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The People of Badr
[O,
people of Badr, O, companions of Ahmed
Who would be the food and the drink, for the hearts]
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In the
great battle of Badr,
fought
on the 17th of Ramadan, 2nd
year of Hijra, Allah has granted Muslims triumph despite their small
number. As they were 313 Muslims, whereas the nonbelievers were a
thousand one. However, due to the obedience of Badr's companions to
the Prophet [PPBUH],
they defeated the enemy. Many scholars have discussed this battle,
its victory and the lessons learnt from it within the context of the
Prophet's biography and the Shari'a.
Allah said
[And Allah had already given you the victory
at Badr
when you were humble. So observe your duty to Allah so that you may
be grateful]
Aal-Emran 3:123.
Imam ibn
Ajeeba said:
 [Badr]
is a well between Mecca and Medina, called after a man named Badr
who was its owner. The battle, in which Allah gave victory to his
Messenger [PPBUH],
was fought there, so it was called after it.
[Allah
had already given you the victory]
meaning at Badr.
[when
you were humble]
meaning when you had no rides or weapons, whereas your enemy was
fully-armored.
[So
observe
your duty to Allah]
and stick to the Prophet and expect victory from Allah as He
promised you, so that [so that you may] be grateful
for the victory and honor He has granted you. And if you are
grateful, He will increase his giving as He promised. This is what
was said by ibn Ajeeba [AAH]
in the literal explanation of the verse. As for the other hidden
signs and meanings, which are called 'interpretations', as in [And
none knows its interpretation except Allah and those who are firmly
grounded in knowledge; they say ‘We believe in it; the whole is from
our Lord’. And none heed except those gifted with understanding]
Aal-Emran 3:7.
Ibn Ajeeba said "Allah hides things in their opposites. This means
whoever wants victory and honor should be realized with poorness and
humiliation, whoever wants richness should be realized with poverty,
and whoever wants strength should be realized with weakness. If you
would be realized with your attributes, Allah will give you His
attributes. So, fear Allah, you seekers of Allah! And seek things in
their opposites! If you thank Allah for what He granted you, He will
increase His giving.
There are
as many interpretations as there are sights and visions; [We raise
in degrees of rank whomsoever We please; and over every possessor of
knowledge is one who is more-knowing]
Yusuf
12:76.
 After
narrating what is mentioned in Shari'a, let's take from Imam
Fakhreddin whose knowledge is described by Allah in the story of
sayydi Moses and al-Khidr [PBUT].
In the story, we see how mind rejects what al-Khidr did. The scholar
consensus is that al-Khidr was a saint, not a prophet. All his deeds
which contradict the mind were upon Allah's request. Allah has
mentioned this story to teach us that Allah has secrets in some of
his servants. Every Muslim should have two eyes; one for Shari'a to
accept it and apply it, and one for Truth. If the latter can't see
Truth, one shouldn't deny it on its people.
Imam
Fakhreddin said [O, people of Badr] so we think, at first, that he
is addressing only the people of Badr, but later in the qasida, we
realize meanings and knowledge which make the battle of Badr and the
ranks of its great people recurrent over time, so that whoever did
not attend such a battle is not deprived of the great honor its
people has acquired, as he might say 'I wish I would have been one
of its people'.
He also
says [O, companions of Ahmed]. Mentioning the noble name of [Ahmed]
for the people of Allah means the facts mentioned only by the true
believers; [O ye who believe! fear Allah and be with the
truthful]
Tawba
9:119,
those about whom Allah said [The believers are only those who
truly believe in Allah and His Messenger, and then doubt not, but
strive with their possessions and their persons in the cause of
Allah. It is they who are truthful]
al-Hujurat
49:15.
How can they have doubts, when they see the Truth with their eyes?!
[Say ‘This is my way, I call unto Allah with insight, I and those
who follow me. And Holy is Allah; and I am not of those who
associate gods with Allah]
Yusuf
12:108.
People who have insights like al-Khadir can see what the public
can't see, so we can't accuse him of
 disbelief - May Allah Forbid!
Whoever has insight and says [O, companions of Ahmed], he sees them
with his insight over time in the continuous presence. The
continuous presence is a Sufi term which means that one can see the
past, the present and the future at the same time with the light of
Allah. This light of Allah showed al-Khadir that the child he killed
was going to give his parents hard times when he grows up. He knew
that his parents will be still alive, when he grows up. Imam
Fakhreddin acquires such a continuous presence in his life and even
after his death, because Allah is too generous to take back a gift
He gave to His servant.
We have to
understand all these facts or we are going to fall in a greater
mistake which is opposing unconsciously the people of Allah, and
therefore, Allah will wage war against us, as He says in His divine
speech, that the Prophet [PPBUH]
narrated [Whoever is an enemy to one of My people [saints], I
wage war against him].
Sahih
al-Bukhary.
Imam
Fakhreddin said about [Ahmed]:
[He
is Ahmed who is illuminated in 'one chord to two bows'
And he has the greatest flag of praise]
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He also
said [Who would be the food and the drink, for the hearts], in the
second half of the verse. We realize that the drink of the high
meanings, the undisputed truth, and their belief comes from one
source; the high light of Ahmed who is illuminated in [one chord to
two bows], i.e. appearing there. Congratulations for you and Allah
benefits us from you, if you are one of those chosen people whose
spirits travel to [one chord to two bows]. If you are not one of
them, accompany those chosen people!
To be
continued...
Written by
Mohamed Maqbul
Translated
by Nahed Abuel-Hassan |
