God appointed us as His vicegerents on earth. وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً (2:30) And recall the time when your Lord said to the angels, "I am going to appoint a vicegerent on the Earth." … 'Khalifah' or vicegerent is one who exercises the authority delegated to him by his principal, and does… Continue reading Khilafah – Vicegerency on Earth
Month: June 2007
It is He Who …
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind Belief in One God is the most important axiom in Islam. The One God, Allah in Arabic, is the Creator of everything. Allah is a living God, the Creator, the Shaper, the Evolver, the Most High, the Exalted, the Perfect. There is none like… Continue reading It is He Who …
Belief in Ghaib – The Unseen
غَيْب Ghayb signifies the verities which are hidden from man’s senses and which are beyond the scope of man’s ordinary observation and experience, for example the existence and attributes of God, the angels. the process of revelation, Paradise, Hell and so on. According to verse 2:3 of the Holy Quran, belief in Ghayb is part… Continue reading Belief in Ghaib – The Unseen
Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
الرحمن الرحيم The most common translation of this ayah is, “The Most beneficent, The Most Merciful.” In contemporary context, such a translation almost fails its purpose as those English words are seldom used in normal speech and literature, let alone being properly understood. Fundamentally, the translation is accurate as the Arabic refers to Mercy, however… Continue reading Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
The Opening (Al-Fatehah)
The first chapter of the Holy Quran, "The Opening" (Al-Fatehah) is recited by Muslims in their daily prayers. بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ (1:1) In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate *1 *1 One of the many practices taught by Islam is that its followers should begin their activities in the name of God. This… Continue reading The Opening (Al-Fatehah)
We Ask Allah to Direct us on to the Straight Way
اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَ (O Allah, we ask you to) Direct us on to the Straight Way (1:6) We beseech God to guide us in all walks of life to a way which is absolutely true, which provides us with a properly-based outlook and sound principles of behavior, a way which will prevent our succumbing to false… Continue reading We Ask Allah to Direct us on to the Straight Way
Allah alone do we worship and Allah alone do we turn for help
Muslims pronounce the following verse in their daily prayers as part of Surah Al-Fatehah: إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ You alone do we worship, and You alone do we turn for help. The Islamic term ibadah is used in three sense: (i) worship and adoration; (ii) obedience and submission; and (iii) service and subjection. In this… Continue reading Allah alone do we worship and Allah alone do we turn for help
Malik (Master)
مَالِك Allah is Malik. In the first Chapter (Surah Al-Fatehah), Allah T’ala says that He is: مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ The Master of the Day of Recompense. (1:4) God will be the Lord of the Day when all generations of mankind gather together on order to render an account of their conduct, and when each person… Continue reading Malik (Master)
Concept of Lord God in Islam
The Message of the Qur’an The foregoing detailed exposition of the misguided conceptions of various pre-Islamic people make it patently clear that from earliest times to the revelation of the Qur’an, none of those whom it mentions as the transgressors, the misguided, and the astray, actually denied the existence of God, or His being the… Continue reading Concept of Lord God in Islam
Concept of Lord God by The Meccan Pagans
Last of all, we come to the Meccans, to whom Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him), was sent as God’s Messenger and to whom therefore the Qur’an’s message was immediately addressed. What was the nature of their error? Were they ignorant of God, or did they deny His existence, and was the Holy Prophet… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by The Meccan Pagans