Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 250
250 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FOUR God Almighty has first described the four types of grace in respect of divine praises and said that He is )1( رب العلمين Rabbul-'alamin-Lord of all the worlds[)2( رحمن Rahman-Gracious[ )3( رحيم Rahim Merciful and )4( ملك يوم الدين Maliku-Yaumid-Din-Master of the Day of Judgment]. After that, the sentences for rendering worship, seeking help, performing prayers, and begging recompense have been paired [with those types of grace] with such beauty that the expression having the utmost correlation with each type of grace is mentioned in corre- spondance with the same. Accordingly إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ ]iyyāka na budu-You alone do we worship'] is mentioned in correlation to رب العلمين Rabbul- 'alamin-Lord of all the worlds], for the right to be worshipped orig- inates in rubūbiyyat and إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ ]iyyāka na budu] thus befittingly and appropriately is mentioned in parallel to it. Then إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ]iyyāka nas- tain-'You alone do we implore for help'] is mentioned in correlation to رحمن Rahman-Gracious], because divine help for a man, which is needed for acquiring the capacity to worship God, and the provi- sion of all requirements, upon which his welfare in this world and the Hereafter depends, is not a consequence of any of his actions, but the result of the attribute of rahmāniyyat. Hence, there is a very close rela- tionship between seeking help and the attribute of rahmāniyyat. Then اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ]ihdinaş-şirāțal-mustaqim-Guide us in the straight path] is stated in correlation with رحيم ]Rahim] because prayer is a striv- ing and effort and the reward that proceeds from effort is a result of the attribute of rahimiyyat. And, صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ [șirāțalladhīna anamta 'alaihim, ghairil maghdūbi 'alaihim waladdāl- līn] is mentioned in correspondence with ملك يوم الدين Māliku-Yaumid- Din] because matters of recompense pertain to ملك يوم الدين ]Maliku Yaumid-Din]. Therefore, the phrase in which the request is made for 1. The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings, those who have not incurred displeasure, and those who have not gone astray (Sūrah al-Fatihah, 1:7). [Publisher]