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Interpretation ofSurah al-Hamd

by Ayatullah Ruhullah Khumayni

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Table of Contents

[Preface] 5

Allah's Names are the Symbols of His Person 6

The Whole World is a Name of Allah 6

All Existing Things are a Sign of Allah 7

Anything Which is Finite is a Possibly Existing Thing 7

What is the Grand Name? 7

All Existing Things Glorify Allah 7

There are Many Things that we do not Know 8

All Movements are the Names of Allah 8

Everything in the World is A Manifestation of His Glory 9

The Word Allah is a Comprehensive Manifestation of Divine Glory 9

No Praise is of Anyone Else's Praise 10

To Believe Something Intellectually is One Thing and to be Convinced of it is Another 11

Man's Deeds Will Assume a Concrete Shape 11

Self-Conceit is the Cause of All Troubles 12

All Praises Belong to Allah 12

Philosophical Reasoning is not much Effective 13

The Difference between the Bismillah of each Surah 13

Every Possibly Existing Thing Depends on Allah for its Existence as well as Continuation 14

All Existing Things Are A Manifestation of Allah's Glory 15

Emigration 16

Seventy Years Back 17

Worst Enemy 17

Egoism the Cause of All Quarrels 17

Aim of the Prophets 18

Major Jihad 18

Devotion is the Criterion 19

Our Worship is For Paradise 19

Prophets Come to Reform Men 20

An Appeal to the Youth 20

Continue Your Effort Till You Gain Complete Victory Over Your Lower Self 21

Note 21

Relationship between Allah and His Creation 22

The Creator and the Created 22

Meanings of Al-Hamd 22

Divine Glory in Everything 23

Prophets' Observations and Experiences 24

Meaning of Glory 25

Nature of the Qur'an 25

Exegesis of the Qur'an 26

The Holy Prophet's Embarrassment 26

Tendency of Monopolization in Knowledge 27

Formal Knowledge is a Hurdle in the Way of Remembering Allah 27

Mental and Concrete 28

Rising for Allah 29

Love of the World is the Root Cause of all Troubles 29

Effect of Prayer on Heart 31

The Qur'an Without Traditions and Prayer 32

Note 33

Allah and His Glory 34

Glory is Not Separate From the Glorious 35

His Being And His Glory Are the Real Truth 36

The Real Truth Is Nothing But He 36

Lack of Any Excellence Means Limitation 36

Observation is a Step Further than All Arguments and Proofs 37

People Depending On Arguments Are Blind 38

Faith Means Cordial Perception 38

The Truth is Higher than What We Say and Hear 38

Heart Also Means Something Quite Different from What We Understand 39

What We Feel Are Qualities and Forms 39

The Holy Prophet is the Exalted Name of Allah 39

Even Our Existence is A Revelation of the Glory of Allah 40

All Existing Things Are the Result of Divine Glory 40

The Belief Is Essential 41

Belief Must Be Based On Reason 41

To Deny What One Does Not Know Is Unbelief 42

We Must Not Deny the Qur'an and Sunnah 42

Total Denial is a Stumbling Block 42

We Must Do Away With Negative Attitude 42

Denial of Prophethood 43

Supplications and Worship Are Means 43

Justice is a Quality Appropriate to Allah 43

A Dispute About Grapes Between An Iranian, A Turk And An Arab 43

How To Reconcile Different Groups And Their Ways Of Expression? 44

Cause and Effect 45

Meaning of “with you” 45

Why Do the Wars Occur? 46

Words in Imam's Supplications 47

Imams pray for complete withdrawal 47

A Question Difficult To Conceive, But Easy to Believe 48

Imam Ali is the Eye of Allah, He is the Light of Allah's Eye 48

Every Thing Must Be Investigated 49

Misunderstandings Must Be Removed 50

Even the Ant Loves Itself 50

It Is Bad Luck To Be Unaware of Some Important Questions 51

It is Wrong To Persuade People To Give Up Supplications 51

Kasrawi And Hafiz 52