Al-Baith is also the One Who inspires determination in the heart of people to undertake lofty objectives on the battlefields of jihad, and to purify themselves. Al-Baith plants the will to
rise up to lofty endeavors, Who removes from your heart the evil whisperings, Who purges
the innermost conscience from scruples and purifies the deeds from filthiness. He sends His
messengers to convey His commandments: "Allah raised prophets as bearers of glad tidings
and as warners" (Qura'n, 2:213). He brings the dead back to life: "Then We resurrected you
after your death..." (Qura'n, 2:56). He wakes up those who sleep by reawakening their bodies:
"He it is Who takes your souls at night (while asleep), and He knows what you acquire during
the day, then He raises you up therein so that an appointed term may be fulfilled, then to Him
is your return, then will He inform you of what you were doing" (Qura'n, 6:60). Glory, then,
to Him for resurrecting the dead and recording what the breasts conceal.
The subject of bai`th is referred to in numerous places of the Holy Qura'n; these are some of
them:
Certainly We raised in every nation an prophet saying: Worship Allah and shun Satan. So
there were some of them whom Allah guided, and there were others against whom error was
due; therefore, travel in the land and witness what the end of those who rejected [Our signs]
was. (16:36) And during part of the night pray Tahajjud beyond what is incumbent upon you
so that your Lord may raise you to a position of great glory. (17:79) Then We raised them up
so that We might ascertain which of the two parties was best able to compute the time during
which they remained (asleep). (18:12) Those who disbelieve think they shall never be
resurrected. Say: Aye! By my Lord! You shall most certainly be resurrected, then you shall
most certainly be informed of what you did, and that is easy for Allah. (64:7)
The portion of inspiration a servant of Allah may be able to derive from the attribute al-Baith is his knowledge that a soul first has no knowledge of anything, just like the body. Allah says the following in Surat al-Anam: "Is he who was dead then We brought him back to life and
made for him a light whereby he walks among people like one who is in utter darkness from
which he can never come forth? Thus what they did was made fair-seeming to the
unbelievers" (Qura'n, 6:122), and in Surat al-Nahl He says, "He sends the angels with the
inspiration by His command to whomsoever He pleases of His servants saying: Give the
warning that there is no god but I; therefore, be careful (of your duty) to Me" (Qura'n, 16:2).
If a servant of Allah strives hard to learn, he will be as though he has instilled a new life in his
soul after its death, and if he strives to teach the ignorant ones, he will be as though he
brought their souls back to life after their death.
- "Al-Shaheed"