23. The Deduction of Making Dua for One’s Teachers and Mashaikh
Under this verse, Hakeem ul Ummah Mujaddidul Millah Maulana Ashraf Ali Saheb Thanwi (Rahmatullah Alaihe) has written in the footnotes of Bayanul Qur’an that this verse proves that one should remain engaged in dua for those teachers and Mashaikh from whom one had reformed and learnt Deen. When one makes dua for one’s parents, then he should make dua for his teacher and Shaikh. Hazrat has written that the word Rabubiyat means nurturing. Therefore, one should make dua for whosoever has nurtured him whether physically or spiritually. Parents physically nurture one while the Shaikh spiritually nurtures him. Therefore, one should make dua for one’s Shaikh when making dua for one’s parents.