Certainly until the meaning of Lord is not clarified God...

Certainly until the meaning of Lord is not clarified God cannot be recognized nor the Holy Prophet (S) or Imam (a.s.) and neither can the monotheist be separated from the polytheist nor their differences understood. First of all lets see what this word means in the Arabic language. Ragheb Isfahani the famous linguist says: الرب في الاصل التربية وهو انشاء الشيء حالا فحالاً الى حد التمام Lord is originally an infinitive means to train or educate.

The person, who trains a thing, developing and nurturing it from its first stage of development to its last, is this Lord.[^8] This is one aspect of the word lord. In addition to training and nurturing it also has the meaning of ownership.[^9] As such, we may say that a Lord is the owner, manager and trainer of a thing. As for someone who has a poultry farm, he takes care of the eggs until they hatch, gives the chicks water and seed, and immunizes them from possible sickness until they…