Al-Ghurabā

﷽ It is to single Allāh the Most High affirming all the Magnificent Names and Attributes as He affirmed for Himself and through His Messenger ﷺ . This comprises of 2 matters-  • Affirmation - that we affirm to Allāh all the Names and Attributes which He affirmed for Himself and through His Messenger. • Negation that is negating resemblance by setting no likeness to Allāh the Most High in His Name and Attributes. Ash-Shura 42:11 فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ أَزْوَٰجًاۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ  The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from yourselves, and for the cattle (also) mates. By this means He creates you (in the wombs). There is nothing like Him; and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. This  ʾĀyah  is a proof that nothing resembles Allāh in all of His Names and Attributes, none of the creations. Although they may ...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم — مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍۚ إِذًا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهٍۢ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٍۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ  No son (or offspring) did Allâh beget, nor is there any ilâh (god) along with Him. (If there had been many gods), then each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome others! Glorified be Allâh above all that they attribute to Him! [23:91] — Allāh declares that He has no child nor partner in His Dominion, Control and Worship and He is Glorified above all of these. If it were that the universe had more than One creator then each creator would have wanted to hold on to what he created and have an exclusive control over his creation as is the practice of the kings who would never accept anyone having a share with them. As a result there would be division and no order in the universe contrary to what we see in reality that the universe is in...

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ❝ [Al-Islaam] ❞ And it is to submit to Him with tawḥeed and to yield to Him with obedience and to free oneself from shirk and its people. – Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab at-Tamimi (rahimahullaah) ❛AL-ISLAAM❜ is derived from “ASLAMA LISH-SHAY” meaning he submitted to it as it is said in the language, “ASLAMA NAFSAHU LILQATL” which means he submitted himself to being killed. So a person did islaam of himself,means that he submitted to that thing. Therefore ISLAAM is submitting one’s face and one’s purpose and resolve and one’s intention to Him,He the Mighty and Majestic. [An-Nisa’ 4:125] And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allâh (i.e. follows Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism); and he is a Muhsin (a good-doer). And follows the religion of Ibrâhîm(Abraham) Hanîfa (Islâmic Monotheism – to worship none but Allâh Alone)…. [Al-Baqarah 2:112] Yes, but whoever submits his face (himself) to Allâh (i.e. follows Allâh’s ...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم This Testimony of faith لا اله إلا الله has two pillars : • 1) Negation : This is in the first phrase 'لا اله'.  It is to negate all forms of divinity attributed to other than الله   . الله Alone is the One Deserving of all worship and He has no partners. 2) Affirmation : This is in the part 'إلا الله' or 'except Allaah'. It is to affirm the divinity to الله alone having no partners or associates . • This kind of affirmation and negation is found in many places in Qur'ān, for example we read daily in Al-Fātiḥah, ʾĀyah 5, "إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ" -interpretation of the meaning- "You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything)." This is an assertion that worship can be Directed to الله Alone. If someone utters this Shahaadah knowing it's meaning, acting upon what it's meaning entails  by negating all forms of worship to other than الله   and affirming His ...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Meaning Of shahādah : لا إله إلا الله ⁣⁣ The true meaning of لا إله إلا الله   is “ There is no Deity worthy of worship in truth except Allâh, the Exalted (لا معبود حق إلا الله) ” — It doesn't just mean that there's no creator except الله or no originator except الله or such other meanings, these all are not fully correct regarding it's meaning. Because the pagan Arabs did not deny that الله is the sole Creator or Originator of everything, And if you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask them: "Who has created the heavens and the earth," they will certainly say: "Allâh." ¹ even their poetry was filled with such assertions which indicate that they believed in الله as the only Rabb and only Creator. — So, what did they understood when they were commanded to say ل ا إله إلا الله if they already believed in الله as being the only Creator and Rabb? It was meant for them to believe in  الله  being the Only One worthy of all worship b...