[26] Exalt Allah And His Shariah First and Foremost

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy

Allah, The Most High, said:

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًاۚ

Whosoever desires honour, then to Allah belong all honour. [Fatir. 10]

Meaning, let him seek it through sincere obedience to Allah because he will not find it except through obedience to Allah. Some of the pious predecessors used to supplicate:

اللهم اعزني بطاعتك ولا تذلني بمعصيتك

O Allah! Grant me honour through obedience to you and do not humiliate me through disobedience to you.

Therefore, whoever seeks honour, let him seek it through sincere obedience to Allah – through good speech and righteous deeds.

An Excerpt from Bada’i at-Tafsir Al-Jami Limaa Fassarahu Al-Imam Ibnul Qayyim 2/346-347