Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ An obligation is nothing but a command and a prohibition ]
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And just as they are His speakers, they are His listeners. They remember His servants with devotion and obey His servants with devotion, and they strive hard and do not invent worship, neither offering nor seeking, except in fulfillment of what is required by the position of the one who has entrusted them in terms of what is entrusted, not in another way, and the position of the one who is entrusted. He grants them knowledge from Himself that was not required of them, so it is acquired, and among His names, Glory be to Him, is the believer, and it is one of the attributes of the servant, not of the names of the servant. For if it is a noun, it is not explained, and if it is an adjective and an adjective, there are reasons, then it is a name for God and the servant has an attribute. This is etiquette with God, and it has been stated in the meaning of what we have indicated. He has a hadith
mentioned by Abu Omar Ibn Abd al-Barr al-Nimri on the authority of Khalid Ibn