Belief in Allah: In the Light of the Qur'an and Sunnah

481 Pages·2012·14.85 MB·English

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Title: BELIEF INA LLAH
Author: Dr.‘Umar S. al-Ashqar
Translated from Arabic edition 10 (1995)
English Edition 1( 2002)
English Edition 3( 2005)
Translator: Nasiruddin al-Khattab
Editor: Huda Khattab
Layout: IIPH，R iyadh，Sa udi Arabia
Cover Designer: Haroon Vicente Pascual，Ar lington，U. S.A.
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE 19
TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD 21
PREFACE TO THE NEW，R EVISED EDITION 23
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 25
INTRODUCTION 29
1- χQEEDAH: DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION 29
1) 'Aqeedah: Meaning and Usage 29
2) 'Aqeedah is aM atter of Knowledge in the Heart 30
3) 'Aqeedah means Certain Belief，w ith no Room for Doubt 31
4) The Issues of 'Aqeedah are Invisible 32
5) Correct 'Aqeedah and False 'Aqeedah 33
Where is血e仕ue'aqeedahωday? 34
6) The Importance and Necessity of Islamic 'Aqeedah 35
2・THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 'AQEEDAH AND
EEMAA ，N AND SHARI'AH 39
1)百leRelationship Between 'Aqeedah and Eemaan 39
2) The Relationship Between 'Aqeedah and Shari‘ah 41
3) Paying Attention to Deeds 42
3- EEMAAN ANDK UFR 43
1) Ruling on Rejection of 'Aqeedah 43
2) Actions and Words Which are Counted as K_u斤(Disbelief)44
3) Attitude Towards the Kuffaar (Disbelievers) 45
4)百leKaafir before Allah 45
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5) Neglecting Obligatory Duties and Committing
Prohibited Actions 46
i) The attitude of the salaf towards those who
comm1t m勾orsms 46
ii) The Khawωrij who denounced people as kaa.fir
because of their sins 49
The evidence quoted by the khawaarij for denouncing
as kaa.firt hose who commit m可orsins 50
Refutation of the evidence quoted by the khm arij 54
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What is meant by the texts in which the Messenger
of Allah disowned those who commit sins 59
What is meant by the texts which state that some
sins imply Ja.斤andshirk 59
iii) Those who say that the person who commits
major sins has perfect faith 63
4- 'AQEEDAH VS. PHILOSOPHY AND 'ILM AL-ιιゐ叫4 64
1) The Difference Between Islamic 'Aqeedah and
Phi1osophy and '11m al-Kalaam 64
i) Origins and sources 65
ii) Methodology and way 66
iii) Force白1impact 72
iv) Style 75
v) Deduction method 76
vi) Results 79
2) The Attitude of the Scholars Towards Phi1osophy 81
3) Comparison Between Man of百lOught(Phi1osophy)
and 1anof 'Aqeedah 85
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5-SCHOLARS'METHODOLOGYm
AFFIRMmG 'AQEEDAH 87
Explanation of百leirSpecious Arguments 90
Texts Which Indicate that Aa}Jaad Reports are Sound
Enough to be Us ed as Evidence 96
Refuting the Argument of those Whos ay that Aa加αdA}Jaadeeth
C創motbe Used as Proof with Regard to 'Aqeedah 99
BELIEFS WHICH ARE PROVEN BYT HE ARん4DEETH 101
Ruling on Those who Deny that Which has been Proven
in Aa}Jaad Reports 105
The Correct Methodology 106
A matter which must be clarified: How can we use
the Qur'an to address those who do not believe in it? 106
A Dubious Call: Bringing Religions Together 108
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BELIEF ALLAH 110
Introduction: TheI mportance of this Principle 110
Issues of Belief in Allah 111
CHAPTER ONE
EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE CREATOR 113
1- THE FIRST PROOF: THE EVIDENCE OF THE
FITRAH (HUMAN mSTmCT) 113
Sound Human Instinct Bears Witness to the Existence
of Allah Without (AnyN eed for Further) Evidence 113
Calamities puri今theEssence of the Fi(rah 116
TheM ushrikeen (Polytheists theIdolaters) to Whomt he Messenger
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was Sent Acknowledged the Existence of the Creator 117
百leKu._斤ofPeople Nowadays is Greater 119
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2- THE SECOND PROOF: THIS UNIVERSE MUST
HAVE A CREATOR 119
Let Us Give an Example to Explain官邸 LawMore Clearly 120
百leattitude of the empirical sciences towards this law 125
Reason has no choice but to admit 125
Specious Arguments About the Origin of the Universe 125
1) The View that it Happened by Accident 126
2) TheV iew that Na加reis the Creator 128
Thet heory of self-generation 129
Nature is the laws which govern the universe 130
Nature is af orce 132
Those who came before them said something simi1ar 132
3) Darwin's Theory 133
What does this theory say? 133
Theb ases of this theory 133
Darwin's explanation of the process of evolution 134
Refutation of the bases on which this theory is founded 135
Refuting Darwin's explanation of how evolution works 137
百lIstheory is not supported by reality 139
The attitude of natural scientists towards出is出eory 141
Theory not fact 142
So why did it become so widespread? 142
The Qur'an and Darwin's仕leory 143
The opposite of this theory is the truth 144
In conc1usion 149
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CHAPTER TWO
DEFINITlON OFA LLAH AND CONNECTING
HEARTS TO HIM 151
INTRODUCTION 151
1- EVIDENCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SIGNS WHICH
POINT TOT HE CREATOR AND INITIATOR 151
1)百leQur'anic Meth'Od'Ol'Ogy in Using the Universal
Signs as Evidence 151
i) Explring the universe thrugh the Qur'anic descriptin1 51
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Allah's Actins in the Universe 152
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ii) The blessings fA llah in the universe 156
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官leQ町'佃町gesus t'O seek and kn'Ow Allah
出r'OughHis Universal Signs 159
iii) Hw the Qur'an uses its aayaat (verses) tprve
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that the Creatris deserving fL rdship and
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Divinity and t'O prove the falseness 'Ofe very也ing
that is wrshipped instead fA llah 160
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K.u斤(disbelief)is reprehensible and s仕angein the
face fs uch c1ear pr f 164
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iv) Th'Ose wh'O benefit企omthe signs 'Oft he universe
are thse wh have insight 166
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v) M dem sciences have severed the cnnectin
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between mankind and the universe 168
vi) Evidence in creati'On' Of血eat住ibutes'Oft he Creat'Or 170
vii) All油 isthe 'Only One Wh'O is deserving 'Ofw 'Orship 173
2)百leSch'Olars Explain the W'Onders that Allah has
Made in His Creatin 175
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i) Bdies are frmed fc ells，w hich divide 176
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ii) Resistance of living beings to destructive factors 179
iii) How Allah inspired the bee and the wonders of
how Allah has created it 180
Contemporary scientists describe the wor1do f the bee 185
How do bees tell one another where food is? 191
百lebee sees ac olour that we do not see 192
iv) How Allah ♂Iides the ant and the wonders of
its creation 193
Thew hite ant (termite): its白odand habitation 198
Ants keep flocks and plow the soil 199
v) How Allah guides the hoopoe，an d the wonders
of its creation 201
vi) How pigeons are ided，and the wonders
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of their creation 203
vii) A dog which nursed ac hild whose family had died 207
viii)百lewhist1ing bird kills the viper 208
ix)百lecunning of白efox 208
x) Thew onders of the wolf 209
xi) Thew onders of monkeys 210
xii) Thew onders of cows 210
xiii) Thew onders of mice 210
xiv) Some animals use medicine 211.
xv) How people learn企omanimals 211
Ways in which humans are likened to animals 216
xvi) How the Creator guides living beings to multiply 219