For example, clear water there might correspond to knowledge here. If you see your own waste matter, it may be interpreted to mean that you will earn money in lawful...
...seduce us. We are very complex beings, for God has manifested all of His Names on us. This world is an arena of testing, where we are trained so that...
...yearn for an eternal world.” The spirit needs our body. The spirit, a non-compound entity issuing from the world of Divine Commands, must use material means to be manifested and...
...in this world is like a tiny mirage in comparison. He tells too most seriously of such happiness that the comparison between it and all worldly happiness is that between...
...not feel. Eating anything edible remaining between teeth and which is smaller than a chickpea. Anything that is inedible and enters the mouth without intention (e.g., smoke, dust, and the...
...that are easily understandable, which do not need much exegetical effort, and which have one clear meaning. Whereas, the term mutashabih literally has the meaning of “things that are comparable...
...is free of change. ▪The well-known hadīth, “Renew your faith by declaring lā ilāha illa’llāh (There is no deity but God)!”(Al-‘Ajlūnī, Kashfu’l-Khafā, 1/332; Musnad Ahmad, 2/359.) can be fully comprehended...
...is absolutely free from all such instances of exposure. The Attribute of Life has priority to other Affirmative Attributes, for Attributes like Power, Will, and Knowledge cannot be conceived of...
...twilight has completely faded away and lasts until midnight. It could be offered, however, a little before dawn, if need be, and the reason is acceptable in Islam. The Place...
...reflect on God’s ‘Essence’; instead, reflect on His works and acts.” God has no partners, likes or resemblance, as pointed to by the verse: There is nothing like or compared...
...absolutely free of any defect and keeps the universe clean) (Ar-)Rabb: The Lord (God as the Creator, Provider, Trainer, Upbringer, and Director of all creatures) (Ar-) Rahim: The All-Compassionate (Who...
...Earth. Oxygen is commonly placed at 21 per cent [in the atmosphere]. The atmosphere as a whole presses upon the Earth at approximately fifteen pounds on each square inch of...
...place and function. Is there a better demonstration of the existence and free operation of an all-comprehensive knowledge, an absolute power and will, that particles of the same biochemical constituents...
...exist out of nothing) (as-)Sani‘: The Maker (Al-)Bari: The All-Holy Creator (Who is absolutely free from having any partners and Who creates without imitating anything) (Al-)Musawwir: The All-Fashioning (Ar-)Razzaq: The...
...of absolute grandeur and glory and the All-Merciful and All-Compassionate; He is both the All-Overwhelming and the All-Wise, both the One Severe in Punishment and the All-Patient (Whom no haste...
...from whatever comes to your mind concerning Him,” or in the words of Imam ar-Rabbani: “God is beyond and further beyond whatever comes to your mind concerning Him.” Even though...
...Essence, He is absolutely beyond our comprehension. For this reason, thinking or putting forward opinions about Him is something regarded as risky and it is forbid den. Declaring, Eyes comprehend...
...their heart and life. However, the Children of Israel could not understand the meaning of God’s command and the wisdom in obedience to God’s commands. They vacillated between their consecration...
...would have said ‘We shall never give up adultery’ if the command ‘Do not commit adultery’ had initially been revealed.” This method of gradual change was extremely effective in establishing...
...just as the generation following our Prophet’s Companions was respectful for the Companions and the second generation after the Companions was for their predecessors. We should always be respectful for...
...commanded to keep the straight path, in the following verse, “Pursue, then, what is exactly right (in every matter of the Religion) as you are commanded (by God).” God commands...
...freed slave of so and so), like in the example of Sālim Mawlā Hudayfa. The second point indicated in the verse above is as follows: The Arabs of the pre-Islamic...
...keys alone were too heavy a burden for a company of strong people. (Al-Qasas 28:76) We should point out that the Qur’ān is absolutely free of any lies or exaggeration,...
...loss and frustration continued until they saw the truth and repented. The paltry price they got was also unlawful because Joseph was a free man, the sale of whom the...
...heavenly envoys, who were free from the need to eat and drink like us, initiated communicating their message (about the people of Lot) in a mollifying manner by giving the...
...periods shortening and lengthening) there are signs (manifesting the truth) for the people of discernment. (Al ‘Imrān 3:190) Our lacking of such a comprehensive contemplation or reflection is our greatest...
...among these three things. As examples of such meaningless questions, he cites: “God has created this and that. Then, who has created God?”(Abū Dāwūd, Sunnah, 18; Musnad Ahmad, 2/282, 317,...
...aim of their creation, for this is enough for the freedom of human existence from pointlessness. In the beginning, people were a united community under the guidance of the first...
