COVENANT WITH ALLAH Actions Sultan Imdad 7:41 AM Keep this message at the top of your inbox To: Sultan Imdad, sultan imdad THE COVENANTS WE HAD SWORN (GIVEN) TO ALLAH IN THE PRE-ETERNITY 13- THE COVENANTS WE HAD SWORN (GIVEN) TO ALLAH IN THE PRE-ETERNITY Our Exalted Lord had assembled all the human beings in all periods of time in His Presence in the Pre-eternity and asked all of us: “Am I not your Lord?” All men who had previously lived and died and are living now and have not come to the world yet were then in the Presence of Allah as spirits, physical bodies and souls. The answer given then by all of us was so: “Yes! All of us said: “Yes, You are our Lord.” 7/Al-A’râf - 172: And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their backs (loins) their seed (offspring, descendants) and made them bear witness as to their own souls: Am I not your Lord? They said: “Yes”! We bear witness (We testify). Lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: “Verily we were unaware of this. Upon this, Allahû Tealâ decrees: “I will all of you to swear covenants to Me. And He asks: Did you hear My demand of covenants? We all answer: We have heard”. So, obey Me and swear covenants to Me. We all make covenants and say: “We have obeyed.” Upon this, Our Exalted Lord puts us under obligation by our covenants. He binds us with our covenants. We all became responsible for our covenants by committing ourselves to fulfil them. 5/Al-Mâ’idah - 7: And remember the Blessings of Allah on you and His Promise with which He bound you firmly, when you said: “We have heard and we obeyed, and be possessed of takvâ, surely Allah is All-Knower of that which is in the breasts. Therefore, we, all the human beings, had committed ourselves by the three covenants of our spirits, physical bodies and souls that we had sworn (given) to Allah in the Pre-eternity. Of course, each body has sworn (given) to Allah the covenant related to itself. All the physical bodies had sworn (given) Him their covenants concerning this that they should not serve (be servants to) Satan but Allah while living this world’s life. 36/Yâ-Sîn - 60: Did I not take an covenant from you, O Children of Adam! That you should not serve (be servants of) Satan? Surely he is an open enemy to You, 36/Yâ-Sîn - 61: And that you should serve (be servants to) Me; this is (to be on) the Straight Path. All the spirits had made their promises to Allah concerning their reaching Allah while living the life of this world, in the worldly life in which they will be able to use their will freely. 13/Ar-Ra’d - 20: They fulfil the covenants of Allah [they carry out the promises (mîsâk) of their spirits, the covenants (ahd) of their physical bodies and the oaths (yemîn) of their souls]. And they do not break the their promises [the promise that the spirit had given to Allah in the Pre-eternity as to his (its) reaching Allah before death). 13/Ar-Ra’d - 21: And they cause to reach that which (their spirits) Allah has commanded to be made to reach Him and have awe of their Lord and dread the evil reckoning (dread to enter Hell). 13/Ar-Ra’d - 22: And they remain patient, seeking their Lord’s Face (Countenance, Essence, aiming at reaching His Essence, at seeing His Essence). And they perform the Prayers, and spend out of that which We have bestowed on them secretly and openly and repel evil deed with good deed, for such there is the (happy) issue of the Abode (Paradise) [how beautiful a Homeland (Paradise) there is for such]. As for all the souls: they had sworn their covenants to Allah that they should be purified (enter under control) while living the world’s life. 91/Ash-Shams - 7: By the soul and He who fashioned (designed) him (in seven levels). 74/Al-Muddaththir - 38: All the souls are hostages for what (the degrees) they have earned. 74/Al-Muddaththir - 39: Except those who are the owners of the covenants (those who have fulfilled their covenants, those on the Right, the people of the right hand…). 74/Al-Muddaththir - 40: (They shall be) in Gardens… So, through these promises (mîsâk), covenants (ahd) and oaths (yemîn), all the spirits, physical bodies and souls had entered under obligation suited for their own structures. Thus, on account of these covenants we had sworn to Allah in the Pre-eternity an agreement has been made between Allah and us. This agreement is in the nature of a contract. One of the parties is the trio consisting of the spirit, the physical body and the soul, the other is Allah. In this contract, the spirit, the physical body and the soul constitute one partie, the spirit having sworn that he will reach Allah, the physical body that he will be a servant to Allah and the soul that he will be purified. As for Allah: being the other partie in the contract, He promises Paradise to those who have fulfilled these covenants. 50/Qâf - 32: This is what you were promised (Paradise) for all the “evvâb” [whose spirits have reached Allah and taken Shelter (refuge) in Him] and “hafiz” (those who carry the spirit of the murshid as a guardian over their heads). We, servants, swear covenants (to Allah) whereas our Exalted Creator, Allah, promises (Paradise) in a fashion worthy of His Glory. Now, this contract, unseen and not committed to paper is mentioned in our Noble Qur’ân as “the Pact (covenants) with Allah”. 13/Ar-Ra’d - 20: They fulfil the Pact (covenants) of Allah [the promises (mîsâk) of their spirits, the covenants (ahd) of their physical bodies and the oaths (yemîn) of their souls] and do not break the Promise (mîsâk) [the promises that their spirits had given to Allah in the Pre-eternity concerning their reaching Allah before death]. 74/Al-Muddaththir - 38: All the souls are hostages for (the degrees) what they have earned. 74/Al-Muddaththir - 39: Except those who are the owners of the oaths (those who have fulfilled their oaths). 74/Al-Muddaththir - 40: (They shall be) in Gardens…
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