Authentic
Supplications of the Prophet 
ASOP: The Meanings of the Word
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Authentic
Supplications of the Prophet
The Meanings of the Word iläah
In
the language of the Arabs the word 'iläh is used
to represent four meanings. These are:
- One
worshipped: Allah says in the Qur'an: <<And
of His signs is the night, and the day, and the
sun, and the moon. prostrate not to the sun and
the moon, but prostrate to Allah, Who created them.
If it is Him that you worship>>
1.
- A
refuge to turn to: <<When
distress seizes you at sea, those that you call
upon, you leave in the lurch; except, Him! But when
He brings you back safe to land, you turn away and
man was ungrateful>> 2.
- One
truly beloved and glorified: <<And
there are among people>> [those]
<<who take, besides
Allah, equals. They love them as they love Allah;
but those of Faith have greater love for Allah.
And if the unjust could only see, as they will be
witnessing the torture, that all power is to Allah,
and that Allah punishes severely>>
3.
- One
beyond our realization: <<They
have not realized Allah, a realization due: and>>
[how can they when] <<on
the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will
be His grip, and the heavens will be rolled up in
His right: Glorified, and Exalted is He above that
which they associate>> 4.
l Surat Fussilat (#41) V.37.
2 Surat Al-'lsra' (#17) V.67.
3 Surat 'Al-Baqarah (#2) V.165.
4 Surat 'Az-Zumar (#39) V.67.
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