In the name of Allah the most Gracious, the most Merciful
Nabulsi Encyclopedia of Islamic Science Names of Allâh 2008 : Ar-Rab 1
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations
and Peace and blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad
the faithful in his promise and the honest
O Allah, lead us out from the depths of darkness and illusion
unto the lights of erudition and knowledge
and from the muddy shallows of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity
Honorable brothers, as you already know
[Allah has ninety nine names, a hundred minus one
he who knows them enters paradise]
And in the noble Qur’an
[ And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call on Him by them ]
It was reported from the prophet PBUH
Allâh has a Name which is the Greatest, what is the Greatest name?
Some people said the ‘ħay and Qayyoom’ (The Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists)
An acceptable interpretation states that the Greatest name
is the name that relates to your condition
the name “Ash-Shâfi’ (The Healing) is the Greatest Name for the sick people
Al-Mughni’ the (The all Provider) is the Greatest Name for the poor
Al-Adl’ (The all Just) is the Greatest Name for the oppressed
‘An-Nâser’ (The Helper/Supporter) is the Greatest Name for the subdued
It was reported that ‘Ar_Rub’ is the Greatest Name of Allâh
because it is the closest Name to man
therefore Allâh the Almighty said
[I swear by this city (Makkah)
And you are free in this city (Makkah), And by the begetter and that which he begot]
The truth is that the system of fatherhood
is one of the greatest indications on the Greatness of Allâh
Man’s happiness is with his son’s happiness
his peace is with his son’s peace, the system of fatherhood is an indication of Allâh
Someone who wishes that you would precede him, excel over him
someone who is not happy except with your safety and happiness, therefore Allâh the Almighty said
[I swear by this city (Makkah)
And you are free in this city (Makkah), And by the begetter and that which he begot]
That is if we imagine that a large firm
wanted to recruit an employee
this employee would be under probation for a period
through which all his mistakes are counted
if they are more than acceptable, he will be refused
But if the manager of the firm wanted
his son to be the employee, what happens?
counting mistakes is not the aim here
The aim here would be educating not counting the mistakes
Whenever the son commits a mistake he is guided and taught. This is what the father does.
If we said "All praise be to Allâh Lord of the Worlds"
what does the word ‘Rub’ mean simply?
It is something natural that the father provides a house for his family
he provides furniture for the house, equipment,
food, and drink
If he sees that his child is sick, he runs to the doctor for treatment
and supervises his taking the medicine
if he sees something in his child’s hand that does not belong to him
he will ask him and interrogate him and he may punish him and educate him
The simplest explanation for the meaning of ‘ Ar-Rub’
is the compassionate father to his children
who provides the food, shelter, drink, needs, school
the private room, guidance, education
accounting for, punishment sometimes and honoring and rewards other times
The simplest explanation for the meaning of ‘ Ar-Rub’ is
the compassionate father to his children
who provides his children with all their needs
and educate their bodies and minds
and souls, educate them socially
physically, and sexually
This compassionate, knowledgeable, merciful father is not concerned of anything except his children’s destiny
their happiness, their faith, and their rising
We can understand the meaning of this Name
that could be the Greatest Name of Allâh
from the concepts of fatherhood
that is why it is not strange that the system of fatherhood
is an indication of the Greatness of Allâh
[I swear by this city (Makkah), And you are free in this city (Makkah)
And by the begetter and that which he begot, Verily, We have created man in toil]
That Name was mentioned in the Qur’an. Allâh the Almighty said
[Salam - a Word from the Lord (Allâh), Most Merciful]
[ A fair land and an Oft-Forgiving Lord!]
This Name might be the closest of the Beautiful Names to man
because Allâh the Almighty educates us
our bodies, minds and souls
through His cosmic signs
and through formational and Qur’anic signs
If we wanted to choose a creature
A mosquito which is the tinies creature in the eyes of man
It has a hundred eyes in its head
forty eight teeth in its mouth
three hearts in its chest
a central heart and a heart for each wing
in each heart there are 2 atria, two ventricles and two valves
[Fir’aun (Pharoah) said: “Who then O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?
[Musa(Moses)] said: “ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright]
One of the most accurate meanings of Lordship is
that Allâh the Almighty gave to each thing its form and nature
A mosquito doesn't need to see the colors or sizes of things
It needs to see them by their heat
Allah gives it a thermal reception system
This system is sensitve to the 1/1000 of the degree
[Fir’aun (Pharoah) said: “Who then O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?
[Musa(Moses)] said: “ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright]
He gave it a thermal system, that is a radar
The mosquito has a blood analysis system
Not every kind of blood suits it, it analyses the blood first and then sucks it
Two brothers might sleep on the same bed, one of them wakes up
with many stings and the other one feels nothing
He gave it a liquefaction system
because the adhesiveness of the human blood does not flow in its trunk
liquefaction system. He gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright
He gave it an anesthetization system
In order not to be killed during blood sucking
It sucks the blood and flies away
The effect of anesthetization ends, the human feels the sting in his hand
so he thinks that it is still on his hand, and he hits it
where in fact it is flying in the sky of the room laughing at him
[ gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
He gave it an analysis system, a liquefaction system
an anesthetization system, a thermal reception system
forty eight teeth in its mouth, a hundred eyes in its head
three hearts in its chest; a central heart and a heart for each wing
now there are six knives in its trunk
four knives that make square cuts
and two knives in the shape of two tubes in order to suck the blood
There are crooks in its legs when it stands on glass or soft surface
and claws in its legs when it stands on a rough surface
[Who then O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?
[Musa(Moses)] said: “ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright]
Concerning this, Allâh the Almighty said
[Verily, We created man in the best stature (mould)]
He gave you two eyes in order to realize the third dimension
with one eye you see the length and width
with two eyes you see the third dimension
He gave you two ears in order to recognize the direction of the sound
a horn of a vehicle might be blown on your right sight
this sound enters your right ear before the left one
with a difference of 1/1620 part of the second
in the brain there is a system that reveals the discrimination between the two sounds
so it discovers that the horn is from the right side
so it gives the brain an order to move to the left side
[ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
Each hair has an artery, a vein, a nerve, a muscle
a sebaceous gland, and a pigment gland
[Who then O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?
[Musa(Moses)] said: “ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright]
There are hundred and thirty million bacillus and cones in the eye’s retina
a hundred and thirty million in one and a quarter millimeter, it means
a hundred million light receptives in each square millimeter
in order to distinguish eight million colors
[ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
He made anti-freeze in the water of the eye
He made the brain contains a hundred and forty billion cells
ans depending dark cells whose function is unknown yet
[ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
Taling about Allâh and the body takes years and years
[ And also in your own selves. Will you not then see? ]
Check the meaning of Lordship
[ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing ]
This happens in man,
the human’s bones grow and reach
the suitable size and then growth stops
The scientists express this state as the sleep of the bony cell
When the bone is broken after seventy years
the bony cell wakes up and renovates this fraction
[ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
He did not make sensory nerves in the hair
otherwise you have to go to hospital
and be fully anesthetized for each haircut
[Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
Our understanding of things is superficial
if we think deeper in our creation, we can see the Greatness of Allâh the Almighty
The meaning of ‘Ar-Rub’: He gave us everything we have
the infant does not get iron from his mother’s milk
so Allâh made an amount of iron stored in the infant’s spleen
enough for two years until he is able to eat
He gave the infant the sucking reflex
As soon as the baby is born, he/she devours his/her mother’s breast
closes tightly and sucks the air, then milk flows/comes
The baby’s digestion system is full of fatty material at birth
the first two days, he doesn’t get milk, he gets a material that dissolves fat
[ Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
Talking about this topic is endless
but what is the meaning of ‘Ar-Rub’? He gave you all your abilities
all that you need from systems
tools, textures, and qualities
that is, there is an artery in the heart with no specific function
its evident function is that when some arteries are blocked
this artery is taken and placed as spare part for the heart
Talking about the creation of man is endless
but the meaning of ‘Ar-Rub’ that He gave you everything you need
He said and then He guided; guided you to your interests
He made a balance system in your middle ear, so that you do not fall down while you are walking,
that system has three canals
with liquid and hairs above the liquid
that if you lean to the right, the liquid stays flat
it touches the inclined wall, the hairs sense
and get you back to your situation. Except for the balance system
no one will ever be able to walk on his feet
the evidence is that you cannot make a dead man stand on his feet
he lost balance. With balance you have nice small legs
except for the balance system, you would have needed a large base to lean on
the evidence is that in the fabric shops they place
a statue of a woman with a seventy centimeter base
in order to keep the body standing up
it needs a large base to lean on
[ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
In the circle of flesh that comes out with the fetus
there are unbelievable things
the mother’s blood circulation is gathered with that of the fetus
and they never get mixed. Each blood has a certain type, and it is known to doctors
that if the blood received a different blood type, it would be decomposed
and the mother and the baby would die immediately
There is a membrane between the two bloods
called by doctors: the intelligent membrane
which takes the oxygen from the mother’s blood and puts it in the fetus’ blood
Who gave to each thing, from mother's blood of course
when the oxygen is taken, the intelligent membrane performs the role of the respiratory system
it takes sugar to the fetus' blood, it performs the role of the digestive system
it takes the insulin from the mother’s blood and puts it in the fetus’ blood, it performs the role of the pancreas
now the fetus’ blood contains sugar, oxygen, and insulin
The sugar is burnt by the oxygen with the help of the insulin
The temperature of the fetus is 37°C
the burning process produces carbon dioxide
which the wise membrane takes
from the fetus’ blood and puts it in the mother’s
carbon dioxide is part of the mother’s breathing
the immunity factors are passed to the fetus through the intelligent membrane
that the fetus is immunized against all the diseases the mother is infected with
The intelligent membrane chooses the exact nutritional need
protein, fat, sugar, vitamins
minerals, semi-minerals
as if it is a nutritional scientist
and the rate is changed hourly and implemented
That is why the doctors called it the intelligent membrane
if this membrane is handed to a group of excellent doctors
the fetus will die within an hour
Now the fetus needs a specific substance that is missing in the mother’s blood
the mother craves for the food that contains that substance
the mother’s craving for some kinds of food is the fetus’ need to some nutrition
[ He gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
[ It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allâh ]
The more your understanding of the tiny signs of Allâh in His creation
the more you will glorify Him and the more you become fearful and submissive
If you want science, seek science, and if you want the hereafter, seek science
and if you want them both, seek science
[Who then O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?
Musa(Moses)] said: “ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing ]
He gave us the perfect creation, the mosquito has 100 eyes
the whale weighs a hundred and fifty tons
fifty tons fat, fifty tons bones, fifty tons meat
ninety barrels fish oil
and its baby is fed three hundred kilograms of milk three times daily, that is one ton daily
[ He gave to each thing its form and natureُ ]
From a mosquito with different systems
to the blue whale that weighs more than a hundred and fifty tons
[ He gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright ]
When you think deeply in the creation of the heavens and the earth
you find yourself before the Greatness of Allâh
as if thnking deeply in the creation of the heavens and the earth
is the nearest way to Allâh
and the most spacious door that leads to Allâh, do not forget this verse
[Fir’aun (Pharoah) said: “Who then O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?
[Musa(Moses)] said: “ Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright]
Now to the follow up
look at the compassionate, perfect, educated and merciful father
how he follows up his children, when they go out?
who their friends are? and why they are late? The follow up
what did Allâh the Almighty say about this follow up?
[ Is then He (Allâh) Who takes charge of every person and knows all that he has earned ]
Imagine the doctor who visits a patient and asks for analysis
the blood pressure is high so he gives directions to stop salt
if the patient has anemia
he gives direction for giving him drugs that contain iron
The doctor always follows up the case of his patient
any lack or increase
in the analysis, he takes a decision
[ Is then He (Allâh) Who takes charge of every person and knows all that he has earned ]
That is education, we repeat
The Name ‘Ar-Rub’ is the closest of the Beautiful Names to humans
because the human father is a father. Once, I was walking in the street
when I heard someone calling another saying: “If he has no father, doesn't he have a Lord”
he has a Lord. Allah educate us all and we are all in the intensive care if Allâh wills
Now there is another meaning of Lordship
Allâh is the only Creator of everything, this is a new meaning
Allâh the Almighty is the Only Creator and there is no creator but Allâh
[Allâh is the Creator of all things
and He is the Wakîl over all things]
He acted, that is why our master Hûd said
[So plot against me, all of you, and give me no respite
I put my trust in Allâh, my Lord and your Lord!
There is not a moving creature but He has the grasp of its forelock
Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Path]
Challenging, Allâh the Almighty is Unique in creation and acting
The very accurate rule is that the perfection of the creation indicates the perfection of control
perfection of the creation indicates the perfection of control
and there are many signs in this universe that indicate the Self Subsisting Sustainer of the heavens and the earth
Allâh the Almighty has His Beautiful Divine Names and His best Attributes, Allâh the Almighty said:
[And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call on Him by them
One of the meanings of Lordship, Allâh the Almighty says:
[ He said: “Do you not observe that which you have been worshipping]
Our father Abraham
[You and your ancient fathers ?
verily they are enemies to me, save the Lord of the ‘âlamîn (worlds)]
Who is the Lord of the worlds? Allâh the Almighty said
[ Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me ]
O mankind! Worship your Lord
[And it is He Who feeds me and gives me to drink
And when I am ill, it is He who cures me
And Who will cause me to die, and then will bring me to life]
That is the Lord, so it is not appropriate, nor acceptable
nor reasonable to worship other than the Creator
[O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allâh), Who created you]
[ And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call on Him by them]
The Name ‘Ar-Rub’ may be the Greatest Name of Allâh
even though the Greatest Name of Allâh
is the Name that you are in an urgent need for
the greatest Name for the poor is ‘The All Provider’
the greatest name of Allâh for the oppressed is ‘The All Just’
the greatest Name of Allâh for the weak is ‘The Most Powerful’
the greatest Name of Allâh for the defeated is ‘The Supporter/Helper
the greatest Name of Allâh for the ignorant is ‘The Omniscient’
You need the Beautiful Names of Allâh
and His best Attributes in anything, Allâh the Almighty said
[ He said: “Do you not observe that which you have been worshipping]
[You and your ancient fathers ?
verily they are enemies to me, save the Lord of the ‘âlamîn (worlds)
Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me
And it is He Who feeds me and gives me to drink
And when I am ill, it is He who cures me]
Dear brothers, that is why ‘Ar-Rub’ is the One who raises his slaves
their bodies and souls
and guides them to their benefits
guides them through revelation
guides them with success then to paradise
guides them to their interests with the systems and the features
they were granted, and guides them to Him through revelation
and success, Allâh the Almighty said
[ Truly they are young men who believed in their Lord (Allâh) and We increased them in guidance ]
Then He guides them to paradise
that is why, dear brothers, knowing the Beautiful Names of Allâh
is a major part of Muslims ideology
even though it is one of the most important features of Muslim ideology
and Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations
The end of the lesson