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Important issues of the Chapter
1) Abundance of Allah's favour.
2) The abundant reward of Tauhid towards Allah.
3) Besides earning rewards, Tauhid recompenses sins.
4) Explanation of the verse 82 in Surat Al-An'am.
5) Ponder the five points...
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The superiority of Tauhid and what it removes of sins
Allah the Most Exalted said: "It is those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah and worship none but Him Alone) and confuse not their belief...
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The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church tells us “the name is
used also by modern Arab Christians who say concerning future contingencies: ‘In sha’
Allah.’”
This phrase In sha’ Allah is translated as “Allah willing” or “If Allah wills.”
The Encyclopaedia Britannica confirms the shared Arabic usage of the name “Allah”:
“Allah is the standard Arabic word for ‘God’ and is used by Arab Christians as well as by
Muslims.”
In fact, from the Orthodox Christians of the land that was birthplace to Abraham
(now modernday Iraq), to the Coptic Christians of the Egypt of Moses, to the Palestinian
Christians of the Holy Land trod...
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Important issues of the Chapter
1) Wisdom of Allah in creating jinn and mankind.
2) Worship is Tauhid, as, in this issue there had always been dispute (between the Prophets and the polytheists).
3) Those who have not...
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UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACHING GOD
We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain
that restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine
guidance. —Joseph de Maistre, Considerations on France
While monotheistic faiths share a fundamental belief in one God, their
understanding of His attributes differs greatly. Many of these differences, like individual strands of a spider web, may appear separate and divergent when viewed too closely.
However, these...
Allah the Almighty said:
"And I (Allah) created not the Jinns and men except they should worship Me (Alone)." (51:56)
And He stated:
"And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): 'Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid...
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As for those born Muslim and raised in ignorance of their own religion, their
conversion to other religions cannot fairly be viewed as turning away from Islam—since the individuals never truly embraced Islam in the first place. And, of course, not every person born into a religion is an example of piety, even if knowledgeable of their religion.
Then there are those weak of faith, who find religious conviction pushed aside by worldly priorities or the allure of more permissive faiths. But the sum total...
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INTRODUCTION
All (perfect) praise is for Allaah (alone). We seek Him, seek His help, and ask His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of our souls, and the adverse consequences of our deeds.
Whoever Allaah...
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In the early days of Islam, when the Muslims were weak and oppressed, the
religion was embraced by such seekers of truth as Salman Farsi, a Persian Christian who was directed by his mentor, a Christian monk, to seek the arrival of the final prophet in the “country of the datepalms.”
The Negus, the Christian ruler of Abyssinia, accepted Islam without ever having met Muhammad, and while the Muslims were still a small group, widely held in contempt and frequently fighting for their lives.
One wonders, if Christian scholars and Christians of prominent position accepted Islam during a time when the Muslims were a persecuted minority lacking wealth, strength, and political position with which to attract, much less protect, new...
While there have always been significant numbers of educated and practicing Jewish and Christian converts to Islam, the reverse is not true, nor has it been true at any time in history. There are cases of those belonging to...
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