O people! Allah is our creator and He has a right upon us. From the very time we are conceived in the womb of our mother to our very last breath, we are covered by His immense mercy and kindness. Our body, our food and water, the air we breath, the land we walk on, the clouds and rain, the mountains and rivers, the day and the night, everything is a part of his gifts to mankind.
We cannot give him anything in return. He is free of need and we are the needy. However, everything has a right of its own. Your parents have a right upon you, your wife has a right upon you, your children have a right upon you. The employer has a right upon you, your customer has a right upon you, your friend your brother has a right upon you.
So what is the right of our creator, Allah, upon us. His right is that He alone should be worshiped and that no partner should be made equal to Him in His Lordship.
And our right upon Him is that He will not punish us if we give His right to Him. And he will reward us for that.
However, if we forsake His right we are blameworthy and subject to be punished in the eternal afterlife with the fire.
May Allah protect us from the fire of hell, and guide us and have mercy upon us and forgive us our sins. Ameen.
