INTRODUCTION
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah who chose Islam for us a religion, and set out for us the evidence of its veracity a proof manifest, and clarified the path to understand it and believe in it a truth certain. He promised those who do b y its statutes and do not outrun its limits great recompense, and kept for those who stay faithful to it a generous provision and an eminent attainment. He decreed on us to submit to its teachings and obey its rules; to hold firmly t o its foundations and pillars, refrain from wrongdoing by keeping close observance to its tenets and principles for it is the religion He set up and approved for His prophets, messengers, and the angels praising his Holiness. It is through it that the faithful find True Guidance, and all the prophets and the messengers were called to believe in it:
“Do they seek for other than the religion of God? while all creatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will (accepted Islam), and to Him shall they All be brought back” (al-Imran: 83)
Among the former or the latter generations no other religion is accepted from anyone:
“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to God) never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who lost (All spiritual good)” (al-Imran: 85)
He bore witness to it before mankind did, that it is the True Belief He commanded and appraised, and named its followers and what the wombs bear by it. God the Most High said:
“There is no god but He: that is the witness of God, His angels, and those endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no god but He, The Exalted in power The Wise * The Religion before God is Islam (submission to His Will): nor did the people of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy of each other, after knowledge had come to them, but if any denies the signs of God, God is swift in calling to account “ (al-Imran : 18-19)
He made its followers witnesses before all people on Judgement Day , and that is by what He bestowed on them of correctness i n their sayings, deeds, guidance, intentions, and belief. Who are worthier than they for this testimonial task in this erstwhile account!:
“It is He who created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and understanding: Little thanks it is ye give! “ (al-Mu’minoon : 78)
“Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to God, does good, and follows the religion of Abraham the true in faith? for God did take Abraham for a friend.” (al-Nisa’a: 125)
How could not a person with a minimal reasoning ability he can rely on distinguish between a religion whose foundations are set universal and whose structure is raised on the worship of the Most Gracious : -that i s doing sincerely what He likes, and approves His commandments both secretly and openly , treating His creation following His ordainment of justice and benevolence with his choice in obeying Him instead of surrendering to the Devil and a religion whose structure is founded on the precipice of shaky mud on the verge of collapsing and dragging with it its owner in the fire!. It leads to fire because it is founded on the worship of fire, on enjoining partners between the Most Gracious and Satan, between Him and idols.
Or a religion whose structure is founded on the worship of crosses and pictures on the ceilings and walls , proclaiming that the Lord descended from the chair of His Glory and became attached to the inside of a woman’s womb, and dwelled i n there for a period of time amidst the location where the sexual organs join . Then He came out as suckling , growing up gradually, crying , eating , drinking , urinating, sleeping, and playing with other children . Then He was enrolled in maktab ( Scripture school ) among Jewish children learning what a man should learn ; thereto, His foreskin was cut off during circumcision. Then He allowed the Jews to expel and chase Him from one place to another. Then they arrested Him and inflicted upon Him all sorts of humiliation and disgrace: they tied around His head one of the most gruesome wreathes of thorns , and made him ride on a cane with neither a bridle to it nor a saddle. Then they led Him to the wooden cross , face spat on, surrounded by them from all directions. Then they crucified Him on that vehicle of torture that makes the hearts jump and the bodies shudder from looking at it. Then His hands and legs were rope-tightened, and hammered by those nails that break the bones and tear out the muscles while He was imploring : «O you people, have mercy on me! « , and none of them would respond to His agonising pleas . And yet He is the ruler of the world above and the world below , to whom everything in heavens and on earth addresses his pleas everyday. And then He is in control of all matters!?
Then He died and was buried deep i n the belly of the earth under the heavy muteness of solid rocks and slates of flint stones . Then He rose from the grave and ascended to His Throne, and yet He is the one who created all the worlds after all what befell Hirn!?
How could one account for branches ramifying from crooked roots and upon of which a structure is built!? Or how could one account for a religion whose structure is founded on the worship of hand-chiselled god made to the likeness of some ideas taken from all
sorts of species on earth , different in kinds , classes, and colours , carved accordingly and then submitting to Him , pleading, prostrating, chins touching the floor!? He who follows the religion of such a god is not a believer in the True God, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers . He is not a believer in having an audience before Him on the Day where the wrongdoers are judged to the measure of their mischief, and the welldoers are rewarded generously . Or compare the religion of the people who angered God (Jews) who fleeced themselves away from the acceptance of God like a snake shedding its skin. They brought upon themselves resentment, shame, and humiliation. They disregarded the tenets of the Torah and cast them off behind their backs. By what they sold them for, they bought what is worth of a petty price . Fortune abandoned them , defeat befriended them, for they chose loyalty to the Shaytan (Satan) over the loyalty to God, His angels, messengers, prophets, and followers.
Or compare a religion whose structure is founded on the belief that the Lord of the Worlds is an abstract concept existing only in the imaginations of the mind and not in actual existence of reality, neither in side the world nor outside it, neither connected to it nor disconnected from it, neither parallel nor similar to it. He does not hear, see, or know anything about anything, and things in existence do not run according to His Will or run to please Him. He is lifeless, powerless , has no will or choice, and that He did not create heaven and the earth in six days nor did the heavens and the earth take shape on the model of His existence, He did not create them from nothing. He has no power to demolish them to naught, and He did not send down a book upon any human being, nor did He send a messenger to any people . He did not legislate a law for us to follow, nor did He send a messenger to any people , nor did He send a messenger to lead us . There is no life after death , no Day of Judgement, no Hell, and no Paradise; all but it is nine orbits, ten minds, four positions of rotating orbits, moving stars, wombs giving birth , and earth swallowing them:
And they say:
“what is there is but our life in this world? we shall die and we live and nothing but time can destroy us . But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture” (al-Jatheya: 24)
I testify that there is no god but the one God. There is no partner to Him, no peer, no rival, no female associate, has begotten no son, has no equal: sublime He i s above the distorted fabrications of the abrogators and the misgivings of the falsifiers . Hallowed be He above the unbelief of those who enjoin partners with God (polytheists) and the fallacies of the atheists . Those who equate other gods with Him have lied and wandered in their misjudgment far beyond measure. They have manifestly missed the point to a great extent. And I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger and the trustee to His Revelation, His ambassador between Him and His worshippers to mankind . He sent him to teach (humanity) the most righteous path, the best code of rules and laws, the most evident testament, the most lucid line of reasoning, the most m anifest proof to all the world: mankind, jinn, Arabs and non – Arabs,, city dwellers and Bedouins. His coming was foretold in the former books and was foretold by the previous messengers. His name was mentioned through the ages in remote villages and in cities , and in bygone nations . To his prophethood many signs were given. From the time of Adam, the Father of mankind, to the time of Jesus, the son of man. Every time a
messenger arose he took upon himself the solemn oath to believe in him and in the signs of his prophethood till the line of the prophethood reached the one who spoke t o God Most Gracious: Moses, the son of lmran, who proclaimed his prophethood in public for all the world to see, and among the people of Israel heralding that: ” God has come from the Mount of Sinai, and His Light Shone frome Sa’eer, and He proclaimed Himself from the mountains of Faraan . Thereafter, till the coming of the Messiah, the son of Mary, the worshipper of God, His Messenger, His spirit, and His word which He bestowed on Mary. He heralded his prophethood in an unprecedented affirmation . He rose amidst the people of Israel as a truthful guide; but they were not in the habit o f liking guides ! He said:
“And remember, Jesus the son of Mary, said: O children of Israel ! I am the apostle of God (sent) to you, confirming the law (which came) before me. And giving glad tidings of an apostle to come after me, whose name shall b e Ahmad But when he came t o them with clear signs they said: this is evident sorcery! “ (al-Saff: 6)
Behold!The Messiah’s herald was heard by the Bedouins and the city dwellers , and the true believers responded to him , and the evidence of God stood over and against the deniers and the unbelievers . God is Great, indeed God is greater than what the abnegators hold on to, and what the liars describe Him with, and what the repudiators and the prevaricators attribute to Him. Then (Jesus) said:
«I testify that there is no god but God, One God, no partners to Him, no rival, no equal , no associate, no begotten son, He is the One and Only, the Eternal Absolute. He begets not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him.»
Then he raised up his voice bearing testimony to his brother in prophethood and the worthiest of men to succeed him, and that his successor is the arch on of the world and the spirit of Truth who does not speak on his own authority; but speaks what is revealed to him, and tells mankind about all that God has prepared for them . He will lead them to the Truth and tell them of future events, and bring to them the Interpretation . He will reprehend the world of sin and deliver them from the hand of the Shaytan (Satan) . The doctrine he will be teaching and his authority will last till the end of time. In his testimony the Messiah proclaimed his name, attributes, traits, and
footsteps, in a description so vivid that the listeners would seem to be seeing him in person in front of their eyes . Then he (Jesus) called for prayer behind the Imam (leader) the, Messenger of God and the headmaster of the sons of Adam . He called them to hark to accomplishment by joining the brotherhood of his followers . He stood up, took lead of the congregation and said:
« I would not go away and leave you like orphans . I will come back and pray behind this Imam . This is my entrustment to you, if you keep it, the blessing of God will stay with you till the last days».
May God bless him for being such an advisor who foretold the coming of his brother in prophethood (Muhammad), (Peace be upon both of them). His brother in prophetho od (Muhammad), believed in him and confirmed his prophethood . He ennobled him against what his cursed enemies said about him and his mother; cursed because of their lies , falsehood, and prevarication . He exalted his God , his Creator and Consignor against what the Trinitarians, the Cross worshippers, said about him, and against the traits of imperfection, shame, and contempt they attributed to him.
Thereafter, God, -Lofty be His praises, Hallowed be His Names, Glorified be His Name, Sublime be His Deeds, made Islam a shield for him who seeks shelter in it, and a paradise for him who holds firmly to its tenets, hold on to them tightly by the grip of his teeth and never let go. It is the safeguarded precinct for him who embraces it
and where in doing so he becomes one of the brethren who live in peace and safety. It is the stronghold for him who seeks shelter in it and becomes o n e o f the achievers . But he who falls short from embracing it will become one of the losers . No other religion is accepted from any one even if the seeker of this other religion exhausts all of his efforts and resources in it. A s such, God made it clear and beyond any disputation that Islam is above all other religions . Thereafter, it covered the earth from East to West , and
extended like the spreading of sunshine in the lands. It reached where the night and the day ceased and failed to reach. And the Islamic call took an eminent place and soared high and elevated , its roots strong and deep , and its branches high in the sky . All other religions dwindled in front of it, and many nations succumbed to it, submitted,
humbled and acquiesced . And the caller cheered loud by its tenets and symbols in the wide ambiance of the sky between the East and the West:
«I profess that there is no god but God, One God . There is no partner to Him , and I attest that Muhammad is his devout servant and messenger».
Thus, the promise of the Evil One proved its falsehood, idolatry shrank, fire worship contracted, the Trinitarians, the worshippers of the crosses, fell into self-effacement, the people who incurred the wrath of God dispersed on the surface of the earth like the dispersion of the clouds all over the world, and the word of Islam became the highest. It established itself a perfect ideal in the hearts of the people. Its proofs and reasons stood out all over the nations from the beginning to the end . It’s status culminated to the highest possible eminence and provided its state and the chosen ones with helpers and
defenders who spread its banners and tenets, and safeguarded its roots and statutes from alterations and adulterations. They delivered the message of Islam to their contemporaries as authentic as it was delivered to them by their predecessors from the source, including all that is enjoined as lawful. They held its tenets in high esteem, taught its laws and rules , and contested its opponents with reason and proofs:
“On their faces arc their marks, (being) the traces of their prostration, this is their similitude in the Torah; and their similitude in the Gospel is: like the seed which sends forth its blades, then makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and it stands on its own stem, (filling) the sower with wonder and delight. As a result it fills the unbelievers with rage at them” (al-Fat-h29)
Because i ts construction is founded on the fear of God , Islam rose high where the construction of other religions is founded on the edge of a mud hill sliding and falling apart . Praise be to God who elevated its standing, heightened its word , ennobled its status, humbled its opponents and those who kept persistent against it , repressed those who hated it and antagonised it , and stamped them as the most harmful and useless of four-legged creatures. If they dare to do against it , He prepared for them the most grievous of punishments , and judged them as being more astray in their mindlessness than camels, cattle, and sheep, because they exchanged the message of Oneness of God by joining partners to Him . They exchanged true guidance for misguidance, and rejected the message of lslam and accepted a false belief. God, praised be He, ordained for those who are deep-rooted in justifying and defending unfaith , and for their followers a severe punishment which the people endowed with good reason attest to its validity and fairness.
“In whispers will they consult each other: ye tarried not longer than ten (days) * We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in conduct will say: ye tarried not longer than a day! * They ask thee concerning the mountains; say my Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust * He will leave them as plains smooth and level” (Taha: 103 – 106)
By Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziah
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