All the creations are subdued by God’s power, no speck moves except by His will, there is no other God besides Him and He has no partner with Him in Godhood. The author, may Allāh have mercy upon him, said: “All the creations are subdued by God’s power, no speck moves except by His will, there is no other God…
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If Ghadab Is Attributed To Allāh Then It Is Referring To The Non-Acceptance Of Those Who Disobey Him And His Punishment Of Them The scholars said that anger is the opposite of acceptance and so it is said “So and so is angry at so and so. Therefore, anger when attributed to the creations it is something that penetrates their…
(And) included in believing in the message of Prophet Muhammad is believing (that Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, is the last of the prophets). There is no prophet after him and no abrogator to the set of rules revealed to him. (And) believing that Prophet Muhammad is (the best of all the children of Adam) for he is the best…
One must also have (the belief in Allah’s Angels), that is, that they exist, and they are honorable slaves of Allah. They do not disobey Allah’s orders and always do what they are ordered. They are neither male nor female. They do not eat, drink, sleep, or reproduce. One must also believe in Allah’s (Messengers), that is, all His prophets–including…
One must also believe in the believers (seeing Allah, ta^ala, with the eye in the Hereafter,) and that this is a true matter. This is an enjoyment exclusive to the Believers. They will see Allah while they are in Paradise, (without Him having a form or being in a place or a direction), i.e., without Him resembling any of the…
One must also believe in the (Resurrection “Ba^th”) which is the rising of the dead from their graves after they are brought back to life; the (Assembly “Hashr”) which is the gathering of the creation and leading them, after their resurrection, to the land of assembly; and (the Day of Judgment “Qiyamah”) which begins with the Resurrection and ends when…
(Among what the Prophet informed us) and which one must believe in without a doubt, (are: the torture in the grave) by body and soul. Among the torture in the grave for the blasphemer is seeing Hellfire twice a day, once in the beginning of the day and once in the end of the day. He is tortured by seeing…
(The meaning of) the second Shahadah, which is (Ashhadu anna Muhammadar-Rasulullah) (is: “I know, I hold the conviction), i.e., I believe, and accept in my heart (and I declare) with my tongue (that Muhammad, the son of ^Abdullah, who is the son of ^Abdul-Muttalib, who is the son of Hashim, who is the son of ^Abdu-Manaf,) who is the son…
No one other than Allah—be it nature) which are the specific normal characteristics Allah specified the bodies with; such as the nature of fire is to burn; (or ‘^illah’—) which is a cause that whenever it exists, the result exists, and whenever it does not exist, the result does not exist; such as the movement of a finger wearing a…
Allah ta^ala is not similar to any of the creation, as Dhun-Nun al-Misriyy[1], may Allah raise his rank, said: “Whatever you imagine in your mind, Allah is different from it.”[2] (Allah exists without a beginning,) i.e., He is eternal, (and everything else) that exists in the world (exists with a beginning), i.e., it started existing after it was non-existent. (He…