Q 3: Me ma'anar kalmar 'Abd (bawa/mai bauta)?
Q 3: What does the word `Abd (worshipper) mean?
A--- Kalmar Abd1 tana nufin wanda aka danne ko aka ci nasara a kansa. Wannan ma'ana tana kunshe da dukkan nau'ikan halitta: masu girma da masu kasa, masu hankali da marasa hankali, masu rai da marasa rai, masu motsi da masu tsayawa, masu bayyana da boye, masu imani da masu kafirci, da masu tsoron Allah da masu lalata, da sauransu; dukkansu Allah Mai girma ne Ya halicce su. Suna karkashin ikonSa, kuma Shi Kadai Ya ke tafiyar da al'amuransu. Haka kuma, dukkansu suna da iyaka da makoma, kuma kowannensu yana tafiya ne zuwa wa'adin da aka kayyade masa. Wannan shi ne hukunci da tsari na Shi, Mai iko Madaukaki, Masani. Idan kuma ma'anar da aka nufa ita ce bawan Allah mai tawali'u mai kaunar Allah, to a wannan yanayi yana nufin mazaje da mata masu imani kawai, wadanda su ne bayin Allah masu daraja da masu tsoron Allah; babu tsoro a kansu, kuma ba za su yi bakin ciki ba.
A--- The word Abd1 means the subdued or subjugated. This meaning encompasses all sorts of creation: higher and lower, rational and reasonless, animate and inanimate, dynamic and static, apparent and hidden, believing and disbelieving, and pious and dissolute, etc.; all of which are created by Allah he Almighty. They are subjected to Him, and managed by Him Alone. Moreover, all of them have a limit and destination and each one runs (its course) or an appointed term. Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in Power, the Omniscient. And if the intended sense is the modest God-loving worshiper), in this case it refers only to the believing men and women who are Allah's honorable slaves and pious godly ones; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.