![]() ![]() ![]() The only son of Duke Leto Atreides I and Lady Jessica Atreides (née Nerus), Paul's early years were overshadowed by correct suspicions of him as the Kwisatz Haderach, achieved one generation early due to the disobedience of his mother in producing a son rather than a daughter. Paul Atreides ( 10176 AG - 10219 AG), predominantely known as Muad'Dib, was the first Kwisatz Haderach, the last Duke of House Atreides from 10191 AG until 10196 AG, the first and founding Padishah Emperor of the Atreides Empire from 10196 AG until 10210 AG, and the supreme religious leader of the Fremen as the accepted Mahdi from 10193 AG onwards. That is reason enough."" ―from " Arrakis Awakening" by the Princess Irulan Can you say he did this out of a sense of justice? Whose justice, then? Remember, we speak now of the Muad'Dib who ordered battle drums made from his enemies' skins, the Muad'Dib who denied the conventions of his ducal past with a wave of the hand, saying merely: "I am the Kwisatz Haderach. In the moment of his triumph, he saw the death prepared for him, yet he accepted the treachery. There is no measuring Muad'Dib's motives by ordinary standards. " He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, truthless, less than a god, more than a man. It would be lifeless exactly like the physical heart at the time of death.Short/Small for his age Behind the Scenes First appearance Now, if the soul loses this feature of connecting man to Allah, then it would be devoid of all its value and it would no longer be of any benefit. The soul ( qalb) is a connecting device which, on the one hand, receives from Allah, and on the other hand, it gives out similar to the twofold function of the physical heart in pumping blood in and out through the veins and arteries. The Twofold Role of the Soul in Receiving and Giving This cursory look at the effect of sins needs more explanation. Therefore, sometimes sins stop a person from supplicating, and at other times they withhold the ascent of a prayer to Allah. But here the supplication lacks the ability to reach Allah. If a prayer reaches Allah, then the response from Him would certainly be accomplished for He is neither incapable nor miser. The second role of the sins is that they prevent the prayer from ascending to Allah. If a sinner is veiled from Allah by his sins, then he will surely be veiled by them from supplication. As a result, he is unable to attain the state of turning to Allah and being mindful of Him as the reality of supplication is turning toward Allah. The first role is that they take man away from Allah, and cut him off from Him. The Role of Sins in Veiling Man from Allah In the coming pages we will try to analyse these impediments. Among the most important of these obstacles is wrongdoing and disobedience to Allah.Ī phrase in the supplication of kumayl reads, “O Allah, forgive those of my sins which withhold the prayers.” Again in another phrase it says: “I beseech You -by Your might- that my wrongdoings should not veil my prayer from You.” ![]() However, there are a number of obstacles and hindrances which impede a prayer from ascending to Allah. The invitation is from Allah to His servants, while the response is from the servants to Allah. The descending Qur’an calls toward the servanthood ( ‘ubudiyyah) of Allah, turning ( iqbal) toward Him, taking shelter ( luju’) in Him and attaining total absorption in Him whilst the ascending qur’an involves a response ( talbiyah) to that call. Supplication, as they say, is the ascending qur’an ( al-qur’an as-Sa’id) vis-à-vis the descending Qur’an ( al-qur’an an-nazil) from Allah, the Exalted. ![]() What are the obstacles and impediments which prevent a prayer from ascending to Allah? This is the question we will attempt to answer in this part of the book. ![]()
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