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to Allah.
Quran confirms; 
“Whatever
beings there are in the heavens and in the earth do prostrate themselves before
Allah, some do willingly and some by force, so do their shadows morning and evening.”
(13:15) We should show absolute loyalty to Allah only
or to whom He commands. Allah should be the sole and ultimate object of our love,
loyalty, and obedience. We should love and show obedience to any other thing or
person only under His commandments. Thus, the love and obedience of prophets,
imams, and parents should be for the sake of Allah. If the love of the Prophet
or Imam is not for the sake of Allah, then it has no value in the eyes of the
Holy Prophet (sws) and the Holy Imams. The love of Imam, and attachment and devotion
with him must be the outcome of Allah’s love. Thus,
if we strongly feel in our heart, that our love for Prophet and Imams is bringing
us nearer to Allah, then it is the greatest ibadat and highly commendable act.
But, if that is not the case, then all show of love for the Prophet or Imam, is
nothing but the high waves of emotions. The Holy Quran
quotes the great wordings of Prophet Ibrahim (as ) in the following verse. 
“Ibrahim
said : I have set my face earnestly to Him who has created the Heavens and the
earth. I am not a pagan. My prayers and my sacrifice, my living and my dying are
all for Allah, the Lord of the universe. He has no partner. So have I been commanded,
and I am the first to submit to Him”. (6:79, 163-164)
This has also been
the Sunnat of the Prophet (sws) and Imams and the righteous and his true followers. Third
Condition - Allah alone has the absolute command over everything We must believe
in: a - Sovereignty of God All
systems working in the universe is the work of Allah alone and no one can upset
them without His will. And if anything goes wrong in the working systems, it is
He alone, Who can control it. The earth with a mass of
6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 short tons, has three simultaneous motions, -
spinning around on its own axis,
- travels around the
sun,
- moves through the Milky Way with the rest of
the solar system. A slight change in the velocity of the earth or its distance
from the sun can throw it either into the deep space or right into the sun.
There
are more than 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. stars only in our galaxy,
the Milky Way. These stars, like sun, have planets and satellites moving in their
respective orbits. Then there are more than 100 billion galaxies moving in the
universe. Allah Subhanahu taala is controlling the movements of all these heavenly
bodies.“Verily Allah keeps the heavens and the earth from falling ( keeps
the planets, satellites,and stars into their respective orbits), and if they move
away from their orbits, there is none except Allah Who can again bring them back
into their right positions.” ( 35:41) “Blessed be He in whose
hands is all sovereignty: He has power over all things.” (67:1)
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