In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
All things in the heavens and the earth, and what is on and between them belong to Al-Malik (The Sovereign).
... فَتَعَالَى اللَّـهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ[Qur'an Ta Ha 20:114]
High above all is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth.
[Qur'an Al-Hashr 59:23]
هُوَ اللَّـهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّـهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
It is Allah alone who has the real power of giving life and death, for He alone who has created life and death. He has ordained there will be no death in the Hereafter, and there will be eternal life whether for the inhabitants of the Garden or the denizens of the Fire.
Allah Almighty, as the Sovereign and the King, is fully Just in His communications and judgments concerning His slaves, completely knowledgeable of their affairs, kind towards them and compassionate to the weak and wronged ones among them, violent to exacting retribution from the wrongdoers and criminals among them. He always hears their supplications, responds to their invocations, fulfills their needs, and forgive their mistakes.
The term "king" might be borrowed to describe some of Allah's slaves who have the power of authority to govern their people, dispose their affairs, settle their matters, communicate with others on their behalf, and judge between them in their disputes. This includes, not just a ruler to his subjects, but also a husband to his wife, a parent to his/her children, a teacher to his students, leaders/imam of a masjid to his congregation/community, etc. Such king should be in relation to his people should open his gates to receive them, with no custodian to keep them away from him. He should guide them to the way of truth and justice. His people should make just estimate of him. He should be regarded in sight no more than being one of themselves for the more they appreciate him to the extent of raising him to the position in which he feels he s over them, the more he transgresses beyond the due limits in dealing with them, and behaves insolently towards them.
Although, everyone is responsible for himself and those under his guardianship, the king is responsible for everyone of his people because they are all his wards. On the Day of Judgment, he will be questioned about them.
The king should be adorned with humbleness and abstinence, in spite of his ability to be supreme and extravagant in all the pleasures of life.
King Solomon (Prophet Sulayman, alayhissalaam, said as mentioned in the Qur'an,
[Qur'an Sad 38:35]
قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَّا يَنبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
O my Lord! forgive me, and grant me a Kingdom which (it may be) suits not another after me; for You are the Grantor of Bounties (without measure).
However, never did he eat his fill, and he used to keep himself in a state of hunger, and when he was asked about the reason for that, he said, "I fear if I eat my fill, I might forget the hunger caused by poverty."
When 'Umar Al-Khattab, Allah be pleased with him, was asked about the reason for his sticking to abstinence and self-restraint, although the pleasures and luxuries of life were available to him from all sides, he said,
No doubt I considered the case of those, in whom Allah Almighty says, 'And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."' [Qur'an Al-Ahqaf 20] Verily, I decided not to receive all of my good things in this world, in order to save them for the Hereafter.
According to Imam Ghazali, if one has control over his own soul, and it does not prevail over him, and if he is able to make it subject to him, and he does not become subject to it, then, he will attain the degree of a king even though he has no wards to rule over them, for he indeed will be free from need of them all; and this is, to be sure, the position of the Prophets and Messengers sent by Allah Almighty: they were able to be independent from all barring Allah Almighty, with the help of the right guidance He granted to them; and moreover all of their people were in need of them. This is the highest degree one from among mankind could ever attain, followed by that of the scholars endued with knowledge, who are the heirs of the Prophets. Their dominions vary according to their ability to guide their people, and instruct them in knowledge, and be independent from the guidance of others. With these characteristics, a servant approaches the angels in their good merits, and becomes much closer to the presence of Allah Almighty.
When a wise man was asked to give advice to one of the people, he said to him: "Be a king in the world, so that you will become a king in the Hereafter." The man asked, "How would I become a king in the world?" he said: "If you overpower your lust and desire for the (material benefits and pleasures of the) world, you will become a king, for indeed, the real dominion results from freedom (from all wants), and independence from others; and in this way, you will be a king in the Hereafter." But what is so great about being a king in the world, if he is unable to avert from himself even the least harm and evil?
O my Lord, the Sovereign and the King of all the worlds, to Whom does belong the permanent Power, to Your Magnificence do the strongest and the most arrogant among the people fall in humility, and because of Your Glory do the souls of the nearest angels tremble: endow us with the secret of Your Name "Al-Malik" (the Sovereign), and provide us with its mysteries, so that we could have control over ourselves, and be just and fair to (the acts and deeds we do with) our organs, and dispose, by Your Command, of all of our affairs: O Allah, Whose Command, whenever He intends anything, is just to day "Be" and it is (immediately)! And Allah's blessing and peace be upon Muhammad, our master and chief, and upon his family and companions."
Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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