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)
The touch of belief that occurs
with the word "Lailahe illallah" is the beginning of all goodness for
human. Because, the human
believes the existence and oneness of Allah and accepts to be subject
to the training of his Rab (Allah), in spite of the
ego that led him to continuous denial; and so he takes the first step to become
mature with this touch of belief.
In fact it is the beginning of a severe fight between the wishes of the nafs
(ego) and the desires and wishes of Allah. If the person, who will always have
to choose between the will of Allah and his nafs, prefers to obey the wishes of
Allah (swt), he will become a mature person in harmony with the universe and
the society he lives in. The ones, who cannot succeed it, will be worse than
the animals, face many difficulties in the world and Hereafter.
# The first step of the mercy ladder
Kalima-i tawhid (Lailahe illallah)
means entering in the frontiers of Islam by passing over the thin line between unbelief and faith,
and taking the first step to mercy ladder which elevates human to maturity.
Therefore Allah (swt) and His Messengers have placed
particular importance to the word "Lâilâhe
illallah". Rasulullah (s.a.w) ordered that:
"The most important
word of I and other Prophets said is Lailahe illallah." [Tirmizi]
"I have been ordered
to fight the people till they say: Lailahe illallah, and whoever said Lailahe
illallah, Allah will save his property and his life from me." [Buhari, Muslim]
In the Holly Hadith, it is stated
that:
"Lailahe illallah is
my castle. The person who enters my castle is protected from my pain."
Reciting "Lailahe illallah" by believing its meaning, the human goes into the borders of Islam and escapes from an eternal Hell fire but it is
not enough to become a mature person. A perfect and true faith which is
purified from doubts, worship, sincerity and taqwa (staying away from forbidden) is needed in order to be a mature person.
The faith in the heart becomes
mature in time. Allah (swt) ordered that:
"The desert
Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but ye (only)
say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has Faith entered your
hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not belittle aught of your
deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Hujurat, 14)
Therefore,
the people who accept the path of Allah (swt) cannot be totally excellent at
first. They become Muslims but the faith hasn't grown in their hearts yet. We
must help them to mature their faith and become a perfect believer and develop
their goodness.
The faith in the heart becomes
mature in time which is possible through cleaning the nafs by keeping it away from unlawful practices, doing worship and being obedient to Allah;
and purifying the heart from bad thoughts by remembering Allah (swt) all the
time.
# What does believing in Allah (swt) mean?
Dear Readers,
In my previous articles, I stated
that faith means believing in Gayb (the unknown) and for a true and perfect
belief one must believe Allah (swt), His Angels, Holly Books, Messengers,
Hereafter and Fate. I would like to explain the statements more.
Believing in Allah (swt) means
believing in the existence and oneness of Allah (swt)
and everything reported by Him and His Messengers, in the way that they wished. Therefore
religious scholars state Amentu as follows:
"Amentu billahi ve bima cae min indillah, ala muradillahi
mucmelen ve mufassalan;"
(I believe in Allah and everything from Him in brief and
detail in the way He wishes);
"Amentu bi rusulillahi
ve bima cae min indi rusulillah,
ala muradi rusulillahi mucmelen
ve mufassalan;"
(I believe in
Allah's messengers and everything from them in brief and detail in the way they
wish.)
Amentu billahi ve melaiketihi ve kutubihi ve rusulihi
ve'l-yevmil ahiri ve bi'l-kaderi, hayrihi ve sherrihi min Allahi Tealâ, vel
ba'su ba'de'l-mevt. Hakkun eshhedu en lailahe illallah ve eshhedu enne
Muhammeden abduhu ve resuluhu."
(I believe in Allah, His angels,
Holly Books, Messengers, Hereafter, Fate and goodness and malice is from Him
and life after death. There is no
other God but Allah and Mohammed is His servant and prophet.)
Therefore
amentu must be recited and memorized as it is stated above in order to keep our
belief alive.
# Faith means approving Allah (swt) and His orders
After
Rasulullah (s.a.w) ordered believing Allah (Swt) solely, he asked the people of Abdul Kays that: "Do
you know the meaning of believing in Allah solely?" And they answered the messenger of
Allah knows it better than us. The Messenger of Allah said: “Bearing witness that Allah is the only true
god, and that Muhammad is Allah’s prophet, performing
salaat, and paying Zakat, fasting and giving away one fifth of the booty.” [Buhari].
As it is clearly understood from
the Hadith, believing in Allah (swt) means accepting and ratifying
Allah (swt) as the single god, Rasulullah (s.a.w) who was sent by Allah (swt)
as the last messenger, and everything notified by Rasulullah without any hesitation and doubts.
The hadith
clearly shows that the word "Lailahe
illallah" means accepting and approving all information that was
ordered by Allah (swt) via His messengers besides accepting Allah (swt) as the
only true god. In other words, when we recite "Lailahe
illallah", we accept the
existence and oneness of Allah (swt) and His messengers and everything ordered
by them.
Be entrusted to Allah.
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[1] GUMUS, M. Siddik (Ed.), 1993. Tam Ilmihal Seadet-i Ebediye, s.892. Hakikat Kitabevi, Fatih,
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