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(If you wish to obtain more benefit from this article, please read firstly our "Correct Understanding the Human" titled article.) My precious brother, I had talked about five dimensions of the human existence in my previous article. "Substance", "Physiological" and "Psychological" ...
Dear readers, Death is an absolute phenomenon will happen to every living being. It is impossible to run away from it. We should not be unwary from it. Death is the beginning of a new life. Afterlife is a new divine order where the divine justice shall be fulfilled. Allah notifies us through His Book and Prophet that all of us will be present on Judgment Day in this new order and He warns us: "Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together." [Hijr, 25]
Hello my precious brother, I have frequently mentioned in my previous articles that Islam is accepting to receive His divine education by being subject to the will of Allah. Since the creation of the first human being, those who had adopted this divine education reached the peak of maturity and therefore became the owner of a perpetual happiness. Those who had not agreed to this divine offer and preferred to be the subject of their egos’ worthless desires on the other hand, could get rid of neither the worldly nor the hereafter troubles.
Dear Readers, In one of my previous articles, I had stated that Imam-ı Rabbani hazrats ordered that "when a person says "Lailahe illallah" (there is no god, but Allah) by being aware of its meaning, a touch of belief occurs in his heart".(1)
Dear readers, In my previous articles, prophets that appear in the Qur’an were listed. It should have drawn your attention. Almost all of Allah’s prophets that are elected to notify the divine mercy are males. For some reason, women are not assigned as prophets. This situation is stated in the verse from Quran as: "And before thee We sent none but men, to whom We granted inspiration." [Nahl, 43] But throughout history, some female figures appear such as Rabia al-Adawiyya who was spiritually and morally superior. She was a saintly dame who was raised in Basra.
Dear readers, The most important thing needed for a human is "Ikhlas" after a right and complete "faith". It means being sincere in one's faith and deeds. A person who is not sincere with their faith and deeds will not sufficiently be able to benefit from various kinds of worldly favors and they will also be disappointed in their afterlife.
Dear Readers, The third pillar of faith is belief in Allah's books. It is ordered in the verse from the Qur'an that: "And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time;" [Baqarah, 4]
Dear Readers, Allah (swt) partially and symbolically bestowed some of His subuti attributes as seeing, hearing, speaking, .. and some of His moral characteristics as mercy, grace, fai ess and patience to His servants. However these attributes of Allah (swt) can never be compared with the characteristics of what He created. Each attribute of Allah (swt) is away from deficiencies. They are perfect and complete.
Dear readers, Just like one must believe in Allah, His angels and books for a proper and absolute faith, it is similarly compulsory to believe that the messengers of Allah (s.w.t.) who communicated them to us are valid. "The first prophet is Adam (a.s) and the last is Mohammad Mustapha (s.a.w). Many prophets lived in between them. Only God knows the number of those messengers. Twenty seven of them whose names are known are listed below:
Dear Readers, The human beings live in an "order" that we call the universe. This organization has a unique and perfect structure. Everything is created in its proper place, given a creation purpose, equipped in accordance with the creation purpose, and correlated in the best way within the order.
Dear Readers, In my previous article, I stated that Allah (swt) corrected all the wrong information and comments about Him with the last book that was sent to human through His Messengers. Qur'an gave a true and real insight that is appropriate to the facts to attributes of Allah besides correcting the wrong "God" comments of the previous periods. "All that is on earth will perish: But will abide (forever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor." (Rahman, 26-27)
Dear Readers, The religion is Islam in the sight of Allah (swt). The ordered religion has an "invisible aspect" related to the heart besides "visible aspect" related to worship. The invisible aspect of religion related to heart is called "Faith" and the visible aspect related to worship is called "Islam". Faith constitutes the base of Islam. A person's performing all worships without faith is worthless. "If any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good)." [Maída, 5]
Dear Readers, The human is a creation masterpiece. He is a respectable creature who is equipped with extraordinary qualifications and capabilities. Most of all, the human is created in accordance to achieve spiritual ascension.
Dear readers, In my previous writing, I have completed the discussions on faith and explained in detail the requirements for having a proper and complete faith which will open the doors to an ete al bliss for us. But there are still such important points to be known about “faith” that I will address now. Believing or not believing is something decided in one’s heart (conscience). That is to say, faith is a matter of heart. This is evidenced by the following verses:
Hello my precious brother, The human has been created in the just centre of the values in the Universe. He is one of the most honourable of the creatures. He is a dear and respected existent. If we can understand the human in a correct way, it becomes possible to understand a lot of things in a ...
Hello my precious brother, I had talked about the five existence dimensions of the human to you in my previous articles. The human gathers on himself all the physical and chemical features of the matters world in first dimension, all the physiological features of the plants world in second dimension, all the psychological features of the animals world in third dimension. He also obtains a humanistic personality different from the other creatures, with the thinking, deciding and adjudicating ability, in fourth dimension.
Dear Readers, The second pillar of faith is belief in Angels. Angels belong to The Amr Alam (The Command World or The Angelic World), which is one of the two big worlds which was created by Allah (swt). It is an unseen world, which is also called as world of spirits. It is not possible to perceive this world with the equipment and possibilities of the material world. Believers can understand, accept and approve the unseen world only by their hearts. The heart is the window which is opened to the spiritual world. However, if Allah (swt) allows, the ones in this world can see them.
Dear Readers, Of course, dying as a unbeliever when expiring is the most intense fear for a Muslim. One day some of his lovers asked Junayd al-Baghdadi hazrats that "Sir, what is the greatest issue for a Muslim?" He ordered that “The most important issue for a Muslim is to leave this world as a believer. For this reason, it needs to dread and shudder so much from leaving the world as an unbeliever”
Dear Readers, I would like to explain another important subject within believing in Allah. Some of the scientists think that religion is a "dogma" and the most important obstacle of science. This is certainly a big mistake. It is obvious that the judgments of the religion are not scientific judgments, but value judgments. Like all value judgments, they are “dogma”s.
Dear Readers, We should attempt to die as martyr and help a moribund patient to die in this way. Rasulullah (s.a.w.) ordered that: "Martyr surely will not suffer torment." [Ibn Mace, Bayhaqi, Imam-i Ahmad] "Martyr doesn’t feel death grief, doesn’t sorrow in grave, doesn’t be disturbed by issues such as horrors of judgment day, giving account of religion, divine libra, Sirat bridge, and goes directly to heaven." [Bayhaqi] For this reason, we should want to die as a martyr and we should pray for that so much. It is ordered in the hadiths that:
Dear Readers, Our daily lives, family meetings, concerts and chats include so many statements and behaviors which harm the "oneness" belief of the human. The lyrics of the songs are shocking. Some of them include lyrics meaning "You created me", "I worship you" and "I worship Allah and you". Whilst the meaning of the lyrics, each of which can cause ete al disaster of the person, are innocent, the general and common meanings of them can harm the belief of oneness.
Dear readers, One of the religious obligations for an absolute faith is to have faith in afterlife. It is ordered in a Qur'an verse: "Any who denieth Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messenger, and the Day of Judgment, hath gone far, far astray." [Nisaa, 136]. In the famous hadith that every Muslim knows by heart, which is known as a "amantu", it is ordered: "I believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His Prophets, in the Last Day, and that Fate, good and bad is given by Allah, and the life after death.” [Bukharî, Muslim, Nasai]
Dear Readers, In my last article, basing on the Rasulullah’s (s.a.w.) orders, I had stated that always keeping ablution, performing the salats with congregation, praise, patience and consent to predestination were the most important indicators of faith. In reality, every thing that Rasulullah (s.a.w) associated with faith is important to migrate to the Hereafter with faith. # Situations and behaviors associated with faith Some of them are as follows: "I swear that the one who doesn’t like my Ahl al-bayt, can not have faith in his heart." [I. Ahmad]
Dear Readers, Not to die as an unbeliever, a believe must correct his faith in accordance with the information given by ahl al-sunnah scholars, must avoid from prohibitions, and must fulfill the orders. Avoiding from prohibitions is called as "riyazat", fulfilling the orders is called as "mudjahada". All of them are called as servitude to Allah (worship). # A believe must be between fear and hope
Dear readers, It is our duty to believe that all of our prophets have been sent by Allah. It is our duty to believe that all the knowledge notified by them are true and real. It is ordered in the verse from the Qur'an that: "The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers." [Baqarah, 285] Prophets are the true sources of the divine mercy. None of the communities in the universe are deprived of this mercy:
Dear Readers, Believing in Allah (swt) means believing all Personal and Subuti attributes of Allah (swt) as they are stated in Qur'an which is the main source of religion and its best interpretation and explanation, Hadiths. His attributes do not resemble the characteristics of those He created. They cannot be compared. It is ordered in the verse from the Qur'an that: "Invent not similitudes for Allah" [Nahl, 74]. # Allah doesn't resemble anything He created
Dear Readers, There is only one truth in absolute sense. It is Allah Himself. In various parts of Qur'an, it is ordered that Allah (swt) is the only truth: "That is because Allah is the Truth." (Luqman, 30) "All that is on earth will perish: But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor." (Rahman, 26-27) "That is because Allah - He is the Reality; and those besides Him whom they invoke,- they are but vai Falsehood: verily Allah is He, Most High, Most Great." (Hajj, 62)
Dear Readers, Allah (swt) did not leave human, whom He bestowed with reason and will, undisciplined after He created them. All works and words of human are recorded and kept by angels. It is ordered in the verses from the Qur'an that: "But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -Kind and honorable,- writing down (your deeds): They know all that ye do." [Infitar, 10-12]
Dear readers, Although death is the bridge that unites the believe with Allah; one should not ask for his own death. Instead one should try to increase his good deeds in this ephemeral world. Because our Prophet (s.a.w.) ordered: "World is the field of afterlife.” [Daylami] “Do not ask for death! Because if a person is good, his goodness increases the more he lives. If he is evil, he might turn back from his mistakes and find the true path.” [Bukhari] And death should not be asked for in periods of distress. Rasulullah (s.a.w.) ordered:
Dear readers, Qur’an is a very valuable source which separates truth from falsehood and which cannot be invalidated by any document neither in the past nor in the future. "Those who reject the Message when it comes to them (are not hidden from Us). And indeed it is a Book of exalted power. No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it:" [Fussilat, 41-42] Qur’an is a guidance of righteousness and salvation. Those who do not believe in and turn away from it cannot get free of troubles.
Dear readers, Rasulullah (s.a.w.) attached great importance to learning, teaching and reading Qur’an. "The most virtuous among you are those who learn and teach Qur’an." [Bukhari] "The most supreme worship in my community is to read Qur’an." [Abu Nu'aym] "In a house where Qur’an is not read, beneficence will decrease, malice will increase, and narrow circumstances will be inflicted." [Dar al-Qutni] "Decorate your houses with salat and recitation of Qur’an." [Itqan]
Dear readers, Materialist philosophy denies the existence of a creator. It considers all the existence to be consisting of matter which it believes is ete al. As a result, it attempts to explain every event based on matter and intellect. One of the theories posed by materialists when creating the skeleton of their own belief systems is the Theory of Natural Law.
Dear Readers, In my last writings, I explained the issues needed to be performed not to die as an unbeliever. Now, I'm sure you're surprised when you saw this title due to although the expression is different, the title has the same meaning. But do not be surprised. Rasulullah (s.a.w.) ordered that some situations indicates if a person is believer. I want to talk about them under this title.