بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرَّاقُ الطَّحَاوِيُّ الْمِصْرِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ:
Imām Abū Jaʿfar al-Warrāq al-Ṭaḥāwī al-Miṣrī رحمه الله said:
هَذَا ذِكْرُ بَيَانِ عَقِيدَةِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ، عَلَى مَذْهَبِ فُقَهَاءِ الْمِلَّةِ: أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْكُوفِيِّ، وَأَبِي يُوسُفَ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ، وَمَا يَعْتَقِدُونَ مِنْ أُصُولِ الدِّينِ، وَيَدِينُونَ بِهِ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
This is a presentation of the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah, according to the way of the jurists of the religion: Abū Ḥanīfah al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit al-Kūfī, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī, and Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī, may Allah be pleased with them all, and what they believe concerning the fundamentals of the religion and profess before the Lord of the worlds.
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التَّوْحِيدُ — THE ONENESS OF ALLAH
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نَقُولُ فِي تَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ مُعْتَقِدِينَ بِتَوْفِيقِ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاحِدٌ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ.
We say concerning the Oneness of Allah, believing by Allah's enabling grace, that Allah is One and has no partner.
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وَلَا شَيْءَ مِثْلُهُ.
There is nothing like Him.
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وَلَا شَيْءَ يُعْجِزُهُ.
Nothing can overwhelm or incapacitate Him.
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وَلَا إِلٰهَ غَيْرُهُ.
There is no deity worthy of worship besides Him.
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قَدِيمٌ بِلَا ابْتِدَاءٍ، دَائِمٌ بِلَا انْتِهَاءٍ.
He is without beginning and everlasting without end.
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لَا يَفْنَى وَلَا يَبِيدُ.
He does not perish, nor does He cease to exist.
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وَلَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا مَا يُرِيدُ.
Nothing occurs except what He wills.
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لَا تَبْلُغُهُ الْأَوْهَامُ، وَلَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَفْهَامُ.
Imaginations cannot encompass Him, and intellects cannot fully comprehend Him.
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وَلَا يُشْبِهُ الْأَنَامَ.
He is not like created beings.
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حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ، قَيُّومٌ لَا يَنَامُ.
He is Ever-Living and never dies; He is the Sustainer who never sleeps.
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خَالِقٌ بِلَا حَاجَةٍ، رَازِقٌ بِلَا مُؤْنَةٍ.
He creates without needing creation, and He provides without difficulty or effort.
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مُمِيتٌ بِلَا مَخَافَةٍ، بَاعِثٌ بِلَا مَشَقَّةٍ.
He causes death without fear, and He resurrects without difficulty.
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مَا زَالَ بِصِفَاتِهِ قَدِيمًا قَبْلَ خَلْقِهِ.
He has always existed with His attributes, before His creation existed.
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لَمْ يَزْدَدْ بِكَوْنِهِمْ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ صِفَتِهِ.
Their coming into existence did not add anything to His attributes that was not already His before their creation.
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وَكَمَا كَانَ بِصِفَاتِهِ أَزَلِيًّا، كَذٰلِكَ لَا يَزَالُ عَلَيْهَا أَبَدِيًّا.
Just as He has always been with His attributes eternally, He will remain with them forever.
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لَيْسَ بَعْدَ خَلْقِ الْخَلْقِ اسْتَفَادَ اسْمَ الْخَالِقِ.
He did not acquire the name “Creator” only after creating creation.
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وَلَا بِإِحْدَاثِ الْبَرِيَّةِ اسْتَفَادَ اسْمَ الْبَارِئِ.
Nor did He acquire the name “Originator” only after bringing creation into existence.
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لَهُ مَعْنَى الرُّبُوبِيَّةِ وَلَا مَرْبُوبَ، وَمَعْنَى الْخَالِقِيَّةِ وَلَا مَخْلُوقَ.
He possessed the attribute of Lordship even when there was no one being lorded over, and the attribute of Creatorship even when there was no creation.
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وَكَمَا أَنَّهُ مُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى بَعْدَ مَا أَحْيَاهُمْ اسْتَحَقَّ هٰذَا الِاسْمَ قَبْلَ إِحْيَائِهِمْ، كَذٰلِكَ اسْتَحَقَّ اسْمَ الْخَالِقِ قَبْلَ إِنْشَائِهِمْ.
Just as He is the One who gives life to the dead after bringing them to life, and deserves this description before resurrecting them, so too He deserves the name “Creator” before bringing them into existence.
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ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَيْهِ فَقِيرٌ، وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ عَلَيْهِ يَسِيرٌ، لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ.
This is because He has power over everything; everything is dependent upon Him; every matter is easy for Him; and He has no need of anything.
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لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ.
There is nothing whatsoever like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
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الْقَدَرُ وَالْمَشِيئَةُ — DIVINE DECREE
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خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ بِعِلْمِهِ.
He created creation with His knowledge.
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وَقَدَّرَ لَهُمْ أَقْدَارًا، وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ آجَالًا.
He decreed their destinies and appointed fixed lifespans for them.
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وَلَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُمْ، وَعَلِمَ مَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُمْ.
Nothing was hidden from Him before He created them, and He knew what they would do before He created them.
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وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِطَاعَتِهِ، وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِ.
He commanded them to obey Him and prohibited them from disobeying Him.
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وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَجْرِي بِتَقْدِيرِهِ وَمَشِيئَتِهِ.
Everything occurs according to His decree and His will.
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وَمَشِيئَتُهُ تَنْفُذُ، لَا مَشِيئَةَ لِلْعِبَادِ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ.
His will is carried out. The servants have no will except what He wills for them.
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فَمَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ كَانَ، وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ.
Whatever He wills for them occurs, and whatever He does not will does not occur.
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يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيَعْصِمُ وَيُعَافِي فَضْلًا، وَيُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيَخْذُلُ وَيَبْتَلِي عَدْلًا.
He guides whom He wills and protects and grants well-being by His grace; and He leads astray whom He wills, forsakes and tests by His justice.
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وَكُلُّهُمْ يَتَقَلَّبُونَ فِي مَشِيئَتِهِ بَيْنَ فَضْلِهِ وَعَدْلِهِ.
All of them exist within His will, between His grace and His justice.
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وَهُوَ مُتَعَالٍ عَنِ الْأَضْدَادِ وَالْأَنْدَادِ.
He is exalted above opposites and equals.
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لَا رَادَّ لِقَضَائِهِ، وَلَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِ، وَلَا غَالِبَ لِأَمْرِهِ.
None can repel His decree, overturn His judgment, or overcome His command.
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آمَنَّا بِذٰلِكَ كُلِّهِ، وَأَيْقَنَّا أَنَّ كُلًّا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ.
We believe in all of this and are certain that everything is from Him.
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**النُّبُوَّةُ — THE PROPHETHOOD OF MUḤAMMAD ﷺ**
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وَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ الْمُصْطَفَى، وَنَبِيُّهُ الْمُجْتَبَى، وَرَسُولُهُ الْمُرْتَضَى.
Muḥammad ﷺ is His chosen servant, His selected Prophet, and His Messenger with whom He is pleased.
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وَأَنَّهُ خَاتَمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَإِمَامُ الْأَتْقِيَاءِ، وَسَيِّدُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَحَبِيبُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
He is the Seal of the Prophets, the leader of the God-fearing, the master of the Messengers, and the beloved of the Lord of the worlds.
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وَكُلُّ دَعْوَى النُّبُوَّةِ بَعْدَهُ فَغَيٌّ وَهَوًى.
Every claim to prophethood after him is deviation and falsehood.
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وَهُوَ الْمَبْعُوثُ إِلَى عَامَّةِ الْجِنِّ وَكَافَّةِ الْوَرَى بِالْحَقِّ وَالْهُدَى، وَبِالنُّورِ وَالضِّيَاءِ.
He was sent to all the jinn and all mankind with truth and guidance, and with light and illumination.
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**الْقُرْآنُ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ — THE QUR’ĀN IS THE SPEECH OF ALLAH**
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وَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ.
The Qur’an is the Speech of Allah.
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مِنْهُ بَدَا بِلَا كَيْفِيَّةٍ قَوْلًا.
It originated from Him as speech, without asking how.
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وَأَنْزَلَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَحْيًا.
He sent it down upon His Messenger as revelation.
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وَصَدَّقَهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ حَقًّا.
The believers affirmed it as absolute truth.
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وَأَيْقَنُوا أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِالْحَقِيقَةِ.
They were certain that it is truly the Speech of Allah Most High.
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لَيْسَ بِمَخْلُوقٍ كَكَلَامِ الْبَرِيَّةِ.
It is not created like the speech of created beings.
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فَمَنْ سَمِعَهُ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ الْبَشَرِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ.
Whoever hears it and claims that it is human speech has disbelieved.
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وَقَدْ ذَمَّهُ اللَّهُ وَعَابَهُ، وَأَوْعَدَهُ بِسَقَرَ، حَيْثُ قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ﴾.
Allah condemned such a claim and threatened its speaker with Saqar, saying: “I shall cast him into Saqar.”
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فَلَمَّا أَوْعَدَ اللَّهُ بِسَقَرَ لِمَنْ قَالَ: ﴿إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ﴾، عَلِمْنَا وَأَيْقَنَّا أَنَّهُ قَوْلُ خَالِقِ الْبَشَرِ.
Since Allah threatened with Saqar the one who says, “This is nothing but the speech of man,” we know with certainty that the Qur’an is the Speech of the Creator of mankind.
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وَلَا يُشْبِهُ قَوْلَ الْبَشَرِ.
It does not resemble the speech of human beings.
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وَمَنْ وَصَفَ اللَّهَ بِمَعْنًى مِنْ مَعَانِي الْبَشَرِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ.
Whoever describes Allah with any characteristic belonging to created human beings has disbelieved.
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**رُؤْيَةُ اللَّهِ وَالتَّسْلِيمُ — SEEING ALLAH & SUBMISSION**
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فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ هٰذَا اعْتَبَرَ، وَعَنْ مِثْلِ قَوْلِ الْكُفَّارِ انْزَجَرَ.
Whoever understands this will take heed and refrain from statements like those of the disbelievers.
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وَعَلِمَ أَنَّهُ بِصِفَاتِهِ لَيْسَ كَالْبَشَرِ.
He will know that Allah, in His attributes, is not like human beings.
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وَالرُّؤْيَةُ حَقٌّ لِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ.
The seeing of Allah is true for the people of Paradise.
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بِلَا إِحَاطَةٍ وَلَا كَيْفِيَّةٍ.
It will be without encompassing Him and without knowing its manner.
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كَمَا نَطَقَ بِهِ كِتَابُ رَبِّنَا: ﴿وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ﴾.
As the Book of our Lord says: “Faces on that Day will be radiant, looking toward their Lord.”
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وَتَفْسِيرُهُ عَلَى مَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَعَلِمَهُ.
Its explanation is according to what Allah Most High intended and knows.
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وَكُلُّ مَا جَاءَ فِي ذٰلِكَ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ.
Everything authentic that has been transmitted concerning this from the Messenger ﷺ is true as he said it.
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وَلَا نَدْخُلُ فِي ذٰلِكَ مُتَأَوِّلِينَ بِآرَائِنَا، وَلَا مُتَوَهِّمِينَ بِأَهْوَائِنَا.
We do not enter into such matters by interpreting them according to our opinions or imagining them according to our desires.
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فَإِنَّهُ مَا سَلِمَ فِي دِينِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ سَلَّمَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلِرَسُولِهِ ﷺ، وَرَدَّ عِلْمَ مَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى عَالِمِهِ.
A person remains safe in his religion only by submitting to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ and returning knowledge of what is unclear to the One who knows it.
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وَوَسِعَهُ السُّكُوتُ.
It is sufficient for him to remain silent concerning what he does not know.
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وَالْإِسْلَامُ لَا يَثْبُتُ إِلَّا عَلَى قَدَمِ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِاسْتِسْلَامِ.
Islam is not firmly established except upon submission and surrender.
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فَمَنْ رَامَ عِلْمَ مَا حُظِرَ عَنْهُ عِلْمُهُ، وَلَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ فَهْمُهُ، حَجَبَهُ مَرَامُهُ عَنْ خَالِصِ التَّوْحِيدِ، وَصَافِي الْمَعْرِفَةِ، وَصَحِيحِ الْإِيمَانِ.
Whoever seeks knowledge that has been beyond his capacity, and whose understanding is not content with submission, will be prevented from pure Tawḥīd, clear knowledge, and sound faith.
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فَيَتَذَبْذَبُ بَيْنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْإِيمَانِ، وَالتَّصْدِيقِ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ، وَالْإِقْرَارِ وَالْإِنْكَارِ، مُوَسْوِسًا تَائِهًا زَائِغًا شَاكًّا.
He will waver between disbelief and faith, affirmation and denial, acceptance and rejection, becoming confused, lost, deviated and doubtful.
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**التَّنْزِيهُ وَالْمِعْرَاجُ — ALLAH’S TRANSCENDENCE & THE MIʿRĀJ**
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وَلَا يَصِحُّ الْإِيمَانُ بِالرُّؤْيَةِ لِأَهْلِ دَارِ السَّلَامِ لِمَنْ اعْتَبَرَهَا بِوَهْمٍ، أَوْ تَأَوَّلَهَا بِفَهْمٍ.
Faith in the believers' seeing Allah is not sound for one who imagines its manner or interprets it according to his own understanding.
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وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَوَقَّ النَّفْيَ وَالتَّشْبِيهَ زَلَّ، وَلَمْ يُصِبِ التَّنْزِيهَ.
Whoever does not guard himself from denial and resemblance has slipped and has failed to uphold Allah's transcendence.
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فَإِنَّ رَبَّنَا جَلَّ وَعَلَا مَوْصُوفٌ بِصِفَاتِ الْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ، مَنْعُوتٌ بِنُعُوتِ الْفَرْدَانِيَّةِ.
Our Lord, Glorified and Exalted, is described with the attributes of absolute Oneness and characterized by absolute uniqueness.
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لَيْسَ فِي مَعْنَاهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْبَرِيَّةِ.
No created being is comparable to Him in His reality and attributes.
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وَتَعَالَى عَنِ الْحُدُودِ وَالْغَايَاتِ، وَالْأَرْكَانِ وَالْأَعْضَاءِ وَالْأَدَوَاتِ.
He is exalted above limits, boundaries, parts, limbs and instruments.
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لَا تَحْوِيهِ الْجِهَاتُ السِّتُّ كَسَائِرِ الْمُبْتَدَعَاتِ.
He is not contained by the six directions like created things.
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وَالْمِعْرَاجُ حَقٌّ.
The Miʿrāj, the Prophet's ascent, is true.
69
وَقَدْ أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَعُرِجَ بِشَخْصِهِ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.
The Prophet ﷺ was taken by night and ascended bodily while awake into the heavens.
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ثُمَّ إِلَى حَيْثُ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْعُلَا.
Then he was taken to whatever heights Allah willed.
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**الْحَوْضُ وَالشَّفَاعَةُ وَالْمِيثَاقُ — THE ḤAWḌ, INTERCESSION & THE COVENANT**
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وَأَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِمَا شَاءَ، وَأَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ مَا أَوْحَى.
Allah honoured him with whatever He willed and revealed to him whatever He revealed.
72
وَالْحَوْضُ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ غِيَاثًا لِأُمَّتِهِ حَقٌّ.
The Hawḍ, the Pool with which Allah honoured him as a means of quenching his Ummah, is true.
73
وَالشَّفَاعَةُ الَّتِي ادَّخَرَهَا لَهُمْ حَقٌّ، كَمَا رُوِيَ فِي الْأَخْبَارِ.
The intercession which Allah has stored for them is true, as transmitted in the reports.
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وَالْمِيثَاقُ الَّذِي أَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ آدَمَ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ حَقٌّ.
The covenant which Allah took from Ādam and his descendants is true.
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**الْقَدَرُ وَاللَّوْحُ وَالْقَلَمُ — DIVINE DECREE, THE PRESERVED TABLET & THE PEN**
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وَقَدْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيمَا لَمْ يَزَلْ عَدَدَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَعَدَدَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَلَا يُزَادُ فِي ذٰلِكَ الْعَدَدُ وَلَا يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُ.
Allah has always known the exact number of those who will enter Paradise and those who will enter the Fire. That number will neither be increased nor decreased.
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وَكَذٰلِكَ أَفْعَالُهُمْ فِيمَا عَلِمَ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَفْعَلُوهُ.
Likewise, He has always known the deeds that they would perform.
77
وَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ.
Everyone is facilitated toward what he was created for.
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وَالْأَعْمَالُ بِالْخَوَاتِيمِ.
Deeds are judged according to their endings.
79
وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ سَعِدَ بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ، وَالشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ.
The fortunate one is the one made fortunate by Allah's decree, and the wretched one is the one made wretched by Allah's decree.
80
وَأَصْلُ الْقَدَرِ سِرُّ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي خَلْقِهِ.
The reality of divine decree is Allah's secret concerning His creation.
81
لَمْ يَطَّلِعْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ، وَلَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ.
No angel brought near to Allah nor any Messenger sent by Him has been given complete knowledge of it.
82
وَالتَّعَمُّقُ وَالنَّظَرُ فِي ذٰلِكَ ذَرِيعَةُ الْخِذْلَانِ، وَسُلَّمُ الْحِرْمَانِ، وَدَرَجَةُ الطُّغْيَانِ.
Delving excessively into it is a means of abandonment, a path to deprivation, and a road to transgression.
83
فَالْحَذَرَ كُلَّ الْحَذَرِ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ نَظَرًا وَفِكْرًا وَوَسْوَسَةً.
Therefore, beware completely of excessive speculation, thought and whisperings concerning it.
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فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى طَوَى عِلْمَ الْقَدَرِ عَنْ أَنَامِهِ، وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ مَرَامِهِ.
Allah has withheld knowledge of the ultimate reality of the decree from His creation and prohibited them from seeking to uncover it.
85
وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿لَا يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ﴾.
Allah Most High says: “He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.”
86
فَمَنْ سَأَلَ: لِمَ فَعَلَ؟ فَقَدْ رَدَّ حُكْمَ الْكِتَابِ، وَمَنْ رَدَّ حُكْمَ الْكِتَابِ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ.
Whoever asks, “Why did He do it?” has rejected the judgment of the Book; and whoever rejects the judgment of the Book has fallen into disbelief.
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**اللَّوْحُ وَالْقَلَمُ — THE PRESERVED TABLET & THE PEN**
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وَنُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّوْحِ وَالْقَلَمِ، وَبِجَمِيعِ مَا فِيهِ قَدْ رُقِمَ.
We believe in the Preserved Tablet and the Pen, and in everything that has been recorded therein.
88
فَلَوِ اجْتَمَعَ الْخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِ أَنَّهُ كَائِنٌ لِيَجْعَلُوهُ غَيْرَ كَائِنٍ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِ.
If all creation gathered together to prevent something that Allah had written to occur from occurring, they would not be able to do so.
89
وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا كُلُّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ لَمْ يَكْتُبْهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِ لِيَجْعَلُوهُ كَائِنًا لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِ.
And if they all gathered together to bring about something Allah had not written to occur, they would not be able to do so.
90
جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.
The Pen has dried concerning everything that will occur until the Day of Resurrection.
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وَمَا أَخْطَأَ الْعَبْدَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَهُ، وَمَا أَصَابَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَهُ.
Whatever missed a person could never have reached him, and whatever reached him could never have missed him.
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**الْعَرْشُ وَالْكُرْسِيُّ — THE THRONE & THE FOOTSTOOL**
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وَالْعَرْشُ وَالْكُرْسِيُّ حَقٌّ.
The Throne and the Kursī are true.
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وَهُوَ مُسْتَغْنٍ عَنِ الْعَرْشِ وَمَا دُونَهُ.
He has no need of the Throne or anything beneath it.
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وَهُوَ مُحِيطٌ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَفَوْقَهُ، وَقَدْ أَعْجَزَ عَنِ الْإِحَاطَةِ خَلْقَهُ.
He encompasses everything and everything above it, while His creation is incapable of encompassing Him.
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**الإِيمَانُ بِالرُّسُلِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكُتُبِ — BELIEF IN THE MESSENGERS, ANGELS & REVEALED BOOKS**
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وَنَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ اتَّخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا، وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيمًا، إِيمَانًا وَتَصْدِيقًا وَتَسْلِيمًا.
We say, believing, affirming and submitting, that Allah took Ibrāhīm as an intimate friend and that Allah spoke directly to Mūsā.
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وَنُؤْمِنُ بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالْكُتُبِ الْمُنَزَّلَةِ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَنَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ.
We believe in the angels, the Prophets and the revealed Books sent to the Messengers, and we testify that they were all upon manifest truth.
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**أَهْلُ الْقِبْلَةِ وَالإِيمَانُ — THE PEOPLE OF THE QIBLAH & FAITH**
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وَنُسَمِّي أَهْلَ قِبْلَتِنَا مُسْلِمِينَ مُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا دَامُوا بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُعْتَرِفِينَ، وَلَهُ بِكُلِّ مَا قَالَهُ وَأَخْبَرَ مُصَدِّقِينَ.
We call the people of our Qiblah Muslims and believers as long as they acknowledge what the Prophet ﷺ brought and affirm everything he said and conveyed.
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وَلَا نَخُوضُ فِي اللَّهِ، وَلَا نُمَارِي فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ.
We do not engage in vain speculation concerning Allah, nor do we dispute concerning the religion of Allah.
99
وَلَا نُمَارِي فِي الْقُرْآنِ، وَنَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ، فَعَلَّمَهُ سَيِّدَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ.
We do not dispute concerning the Qur’an. We testify that it is the Speech of the Lord of the worlds, brought down by the Trustworthy Spirit and taught to the master of the Messengers, Muḥammad ﷺ.
100
وَهُوَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ، لَا يُسَاوِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ كَلَامِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ، وَلَا نَقُولُ بِخَلْقِهِ، وَلَا نُخَالِفُ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.
It is the Speech of Allah; no speech of created beings is comparable to it. We do not say that it is created, nor do we oppose the united community of Muslims concerning it.
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وَلَا نُكَفِّرُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ بِذَنْبٍ مَا لَمْ يَسْتَحِلَّهُ.
We do not declare any person of the Qiblah to be a disbeliever because of a sin, so long as he does not regard that sin as lawful.
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وَلَا نَقُولُ: لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ الْإِيمَانِ ذَنْبٌ لِمَنْ فَعَلَهُ.
Nor do we say that a sin does not harm a person who commits it while possessing faith.
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وَنَرْجُو لِمُحْسِنِي أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ وَيُدْخِلَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ، وَلَا نَأْمَنُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا نَشْهَدُ لَهُمْ بِالْجَنَّةِ.
We hope that Allah will pardon the righteous among the believers and admit them into Paradise by His mercy. Yet we do not claim certainty for any individual, nor testify categorically that he will enter Paradise.
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وَنَسْتَغْفِرُ لِمُسِيئِيهِمْ، وَنَخَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا نُقَنِّطُهُمْ.
We seek forgiveness for those among them who have sinned; we fear for them, but we do not cause them to despair.
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وَنَرَى الْجَمَاعَةَ حَقًّا وَصَوَابًا، وَالْفُرْقَةَ زَيْغًا وَعَذَابًا، وَدِينَ اللَّهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاحِدًا وَهُوَ دِينُ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَهُوَ بَيْنَ الْغُلُوِّ وَالتَّقْصِيرِ، وَبَيْنَ التَّشْبِيهِ وَالتَّعْطِيلِ، وَبَيْنَ الْجَبْرِ وَالْقَدَرِ، وَبَيْنَ الْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيَاسِ. فَهٰذَا دِينُنَا وَاعْتِقَادُنَا ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا، وَنَحْنُ بُرَآءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ خَالَفَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ وَبَيَّنَّاهُ.
We hold that adhering to the united community is truth and correctness, while division is deviation and punishment. The religion of Allah in the heavens and the earth is one: the religion of Islam. It lies between excess and negligence, between likening Allah to creation and denying His attributes, between determinism and attributing independent power to creation, and between feeling completely secure and falling into despair. This is our religion and our belief, outwardly and inwardly, and we disassociate ourselves before Allah from everyone who opposes what we have mentioned and explained.
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🌿 A CLOSING DUʿĀʾ
وَنَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُثَبِّتَنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَيَخْتِمَ لَنَا بِهِ، وَيَعْصِمَنَا مِنَ الْأَهْوَاءِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ، وَالْآرَاءِ الْمُتَفَرِّقَةِ، وَالْمَذَاهِبِ الرَّدِيَّةِ، كَالْمُشَبِّهَةِ وَالْمُعْتَزِلَةِ وَالْجَهْمِيَّةِ وَالْجَبْرِيَّةِ وَالْقَدَرِيَّةِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَ السُّنَّةَ وَالْجَمَاعَةَ، وَاتَّبَعَ الضَّلَالَةَ.
We ask Allah Most High to keep us firm upon this belief, to seal our lives upon it, and to protect us from conflicting desires, divided opinions and corrupt ways, such as those of the Mushabbihah, Muʿtazilah, Jahmiyyah, Jabriyyah, Qadariyyah and others who oppose the Sunnah and the Jamāʿah and follow misguidance.
وَنَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ بَرَاءٌ، وَهُمْ عِنْدَنَا ضُلَّالٌ وَأَرْدِيَاءُ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ، وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَرْجِعُ وَالْمَآبُ.
We disassociate ourselves from their errors, and regard such ways as deviation and ruin. Allah knows best what is correct, and to Him is the return and final destination.
REMEMBER • REFLECT • PREPARE
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