INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subhaanallah<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meaning of \u2018Subhaanallah\u2019 is cleanliness, purity and immaculateness of Allaah Ta\u2019alah in His oneness, greatness, power and capacity. This meaning also extends to the perfectness of His knowledge of the unseen, His flawlessness\u2026etc. He has no partners and associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cleanliness of each thing lies within the context of that thing itself. For example, the cleanliness, tidiness and purification of a person are his wudhu, ghusl, tayyamum\u2026etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore the cleanliness, purity and immaculacy of Allaah (Subhaanallah) mean that Allaah Ta\u2019alah is pure and free from any partnership with anyone. He has no associates in his Power, in his capacity to hear, to know. He does not need any idols, statues, peers, awliyas, prophets and angels as associates in whatever He does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allaah Ta\u2019alah is pure is His attributes and free from partners that people have fabricated to associate with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some Quranic verses and their explanations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interpretation of these verses are as explained above that Allaah Ta\u2019alah is pure and free from anything or anyone that people associate with Him. He is independent in His Power and all His attributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
General Ignorance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot of people think that doing good deeds and accomplishing all the main pillars of Islam such as reading \u2018swalaats\u2019, performing \u2018hajj\u2019, giving \u2018zakaat\u2019 and performing other prayers like \u2018zikr\u2019 and so on are so important that they take them as more important than knowing the subject of \u2018Tawheed\u2019. They trust 100% that these good deeds and acts of worship and prayers will guarantee their success in front of Allaah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have never found it important to learn the subject \u2018Tawheed\u2019 or the \u2018The subject of Tawheed\u2019. However, it must be correctly known that if our \u2018imaan\u2019 is not good, then none of our good deeds will be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a person does a lot of good deeds, prays a lot (like reading \u2018tahajjud\u2019 swalaat, making \u2018zikr\u2019, fast , performs hajj and gives \u2018zakaat\u2019), but that his \u2018imaan\u2019 (conviction) is not right and that he commits \u2018shirk\u2019, then Allaah Ta\u2019alah will never accept any of his good deeds. Not only that, but he will be admitted to an eternal term in the Fire of Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is \u2018imaan\u2019 (conviction)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allaah Ta\u2019alah is full of justice and mercy. He created us and thus wants to know Him and worship Him alone. He has never left us without any guidance \u2013 so even that of Him is a blessing and a favour to us. Allaah Ta\u2019alah The Most High has sent many messengers and prophets to us to transmit only one Message to us, that is, \u2018mankind must submit to the Will of Allaah only and worship Him alone.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imaan is about a person being conscious and aware of the reality of Allaah Ta\u2019alah. This consciousness or awareness or discovery of the reality of Allaah is not a simple thing. This is about being conscious or aware that Allaah Ta\u2019alah is All-Powerful, All-Knowledgeable in this whole Universe and beyond. It is about being conscious that He (Allaah Ta\u2019alah) will reward or punish each person according his good or bad deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This sense of discovery or awareness or consciousness is the driving force of a person\u2019s \u2018within\u2019, because once a person comes to realise this, he becomes different, his inside is shaken and Allaah Ta\u2019alah becomes the centre of his existence in everything in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Muslim believer has the firm conviction in everything that Allaah Ta\u2019alah has revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (sal lal laahu alaihi wa sal lam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A most in-depth meaning of \u2018Laa ilaha illal laah Muhammad-ur-Rasulullah<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Quraish and those nations who came before them (that did not believe in the messengers and prophets that Allaah sent to them) were believers in Allaah Ta\u2019alah with the conviction that He (Allaah Ta\u2019alah) is God of this world and the Universe. But despite this conviction they did not believe that He (Allaah Ta\u2019alah) was the only one that was worthy of worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when the holy Qur\u2019an and the Sunnah show the following,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, the disbelievers used to make difference between Lordship and Worship of Allaah Ta\u2019alah. So, they accepted His Lordship (Tawheed Rububiyyah \u2013 The Oneness or Monotheism of Allaah as the only God). An example of this is seen in the following Quranic verse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd if you should ask them, \u2018Who created the heavens and the earth?\u2019 they would surely say, \u2018They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.\u201d (Surah 43 az-Zukhruf, verse 9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they did not believe in the Tawheed of Uluhiyya (Oneness of worship of Allaah). This can be seen in the following Quranic verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndeed they, when it was said to them, \u2018There is no deity but Allaah, were arrogant, and were saying, \u2018Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?\u2019 (Surah 37 as-Saffat, verse 35 \u2013 36) \u201cHas he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing.\u201d \u201cAnd the eminent among them went forth, [saying], \u2018Continue, and be patient over [the defence of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended. (Surah 38 Sad, verse 5 \u2013 6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So they worship other things and deities even though they testified and accepted that Allaah is the only Creator who creates and provides. What they have done is that they associated partners with Allaah Ta\u2019alah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, prophets have been sent to call them to believe in Tawheed Uluhiyya (Oneness of worship of Allaah).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They denied the prophets and denied the Tawheed Uluhiyya (Oneness of worship of Allaah).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they did not deny the prophets when it came to the Tawheed Rububiyyah (Oneness of the Lordship of Allaah).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CONCLUSION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conditions for the one who recites the Islamic Kalimah (Creed) to receive its benefits (rewards)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The condition of \u2018imaan\u2019 (conviction) is that we must accept the \u2018Kalimah\u2019 (creed) and submit to it. If a person believes in the \u2018Kalimah\u2019 \u2018laa ilaha illal laah\u2019 but does not submit to its demand, then he has no \u2018imaan\u2019 (conviction). The \u2018Quraish\u2019 (inhabitants of Makkah) believed in the existence of Allaah and accepted that He is the Creator of this universe. But they did not submit to the commandments of Allaah and did not worship Him alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conditions for the one who recites the Islamic Kalimah (Creed) to receive its benefits (rewards)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are the things that are rejected by this \u2018Kalimah\u2019 and what are the things that are affirmed by it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a person recites this \u2018Kalimah\u2019 without knowing what it means and does not submit to its commandments (or conditions) he will not benefit anything from it. This is because he has not believed in what the \u2018Kalimah\u2019 asks of him. It is like a person who speaks a language that he does not understand (of course he is not going to benefit from it in that case).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most affirmative negative form<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Kalimah tayyibah\u2019 begins with the negative form: [i.e. there is no \u2018ilah\u2019 (gods or deities) who are worthy of worship. Then there is the \u2018affirmative\u2019 form [i.e. except Allaah.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allaah Ta\u2019alah has used this style (i.e. stressing on the negative message first) to emphasize the gravity or seriousness of the big sin (the big sin of associating partners with Allaah). But at the same He is also showing us His great Love and infinite Mercy that He has for mankind. Allaah has warned mankind first about the greatest danger and enemy that can ruin and destroy them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two phrases in this \u2018Kalimah\u2019: the first one is \u2018Tawheed \u2013 la ilaha illal la) and the second one is \u2018Risalat \u2013 Muhammad-ur-Rasulullah\u2019. When a person believes both of these, that is, Tawheed and Risalat, then the \u2018nur\u2019 (light) of \u2018imaan\u2019 descends upon his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this \u2018Kalimah\u2019 Allaah Ta\u2019alah has put the name of Muhammad (sal lal laahu alaihi wa sal lam) just after His own name. Allaah Ta\u2019alah has done this to show the honour and importance that He has given to His beloved Prophet Muhammad (sal lal laahu alaihi wa sal lam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a person believes in the first part of this \u2018Kalimah\u2019 but does not believe in the second part of it, that is, he does not believe in and accept the prophet Muhammad (sal lal laahu alaihi was sal lam), then this person is not a Muslim believer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To save ourselves from the fire of hell we must have \u2018imaan\u2019 (conviction) and conviction means that we must believe in \u2018Tawheed\u2019 and \u2018Risalat\u2019 together as Allaah has mentioned in the following verse of the holy Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cO you who have believed, believe in Allaah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allaah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.\u201d (Surah 4 an-Nisaa, verse 136)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The place of Kalimah \u2018laa ilaha illal laa\u2019 in the life of a Muslim<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without any doubt there are no greater words that are more important than the \u2018Kalimah\u2019 \u201claa ilaha illal laah.\u201d These words are a declaration of one\u2019s conviction (imaan) in the Tawheed (Oneness) of Allaah. All Messengers of Allaah Ta\u2019alah have called people to accept this declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Muslim recites it every single in his life in the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Excellence of \u2018Kalimah laa ilaha illal laa\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allaah said: \u2018If all the seven heavens and all the seven worlds were taken and altogether were put in one pan of the scale, they would all be outweighed by \u2018laa ilaha illal laah\u2019 if it were to be put in the other pan of the scale.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will be asked if he has any excuses to which he will answer: \u2018no\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will be told that there is a good deed for him in it. And that today no injustice will be done to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A paper (or page) will be removed and shown to him in which it will be written: \u2018Ash-hadu al laa ilaha illal laah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadoor-Rasoulloul laah.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This person will say, \u2018Oh Allaah, what is this paper and what is written in it? He will be told: \u2018Today there will be no injustice on you. Then his 99 books deeds will be placed in one pan of the scale and that paper will be placed in the other pan. That paper will outweigh all the other 99 books of his deeds. (Tirmidhi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mouth and the Heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Belief in the Tawheed (Oneness) of Allaah means accepting that there is no other creator except Allaah and that Allaah is The Supreme Master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, if a person accepts this fact but at the same time he persists in associating partners with Allaah in his worship, he is then a \u2018mushrik\u2019 (he commits \u2018shirk\u2019) irrespective of his reciting this \u2018Kalimah\u2019 every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Tawheed\u2019 necessitates total love for Allaah Ta\u2019alah only; it entails submission, humility, obedience and absolute sincerity in the worship (ibaadah) of Allaah only. All words said, all actions done, abstaining from anything bad, love and hate \u2013 all should be for the cause of Allaah Ta\u2019alah. It means to single out Allaah in everything in one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The benefit of Kalimah<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Special effect of Imaan<\/p>\n\n\n\n