confirming their limited knowledge.
128.” Our Lord! And make us submissive unto You and of our offspring a nation submissive unto You, and show us our Manâsik [2] (all the ceremonies of pilgrimage - Hajjand ‘Umrah), and accept our repentance. Truly, You are the One Who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful.”.
They continued while fulfilling the Divine command to supplicate to their Lord to make them submissive (Muslims), please note the request they made to Allah. Making them submissive, totally submitting to Allah and His will. In other words, they immediately assume the task (any task) commanded by Allah without why or how or when, they just do it. The same request they made to Allah for their offspring. Alhamdulelah that we are among them. Then, building on the task they were assigned for of reconstructing the Kab`a, they requested to Allah to teach them steps of the related worship, and at last asked Allah to accept their repentance. For all of this, they called upon Allah with His Name Who accepts repentance (Tawab) and Most Merciful. Certainly when we need all of what they asked for, we will invoke upon the Tawab to accept our repentance who is at the same time Most Merciful, in an effort to benefit of this Attribute so that He bestows what we requested and overlooks any bad deeds. Thus they needed the Tawab Most Merciful to first accept repentance and bestow mercy on them in case that their bad deeds are not eliminated so they may benefit of His Mercy. The outcome of all that is that Allah accepts the preceding duas they already made. Sobhan Allah.(subhanall
129. Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own (and indeed Allâh answered their invocation by sending Muhammad ( صلى الله عليه وسلم who shall recite unto them Your Verses and instruct them in the Book (this Qur’ân) and Al-Hikmah (full knowledge of the Islâmic laws and jurisprudence or wisdom or Prophethood), and purify them. Verily! You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."
In this position, when Ibraheem requested from his Lord to choose one of them to assume the Messenger’s role, he continued explaining and of course Allah is the All Knowing, the purpose of sending the Messenger which is to teach them Quran and wisdom. Because of this type of request they invoked upon Allah with His Attributes All Mighty All Wise through the All wise Allah Shall allow them to learn wisdom and the Mighty (Azeez) shall support the Messenger with all necessary tools to fulfill His duty, the All Mighty Shall certainly defend His Messenger and the followers, shall grant them the upper position above their enemy. In a very short expression Allah explained the potential hardships this expected Messenger will encounter. Only to use the All Mighty Attribute here, reflected the meaning. Sobhan Allah. (subhanall
(Hamd) Who guided us for this and if it was not for Him we would not have been guided