Nijulishe kwenye ukweli na unisaidie kutenda kwa mujibu wake. Mwongozo kamili na wenye manufaa ni ule ambao Allah anamkusanyia mja ndani yake maarifa na matendo pamoja. Mwongozo usio na matendo hauna manufaa halisi; bali unaweza hata kuwa na madhara, kwa sababu mtu asipotenda kwa mujibu wa alichokijua, elimu yake inageuka kuwa ushahidi dhidi yake.

Meaning: Guide me to the truth and assist me in acting in accordance with it. Complete, beneficial guidance is that in which Allaah combines for a servant in both knowledge and action. Guidance without action is of no real benefit; rather it is even harmful because if a person does not act in accordance with what he knows, his knowledge then becomes evidence against him.

Mfano wa uongozi unaokuwa ni elimu lakini bila amali ni aya ya Allah: "Kwa upande wa Thamud, Sisi tuliwaongoza, lakini wao walipendelea upofu kuliko uongofu." [Suratu Fussilat, 41:17] Maana yake: Tulibainisha njia kwao na tukawafikishia elimu.

An example of guidance in the form of knowledge yet with no action is the verse of Allaah “As for Thamood, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance.” [Soorah Fussilat, 41:17] Meaning: We clarified the path to them and We conveyed the knowledge to them.

Hata hivyo, walipendelea upofu kuliko uongofu, na kwa hili tunamkimbilia Allah.

However, they preferred blindness over guidance, and from this we seek refuge with Allaah.

Pia kutokana na aina hii ya mwongozo, ambayo ni elimu na kubainisha ukweli, ni kauli ya Allaah () kwa Nabii (): {Na hakika wewe unaongoza kwenye njia iliyonyooka.} [Suratu Ash-Shooraa, 42:52] Maana yake: Unawaelekeza watu kwenye njia iliyonyooka na kuwafundisha kuhusu hiyo. Kuhusu aina nyingine ya mwongozo, ambayo ni kutoa mafanikio, mfano wake ni aya: {Hakika wewe hukuongoza yule umpendaye.} [Suratu Al-Qasas, 28:56] Huu ni mwongozo wa kumpa mtu mafanikio katika matendo yake. Katika hali hii, Mjumbe wa Allaah ﷺ

Also from this type of guidance, which is knowledge and clarifying the truth, is the statement of Allaah () to the Prophet (
), “And indeed, you guide to the straight path.” [Soorah ash-Shooraa, 42:52] Meaning: You direct the people to the straight path and teach them about it. As for the other type of guidance which is the granting of success, an example of this type is the verse, “Indeed, you do not guide whoever you like.” [Soorah al-Qasas, 28:56] This is the guidance of granting one success in their deeds. In this case, the Messenger (
)

haiwezekani kwa yeyote kumpa mtu mafanikio ya matendo yake mema, kwa kuwa aina hii ya uongofu ni ya Allaah peke yake. Lau Mtume ﷺ angekuwa na uwezo wa aina hii ya uongofu, angemwongoza mjomba wake, Abuu Twaalib. Alijaribu hili naye, na hata alipokuwa karibu kufa, Mtume ﷺ alimwambia: “Ee mjomba, sema: ‘Hakuna mungu wa haki isipokuwa Allaah,’ ni kauli ambayo kwayo nitakushuhudia mbele ya Allaah.” Lakini hukumu ya Allaah (SWT) ilikwisha kupita kwamba atakuwa miongoni mwa watu wa Motoni, na kutokana na hili tunajikinga kwa Allaah. Kwa hiyo hakushuhudia wala kuamini kwamba hakuna anayestahili kuabudiwa isipokuwa Allaah. Neno la mwisho alilolisema Abuu Twaalib kabla ya kufa lilikuwa kwamba atabaki juu ya dini ya ‘Abdul-Muttalib. Licha ya hayo, Allaah (SWT) alimruhusu Mtume wake ﷺ kumwombea msamaha, si tu kwa sababu alikuwa mjomba wa Mtume ﷺ, bali kwa sababu Abuu Twaalib alikuwa akimtetea mara kwa mara Mtume ﷺ na Uislamu (ingawa yeye binafsi hakuukubali Uislamu). Kwa hiyo, Mtume ﷺ

is never able to grant someone the success of their good actions as this type of guidance is specific to Allaah alone. If the Prophet (
) were capable of that type of guidance, he would have guided his uncle, Aboo Taalib. He tried this with him and even when he (Aboo Taalib) was about to die, the Prophet (
) said to him, “O uncle, declare, ‘There is nothing worthy of worship except Allaah,’ – a statement by which I will testify on your behalf before Allaah.” But the decree of Allaah () had already passed that he would be from the inhabitants of the Fire, and from this we seek refuge with Allaah. So he neither testified nor believed that nothing has the right to be worshipped except Allaah. The last thing Aboo Taalib said before dying was that he would remain upon the religion of ‘Abdul-Muttalib.5 Despite this, Allaah () permitted His messenger (
) to intercede for him, not just because he was the Prophet’s uncle, but because Aboo Taalib used to continually defend the Prophet (
) and Islaam (even though he did not personally accept Islaam). Therefore, the Prophet (
)

Alishufaa kwa ajili ya Abu Twalib, na kwa sababu ya shufaa hiyo, ﷺ alisema kuhusu mjomba wake: "Yuko katika sehemu ya chini kabisa ya Moto, na lau si mimi, angekuwa katika sehemu ya chini kabisa na ya kina kabisa ya Moto."6

interceded for Aboo Taalib and because of this intercession, he (
) said about his uncle, “He is in the lowest part of the Fire, and if it were not for me, he would have been in the lowest, deepest part of the Fire.”6

Zaidi ya hayo, Mtume (ﷺ) alisema: "Huenda uombezi wangu ukamnufaisha siku ya Kiyama, hivyo ataingizwa katika sehemu ya chini kabisa ya Moto, ukimfikia tu kwenye vifundo vyake vya miguu, lakini ataweza kuchemka ubongo wake kutokana nayo." Kwa hiyo tunaposema katika Du'aa ya Qunoot, "Tuongoze pamoja na wale Uliowaongoza," tunamuomba Allah aina zote mbili za uongofu: uongofu wa elimu na uongofu wa matendo. Kwa njia hii, aya ifuatayo pia inajumuisha aina zote mbili za uongofu: "Tuongoze njia iliyonyooka." [Suratul-Fatiha, 1:6] Kwa hiyo mtu anapoisoma Du'aa hii, anapaswa, akiwa na moyo uliohudhuria, kukumbuka kwamba anaomba aina zote mbili za uongofu: uongofu wa elimu sahihi na uongofu wa kutenda kulingana nayo.

In addition, the Prophet (
) said, “Perhaps my intercession will benefit him on the Day of Resurrection so that he will be put into the lowest part of the Fire, it reaching only to his ankles, yet from which, his brain will boil.” So when we say in the Du’aa of Qunoot, “Guide us with those You have guided,” we are asking Allaah for both types of guidance – the guidance of knowledge and the guidance of action. In this way, the following verse includes both of these types of guidance, “Guide us to the straight path.” [Soorah al-Faatihah, 1:6] So when one says this Du’aa, he should, with his heart present, call to mind that he is asking for both types of guidance – the guidance of the correct knowledge and the guidance of acting in accordance with it.

Kuhusu maneno "...pamoja na wale Uliowaongoza," hii ni namna ya at-Tawassul (kutafuta ukaribu kwa Allah) kwa kutaja neema Zake kwa wengine, kwa kuwa Aliwaongoza. Kwa hiyo tunamwomba pia Yeye atupe neema hiyo hiyo na atuongoze. Kwa maneno mengine, tunakuomba Wewe (Ee Allah) uongofu, kwani hilo linatokana tu na rehema Yako, hekima Yako, na neema Zako zilizotangulia kwa kuwa Umewaongoza wengine.

As for the wording, “…with those You have guided,” this is a way of at-Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allaah) by mentioning His favors on others in that He guided them. So we therefore also ask Him to bestow the same favor upon us and guide us. In other words, we ask You (Allaah) for guidance, for that is only by virtue of Your mercy and wisdom and your past favors as You have guided others.