Allah the Exalted said: << ألا تعلوا علي وأتوني مسلمين >
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And His saying: [Surah al-Naml: 31] The intended meaning is: submit to me, meaning: be humble before me. For they were not the type to be arrogant toward him, so why would he say: Do not be arrogant toward me? Rather, he intended that they come to him humble, submitting to Allah, or submitting to him?
The student: .....
The Shaykh : Yes. The intended meaning is: submitting to Allah, or submitting to him, meaning: surrendering?
The student: Submitting to him, there is a possibility.
The Shaykh : There is a possibility that they are submitting to Allah, or surrendering to me. Yes. But does it follow that if they come surrendering to him, they must be submitting to Allah?
The student: It does not follow.
The Shaykh : It does not follow. But it does follow that if they are submitting to Allah, they must surrender to him and come to him obedient, not disobedient. Then she said: [Surah al-Naml: 32] and so on.
Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].' "
أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَThe student: .....
The Shaykh : Yes. The intended meaning is: submitting to Allah, or submitting to him, meaning: surrendering?
The student: Submitting to him, there is a possibility.
The Shaykh : There is a possibility that they are submitting to Allah, or surrendering to me. Yes. But does it follow that if they come surrendering to him, they must be submitting to Allah?
The student: It does not follow.
The Shaykh : It does not follow. But it does follow that if they are submitting to Allah, they must surrender to him and come to him obedient, not disobedient. Then she said: