On this basis...
On this basis, in the Surah of al-Fussilat (Distinguished), the same verse is included with the view to putting aside doubt with the vision of God. If the meaning of this verse is that God is cognizant of everything, has it been enough to eliminate the doubts of those who were in doubt? Let us cast a glance at that verse in the Surah of al Fussilat, (Distinguished) : “Doth not thy Lord suffice, since He is Witness over things? How!
Are they still in doubt about the meeting with their Lord?” (10) Aye, man recognizes the light first before knowing other things and then he comes to know that thing. Then, there will remain no doubt as to the existence of light. On this basis, the knowledge of God runs in the knowledge of everything else. Therefore, the proving of other rights in the universe and their knowledge arises from proving the existence of God which is the main concern and from theology and monotheistic world vision.
The delicate point derived from this matter is that the signs of the same statement of Imam Sajjad are present in other parts of the treatise. After this introduction, the turn comes to proposing legal issues. Imam Sajjad reminds us that the foundation of all rights is the oneness of God. This reminder is manifested in two ways.
Sometimes with the phrase “billah nasta’in.”(11) And sometimes with the phrase of “there is no power saves God.” Having expounded the philosophy of rights, the venerable Imam teaches the rights one by one and some of these rights are superior to others as the philosophy of rights is dominant in all of them. Now we shall refer to four legal cases to show glimpses of what is stated in the fifth and sixth chapters of the book.
Continue in the next article: ( The Principles of Rights in the Sahifah Sajjadiyah 2 ) By: Ayatollah Javadi Amoli NOTES: _____________________________________________ 1. Abwab al-Khamsain ma Fawqah, p.564, narration no.1 2. The chapter on the words of Imam Sajjad, the first tradition 3. Vol 15. (Al al-Bayt), Chapter 3, p.172, vol.26, chapter 3, p.241 4. Risalat al-Huquq, Majmal al-Huquq, p.7 5. Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat, Vol.3, chapter 9, p.374 6. Ibid., Vol.3, chapter 9. 7.
Surah al-Maidah 5:35 8. Surah al-Baqarah 2:256 9. Surah al-Haj 22:117, Surah as-Saba 34:44, Surah al-Fussilat 41:53, Surah al-Mujadilah 58:6 10. Surah al-Fussilat 41:53-54 11.