"O Allah! You are my servant and I am Your Lord!"
Astaghfirullah (May God forgive me)! What a
terrible statement! Indeed, if someone deliberately makes such a statement, it
would be a grave sin, a blasphemy. Fact of the matter is that Allah is
our Lord and we are his servants, and there cannot be an identity or
honor for us that is higher than this. God can choose any one, any group, any
species to serve him and his cause. But those of us who believe and submit to
God have been identified by our Benevolent Rabb (creator, sustainer, nourisher,
evolver) as his servants. Then, what is the significance of an otherwise
blasphemous statement as mentioned above?
Well, there is a both serious and lighter side
to it. The serious side is related to the fact that under extreme and desperate
circumstances human beings tend to do extraordinary, exceptional, uncommon - or,
put it another way, crazy - things. During moments of shock, suffering, agony,
and frustration, we tend to do things that otherwise we generally do not. Quite
similarly, at moments of true and profound joy, relief, deliverance,
achievement, success, once again, we often lose control of ourselves.
Just look at the reactions people show at
extremely profound negative or positive moments. Quite often, this is natural -
just like when we cry or moan due to pain or shock, or when we laugh at funny
things or show ecstasy at joyous situations.
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But, that is human behavior. Happiness and
sadness, joy and sorrow, ecstasy and depression - all these are various states
of human emotion. What about our Benevolent Rabb - God, who describes himself as
ar-Rahmanir Rahim (the Most Kind, the Most Gracious), al-Gafoorur Rahim (the
Most Forgiving, the Most Gracious)? Does he care? Is he sensitive? Do we really
matter to him?
Developing a proper understanding of this issue
requires recognizing an essential dimension of Islam: balance. There are certain
verses in the Quran and narrations from the Prophet that seems to give an
impression that we hardly matter. "O my servants, you will not attain
harming me so as to harm me, and you will not attain benefiting me so as to
benefit me. O my servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human
of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man
of you, that would not increase my kingdom in anything. O my servants, were the
first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as
wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease
my kingdom in anything. ..." (Forty
Hadith Qudsi, #17)
From statements such as the above one might get
the feeling that we really are inconsequential to God. But in light of the
reality this would be the fitting message for those who with pride and
haughtiness deny, reject or ignore the Truth and live according to their whims
without recognizing any sense of relationship with or accountability before him.
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