Dear readers! The Holy Qur'ân
is the most hallowed book, full of majestic insight; and that escorts us to the
true path. The excellenes of this sanctified scripture are so many that no book
can hold the candle to this great, standout, encyclopedicly inclusive book. It
not only teaches us the rulings set by the religon but also guides us that what
our life in the world is supposed to be like. It prohibits us from what is
called menace and in consequence shields us from being harmed even while living
on this planet earth; above all, as a consequence, it facilitates us find the
pathway leading to the Paradise.
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ says in the Holy Qur'ân:
اِنَّ ہٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ یَہۡدِیۡ لِلَّتِیۡ ہِیَ اَقْوَمُ
Indeed this Qur’ân guides to the most Straight Path,
Exegesis writers elucidate that this blessed verse refers to the three
subsequent facet of Muslim belief:
A. Tauĥĭd. (This refers to two major things:
i. His Lordship
ii. His attributes
And these two denote the paramount notion: Lord in Himself.
B. Believing in Messengers and Prophets sent by Allah عَزَّوَجَلّ .
C. Obeying their comamands.
The theological doctrine “Tauĥĭd” decoded as ''Monotheism'' is represented by
means of the verses of the Holy Qur’ân:
اللہُ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ہُوَۙ الْحَیُّ الْقَیُّوۡمُؕ
Allah - none is worthy of worship, except Him, He is Alive (eternally, on His
own) and the Sustainer.
The primary component of the verse symbolizes to the Lordship of His and hence
makes us comprehend the vitality of monotheism which is the means for one to get
enriched with the remuneration from the Lord and is the message with which all
the messengers were sent by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ ; Sayyidunâ Nůĥ (May peace be
upon him!) Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace
be upon him!) Sayyidunâ 'Issâ (May peace be upon him!) , Sayyidunâ Muĥammad
Musţafa صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and all spread the message of Tauĥĭd (monotheism).
How the message of Tauĥĭd (Monotheism) was proclaimed by Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm:
The exegesis writers of the Holy Qur’ân make the depiction of the anecdote
concerning Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm in this delineation: Namrůd bin Kin'ân, who was
dreadfully vicious and was the foremost sovereign who ever dressed in a crown,
used to coerce people into worshipping him. In a copious huddle, astrologers and
sorcerers that used to serve him as his courtiers, stood as his favorites. One
night, Namrůd had a dream, “A star appears in the sky and it blurs the light of
the sun, moon and other stars.” The foreshadowers and astrologers explicated
what the dream proclaimed; they said, ‘A boy will be born who will finally lead
you to undergo the downfall of your kingdom.’ Concerned, Namrůd ordered, ‘Any
baby boy born in my city shall be slain.’ Thus, thousands of infants were
killed. However, the Divine Destiny at last reaches its mark. Therefore, in the
meantime, Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) took birth. Being in an
irresistible fright of the king, mother of Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon
him!) put him out of sight in a cave located in the mountains, far-off. His
mother used to come to the cave clandestinely so that she could feed him.
There’s a dissension within the position the exegetes have. Some say that
Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) stayed in the cave for seven years;
while others have quoted a epoch of seventeen years.
In that era, people used to worship stars. One night Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May
peace be upon him!) saw a planet (perhaps Jupiter or Venus); in a very elegant
and eloquent manner he addressed people to promulgate the message, Tauĥĭd
(monotheism), 'O people! Is this planet my Lord?' When that planet set,
Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) said, 'I don’t love those who sink
down.' After this, the radiant moon came out. Then he yet again said: 'Is this
my Lord?' Later, when the moon also set, Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon
him!) said: 'If my Lord had not guided me, I’d have been among the transgressors
too.' After the shining and glooming sun rose, Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be
upon him!) said, 'It is bigger than the others, but is this my Lord?'
Nevertheless, when the sun also set, Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!)
said ‘O my people! I am fed up with all those things which you associate as a
partner with Almighty Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and I have submitted myself to Him who
is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Hence, I have become a worshipper
and devotee of Him only and I am not among those who practice polytheism. After
the people of his nation heard him saying this, they started to argue with him.
Then Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) said, ‘You people fight with me
in the matter of Almighty Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ? He is the One Who has guided me
and I am not scared of your counterfeit gods at all. Listen! Without the will of
my Almighty Lord, you and your gods cannot harm me. My Lord has knowledge of the
whole lot; will you not follow my directives? The speech was revealed in such
words:
فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَیۡہِ الَّیۡلُ رَاٰکَوْکَبًا ۚ قَالَ ہٰذَا رَبِّیۡ ۚ فَلَمَّاۤ
اَفَلَ قَالَ لَاۤ اُحِبُّ الۡاٰفِلِیۡنَ - فَلَمَّا رَاَ الْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ
ہٰذَا رَبِّیۡ ۚ فَلَمَّاۤ اَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِنۡ لَّمْ یَہۡدِنِیۡ رَبِّیۡ
لَاَکُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الضَّآلِّیۡنَ - فَلَمَّا رَاَ الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَۃً
قَالَ ہٰذَا رَبِّیۡ ہٰذَاۤ اَکْبَرُ ۚ فَلَمَّاۤ اَفَلَتْ قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اِنِّیۡ
بَرِیۡٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِکُوۡنَ - اِنِّیۡ وَجَّہۡتُ وَجْہِیَ لِلَّذِیۡ فَطَرَ
السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرْضَ حَنِیۡفًا وَّمَاۤ اَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِکِیۡنَ ۚ
وَ حَآجَّہٗ قَوْمُہٗ ؕ قَالَ اَتُحٰٓجُّوۡٓنِّیۡ فِی اللہِ وَ قَدْ ہَدٰىنِؕ
وَلَاۤ اَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِکُوۡنَ بِہٖۤ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ یَّشَآءَ رَبِّیۡ شَیْـًٔا ؕ
وَسِعَ رَبِّیۡ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ عِلْمًا ؕ اَفَلَا تَتَذَکَّرُوۡنَ -
So when the night became dark upon him he saw a star; he said (to Azar / the
people), “(You portray that) this is my Lord?”; then when it set he said, “I do
not like the things that set.”
Then when he saw the moon shining, he said, “(You proclaim that) this is my
Lord?”; then when it set, he said, “If my Lord had not guided me *, I too would
be one of these astray people.” (* Prophet Ibrahim was rightly guided before
this event).
Then when he saw the sun shining brightly, he said, “(You say that) this is my
Lord? This is the biggest of them all!”; then when it set he said, “O people! I
do not have any relation with the whatever you ascribe as partners (to Him).”
“I have directed my attention towards Him Who has created the heavens and the
earth, am devoted solely to Him, and am not of the polytheists.”
And his people argued with him; he said, “What! You dispute with me concerning
Allah? So He has guided me; and I do not have any fear of whatever you ascribe
as partners, except what my Lord wills (to happen); my Lord’s knowledge
encompasses all things; so will you not accept advice?”
(Sůrah An’âm, Verse 76-79)
Thus, by virtue of Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) we are made to
know that none of the Creations can be Lord; rather, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the
One Who created all things and so no Creation or creature ought to be
worshipped. Allah reveals in the holy Quran:
لَا تَسْجُدُوۡا لِلشَّمْسِ وَ لَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَ اسْجُدُوۡا لِلہِ الَّذِیۡ
خَلَقَہُنَّ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمْ اِیَّاہُ تَعْبُدُوۡنَ
do not prostrate for the sun or the moon, but prostrate for Allah Who has
created them, if you are His bondmen.
In addition, we came to know that He (Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ ), the most Beneficent,
the most Merciful, exists without being in or at any place and No eye can take
hold of His Being. The Being of Allah عَزَّوَجَلّ is beyond intellectual
capacity nonetheless He is well-aware of all entities and the things He created.
With anybody, He shares none of His characteristics and He solely possesses all
these; with anybody, neither does He share any of His commands nor actions nor
attributes. He is unrivaled
Alike, the following verse refers to monotheism while depicting His being alone
as Lord:
قُلْ ہُوَ اللہُ اَحَدٌ
Proclaim, “He is Allah, He is One.”
One preeminent point that Tauĥĭd (Monotheism) refers to is that Allah عَزَّوَجَلّ
has No children Nor wife Nor father Nor mother; as was revealed in Sura Ikhlas:
لَمْ یَلِدْ ۬ۙ وَ لَمْ یُوۡلَدْ وَ لَمْ یَکُنۡ لَّہٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ
He begot none' nor was He begotten. And there is none equal to Him..
It says in Tabrani that He is the biggest and has no abdomen; neither does He
eat nor drink. But for Him, everyone and everything is perishable. He plights
troth to none; nor is there any woman for Him. He Himself says in Quran:
اَنّٰی یَکُوۡنُ لَہٗ وَلَدٌ وَّ لَمْ تَکُنۡ لَّہٗ صٰحِبَۃٌ
He possibly have a child when, in fact, He does not have a spouse?
All creatures have been created by Him and among all creatures that He created,
none can stand equal to Him. In addition, the belief the Believers embrace
regarding His attributes is:
ہُوَ اللہُ الْخٰلِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَہُ الْاَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنٰیؕ
یُسَبِّحُ لَہٗ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِۚ وَ ہُوَ الْعَزِیۡزُ الْحَکِیۡمُ
It is Allah only, Who is the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer of all – His
only are all the good names; all whatever is in the heavens and in the earth
proclaims His Purity; and He only is the Most Honourable, the Wise.
Furthermore our credence stands by the subsequent speech:
لَہ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِی الۡاَرْضِ
to Him only belongs all whatever is in the heavens and all whatever is in the
earth;
Note that the manufacturer has complete control over the product they produce.
Since, everything in this universe is of Allah so it is Him Who controls
everything. He has absolute supremacy and authority. As we read in the holy
Quran:
اِنَّ اللہَ ہُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّۃِ الْمَتِیۡنُ
Undoubtedly, it is only Allah, the Great Provider, the Powerful, the
Authoritative.
He is the owner of the sun, the moon, the sky and the earth. And it is in fact
the owner whose command is followed. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the one Whose law is
to be abided by and He is the one Who will institute the Day of Judgment. He is
absolutely Singular (i.e. One). There is No partner of His. Allah عَزَّوَجَلّ is
the only Being worthy of worship, He is the Supreme Being Who created the entire
cosmos and He rules it inclusively uniquely. There is no similitude to Him and
nor is there any second to Him. If truth be told, if anyone seeks to shape some
sort of cerebral imagination about Him, they cannot get in touch with triumph
since there is nothing like Him and therefore His Being is beyond humans’
discernment. As is in the holy Quran:
لَیۡسَ کَمِثْلِہ شَیۡءٌ ۚ وَ ہُوَ السَّمِیۡعُ الْبَصِیۡرُ
Nothing is Like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, All-seeing.
In view of the fact that, there is likelihood to visualize only an article which
is amorphous and Allah is free from any form or shape, on that account, it is
not in any case practicable to ascertain any icon of His highest Being. So, His
Being comprises Incomprehensibility. The verse in Sura Al-Ana’m says:
لَا تُدْرِکُہُ الۡاَبْصٰرُ۫ وَ ہُوَ یُدْرِکُ الۡاَبْصٰرَۚ وَ ہُوَ اللَّطِیۡفُ
الْخَبِیۡرُ
Eyes do not encompass Him - and all eyes are within His domain *; He is the Most
Subtle, the Fully Aware. (* Control / knowledge)
The word ‘تُدْرِکُ’ is derived from the word “ادْراک” that means ‘to reach
something’ ‘to engulf’ ‘to find’. And the word ‘الۡاَبْصٰرُ۫’ which is the
derived unit from “بْصر۫ ” denotes the eyesight power. No eye can encompass the
Being of Allah for the reason that His Being has no limit and an eye can only
encompass something that is of a limit. The eyes with which the Believers will
see Him in the Paradise will of some other nature and kind. Nevertheless, He can
encompass the eyesight of all as His excellence is. This indeed declares that
every act and the soul of bondmen are in His knowledge; nothing is concealed
from Him. The word “لطف” derives from ‘لطِیۡفُ’ and thus designates either veil
or softness or politeness; He is merciful to His bondmen and does a lot many
favours to them. He cannot be seen but sees everyone and knows everything. Allah
has always known everything and that too forever; furthermore, He needs no
medium to get the knowledge of things.
Yet, this is under possibility for one to come to know about the existence of
His by making the use of reasoning and contemplation over the Creation of His.
The holy verse articulates:
وَمِنْ اٰیٰتِہِ الَّیۡلُ وَ النَّہَارُ وَ الشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ
And the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon are among His signs;
The sun, the moon and the rotation of day and night are indeed a proof that
there is Creator of times and that is One by Whose order everything is set on
its particular axis and does not slip its routine. It is Him Who created night
filled with darkness and day decorated with brightness. The light of the sun and
the moon explicitly proclaims that there is One Who created them. How
beautifully He has divided the round of a clock into two halves; the dark one
and the bright one. This is a real show of His unparalleled supremacy.
Allah, the One Who is the most Gracious and Merciful, deserves all praise. None
but Allah alone is the Creator of everything and He is the One Dominant over
all. He is dependent on no one; in contrast, everything is dependent on Him.
This attribute of His known as Aseity refers to His being so independent.
As has been revealed in holy Quran:
اَللہُ الصَّمَدُ
Allah is the independent. (Perfect, does not require anything.)
Allah is never under anyone’s control; He is the Supreme Sovereign. He is
Omnipotent. He is at liberty to do whatever, whenever and however He wills. His
potency is beyond comprehension; however, by studying the anecdote in the Holy
Qur’ân we learn that an occurrence that apparently seems impossible to come
about is possible for Him that He makes it occur. Such as, an infant does not
speak but it is Him Who can make even a one day old infant speak. Furthermore, a
piece of wood just stays immobile, but by His command even a wood can become so
active that it can even swallow anacondas. Likewise, a stone that remains
stationary was made to run by the command of His which indeed is also a miracle
of Sayyiduna Můsâ (May peace be upon him!). Can a stone run? That’s the question
which might emerge in readers’ mind so that the authenticity of this claim can
be proved it will be better if the part of the Holy Qur’ân in which this
incident has been revealed is cited here:
یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تَکُوۡنُوۡا کَالَّذِیۡنَ اٰذَوْا مُوۡسٰی
فَبَرَّاَہُ اللہُ مِمَّا قَالُوۡا ؕ وَکَانَ عِنۡدَ اللہِ وَجِیۡہًا
'O believers! be not like those who have annoyed Můsâ, then Allah exonerated him
of what he spoke of him. And Můsâ is honourable in the sight of Allah.
Since the reader will want this to be elucidated therefore let’s open Tafsir e
Sawi. It says in it:
It was the custom among the people of Banĭ Isrâĭl that they used to bathe naked
publically. Although Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!) was a member of the
similar society, was born and raised among them, but Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ made him
stood on high rank by blessing him with the distinguished status of Prophethood.
Thus, Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!) was absolutely against and fed up
with the immodesty of Banĭ Isrâĭl. He would either bathe in isolation or by
covering his body with a sheet. When Banĭ Isrâĭl saw that he never bathed nude,
the wicked people accused that he suffered from white marks of leprosy on his
privates or had some defect in his (blessed) body that’s why he concealed his
body. The wicked people openly announced this accusation so much that there was
not a corner to which the rumors about Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!)
had not reached. He suffered from a great deal grief and went sad because of
having been accused. But how Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ could leave His beloved and
esteemed prophet, who was His Kalĭm, in such state of grief? Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
created means for Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!) to get free from such
accusation and his purity got declared at last. What happened that once
Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!) went to a hidden spring of water in the
midst of mountains to take a bath. After making sure that there was no human far
and wide, he placed his sanctified clothes on a stone and began bathing without
clothes. After he finished bathing, he returned to the stone so as to wear his
clothes. But what he saw that the stone, gripping his clothes, was running away.
Upon seeing this Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!) also ran after it,
saying [O stone, my clothes! O stone, my clothes!] but the stone continued to
run. It ran and ran until it entered the main avenues of the city and ultimately
while running it came to the small alleys of the city. Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace
be upon him!) , having no clothes on , kept on chasing the stone. As a
consequence, the people of Banĭ Isrâĭl witnessed that the blessed body of
Sayyidunâ Můsâ (May peace be upon him!) from head to toe was pure from any sort
of defect. So, they all said, “By Lord, Můsâ is flawless!”
The same we find even in Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume IV:
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ،
حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ، وَمُحَمَّدٍ، وَخِلاَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ مُوسَى كَانَ رَجُلًا حَيِيًّا سِتِّيرًا، لاَ يُرَى مِنْ
جِلْدِهِ شَيْءٌ اسْتِحْيَاءً مِنْهُ، فَآذَاهُ مَنْ آذَاهُ مِنْ بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَالُوا: مَا يَسْتَتِرُ هَذَا التَّسَتُّرَ، إِلَّا مِنْ عَيْبٍ
بِجِلْدِهِ: إِمَّا بَرَصٌ وَإِمَّا أُدْرَةٌ: وَإِمَّا آفَةٌ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ
أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبَرِّئَهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا لِمُوسَى، فَخَلاَ يَوْمًا وَحْدَهُ،
فَوَضَعَ ثِيَابَهُ عَلَى الحَجَرِ، ثُمَّ اغْتَسَلَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ
إِلَى ثِيَابِهِ لِيَأْخُذَهَا، وَإِنَّ الحَجَرَ عَدَا بِثَوْبِهِ، فَأَخَذَ
مُوسَى عَصَاهُ وَطَلَبَ الحَجَرَ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: ثَوْبِي حَجَرُ، ثَوْبِي
حَجَرُ، حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى مَلَإٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَرَأَوْهُ
عُرْيَانًا أَحْسَنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ، وَأَبْرَأَهُ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ، وَقَامَ
الحَجَرُ، فَأَخَذَ ثَوْبَهُ فَلَبِسَهُ، وَطَفِقَ بِالحَجَرِ ضَرْبًا بِعَصَاهُ،
فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ بِالحَجَرِ لَنَدَبًا مِنْ أَثَرِ ضَرْبِهِ، ثَلاَثًا أَوْ
أَرْبَعًا أَوْ خَمْسًا، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ
تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ آذَوْا مُوسَى فَبَرَّأَهُ اللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا وَكَانَ
عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَجِيهًا "
This is the strength given by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ to a stone that made it be
capable of running. A stone which can’t move even an inch gained the strength to
run that too far long.
Dear readers! Do you think if a dead cock can speak or a dead pigeon can fly or
a dead peacock can walk? Of course, having sense doesn’t allow us to expect any
of these. Yet you’ll find a dead bird flying if you study a Qur’ânic anecdote
that demonstrates another show of His potency; the incident revealed in the Holy
Qur’ân is in Surah Baqarah, verse # 260:
وَ اِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰہٖمُ رَبِّ اَرِنِیۡ کَیۡفَ تُحْیِ الْمَوْتٰیؕ قَالَ اَوَلَمْ
تُؤْمِنۡؕ قَالَ بَلٰی وَلٰکِنْ لِّیَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِیۡؕ قَالَ فَخُذْ اَرْبَعَۃً
مِّنَ الطَّیۡرِ فَصُرْہُنَّ اِلَیۡکَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلٰی کُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْہُنَّ
جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ادْعُہُنَّ یَاۡتِیۡنَکَ سَعْیًاؕ وَاعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللہَ عَزِیۡزٌ
حَکِیۡمٌ
And when Ibrahim submitted, 'O my Lord, show me how You shall give life to the
dead.' Said He, 'do you not believe.' Submitted he, 'why not, but I like that my
heart may be at rest. 'Said He, 'then well, taking four birds, make them
familiar to you, then put a part of each of them on each hill, thereafter call
them, they will come to you running with their feet. And know that Allah
عَزَّوَجَلَّ is Mighty, Wise.
Once Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) said in the reverential court of
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ , “O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ , show me how you will resurrect the
dead.” Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said, ‘Ibrâhĭm, don’t you have faith in it?’ Sayyidunâ
Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) said, “Why not! Although I believe in it
nonetheless I wish to observe this display with my eyes so that my heart
receives serenity.” Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ then said, ‘Raise four birds and nourish
them well by feeding them abundantly, then slaughter them and make minced meat
from their flesh and place little portions of each on top of some mountains in
the surroundings. Then call upon these birds, those birds will come back to life
and rush to you and thus you will witness the spectacle of renaissance of dead
with your own eyes.’ Therefore, Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!)
raised four birds; a cock, a crow, a peacock and a pigeon, or a vulture as is
reported on dissension basis in different exegesis. He raised them for a certain
period of time whilst nourishing and taming them well. Then he slaughtered them.
Keeping their heads with himself and mincing their meat, placed little parts of
each on the surrounding mountains. Standing at a distant point, he then called
those birds by their names while exclaiming: O cock! O pigeon! O vulture! O
peacock! The meat from the mountains started soaring up into the air and on the
call given by the true Prophet the meat of each bird, flesh, bones and feathers
assembled, individually and then all four birds became formed as similarly as
they were and they, being headless, rushed to Sayyidunâ Ibrâhĭm (May peace be
upon him!) where they connected to their own individual heads, and then they
started to take cereal and chirp in their own language. This was how Sayyidunâ
Ibrâhĭm (May peace be upon him!) witnessed the demonstration of the revival of
the dead that’ll take place on Day of Reckoning; how superb the grace of Allah
is!
An unexpected occurrence is possible to ensue if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ commands;
such as running of the stone and revival of dead birds as we’ve just learnt from
the Qur’ânic anecdotes.
The creation of human being is itself a marvelous illustration of the
unmatchable strength of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ . A scientific research makes us
learn that a human is incredible composite of an assortment of apposite and
opposite constituents. The first man created physically was Sayyidunâ Adam (May
peace be upon him!). This Creation of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Sayyidunâ Adam (May
peace be upon him!) proclaims the immensely majestic might of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
. A human takes birth after the process of copulating between a male and female.
How superb His potency is that He depends on none. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the one
who created Sayyidatunâ Haw’wa without she was given birth by a female and thus
she was the first lady to come in the world; she took birth from the left rib of
Sayyidunâ Adam (May peace be upon him!). And even Sayyidunâ Adam (May peace be
upon him!) came into the world without the natural attempt made by a male in
form copulation with a female nor was he given birth by any female; he was
created with clay by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Great excellence of potency of His!
Verily, we read in the holy Qur’ân:
اللہُ خٰلِقُ کُلِّ شَیۡءٍ وَّہُوَ الْوٰحِدُ الْقَہّٰرُ
'Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ alone is the Creator of everything and He is the One
Dominant over all.'
However, Tafsĭr -e- Kabĭr presents the commentary on the 25th verse of Surâh
Kahaf:
انہ تعالی قادر علی کل الممکنات
He has power over everything; no possibility is out of His power.
Hence, the power of Allah does not consist of anything that is ‘impossible to
exist’; such as, the existence of another God is impossible thus the belief ‘The
existence of another God is not impossible.’ refers to the denial of Oneness of
Allah. Similarly, the transience is impossible for Him; He is immortal.
Believing that ‘His mortality is under His power and thus is possible’ will
gainsay the logic; that is, he who is possible to be mortal cannot be God.
Hence, to believe an impracticable thing to be beneath His clout is indeed
denial to His being as Lord. With regard to His being the Creator, in holy Quran
it was revealed as well:
ذٰلِکُمُ اللہُ رَبُّکُمْ ۚ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ہُوَۚ خٰلِقُ کُلِّ شَیۡءٍ
فَاعْبُدُوۡہُ ۚ وَ ہُوَ عَلٰی کُلِّ شَیۡءٍ وَّکِیۡلٌ
Such is Allah, your Lord; and none is worthy of worship except Him; the Creator
of all things - therefore worship Him; and He is the Trustee over all things
This is the Grace of Allah that His Being is beyond understanding of His men yet
His blessing’s always near to them. He introduces His Grace by mentioning His
trait here. The knowledge of the Being of Lord is of two types. One is that He
is recognized by seeing the universal objects like the sun and the moon and thus
is called M’raifat-e-Tauhid (the knowledge of monotheism); the other is
M’arifat-e-Iman (the knowledge of Faith) which one gains by means of His
prophets. Note that, the word “ اِلٰہ ” doesn’t refer to ‘the every single
entity who is worshipped’; [like, some people worship idols and some other
universal objects so their act of worshipping doesn’t make such objects to be
the one called “ اِلٰہ ”] yet, this specific word refers to ‘the One Who
originally and solely deserves to be worshipped’ and it is only Allah. Each and
every miniature object as well as the gigantic one found in this universe has
been created by none but Allah. The terminology ‘worship’ signifies to the
action of ‘showing such humbleness that one does not demonstrate to anyone’
therefore it is only Allah to whom such humbleness has to be shown and hence it
will be called worship.
As regards the rest part of the verse mentioned right at the beginning, the
phrase “اَلْحَیُّ الْقَیُّوۡمُ” refers to His mortality; He is Alive eternally,
on His own and is the Sustainer of others. It is Him who causes others to be; no
one causes Him to be. His characteristics reach to such acme of excellence which
has no limit; nor ending.
{Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 34, verse 255}
And it is Him Who can give life to whomever He wills that too whenever; and can
cease their life whenever He wills. As the holy verse says:
وَاللہُ یُحْیٖ وَیُمِیۡتُ
and Allah gives life and causes death;
{Part 4, Chapter 3, Section 17, verse 156}
As is the component in the fourth Article of Faith recited by Muslims:
یحی و یمیت وھو حئ لایموت ابدا ابدا
Therefore we believe that He is Alive on his own and He gives life to whomsoever
and whatsoever, whenever He wants; in addition, He gives demise to whomsoever
and whatsoever, whenever He wants. He has been forever and will remain forever;
death will never meet him. As regards attributes, one of His attributes is of
much significance that He is ‘Wâjib-ul-Wůjůd’ which means that His existence is
necessary at all times. Why this point is of enormous worth because not
believing Him to be in existence all the times makes one suffer from the offense
of Polytheism which is also caused if one believes someone Eternal (al-Qadim)
other than Allah or if they believe that He is not Eternal (al-Qadim). Believing
any being other than Him to be worthy of worship also leads one to Polytheism.
One must believe that ''He begot none nor was He begotten'' so that one keeps
themself from Polytheism.
As far as His commands, will and promises are concerned, His excellence is:
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا یُرِیۡدُ ؕ
The Doer of whatever He wills.
Those, who are the true believers, believe in Qur’ânic teachings with their eyes
closed. The Holy Qur’ân has stated the sign of the Believers in these words:
الَّذِیۡنَ یُؤْمِنُوۡنَ بِالْغَیۡبِ
Those who believe without seeing (the hidden),
Since, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the Lord thus His command is to be acted upon
without a second thought so the one who evades abiding by His command meets
malfunction and devastation. Such is the case of Satan who contested the command
of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ hence did not obey the command which had been given to all
angels too that they were supposed to fall prostrate facing Sayyidunâ Adam (May
peace be upon him!). All angels complied with the command but Satan being
conceited didn’t conform to the command as a consequence he was expelled from
the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and was cursed forever; those who follow him
will merit entering the Hell. Allah عَزَّوَجَلّ says in the holy Qur’ân:
قَالَ مَا مَنَعَکَ اَلَّا تَسْجُدَ اِذْ اَمَرْتُکَ ؕ قَالَ اَنَا خَیۡرٌ مِّنْہُ
ۚ خَلَقْتَنِیۡ مِنۡ نَّارٍ وَّ خَلَقْتَہٗ مِنۡ طِیۡنٍ ﴿۱۲﴾ قَالَ فَاہۡبِطْ
مِنْہَا فَمَا یَکُوۡنُ لَکَ اَنۡ تَتَکَبَّرَ فِیۡہَا فَاخْرُجْ اِنَّکَ مِنَ
الصّٰغِرِیۡنَ ﴿۱۳﴾ قَالَ اَنۡظِرْنِیۡۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوۡنَ ﴿۱۴﴾ قَالَ
اِنَّکَ مِنَ المُنۡظَرِیۡنَ ﴿۱۵﴾ قَالَ فَبِمَاۤ اَغْوَیۡتَنِیۡ لَاَقْعُدَنَّ
لَہُمْ صِرٰطَکَ الْمُسْتَقِیۡمَ ﴿ۙ۱۶﴾ ثُمَّ لَاٰتِیَنَّہُمۡ مِّنۡۢ بَیۡنِ
اَیۡدِیۡہِمْ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِہِمْ وَعَنْ اَیۡمٰنِہِمْ وَعَنۡ شَمَآئِلِہِمْ ؕ
وَلَا تَجِدُ اَکْثَرَہُمْ شٰکِرِیۡنَ ﴿۱۷﴾ قَالَ اخْرُجْ مِنْہَا مَذْءُوۡمًا
مَّدْحُوۡرًا ؕ لَمَنۡ تَبِعَکَ مِنْہُمْ لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَہَنَّمَ مِنۡکُمْ
اَجْمَعِیۡنَ
Said Allah, "What prevented you, that you did not prostrate when I commanded
you?" Answered Iblis, "I am better than him; You created me from fire whereas
You created him from clay." Said Allah, "Therefore go down from here - it does
not befit you to stay here and be proud - exit, you are of the degraded." He
said, "Give me respite till the day when people will be resurrected." Said
Allah, "You are given respite." He said, "Hence I swear by the fact that You
sent me astray, I will certainly lay in wait for them on Your Straight Path."
"Then I will certainly approach them - from their front and from behind them and
from their right and from their left; and You will find most of them not
thankful." He said, "Exit from here, rejected, outcast; indeed whoever among
them follows your bidding, I will fill hell with all of you."
Scholars say that it was egotism that made Satan go astray therefore this
anecdote carries a kind of tutorial stuff for us that we must not be conceited
of our worship. We’re not supposed to be arrogant for whatever knowledge we
have. We also come to know that one must always be on the alert to the tricks of
Satan who definitely efforts to delude humans into committing wrongs; we must
shun being on the journey to the evil path towards which Satan misleads humans.
Human can be grasped by Satan to indecency; since a human is in scarce of
immaculateness.
To conclude it can be said that inadequacy in His being is entirely not
possible; since, His trait is the Impeccability; defectiveness, impertinence and
indecency are the traits which not at all are any of His attributes.