According to Dr Sharib:
"Al-Muntaqim is the One Who punishes those found guilty of intransigence and
disobedience. His wrath and dominance are enough to call to account anyone
whom He wishes. His revenge and His punishments are severe indeed."
We are advised to call to account and punish our own self according to the
kind of defect or disobedience relevant to our own self. such a type of
punishment in the terminology of the sufis is called riyaada (austerity) and
mujaahada (striving along the path by means of abstinence). We are also told
to fight the enemies of God. To fight for Allah's sake is a type of revenge.
Appropriate invocation in a case when you have been the victim of injustice
results in Allah taking revenge on your behalf. Before such an invocation we
are advised to judge as to whether our grievance is just or not.
see 'The 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah' by Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib
Some other references:
We did indeed send,
Before thee, messengers
To their (respective) peoples,
And they came to them
With Clear Signs: then,
To those who transgressed,
We meted out Retribution:
And it was a duty incumbent upon Us
To aid those who believed.
Al-Ghazali points out that the Avenger is the One who punishes the criminals
and intensifies the punishment of the oppressor, only after excusing and
warning them and giving them the opportunity and time to change. Yet this is
harsher than quick punishment in which the wrongdoer quickly desists from his
wrong deeds and therefore does not merit the full punishment.
He quotes Abu Yazid as saying that "My soul was lazy one night as to keep me
from a litany, so I punished it by depriving it of water for a year."
(Al-Ghazali - The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God. Trans. Burrel/Daher: ITS: 1992.)
The following extract is one of the examples found in sufi literature in which the
spiritual master demonstrates his God given power to avenge a wrong without
resorting to anything other than spiritual means.
"One day it so happened that one of his spiritual disciples came to Khawaja
Usman Harooni. The disciple was very sorry and sad. He was dejected,
dismayed and desperate and his condition was evident from his face. As soon
as the disciple reached his presence Khawaja Uthman Harooni looked towards
him and asked what was the reason for his being so engulfed in gloom. The
man, with tears in his eyes, submitted that nothing was hidden from his
holiness and that he in fact was in great metal perturbation and distress. He
said, 'It so happened your holiness that my immediate neighbour has built a
two storey house. When he [goes] to his upper storey it becomes difficult for
my womenfolk to come out and sit in the courtyard. I asked him not to do so,
but he insisted on doing this, with the result that if I keep quiet I suffer the
agony, if I speak there is every possibility of my picking a quarrel with my
neighbour.' Then Khawaja Usman Harooni asked him, 'Tell me does that
person, your neighbour, know that you are one of my spiritual disciples?'
'Surely sir, he knows that I am your slave and that I have the honour and the
privilege of kissing your threshold.' he replied.
As soon as he heard this Khawaja Usman, in a mood of anger said, 'I will not be
surprised if the man falls down from the second storey and breaks his neck.'
After that he asked his spiritual disciple to go home. He was still on the way
when he heard that his neighbour, had fallen from his second storey and he
had actually broken his neck. When he reached home he found that the story
was in fact a reality.
From "Live - the Message of Khawaja Uthman Harooni" by Dr Sharib . Sharib Press. 1983.
"Al-Muntaqim is the One Who punishes those found guilty of intransigence and
disobedience. His wrath and dominance are enough to call to account anyone
whom He wishes. His revenge and His punishments are severe indeed."
We are advised to call to account and punish our own self according to the
kind of defect or disobedience relevant to our own self. such a type of
punishment in the terminology of the sufis is called riyaada (austerity) and
mujaahada (striving along the path by means of abstinence). We are also told
to fight the enemies of God. To fight for Allah's sake is a type of revenge.
Appropriate invocation in a case when you have been the victim of injustice
results in Allah taking revenge on your behalf. Before such an invocation we
are advised to judge as to whether our grievance is just or not.
see 'The 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah' by Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib
Some other references:
We did indeed send,
Before thee, messengers
To their (respective) peoples,
And they came to them
With Clear Signs: then,
To those who transgressed,
We meted out Retribution:
And it was a duty incumbent upon Us
To aid those who believed.
Al-Ghazali points out that the Avenger is the One who punishes the criminals
and intensifies the punishment of the oppressor, only after excusing and
warning them and giving them the opportunity and time to change. Yet this is
harsher than quick punishment in which the wrongdoer quickly desists from his
wrong deeds and therefore does not merit the full punishment.
He quotes Abu Yazid as saying that "My soul was lazy one night as to keep me
from a litany, so I punished it by depriving it of water for a year."
(Al-Ghazali - The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God. Trans. Burrel/Daher: ITS: 1992.)
The following extract is one of the examples found in sufi literature in which the
spiritual master demonstrates his God given power to avenge a wrong without
resorting to anything other than spiritual means.
"One day it so happened that one of his spiritual disciples came to Khawaja
Usman Harooni. The disciple was very sorry and sad. He was dejected,
dismayed and desperate and his condition was evident from his face. As soon
as the disciple reached his presence Khawaja Uthman Harooni looked towards
him and asked what was the reason for his being so engulfed in gloom. The
man, with tears in his eyes, submitted that nothing was hidden from his
holiness and that he in fact was in great metal perturbation and distress. He
said, 'It so happened your holiness that my immediate neighbour has built a
two storey house. When he [goes] to his upper storey it becomes difficult for
my womenfolk to come out and sit in the courtyard. I asked him not to do so,
but he insisted on doing this, with the result that if I keep quiet I suffer the
agony, if I speak there is every possibility of my picking a quarrel with my
neighbour.' Then Khawaja Usman Harooni asked him, 'Tell me does that
person, your neighbour, know that you are one of my spiritual disciples?'
'Surely sir, he knows that I am your slave and that I have the honour and the
privilege of kissing your threshold.' he replied.
As soon as he heard this Khawaja Usman, in a mood of anger said, 'I will not be
surprised if the man falls down from the second storey and breaks his neck.'
After that he asked his spiritual disciple to go home. He was still on the way
when he heard that his neighbour, had fallen from his second storey and he
had actually broken his neck. When he reached home he found that the story
was in fact a reality.
From "Live - the Message of Khawaja Uthman Harooni" by Dr Sharib . Sharib Press. 1983.
| Bismillah ir Rehman ir Rahim |
| The Avenger The One Who Takes Revenge |
Wa laqad 'arsalnaa min-qablika
rusulan 'ilaa qawmi-him fajaa -
'uuhum-bil-bayyi-naati
fantaqamnaa min-allaziina
'ajramuu: wa kaana haqqan
'alaynaa nasrul-Mu-miniin.
Qur'an 30:47. (Y. Ali trans: )
rusulan 'ilaa qawmi-him fajaa -
'uuhum-bil-bayyi-naati
fantaqamnaa min-allaziina
'ajramuu: wa kaana haqqan
'alaynaa nasrul-Mu-miniin.
Qur'an 30:47. (Y. Ali trans: )
| Al-Muntaqim Qur'an 30:47 |
