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CHAPTER 1
A few words about
Principles of Religion'
(Usul-e-Deen)
My son! May Allah guide you to
the right path and protect you from all sins and mistakes. Remember, your first
Islamic duty is to think and ponder deeply about the principles of religion (Usul-e-Deen).
Make the foundation of faith strong by forceful arguments, have implicit faith
in the Creator of the Universe, prophets and walis. Human being is born from
human being. He is not an animal.This does not mean that man
should delve deep into the realm of knowledge and wisdom and continue reading
voluminous books. Masoomeen (a.m.s) have also warned against going too deep and I
also warn you.
What I mean to say is that you
should read such books like Aqaaede-Majlisi' by Allama Majlisi (a.r.).
Strengthen your belief by arguments, e.g. to prove the existence of Allah, study
the creation of the world and its wonderful objects, and ponder that the
creation cannot be any creation without a creator.
Amirul Momeneen Hazrat Ali (a.s)
has said in Nahjul Balagah'.
"These people think that this
grass is such that no one has grown it! This is such a picture for which there
is no painter! These people do not put forward any proof in support for their
claim. How I wish they would think that nothing could be created without a
creator, or how is it possible to create something without a creator."
Son! May Allah save you from
Shirk' (equating someone else with Allah). To prove that there is only one
God, suffice is to say that if there were more than one god then they would have
destroyed the world. Allah has said that if there were two gods, then both the
earth and sky would have been destroyed.
Amirul Momeneen Hazrat Ali (a.s)
has said :
"If there was another god
except Allah, then that god also would have had his messengers and prophets.'
Son! To prove prophethood,
suffice is to say that it is imperative for Allah's mercy, bounty and love
that there should be a link between the creator and the creation someone who
can bring his Faiz' from there; and inform about good and evil, beneficial
and harmful, who desists you from evil deeds and encourages you to do good
deeds. Therefore to make you understand the real benefits and harms, there is no
other way except Wahi' and Illham'. Human beings, who are immersed in
worldly desires, cannot get Wahi or Illham. They cannot reach that height. For
that, it requires a Soul' who is above worldly desires, who is not a slave
to Nafs-e-Ammara (soul which is attracted towards worldly desires), and who
deserves Allah's bounties and mercies by his spirituality and purity of soul.
It is essential to remember that
each and every man cannot have knowledge of Wahi or Illham. For that, miracle is
necessary whereby prophethood is proved, and whereby special relation between
Allah and his messenger can be understood.
To prove that fact that Hazrat Mohammed Mustafa (s.a.w.) was
the prophet of Allah, it is suffice to say that he proclaimed his prophethood in
Mecca, announced that there is only one God and that he is His prophet and
performed innumerable miracles. Now show anyone else, who can perform like him
and who has his attributes! Allah never supports a liar nor does He give him any
miracles.
Of all his miracles, the Holy
Quran is sufficient to prove his prophethood, while it is very illogical to put
miracle in the hands of a wrong claimant and it is tantamount to supporting a
liar. Not only that, it is against the Justice of Allah.
From the prophethood of Hazrat
Mohammed Mustafa (s.a.w.), the prophethood of one lakh twenty four thousand
prophets is also proved. He had given information about all these prophets.
Prophet never gives wrong information and he does not lie.
The proof that the Holy Quran is a
miracle is that the Holy Hazrat prophet (s.a.w.) put two options before the
scholars of Arabic language: Either bring its reply or have faith in my
prophethood; otherwise get ready for war which will result in all sorts of
humiliations and insults. Though they were scholars of Arabic language, they
bore all the hardships but did not reply to the Holy Quran. This means that they
could not reply. They were not in a position to reply otherwise they would not
have suffered all these hardships.
It is wrong to think that
word' cannot be a miracle. Mojiza' is a name of everything to which
people cannot reply and it becomes evident that the person has special relation
with Allah. The fact that Mojiza is beyond the capacity of human beings is
proved and accepted by those who specialize in this subject. The scholars of
Arabic language have accepted the miracle of Holy Quran in the same way as the
magicians of Firaun accepted the miracle of the Asa (Stick) of Hazrat Moosa (a.s.),
and they removed the Kasidas (poems) hanging in the Holy Kaaba in deference to
the Ayaats of the Holy Quran.
The argument that applies to
Naboowate Mutlaqa' also applies to Vilayat-Mutlaqa'. There are clear
Ahadees from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) about Vilayat-e-Khassa,' in which
the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has declared the "Khilafat" of Hazrat Ali (a.s.)
and after him, his eleven progenies, as Imams. In addition, the deeds of these
personalities are proofs in themselves.
The objections of the opponents
are nothing but obstinacy. These objections have been replied in details in many
books. This question has become so very clear that even the enemies have no
doubts in their hearts, though they may deny it on the face.
As regards Qayamat' (day of
judgement), it is the unanimous opinion of all sects of Islam that it should be
accepted and cannot be denied. However, some scholars and philosophers have
raised doubts about its details, but common man is not concerned with it in
anyway. Suffice is to have faith in Qayamat which is clear from the many Ayaats
and Ahaadis. We have even been shown the way to argue about it. That a just
ruler must reward or punish everyone according to his deeds and that too, to the
one who performed these deeds.
Just because body is destroyed is no argument that a
the body cannot be brought back to its original state. When the Creator can
create Adam (from nothing), so what difficulty is there in creating it again
when the Madda' (essence) is present in whatever state it may be. It is
stated in the Holy Quran, "We will recreate you second time in the same way as
We created you originally."
