Summary: Surah Al-Qasas, verses 62 through 70. Human prerogatives are very limited while Allah's prerogatives are supreme. In this lecture: Allah's (S) ruboobiyyah extends to all creation, even the rebellious; Fir'aun was granted ample opportunity for repentance; human will, although free, is limited by what Allah (S) has ordained, this is embodied in the word Rabb; Allah (S) has a personal affiliation with every individual in the capacity of being one's Rabb; Allah (S) alleviates the intense sense of loss felt by the prophet (S) at Abu Talib's demise through the verses of this surah that present the many tribulations of Musa (A); the prophet's (S) love for Allah (S) increased in times of tribulation. True worship is independent of what the worshipped does, therein lies tauheed whereby the sources of good and bad are one and the same. Fluctuating in our love for Allah (S) subject to our times of ease and difficulty is a sign of shirk, i.e. perceiving separation in the source of all things.
