العلو في الأرض

ملخص الخطبة

1- مفاسد الإعراض عن الصراط المستقيم. 2- داء الأثرة وإرادة العلو بغير الحق. 3- سوء عاقبة الذين علوا في الأرض بغير الحق. 4- الرفعة المطلوبة والعلو المحمود.

الخطبة الأولى

أما بعد: فيا عباد الله، اتقوا الله فإن المرء لا يزال بخير ما اتقى الله، وتزوَّدَ من دنياه لأخراه، وخالف نفسه وهواه.

Along the road of straying from the truth, hardening of hearts against the ways of guidance, character at odds with the character of intelligent beings and the ways of the best of the slaves of the Most Merciful, all forms of illness multiply and become prevelant. Symptoms become more severe and epidemics become firmly rooted. The soul is greatly harmed by this and stands on the brink of a calamity - when the medicine becomes rare and precious and cures and good health become elusive.

The soul is afflicted by many kinds of defects and diseases. But the most severe of these, the most evil and the one with the worst consequences is what happens to some of the people in terms of selfishness, preferring themselves to others and a relentless pursuit of individualism and even isolation. This reaches an extreme until he/she looks at himself with great pleasure and amazement and a belief that he has "made it" and perfected his good qualities. He imagines in himself a highness or superiority which he refuses to see or to acknowledge in others.

This despicable character flaw drives its possessor until it gets him to rejection of truth and standing in opposition to it and in rebellion against it. He can then transgress against Allah's slaves in their property, their lives and their honor. The seriousness of this disease requires us to analyze it carefully and accurately as Allah has explained it to us in His Book where He described the deeds of some of those who were arrogant in the land without right. In condemning them, Allah warns us about having any of their attributes by pondering their final destination and the consequences of their arrogance and their deeds. In the case of Firaun, Allah makes clear that his arrogance was the cause of all of the humiliation, pestilence and punishment that his people suffered.

إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلاَ فِى ٱلأرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعاً يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَائِفَةً مّنْهُمْ يُذَبّحُ أَبْنَاءهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِ نِسَاءهُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ [القصص:4]،

The arrogance of Firaun and his people caused them to reject Allah's messenger to them which brought about their destruction in this life and eternal punishment in the hereafter.

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ بِـئَايَـٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوْماً عَـٰلِينَ فَقَالُواْ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ [المؤمنون:45-48]،

Allah made clear that the driving force behind their rejection of Allah's CLEAR signs with which Allah fortified Musa in his call was nothing other than this hateful arrogance and its twin transgressing oppression.

فَلَمَّا جَاءتْهُمْ ءايَـٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُواْ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ وَجَحَدُواْ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْماً وَعُلُوّاً فَٱنْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ [النمل:13، 14].

Slaves of Allah! If there were no other ramifications of this lowly character flaw other than its effects on the personality and manners of the individual, that would be more than sufficient to cause people of sound intelligence to beware of it and struggle hard to avoid falling into any of it. So how about when faced with fearsome threats from Allah against those who have this attribute of pride or arrogance?

أخرجه مسلم في صحيحه عن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه أن النبي قال: ((لا يدخل الجنة من كان في قلبه مثقال ذرة من كبر))[1] أجارنا الله جميعا من ذلك.

Allah said:

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم: تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلآخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوّاً فِى ٱلأرْضِ وَلاَ فَسَاداً وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ [القصص:83].

نفعني الله وإياكم بهدي كتابه وبسنة نبيه ، أقول قولي هذا، وأستغفر الله العظيم الجليل لي ولكم ولسائر المسلمين من كل ذنب، فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم.

الخطبة الثانية

الحمد لله رب العالمين, والعاقبة للمتقين, ولا عدوان إلا على الظالمين. وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأشهد أن نبينا محمداً عبده ورسوله المبعوث رحمة للعالمين، اللهم صل وسلم على عبدك ورسولك سيدنا محمد، وعلى آله وصحبه والتابعين، ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين.

أما بعد:

Dear slaves of Allah! The high station of the people of taqwa, high status of the righteous, the mujtahideen, the mujahideen and those truly practicing their deen is NOT the 'uluw condemned by Allah in the previous verses - not at all. Because this "highness" is rightfully so, by their racing in competition for good deeds. Moreover, Allah himself has described his believing slaves and his truthful forces on this earth as al-a'launa (the "highest" from the same root as 'uluw).

وَلاَ تَهِنُوا وَلاَ تَحْزَنُوا وَأَنتُمُ الأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ [آل عمران:139]،

وقال سبحانه في صفة موسى عليه السلام: قُلْنَا لاَ تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلأَعْلَىٰ [طه:68]،

لأنه ظهورٌ بالحق وغلبةٌ للدين الذي كتب الله له الغلبة على كل الأديان بقوله سبحانه:

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى ٱلدّينِ كُلّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ [الصف:9]،

وقال سبحانه: فَلاَ تَهِنُواْ وَتَدْعُواْ إِلَى ٱلسَّلْمِ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلأَعْلَوْنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ [محمد:35].

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لا فاتقوا الله عباد الله، وصلوا وسلموا على خير الورى، فقد أمركم بذلك المولى جل وعلا فقال سبحانه:

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَـٰئِكَـتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىّ يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلّمُواْ تَسْلِيماً [الأحزاب:56].

اللهم صل وسلم على عبدك ورسولك سيدنا محمد، وارض اللهم على خلفائه الأربعة...