💠The term Rabb and Rububiyyah of Allah (azza wajal)
Part - 6👈
❖❐ The People of Shuayb (alaihe wa sallam)
❐ Next come the people of Madyan and of Aika (the ancient name of Tabuk), to whom Shuayb (alaihe wa sallam) was sent as prophet. We know that these people were descendants of Ibrahim (alaihe wa sallam) and so there can be no question of their not knowing Allah of or not believing in him to be the Ilah and the Rabb.
❐ They were in fact a people who had originally been Muslims but whose beliefs as also conduct had become corrupted through the passage of time. It would even appear from the Qur'an, that they claimed to be believers, because Shuayb (alaihe wa sallam) repeatedly says to them:
❖ "If you truly believe!"; "If you truly are believers!"
❐ An examination of his discourses and of their answers clearly shows that they both believed in Allah and acknowledged Him as the Ilah and the Rabb, but went wrong on two points.
1--- Firstly, in the supernatural sense they associated others with Him as also being ilahs and rabbs and 'so did not give Him their ibadaah exclusively and,
2-- secondly, they held that His being the Rabb did not extend to His having authority to lay down the law for regulating moral, social, economic and cultural behavior, or they claimed freedom of action for themselves so far as these spheres were concerned:
❖ "And to (the people of) Madyan We sent their kinsman Shuayb (who said to them): O my people, give your ibadaah to Allah (alone), for there is no ilah but He;
❖ verily, there has come to yon clear guidance from your Rabb, so give people just measure and weight and do not deprive them of their rightful due,
❖ nor (by these means) cause mischief in the land after it has been purged of corruption; this is the better course for you if you be true believers...
❖ And if a group among you believe in the guidance with which I have been sent, and another one not, then wait till Allah decides between us, and He alone is the best of all judges." [al-A'raf 7/85-87] ;
❖ "(And Shuayb said to them): O my people, give full measure and weigh justly, and do not cause loss to people, nor go about creating mischief in the land;
❖ the profit left to you through Allah's grace is more beneficial for you, if yon (really) believe; and (of course) I am no guardian of your morals.
❖ All they could say was: Does your praying to Allah (in your own special way) give you? O Shuayb the right to tell us to give up those whose worship has come down from our ancestors,
❖ or that we do not conduct our business transaction, as we please? You are indeed the forbearing and right-minded one!" [Huud 11/85-87]
❐ These words bring out clearly that the error of these people lay in misunderstanding the scope of Allah's rububiyyah, which they thought had limited scope.
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