According to Dr Sharib:
"Al-Mujib is the One Who accepts prayers and answers if anyone calls Him."
Emulating the name requires that one accepts every command of God and prays
to Him with the firm belief that the prayer is accepted. We are advised not to
rebuke any beggar and, if we do not want to give to a beggar, to refuse with
politeness and courtesy.
Dr Sharib says, "You should not refuse feasts and gifts as they denote a high
degree of acceptance."
Appropriate recitation results in acceptance of our prayer.
see 'The 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah' by Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib
Some other references:
To the Thamud people
(We sent) Salih, one
Of their own brethren.
He said: "O, my people!
Worship Allah: Ye have
No other god but Him.
It is He who hath produced you
From the earth and settled you
Therein: then ask forgiveness
Of Him, and turn to Him
(In repentance): for My Lord
Is (always) near, ready
To answer."
Al-Ghazali says:
'Al-Mujib.... is the one who reponds to the requests of those who ask by assisting
them.'
'Man needs to be responsive first to his Lord, in whatever He commands or forbids
him to do and whatever He assigns to him or summons him to do.'
(Al-Ghazali - The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God. Trans. Burrel/Daher: ITS: 1992.)
The key term here is 'responsiveness'. In human society this equates to
responding to the needs of others who are poorer (such as beggars or those
otherwise in need), either with material liberality, with kind words, or at least with
courteous and respectful refusal. To those who offer their liberality (such as
inviting one to a feast) we should respond with grateful acceptance rather than
proud refusal. Reciprocity in giving and accepting 'oils the wheels' of society.
In relation to God this implies man's responding to God's liberality in making him,
and 'settling him in the earth' by turning to Him with sincere repentance and with
confidence in His responding to our needs and requests. Though it may be asked
as to why, since God is already aware of our needs, we are required to ask. Yet
our asking is pleasing to Him, part of the responsiveness that 'oils the wheels' of
the relationship between the created and the Creator, the slave and the Master,
the friend and his Friend, the lover and his Beloved. Lack of confidence in God's
responding to our request, or the feeling of distance, may be indicative that we
have not been 'oiling the wheels' in our relationship with Him, since He is really
near. The misperception arises from our own lack of responsiveness.
We should be wary of 'testing' God with our requests. There is a story that Hazrat
Ali was once tempted by the devil, who suggested that his faith was such that if he
jumped from the roof and asked God to save him, God would surely do so. Hazrat
Ali spotted at once the temptation to test God, rather than asking from need, and
refused.
We should be aware also of what we ask for - we do not necessarily know what is
best for us.
JMZ
"Al-Mujib is the One Who accepts prayers and answers if anyone calls Him."
Emulating the name requires that one accepts every command of God and prays
to Him with the firm belief that the prayer is accepted. We are advised not to
rebuke any beggar and, if we do not want to give to a beggar, to refuse with
politeness and courtesy.
Dr Sharib says, "You should not refuse feasts and gifts as they denote a high
degree of acceptance."
Appropriate recitation results in acceptance of our prayer.
see 'The 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah' by Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib
Some other references:
To the Thamud people
(We sent) Salih, one
Of their own brethren.
He said: "O, my people!
Worship Allah: Ye have
No other god but Him.
It is He who hath produced you
From the earth and settled you
Therein: then ask forgiveness
Of Him, and turn to Him
(In repentance): for My Lord
Is (always) near, ready
To answer."
Al-Ghazali says:
'Al-Mujib.... is the one who reponds to the requests of those who ask by assisting
them.'
'Man needs to be responsive first to his Lord, in whatever He commands or forbids
him to do and whatever He assigns to him or summons him to do.'
(Al-Ghazali - The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God. Trans. Burrel/Daher: ITS: 1992.)
The key term here is 'responsiveness'. In human society this equates to
responding to the needs of others who are poorer (such as beggars or those
otherwise in need), either with material liberality, with kind words, or at least with
courteous and respectful refusal. To those who offer their liberality (such as
inviting one to a feast) we should respond with grateful acceptance rather than
proud refusal. Reciprocity in giving and accepting 'oils the wheels' of society.
In relation to God this implies man's responding to God's liberality in making him,
and 'settling him in the earth' by turning to Him with sincere repentance and with
confidence in His responding to our needs and requests. Though it may be asked
as to why, since God is already aware of our needs, we are required to ask. Yet
our asking is pleasing to Him, part of the responsiveness that 'oils the wheels' of
the relationship between the created and the Creator, the slave and the Master,
the friend and his Friend, the lover and his Beloved. Lack of confidence in God's
responding to our request, or the feeling of distance, may be indicative that we
have not been 'oiling the wheels' in our relationship with Him, since He is really
near. The misperception arises from our own lack of responsiveness.
We should be wary of 'testing' God with our requests. There is a story that Hazrat
Ali was once tempted by the devil, who suggested that his faith was such that if he
jumped from the roof and asked God to save him, God would surely do so. Hazrat
Ali spotted at once the temptation to test God, rather than asking from need, and
refused.
We should be aware also of what we ask for - we do not necessarily know what is
best for us.
JMZ
Wa 'ilaa Samuuda 'akhaa-hum
Saalihaa. Qaala yaa-qaw-mi' -
budul-laaha maa lakum-min
'ilaahin ghayruh. Huwa
'ansha-'akum - minal -'arzi
wasta'-marakum fiihaa
fastagh-fi-ruuhu summa
tuubuuu 'ilayh: 'inna Rabbii
Qariibum-Mujiib.
(Qur'an 11: 61 trans. Y. Ali )
Saalihaa. Qaala yaa-qaw-mi' -
budul-laaha maa lakum-min
'ilaahin ghayruh. Huwa
'ansha-'akum - minal -'arzi
wasta'-marakum fiihaa
fastagh-fi-ruuhu summa
tuubuuu 'ilayh: 'inna Rabbii
Qariibum-Mujiib.
(Qur'an 11: 61 trans. Y. Ali )
| Bismillah ir Rehman ir Rahim |
| Al-Mujib (Al-Mujeeb, Al-Mujiib) Qur'an 11: 61 |
| The Responsive The One Who Responds to Every Need, The Acceptor or Answerer (of Prayers) |
