Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Man is forced to make his choice ]
(Check the original text in Arabic ...)
As for the slave for whom the obligation of Friday is waived according to those who say so, and he is the slave who invokes God’s compulsion for him in his choice, the truth is that the slave is forced in his choice, so when it was not possible for him to combine freedom and servitude, Friday was not obligatory for him, and all of those we mentioned and we mention that it is not obligatory. He is obligated to perform the Friday prayer, and if he attends it, he prays it. Likewise, if the considerations that prevent the aforementioned from being obligatory are present, that it is not obligatory for him, and if he fails to perform it in a way that contradicts it, the Friday prayer is obligatory, that is, he is obliged to know what he was not obligated to know, such as Maryam and Asiya, for whom he attained the degree of perfection, so they were obligated to know the intrinsic oneness and the knowledge of oneness. The Divine, which is the Oneness of Multiplicity


