Du`a – Essence of `Ibadat Part One - God's Greatest Favour

God's Greatest Favour

The greatest bounty (ni`mat) or the greatest favour (in`am) of God, which is specifically mentioned in the Fatihah, is hidayat (guidance) on the straight path. For the meaning of hidayat is hidden knowledge, recognition, wisdom and pleasure of God; it is the name of the light of intellect and soul and it is the name of finding the way to the light of God, for as God says: “God guides unto His light whom He wills” (24:35). That is, God grants the recognition of the Imam of the time to whom He wills, for it is the Imam of the time who is the light of God, and it is through him alone that people receive the exoteric and esoteric guidance of God.

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