Tauheed And Shirk

Man has been so ungrateful to Allah in all the times for the blessings that are provided to him. That the blessings provided to him are those that man cannot create, control or handle. All the operation of the world is handled by Allah alone. Here a question arises in the minds of both the believers and non-believers that what is the mankind here for then? Allah has replied in the Quran in the following way:

"And I created not the Jinns and men except that they should worship Me (Alone)." [51: 56]

Another question that arises is that if we are here to worship then is just saying Namaz the method to worship in Islam or is the word worship meant for something else.

Ibn Taymiyyah has defined worship as: "a term which comprises everything that Allah loves and approves of from the apparent and hidden sayings and deeds."

Therefore worship is the word solely meant for the sake of pleasing Allah and has nothing to do with polytheism. This is actually the acceptance of man from his heart and his actions to believe in the oneness of Allah. The opposite of this concept is shirk or polytheism.

Allah Says: "If you call upon them, they hear not your call, and if (in case) they were to hear, they could not grant it (your request) to you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will disown your worshipping them" [35: 14]

Therefore in several places in Quran Allah has said about different types of shirks man commits. On the judgment day man would not find the ones who he has been calling in for help.

"When our Messengers (the angels) come to them to take their souls, they will say: 'Where are those whom you used to invoke and worship besides Allah, 'they will reply, 'They have vanished and deserted us. 'And they will bear witness against themselves, that they were disbelievers." [7: 37].

What Every Muslim Should Know about Islam

Saying of the Prophet (PBUH) is: “He who travels in the search of knowledge, to him God shows the way of Paradise.”

Going into paradise is the fantasy for every Muslim, but everyone wants it in an easy way. God has made our Deen very simple for us to follow. Though we are not fully able to follow it according to what we are asked. The ways are simple and elegant. To consider yourself as a true Muslim one must have enough knowledge about his religion so that he can make his mind up from where to start, how to follow.


Holy Quran is the first step to take a start. But reciting Holy Quran is not enough, you must understand the meaning of every word written there. Most of the Muslims pray five times a day but don’t even know the meaning of what they say while praying. Arabic is a blessed language and we must learn it to understand Quran in the true manner.

Furthermore, it is also advised for a learner to spread his knowledge, “The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.” We also have to develop a strong faith in God, Prophet Muhammad PBUH and our religion. Plus one must have enough knowledge to answer all the questions raised by the people of other religions. Follow the life style of Prophet Muhammad PBUH is the important part for all the Muslims. Finally, Islam is broad but simple religion to follow but being a Muslim, it’s the responsibility for everyone to study Islam thoroughly.

Sufis and their love for Quran

Quran is a miracle that has caught the attention of the mankind and made them love it the most. It is an undeniable miracle of Allah like no other publication in this world been. There are numerous inspiring tales of people’s love of Quran. We need not advance in the distinct past; a look at the biographies of our Ulama who passed away verify this statement of their love for Quran.

Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (rahimahulla) said that,” In my life, there is only one thing that I love and only one thing that I hate. It is Quran that I love and it is the British that I hate.”

Similarly we cantleave behind the love of Hazrat Maulana Qari Fateh Muhammadabout him Mufti Taqi Usmani rightly says: “Qari Fateh Muhammad was a living miracle of Quran. His tongue was all the time busy reciting the Quran. He was always engrossed in thinking the best ways of spreading Quran education. He was at home in different accents of recitation. During Ramadan, he would lead the prayer of traveeh and recite seven to ten parts of Quran in one night. In this way he would complete the Quran in three or four days. Then he would again recite the whole Quran in some other accent. By the end of Ramadan he would recite the Quran for about ten times in traveeh alone”.

The names of Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Zakariya (rahimahullah), Hazrat Mufti Rasheed Ahmad (rahimahullah), and Hazrat Qari Raheem Bukhsh can’t be left behind in the list of love of Quran. They were blessed with such immense love of Quran that except for natural human yearns, they would not spend a lone instant in which they were not teaching or reciting the Quran.

No One can Heal You but Allah

Being humans we commit good and bad deeds. It is very natural that a person intentionally or unintentionally does some deeds which are not permitted in religion. So we should always ask Allah for guidance and forgiveness as we are advised to do so in Quran.

“And your Lord said: “Invoke Me, I will respond to your (invocation). Verily! Those who scorn My worship (i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!” (Ghaafir 40:60)

The life is full of hardships, calamities, twists and turns. Being a Muslim we should have firm belief in Allah that He will always rescue from the mishaps. From Quran we can find many verses in which Muslims are advised to ask for relief through supplication. Hence, belief in Allah is the source of security and peace. And the hearts that are devoid of trust are always far from Allah and are full of fright and confusion.

Supplication is the dearest thing to Allah. It is the way to patience in the cause of Allah. It is a sign of sincere dependence on Allah and keeping away from incapacity and laziness. It is an easy-to-make act of worship and it can be done at all places and times.

The supplicant must be a sincere believer. He should face the qiblah while making the supplication and should be sure that he is in the state of purity. He should raise his hands to Allah. He should be resolute in his supplication, supplicate at the times when invocations are most likely answered and select the supplications that are authentically reported from the Prophet. He should also not forget to make a sadaqah before his supplication.

Fake Islamic Sites and Our Responsibility

Despite of the various benefits of the internet regarding information gathering, there are certain groups who are using this medium for propaganda against Islam. Enemies of Islam have got a good platform to misguide the people about Islam and Muslims. Although Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, but unfortunately Muslims are weak in technology and this weakness is being exploited by anti Islamic groups to keep the people away from Islam.

We have encountered some websites that apparently look to be run by Muslims and pretend to be Islamic sites but actually these are spreading wrong information just to misguide non-Muslims who are keen to know about Islam. Instead of showing the real meaning of Quran, they twist the meaning of verses and present it in front of the public.

When we see such kind of websites, normally we react with anger. In fact it is a sign of strong faith and shows our love for religion Islam. But such things cannot be dealt with anger. What we need is to follow the proper channel and compete with them.

Don’t go for dialogue if you are not completely prepared. Otherwise they will defeat you if you lack in religious knowledge. So make sure that you have grasped complete knowledge of what you are going to talk about. Another thing you should remember that you shouldn’t publicize these fake websites. Doing this you are making these websites popular that will help the owner of these websites.

The best way to deal with fake Islamic websites is to develop a website that accurately defines the concept of Islam. We should guide people who don’t understand Arabic through Online Quran Translations. We should provide people with the answers according to the teachings of Quran and sunnah because lots of people turn to the internet when they need to know the answers for certain issues.

The Big Bang Theory and Quran

Various theories are described by many cosmological philosophers. Herman Bondi, Thomas Gold and Fred Hoyle introduced a theory that states that the universe was the same as it is now, matter is continually created to fill the gaps between galaxies. This theory was replaced with the Doppler effect and astronomers explained that the galaxies are moving away while the universe is expanding. This is somehow man made theories, Quran explains this very clearly.

Do they not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation) before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

Big bang theory states, in the beginning explosion happened, that explosion wasn’t the same like an observer observe on earth. When that explosion was over space and time were born. Temperature of universe was hundred thousand million degrees and there was abundance of electrons.

Allama Yusuf Ali says “The evolution of the ordered worlds as we see them is hinted at. As man's intellectual gaze over the physical world expands, he sees more and more how Unity is the dominating note in Allah's wonderful Universe. Taking the solar system alone, we know that the maximum intensity of sun-spots corresponds with he maximum intensity of magnetic storms on this earth. The universal law of gravitation seems to bind all mass together. Physical facts point to the throwing off of planets from vast quantities of diffused nebular matter, of which the central condensed core is sun."

We must understand the scientific terms in order to open our minds towards Allah’s will because everything is created by God and we shouldn’t separate science and Quran. As Quran really explains everything. You can recite Online Quran and seek the truth.

Islam and the Concept of Unity

Islam poses great stress on the importance of unity. The Islamic concept of Tauheed is the other name of the unity of mankind. The basic concept of Islam is the unity of God. Allah’s unity teaches us the message that we should not divide humans into sections and sects. Almighty Allah in the Quran says that the division of people in the races and clans is only for their introduction. The best one out of them is the man of piety.

Islam is a religion that bears other religions and orders its followers to respect and protect all humans irrespective of color, religion and ethnicity. According to a Hadith of the Holy Prophet all persons belong to Adam and Adam was from soil. The racial discrimination has been strictly prohibited in Islam. In the last sermon from the mountain of Arafat the Holy Prophet had clearly announced that no Arab has any superiority over a non-Arab; or the white over the black.

Islam advocates equal rights for all humans in the world and gives clear enjoinments for the respect, safety, security and prosperity of the non-Muslims as well.

When we Learn Quran we fine three levels of unity. These three levels are:

Unity of humanity

The Quran in Sura Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments) says:

“O, Mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is the one who has piety.” (49:13).

In this verse, Allah addressed believers and whole humanity rather than addressing only Muslims.

Unity of the People of Book

The people of the Books are the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims. In Sura Al-e-Imran the Quran says:

” O, people of the Book! Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with him, and that none of us will take others as lords besides Allah. Then if they turn away, say; Bear witness that we are Muslims” (3:64).

Unity of Muslims

In Sura Al-e-Imran the Quran says;

“And hold fast, all of you together to the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves.” (3:103).

Islam is to serve humanity. It has come to reform and unite humans, not to divide them. We must condemn separatism extremism and terrorism in the name of Islam and unite humanity if we believe in the unity of God.