The Importance and Necessity of Islamic 'Aqeedah

  The Importance and Necessity of Islamic 'Aqeedah

 The Islamic 'aqeedah is as fundamental f'Or man as water and air. With'Out

this 'aqeedah he is l'Ost and c'On白sed.The Islamic 'aqeedah is由e

'One in particular 'which can answer the questi'Ons that have consistently

pre'Occupied man despite everything pre'Occupy human th'Ought and cause

仕ustrati'On:where did 1 c'Ome企om?W here did the universe c'Ome

fr'Om? Wh'O is由eCreat'Or? W hat町 eHis at仕ibutesand names? W hy

did He make us and the universe? W cap is 'Our r'Ole in this universe?

W cap is 'Our relati'Onship t'O the Creat'Or wh'O made us? Are there

'Other， imperceptible w'Or1ds bey'Ond the w'Or1d that we can see? Are there

'Other astute creatures apart企omman? Is there an'Other life after this

life? If血eanswer is p'Ositive， how is that 'Other life?

There is n'O 'Other belieft'Oday， ap訂 tfr'Om the 'aqeedah 'Of Islam， that

can answer these questi'Ons in a加 eand c'Onvincing way. Every'One

wh'O d'Oes n'Ot kn'Ow 'Or put stock in this 'aqeedah is like that hopeless

p'Oet6 wh'O kn'Ows n'Othing 'Of it. He says:

1 came， 1 kn'Ow n'Ot企omwhence， yet 1 came

1 saw bef'Ore me a pa血， s'O 1 f'Ol'Owed it

Also, 1 will c'Ontinue t'O track this path， whether 1 like it 'Or n'Ot

W here did 1 c'Ome企om?H'Ow did 1 find this pa血?

Am 1 new 'Or antiquated in this universe?

Am 1企ee，'Or a pris'Oner in chains?

1 kn'Ow n'Ot

6 he is Eeliya Abu Maa<Ji; the couplets cited come from his extensive

sonnet entitled At-Talaasim (mysteries)，合omhis assortment of sonnets entitled Aι

Jadaawil (s悦 ams)，町.106.

36 In的 duction

Am 1 controlling my own destiny in由islife， or am 1 con仕o11ed?

How 1 wish 1 knew， yet

My path， what is my way? Is it long or short?

Am 1 ascending， or sliding?

1 know not

Am 1 going through this life， or is it life that is running?

Or訂 ewe both standing sti1， while time runs?

1 wonder， when 1 was in that unseen， secure wor1d，

Did 1 had at least some idea that 1 was concealed there

Also, that 1 could arise and appear?

Or， 1 wonder， did 1 not have the foggiest idea about a thing?

1 wonder， before 1 turned into a total human being，

1 know not

1 know not

Was 1 non-existent， or was 1 something possible， or was 1 something?

Is there a response to this secret? Or then again wi11 1 remain for eternity

Not knowing... why 1 don't have the foggiest idea?

1 know not

What disarray is this! What uneasiness this vulnerability brings to

human spirits! Do the offspring of this generation， who have missed

out on information on the"great widespread realities" without which their

lives can't be sound and healthy， have the right to su宜erthese stresses

which fi11 their hearts and cause torment and edifices? Analyze their

circumstance to that of the Muslim who knows for certain a11 of these

facts， and through them tracks down solace and genuine serenity. So he

goes on a s位aightpath towards a clear objective whose highlights are

known.

Beli吃finAllah 37

Pay attention to this hopeless writer talking about death and one's

extreme destiny:

In the event that passing is a punishment， what sin could the unadulterated soul at any point commit?

On the off chance that it is a reward， what gifts does the wanton soul merit?

On the off chance that there is no prize or misfortune in it，

Then, at that point, why bother of calling血ingssinful or equitable?

In the event that demise is a sort of rest a抗erbeing awake，

For what reason do we not stay alert?

For what reason does a man not know when he is to leave?

1 know not

When wi1l the mystery be uncovered so由athe wi1l know?

1 know not

In the event that passing is a sort of rest to permit man to unwind

What's more, itis a setting企eerather than an imprisonment， a start

rather由anan end，

Why do 1 not love由issleep and long for由is?

Why町 esouls so a企'aidof it?

1 know not

After the grave， after death， will there be any revival

Also, life， and etemity， or just last blankness?

Individuals say位ueor白Ise?

Is it仕uethat certain individuals know?

On the off chance that 1 am restored after death， actually and spiritually，

1 wonder， will 1 be restored in p町 t，or altogether?

1 wonder， wi1l 1 be restored as a child， or as a grown-up?

Then, at that point, wi1l 1 know myself after 1 am revived?

He doesn't have the foggiest idea what his definitive predetermination wi11 be， and man's

extreme destiny concems him. He needs to be consoled about that

fate. We see the artist's pain， on the grounds that he doesn't have any idea where his

extreme fate falsehoods and what wi11 happen to him. He is off track

企omthe truth， his heart is loaded up with wretchedness and weighed down with stress

furthermore, anguish. His wonderings have depleted him. The number of individuals

由ere町 ein this wor1d who are like this misguided， hopeless artist!

Some of them can communicate their hopelessness and confusion， while

others feel and su宜er，but their contemplations stay caught in their

hopeless spirits.

"1 know not，" is the r，回ponseto these etemal questions. These are not

the expressions of this artist alone. Socrates， the mastermind who is seen as

one of the goliaths of philosophy， c1e訂 lystated，"The thing that 1 sti11

have hardly any familiarity with is the fact也at1 don't have the foggiest idea." 7 Indeed，

scepticismlagnosticism (in Arabic， laa adriyah， lit."not knowing")

is an old school of philosophical idea.

Just through the direction of Islam monitors leam where he came

企om，where he is going， why the universe exists， and what his job is

in this universe. He knows that in truth， and there is an extraordinary distinction

between the people who know and the individuals who don't have the foggiest idea: