LESSON NO 11
BISMIL-LA-HIR-RAHMA-NIR-RAHIM
(In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
NAHMADUL-LAHAL-ALIY-YAL-ADHIM, WA NUSAL-LI
ALA-RASULIHIL-KARIM.
(We praise Allah, the Sublime, the Majestic, and pray for Allah's blessings on His noble Messenger).
Q. How many things are essential for a Muslim to believe in?
Ans. There are seven essentials for him which are mentioned in IMAN MUFAS-SAL.
AMANTUBIL-LIL-LAHI-WA MALA’I KATIBI WA KUTUBIHI WA RUSULIHI WAL-YAUMIL-AKHIRA WAL-QADRI KHAIRIHI WA SHAR-RIHI MINAL-LAHI TA’ALA WAL-BA’THI BA’DAL-MAUT.
“I believe in Allah, in His Angels, His Scriptures, His Messengers, the Day of Judgment and that every thing good and bad (in the world) is pre-destined by Allah the Exalted, and (I believe) in resurrection after death.”
MUSLIMS’ BELIEF VIS-A-VIS ALLAH
Q. What belief should Muslims have with regard to Allah?
Ans. Muslims should have the belief that:
1. Allah the Most Exalted is One.
2. Allah alone and none else is worthy of worship and devotion.
3. No one is His compeer.
4. He knows everything; nothing is hidden from Him.
5. He possesses great power and potency.
6. None but He created the earth, the sky, the moon, the sun, the stars, the angels, human beings, genies and the entire world, and He alone is Sovereign over the whole of the universe.
7. He gives life and death. In other words, life and death to all creatures are by His command.
8. He alone gives food to His creatures.
9. He neither eats nor drinks nor sleeps.
10. He is self-existent from eternity to eternity.
11. No one created Him.
12. He has neither father nor sons, nor daughters, nor wives, nor other relations. He is above all such relationship.
13. All depend on Him. He depends on none, and is free from want.
14. He is Peerless, nothing is like Him.
15. He is free from all blemish.
16. Unlike His creatures, he does not have hands, legs, nose, ears, face and shape.
17. He created angels and appointed them to specific tasks and to manage the affairs of the world.
18. He sent messengers for the guidance of His creatures so that they exhort people to follow true religion, do right things and acts, and forbid them to do evil things.
