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“ INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TAU H EED” Intermediate Level Islamic course in English for Adults conducted by Ustaz Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail 16 weekly class started: 27 Nov 2010 Every Saturday night @ 8pm – 10pm Wisma Indah, 448 Changi Road, #02-00 next to Masjid Kassim INTRODUCING START OF A NEW COURSE [2] Using curriculum he has developed especially for English-speaking Muslim converts and young English-speaking Adult Muslims. طَلَبُ الْعِلْم فَرِيضَةٌ على كُلِّ مُسْلِم “ To seek knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim (male & female)” For further information and registration contact Sameer Abdul Jalil (9669 8512) - or e-mail <sameer_al_abd@yahoo.com> IT CAN ALSO BE A REFRESHER COURSE FOR MUSLIM PARENTS, EDUCATORS, IN CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE. OPEN TO ALL IN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST COMPASIONATE MOST MERCIFUL All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 “ 20 SIFAAT – ATTRIBUTES” LESSON - # 12b

This is one of the traditional approaches in ensuring the understanding of attributes of Allah, amongst Muslims who are exposed to other religious or philosophical views, does not deviate from that of the pious predecessors’ (Salafus-Soleheen) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

"(To know Allah) Think and reflect upon Allah's attributes ( Sifaat ) and do not try to think of (reality of) His Essence ( Dzat ).“ ( Hadith reported by Abu-Shaykh – al Jami’ : 134 Risalah Tauhid ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

“ .. in it (Al-Qur’an) are AAYAT MU H KAMAT - verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the FOUNDATION OF THE BOOK : others are AAYAT MUTASHAABIHAT – verses not of well-established meaning.” All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

Say: He is Allah the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him. ( Qur’an: Surah al-Ikhlas: 112: 1-4 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 AAYAT MU H KAMAT – FOUNDATION OF MESSAGE

"No vision can encompass Him, whereas He encompasses all vision: for He alone is unfathomable ( latif ) * , all-aware." ( Q: An'am: 6: 103) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 AAYAT MU H KAMAT – FOUNDATION OF MESSAGE

"No vision can encompass Him, whereas He encompasses all vision: for He alone is unfathomable ( latif ) * , all-aware." ( Q: An'am: 6: 103) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 * The term ' latif ' in ( ٱ للَّطِيفُ ) denotes something that is extremely subtle in quality, and therefore intangible and unfathomable. Whenever this term occurs in the Qur'an with reference to God in conjunction with the adjective ' khabir ' ("all aware"), it is invariably used to express the idea of His inaccessibility to human perception, imagination or comprehension, as contrasted with His Own all-awareness. AAYAT MU H KAMAT – FOUNDATION OF MESSAGE

"There is nothing like unto Him, and yet He alone is all-hearing, all-seeing." * ( Q: As-Shura 42 : 11 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 * The Oneness and Absolute Uniqueness of God is stressed here. In the phrase " there is nothing like unto Him " implies that He is fundamentally - not merely in His attributes " different " from anything that exists or could exist, or anything that man can conceive or imagine or define. AAYAT MU H KAMAT – FOUNDATION OF MESSAGE

Thus, even the " how " of His being " different " from everything else is beyond the categories of human thought. Therefore, the concern in Islamic theology is not in trying to discern His Essence ( Dzat ), which is an impossibility due to human imperfection and limitation. But we are encourage to know Him by way of His attributes and other Signs ( Aayat ). All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 AAYAT MU H KAMAT – FOUNDATION OF MESSAGE

When we contemplate the ‘Divine Being’ we refer to as God (Allah), His Existence ( Wujud ) is an attribute ( Sifat ) which is inseparable from being regarded also as His Essence ( Dzat ). SIFAT NAF-SIYYAH All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 ALLAH’S ATTRIBUTE ( SIFAT ) WHICH IS ALSO HIS ESSENCE ( DZAT )

When we contemplate the ‘Divine Being’ we refer to as God (Allah), His Existence ( Wujud ) is an attribute ( Sifat ) which is inseparable from being regarded also as His Essence ( Dzat ). Thus the term “ Sifat Nafsiyyah ” means “Attribute which is also the Essence”. Another term used is “ Sifat Tsubutiyya ” – the “Established or immutable attribute” SIFAT NAF-SIYYAH All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 ALLAH’S ATTRIBUTE ( SIFAT ) WHICH IS ALSO HIS ESSENCE ( DZAT )

“ Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He takes care of all things.” ( Q: An’am : 6: 102 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 AMONGST OTHERS

“ Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.” ( Qur’an: Tur : 6: 35-36 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 AMONGST OTHERS

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“ If there were in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been ruin in both! But glory to Allah the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him! .” ( Qur’an: Baqarah: 21: 22 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

“ He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible. He is the Beneficent, Merciful. “ ( Qur’an: Hashr: 59: 22 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 AMONGST OTHERS

“ Al-Qur’an is the speech of Allah, it is not from amongst creations ( makhluq ).” * ( Hadith of Prophet Muhammad s.a.a.w .) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 * In other words Al-Qur’an is “uncreated”

Although the thirteen essential attributes is regarded as sufficient, the tendency to regard Allah (God) as being remote being transcendent – as though unrelated to our existence, Islamic scholars added these seven more attributes to refute such absurd notions, i.e. to re-assert the Ever presence of Allah’s existence, in man’s life. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

This is because our understanding of God’s existence is beyond the notion of transcendent or immanent which our mind may tend to imagine. For some may regard God as a Being, totally detached and uninvolved is man’s existence. They may regard His attributes as mere potentials, thus these additional seven attributes remove the fallacy. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

1 – An attribute which is also the Essence. 5 – Distinctive (negating) attributes. 7 – Attributes in the meanings. 7 – Attributing full consequence and relevance to the meanings. SIFAT MA-’ANAWIYYAH SIFAT MA-’AANIY SIFAT SAL-BIYYAH SIFAT NAFSIYYAH All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010

All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail. 2010 “ Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from what they ascribe (to Him)! And Peace on the Messengers! And praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.”

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