Du`a – Essence of `Ibadat Part One - Hidayat (Guidance)
Hidayat (Guidance)
It should be noted that Arabic is the most comprehensive language in the world. The wise Qur'an is revealed in the selected words of this language and the surah of Fatihah is in the selected words of the Qur'an. The purpose of the selection of words is the comprehensiveness and extensiveness of their meanings. Further, it is also a special way of wisdom that when it is intended to expand the meanings of a word, its literal meaning is presented in a most appropriate example. Since many of the realities of the universe and existents resemble each other, therefore this one example can allude to many realities equally.
The word hidayat is one such example, which literally means to guide a person from one place to another in a worldly sense. The nature of guidance in religion also resembles worldly guidance, and is esoteric and exoteric teaching about religion and this world, through which human beings are led from one stage to another to meet God in the final stage. Thus true religion is compared with a straight path and the teacher with the guide, and teaching with showing the path.
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