General Arguments for Tawhid Arguments from the World around Human Beings This world that spreads out before us is witness to a Creator based on many aspects, including that of cause and effect. This...
Explanation طٰسٓمّ . تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ . ( 1-2 ) 1 The isolated letters have been discussed earlier in this exegesis. The fact that the expression الۡکِتٰبِ الۡمُبِیۡنِ has in it the...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Surah This surah is the counterpart of Surah al-Naml, the previous surah. Hence, there is no basic difference between the central themes of the two. In...
Preamble Prior to deliberating upon the arguments for tawhid, it is important to keep some matters before us as preamble. First Addressees of the Qur’an As mentioned in the “Essence of Polytheism”, no...
The Real Cause In the previous chapter, we have explained in detail that the love for a real benign Being and praise and gratitude for Him is the most ancient and sincere emotion that exists within th...
(This obituary was penned by the author in 1964 at the demise of Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru.) The passing away of the Indian Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru is a major tragedy in the events of th...
The eminent scholar Mawlana Ra‘is Ahmad Ja‘fari has asked me to write a few impressions about Mawlana Muhammad ‘Ali Jawhar (May God have mercy on him). I have agreed to this request but would like to...
Is Polytheism a Demand of Human Nature? In current times, every research in scholarly fields and the arts is believed to have originated from the theory of evolution. Whether it is history or law, eco...
(7) Assessment of the current Situation of Muslims The previous chapter detailed the situation of groups which do not claim being enemies of shirk . Now we must look at the group that was created prim...
A Cursory Assessment of the World Today Now we possess the light which we can use to look at the world and observe the situation of existing nations, specifically the “developed” ones with respect to...
Summary of Previous Discussion The purpose of this whole long debate and detail was to demonstrate that while it is easy to deny another deity and accept God as the only god verbally, when its require...
Polytheism of the Hypocrites The hypocrites were Muslims for all obvious intents and purposes. They professed belief in all the requirements of faith. They believed in the prophethood of the Prophet (...
Polytheism of People of the Book The two groups of People of the Book mentioned in the Qur’an are the Jews and Christians. They accepted all basics which the Qur’an invited them to believe in, includi...
Worship of the Jinn Similar to the angels, the Arabs also considered the jinn to be above the status of worshippers and a group belonging to the realm of the divine. The Qur’ān refers to this assumpti...
Introduction The sin of polytheism (shirk) is so severe that, in comparison to other sins, no Muslim tolerates its most minor association with him. The most ordinary Muslim would bear any accusation,...
(A speech delivered to the students and teachers of the Islamic Studies Department of Punjab University in 1967) Respected Teachers and Dear Students! I am grateful for the undeserved honour accorded...
About avoiding Asking 1. It is narrated from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (rta) that some Ansar came and asked the Prophet (sws) and he gave. They asked again and he gave again until all that he had with him w...
Narratives about fearing God 1. It is narrated from Anas ibn Malik (rta). “I heard from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (rta). I was with him when he entered a garden such that a wall came between him and myself...
Narratives about Falsehood and Truth 1. It is narrated from Safwan ibn Sulaym that a man asked the Prophet (sws) if he could tell a lie to his wife. The Prophet (sws) answered in the negative and said...
Instructions to be Careful when Talking 1. It is narrated from Bilal ibn Harith Muzni that the Prophet (sws) said that sometimes a person mentions something pleasing to God and he does not know how fa...
