Understanding ‘Rabb’ () رب

and judgments. (Fath al-Qadir by Al-Shawkani, Vol. 5, p. 14) Another verse is: In reality, this community of yours is one single community, and I am your Lord; therefore, worship Me alone. But people have divided among themselves the matter of Rububiyyah (Lordship) and ’ibadah (Worship). Yet, in the end, all of them must return to Us. (Quran, 21:92-93) The translation I provided above is the one presented in the book under discussion, and within this translation lies the reasoning for how this verse has, in the the author under review, become a source for the political interpretation of Rububiyyah (Divine Lordship). The phrase “they have divided His task of Rububiyyah among themselves” suggests that the interpretation of “( ” تقطعوا أمرهم بينهم they divided their matter among themselves) may imply that Rububiyyah (Lordship), with all its supernatural as well as political and social dimensions, was exclusive to God. Yet people assigned part of it to God and divided the rest among themselves. However, this notion is not mentioned here. The phrase “ ” تقطعوا أمرهم بينهم is more accurately translated as “they have divided their matter among themselves.” The use