“Ihdinas Siratal Mustaqim” means: Guide us to the straight path, the path of Islam (total submission to the will of Allah), the path of Iman (faith), the path of Ihsan (where we worship Allah as if we see Him and if we cannot accede to that level then at least we realize that He sees us), the path of Taqwa (piety) as we strive to accomplish and be present in all that which Allah has commanded us to do and absent in what Allah has forbidden us to do with our mind, eyes, ears, mouth, feet, hands and every part of our body.
Allah
teaches us to ask Him such a path so that we may be among those who are
successful in this world and the next. And if, by the grace of God, someone
comes occasionally from Him to show us the right path and guide us, and he
happens to possess by God’s grace knowledge of the unknown, how do we call him, if not by the title of prophet of God?
Calling
him a Muhaddath would be contrary to the dictionary meaning
given to the word tahdith, word that forms the root of the
word Muhaddath. Tahdith does not mean revelation
of the unknown. On the contrary the word Nabuwwat has such
meaning. The word Nabi is common to Arabic and Hebrew, and it
is derived from the word Naba which means being endowed with
divine revelation and the power of prophecy. To become an apostle of God it is
not always necessary to be His Messenger or bearer of a new law coming from
Him: One just needs to know the secrets of the unknown.