Understanding ‘Rabb’ () رب

and Sustainer of the universe is one, and there is no partner in this act of sustenance. This indivisibility does not imply that “supernatural Rububiyyah” and “social and political Rububiyyah” are inseparable parts of a unified concept that cannot be divided. For example, let us consider an ayah cited in this book under this subject (Page 66): “And God has created you from dust, ………….He makes the night pass into the day and He makes the day pass into the night. He has subjected the sun and the moon, each running for an appointed term, such is God, your Lord: His is the kingdom. Those whom you invoke besides Him do not own so much as the skin of a date stone. If you invoke them, they do not hear your call; and even if they could hear, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will disown you…” (Quran, 35:11-14). The point made in this ayah is that the deities you call upon besides Allah possess not the slightest power; they cannot even hear your “call.” Therefore, make your Lord the One whose might and majestic mastery are constantly demonstrated in the cycle of night and day. These words indicate that the indivisibility of Rububiyyah being referred to here is supernatural