“A-úthu billáhi minash shaytánir rajeem. Bismilláhir rahmánir raheem

Allah is referred to as "king" five times in the Qur'ān.

"He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the King…" [Sūrah al-Hashr: 23]

"So exalted be Allah, the True King!" [Sūrah TāHā: 114]

"…the King of humanity, the God of humanity." [Sūrah al-Nās: 2]

"Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers, in the seat of honor with a Mighty King." [Sūrah al-Qamar: 54-55]

In Arabic, the word for "owner" (mālik) is closely related to the word "king" (malik), the only difference being that "owner" is pronounced with an added stress on the letter a. Allah is referred to by this related name "Owner" in other verses, including:

"Owner of Judgment Day." [Sūrah al-Fātihah: 4]

(Indeed, in some modes of reciting the Qur'ān, the word is pronounced with an unstressed a so the verse reads: "King of Judgment Day.")

Also: "Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty!" [Sūrah Āl `Imrān: 26]

Allah is "the owner of sovereignty". Indeed, he is the King of Kings, since the lives and destinies of all earthly kings are in His hands. It is as Allah says: "Blessed is He for whom sovereignty is in His hand." [Sūrah al-Mulk: 1] And thus He is the "True King" who has "sovereignty of the heavens and the Earth".

Allah's sovereignty is absolute. It has no limit. "Human beings can be described as possessing "sovereignty", but theirs is transient and it is limited in scope. We say that someone is king of a particular country. We likewise say that someone is the owner of a field or a vehicle. These types of sovereignty and ownership are limited in their timeframe – the duration of a person's lifetime at most, often less – as well as in the scope of what is being possessed or being ruled.

All over the world, we can see artifacts and monuments left behind by past civilizations: mighty castles, great estates, the ruins of Egypt, Greece and Rome. They attest to those who once possessed great power but then passed on into the annals of history. They held sway for a period of time over a part of the globe. Then Allah decreed that their rule would come to an end. Thus it becomes clear to us that true sovereignty belongs to Allah alone, whereas human sovereignty is fleeting and capricious, restricted and incomplete.

Ahmad Zaky has written a series of moving articles entitled Civilizations which Have Come and Gone. How true this title is.

Tell me: Who has ever possessed the entire world? People talk about people like Pharaoh, Nimrod, and Alexander the Great, but none of them were able to take possession of the whole world, or bring all of humanity under their sway. All who rule do so over a limited domain for a limited time. Allah has made it the norm throughout the ages that nations, kings, and powers would contended with one another. He says: "And if not Allah did not check one set of people by means of another, the Earth would indeed be full of mischief: But Allah is full of bounty to all the worlds." [Sūrah al-Baqarah: 251]

No human being has ever possessed the whole of the Earth or has been able to govern all of its affairs. Consider, then, how small a part the Earth is of Allah's vast universe.

Allah, indeed, is the True King in every way. He gives to His servants when they beseech Him, and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) informs us that in Paradise, Allah will bestow "what no eye has yet seen, no ear ever heard, and no mind ever imagined." [Sahīh al-Bukhārī (3244) and Sahīh Muslim (2824)]

Moreover, Allah says: "And no soul knows what delights of the eye have been kept hidden in store from them as a reward for what they used to do." [Sūrah al-Sajdah: 17]

The people with the least reward in Paradise will abide for eternity in palatial splendor, dwelling in beauty and delight beyond all imagining. The lowliest denizen of Paradise will have what isequal to äll the world and ten times more." [Sahīh al-Bukhārī (7437) and Sahīh Muslim (182, 187)]

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "The denizens of Paradise look up at the denizens of the levels above them the way they would look upon a twinkling planet moving from East to West across the sky. This is the disparity between them."

When the people heard this, they asked: "Messenger of Allah, are those higher levels the levels of the Prophets, not to be attained by anyone else?"

He replied: "Indeed not. I swear by Him in whose hand is my soul, they are just people who believed in Allah and believed the Messengers." [Sahīh al-Bukhārī (3256) and Sahīh Muslim (2831)]

These are but some of Allah's bounties that he shall bestow upon some of His worshipers. How far more glorious, then, must Firdaws be, the highest domain of Paradise, directly below the Throne of the Beneficent.

Allah gives and bestows without measure, and the bounty He gives to His servants does not decrease what He possesses in the least. The Prophet (peace be upon him) relates to us that Allah says:

O My servants! If the first of you and the last of you, human of you and jinn of you, were as the most God-fearing heart of any single man among you, this would not increase My dominion in the least.

O My servants! If the first of you and the last of you, human of you and jinn of you, were as the most sinful heart of any single man among you, this would not decrease My dominion in the least.

O My servants! If the first of you and the last of you, human of you and jinn of you, were to stand as one and ask of Me and I were to give each person what he asked for, it would not diminish what I have, any more than the ocean would be diminished if a needle were dipped into it. [Sahīh Muslim (2577)]

Also, Allah tells us in the Qur'an: "Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty! You give sovereignty unto whom You will, and You snatch sovereignty from whom You will. You exalt whom You will, and You abase whom You will. In Your hand is the good. Lo! You are able to do all things. You cause the night to pass into the day, and You cause the day to pass into the night. And You bring forth the living from the dead, and You bring forth the dead from the living. And You give sustenance to whom You choose, without measure." [Sūrah Āl `Imrān: 26-27]

Consider the choice of word "snatch" here. This is because when a human being possesses something of value, he or she is very reluctant to part with it. It is not parted with peacefully.

We as human beings may comb the Earth for our sustenance. We may work with might and main to our utmost strength, producing, stretching our creativity and our intellects to the limit. Nevertheless, we will forever be the subjects of our Lord, the possessions of the one who created us. We should know that this servitude to our Creator is the greatest station of liberty there is, for the servant of Allah acts from free conviction and free desire.

Our belief that Allah is King benefits us. It increases our desire to turn to Allah and seek from His bounty. We increase our supplications to the one whom we know is the true Owner of all things. This belief also frees us from the thrall of what we see other people possessing. We do not debase ourselves before those people or compromise our human dignity in hopes of their favor. Instead, we apply out own energies and God-given talents to aspire to be the best we can be, placing our reliance and trust in Allah alone.

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