So the beginnings of Shirk lay in the excessive praise and respect given to certain dead pious Muslims, who – due to peoples’ love for them – became idols that were worshipped and supplicated along with Allāh. So what needs to be understood is why people felt that they had to worship these righteous people along with worshipping Allāh.
Man’s Fitrah (Natural Disposition)
What is essential to know is that: “Allāh created the creation in order that they should worship Him. Furthermore, Allāh prepared for them – from His Provision – all that they would require. About this Allāh – the Most High -…
I have been given permission to relate to you about the Angels of Allāh – the Most High – that carry the ʿArsh (Throne). Between one of the Angel’s ear and shoulder is the distance of a seven hundred year journey.
Allāh – the Most High – says:
“But He will call you to account for what your hearts have earned.” [Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:225]
“Then day when neither wealth nor children will be of any avail, except he who comes to Allāh with a clean and pure heart.”
[Sūrah al-Shuʿarāʾ, 79:88-89]
The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said:
“Indeed there is a piece of flesh in the body; if it is…
All the prophets of God including; Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes, Jesus, and Muḥammad (peace be upon them), invited the people to the same thing, to worship The One God without any partners, son or associates.
Allāh, The Exalted said: ” Say you (0 Muḥammad ): “This is my way, I invite unto Allāh (i.e. to the Oneness of Allāh – Islamic Monotheism) (with sure know/edge), land whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Al/ah i.e. the Oneness of Allāh – Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge. And Glorified and Exalted is Allah (above all they associate as partners with…
We would like to explain that the message of the Messengers, from the first of them which is Nūḥ (ʿalayhi al-Salām), to the last of them which is Muḥammad (ﷺ); all of them called to Tawḥīd. Allāh the Exalted said:
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾
“And We have not sent before you any Messenger, except that We revealed to him that there is no deity worthy of worship except Me, so worship Me.”
[al-Anbiyāʾ, 21:25]
And Allāh the Exalted said:
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ اعْ…
That there would always continue to be a group from this Ummah clinging to the truth and to the pure Tawḥīd of Allāh until the day of Judgment.
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Jamīl ZaynūAllāh – the Most High – said:
“Say: Allāh has power to send punishment upon you from above you, or from under your feet; or to cover you in confusion with party strife, and make you taste the inter-fighting and violence of one another. See how We variously explain the Āyāt (proofs and signs), so that they may understand.”
[Sūrah al-Anʿām 6:65]
Allāh’s Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, when this verse…
So the basic principle (asl) is that speech about the Attributes is speech about the Essence (dhaat) of Allāh, so it follows it in that and takes it as a model of example.
Al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī (d. AH 463)
Introduction
Verily the praise is for Allāh, we seek His aid and guidance. And we seek refuge from the evils of our own selves and from the evils of our actions. Whomsoever Allāh guides, then none can misguide him. And whosoever He misguides, then there is no guide for him. And I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship besides Allāh alone, without any associa…
The madh′hab (way) of the Salaf (Pious Predecessors) with regards to the Ṣifāt (Attributes of Allāh) is to affirm them as they are ʿalá dhāhir (with their apparent meaning), negating any tashbīḥ (resemblance) to them, nor takyīf (asking how they are).
Some Statemenets from the Salaf Concerning the Attributes of Allāh and their Consensus Concerning the Falsehood of Taʿweel
[1]: Imām al-Awzāʿī (d.157H) – raḥimahullāh- said:
‘‘I asked az-Zuhree and Makhool about the āyāt pertaining to the Sifaat (Attributes of Allāh), so they said: Leave them as they are.’’ 1
[2]: al-Walīd Ibn Muslim (d…
His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him Alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth.
All Qur’anic verses after the text have been added by the translator and are quoted to show examples of the Name being used in the Qurʾān
A large number of the Beautiful Names of Allāh are repeated manifold in the Qurʾān as demanded by the occasion and it is necessary to explain their meanings in a succinct way. So we say:
Ar-Rabb (The Lord…
