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Anam 164

164- SAY: “WOULD I SEEK A LORD OTHER THAN ALLAH WHO IS THE LORD OF ALL THINGS, AND EVERY SOUL BEARS ONLY WHAT IT HAS EARNED, NO ONE BEARS THE SINS OF ANOTHER, AND THEN YOU WILL BE RETURNING TO YOUR LORD WHO WILL INFORM YOU CONCERNING WHAT YOU DIFFERED ABOUT.

A lord is different from god.  A lord is in charge of things, and takes care of his charge.  Therefore, there can be a lord of the home, place, country etc.  The Lord however is the Lord of all creation in the heavens and in the Earth, those we know and those we do not know.  Allah the Highest created them, and is in charge of them all the time, as is eloquently narrated in Sorah Al-Baqarah “ALLAH, THERE IS NO GOD OTHER THAN HIM, THE LIVING AND THE SUSTAINER.  NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP OVERTAKES HIM.  TO HIM BELONGS ALL THERE IS IN THE HEAVENS AND IN THE EARTH.  WHO IS HE WHO MAY INTERCEDE TO HIM EXCEPT WITH HIS PERMISSION?  HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEFORE THEM AND WHAT IS BEHIND THEM, BUT THEY KNOW NONE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE EXCEPT WHAT HE WILLS.  HIS CHAIR EMBRACES THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND HE NEVER TIRES OF KEEPING THEM, AND HE IS THE HIGHEST THE GREATEST”.  (S: 2 A: 255)

Allah the Highest being in charge of all things, is the One we should seek for help, as we should say in our Salah at least 17 times daily “ONLY YOU WE WORSHIP AND ONLY YOU WE SEEK FOR HELP”.  (S: 1 A: 5)

The lords seek the Help of The Lord, for He is the Lord of the lords. 

Allah the Highest informs of two important principles concerning judgment: 

1-    Every soul bears only what it has earned of good or bad deeds. 

2-    No one will bear the bad deeds of others; it will not pass from father to son etc.  Allah the Highest said: “AND IF A HEAVILY LADEN SOUL IS CALLS FOR ITS BURDEN TO BE CARRIED FOR IT, NON OF IT WILL BE CARRIED, NOT EVEN BY A CLOSE KIN”.  (S:35 A:18)

For bearing the consequences of the wrong some one else committed is unjust, and Allah the Highest is not unjust.  Yet Allah the Highest might reward us for a good deed someone else does, for this is generous, and Allah the Highest is the Most Generous.

On the Day of Resurrection at Judgment, each of us will see and read the book of his/her deeds, minor and major, good and bad, not missing any thing.  Some will like what they read while others will be terrified.  “AND THE BOOK IS PUT DOWN, AND YOU WILL SEE THE SINFUL FEARFUL OF WHAT IS THEREIN, AND SAY: ‘HOW TERRIBLE FOR US, THIS BOOK DOES NOT LEAVE ANYTHING; MINOR OR MAJOR WITHOUT ACCOUNTING FOR, AND THEY FOUND WHAT THEY DID THERE, FOR YOUR LORD IS NOT UNJUST TO ANYONE”.  (S: 18 A: 49)