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If he permits me, today I will give an example which everyone can see in front of his eyes, of which he may not be aware. Everyone of you has one, two or even three computers, and you are downloading and uploading information from east to west and from north to south. All computers are connected to one main server in the world that is in San Francisco, California. That means every email you send or receive, and every text message, and every phone call you make, goes through that central computer. That means they are able to analyze … every email by itself without it being lost between these emails, because they use acute electromagnetic waves.</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">If that is for a human invention, what do you think about Allah’s Creation, which He gave to Sayyidina Muhammad (s), whom He sent to three different places?</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c10 c5"><span class="c2 c4">إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c4 c1">Inna arsalnaaka shaahidan wa mubashshiran wa nadheera.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c4 c1">Verily, We sent you as a witness and a bearer of good tidings and a warner. </span><span class="c0 c4">(al-Ahzaab, 33:45; al-Fath, 48:8)</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0 c4"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Shahidan `ala man,</span><span class="c0"> witness on whom? When Allah say in general it means “I am sending you Shahid”, and it means the Prophet (s) can see everyone in an instant and no one will overlap the other and he can see each one by one, </span><span class="c0 c1">wa mubashshiran </span><span class="c0">and giving good tidings, “giving My messages.” Therefore, everyone has to receive that message! No one can say “I didn’t receive that message.”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5 c10"><span class="c2">فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Fa alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">He inspired the self of its good and its bad</span><span class="c0">. (Ash-Shams, 91:8)</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">He delivered the message, good or bad, through His Prophet (s) and he is </span><span class="c0 c1">mubashshiran wa nadheera</span><span class="c0">, “</span><span class="c0 c4">A bearer of good tidings and a warner” to </span><span class="c0">every one, and the Prophet (s) has warned everyone.</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">If the European countries can make these kinds of computers and internet and carry pictures from east to west, does not the Prophet (s) have a heavenly server that can see and can hear. </span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">O Muslims! We have to open our minds to learn that what was given to Prophet (s) is to see us.</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c2">وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم (ما قال عبد لا اله إلا الله مخلصا من كل قلبه إلا فتحت له أبواب السماء حتى تفضي إلى العرش ما اجتنب الكبائر) رواه الترمذي</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c2"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Qaal: maa qaala `abdan laa ilaaha illa-Llah mukhlisan min kulli qalbihi illa futihat lahu abwaabi ’s-sama’i hatta tafdiy ila’l-`arsh ma ’jtunib al-kabaa’ir.</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">The Prophet (s) said there is no distinction; anyone who says, “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah,</span><span class="c0">” (which also implies, “</span><span class="c0 c1">Muhammadun Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">,”) if he says it one time with sincerity, all doors of Paradise are opened to that person if he didn’t do any </span><span class="c0 c1">kabeera </span><span class="c0">(major sin).</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">So what do we need better than his good tidings? Yes, we do sin, we sin, but according to this hadith, say, “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">” and Allah will change (the sins to goodnesses)! This is hadith of the Prophet (s) who is as-Saadiq al-Masdooq, “the Most Trustworthy Person,” (and this is his promise to us)!</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Say, “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah;”</span><span class="c0"> that is enough, that is in front of our shaykh, and from him that is conveyed to the Prophet (s)! </span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah!</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Anyone who says, "</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">” with sincerity, all doors of Paradise are open to them. According to that hadith of Prophet (s), say, </span><span class="c0 c1">"laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">" and that is enough! </span><span class="c0 c1">Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Muhammadan Rasoolullah. </span><span class="c0">(...)</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Because he didn’t say,</span><span class="c0 c1"> “laa ilaaha illa-Llah” </span><span class="c0">which he was reciting in </span><span class="c0 c1">dunya</span><span class="c0"> and he says </span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">yaatee al-`abd yawma ’l-qiyaamati wa lam yajida laa ilaaha ill ‘Llah fee meezaanihi.</span><span class="c0"> The servant comes on Judgment Day and he finds all the sins in his scale but he doesn’t find </span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah </span><span class="c0">in his Scale.</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> assigned us recitation of </span><span class="c0 c1">"laa ilaaha illa-Llah" </span><span class="c0"> a thousand times daily. Are we doing that?</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Fa yaquloo yaa rabbee laa ajiduhaa fee meezaanee! Fa yaqool. </span><span class="c0">He says, “Where is it. I don’t find it in my Scale.”</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">They will say, "O my Lord! We cannot fit it!" The angels say, "We cannot fit (the </span><span class="c0 c1">barakah </span><span class="c0">of that recitation) on the Scale!" </span><span class="c0 c1">Wa laa tassa`uha as-samawaati wa laa al-ard</span><span class="c0">. It means of its greatness, “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah” </span><span class="c0">reflects the greatness of al-Khaliq, The Creator, and “</span><span class="c0 c1">Muhammadan Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">”</span><span class="c0"> refers to the greatness of “</span><span class="c0 c1">al-`abd</span><span class="c0">,” the status of which </span><span class="c0">cannot be put on a Scale as there is no room for it!</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">The proof of this is, </span><span class="c0 c1">subhaanAllahi wa bi-hamdihi tamla’u maa bayna samawaati wa ’l-ard w ’alhamdulillah tamlau ’l-meezaan</span><span class="c0">. If you say, “</span><span class="c0 c1">subhaanAllahi wa bihamdihi,</span><span class="c0">” the whole universe will be filled with that recitation, that all angels will ask forgiveness for you up to the Day of Judgment. As the </span><span class="c0 c1">meezaan</span><span class="c0"> is carrying the whole universe, where are you going to put, “</span><span class="c0 c1">Laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">?” </span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Fa idha ’mtalla al-meezaan wa ’l-hamd lam yas`a maa ba`adahaa</span><span class="c0">. This means Allah (swt) wants to tell him, "O My servant! Already your </span><span class="c0 c1">Meezaan</span><span class="c0"> is full; you don't need it, go to Paradise!"</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Qaala ibn `AtaAllahi Sakandari, “Wa kayfa laa yafrahoonaa wa qad qaala Ta`ala ‘wa yustaghfiroona liman fil-`ard.’”</span><p><p class="c5 c7"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Ibn `AtaAllahi Sakandari said, “How can you not be happy when Allah said, ‘The angels are going to make </span><span class="c0 c1">istighfaar </span><span class="c0">on your behalf, (42:5) and bring you to the Day of Judgment clean?’”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c2">عن عبد الله بن عمرو عن النبيّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: << إن موسى- عليه السلام- قال: يا رب، علمني شيئاً أذكرك به وأدعوك به، قال: يا موسى، قل: لا إله إلا الله، قال: كل عبادك يقولوا هذا إنما أريد شيئاً تخصني به، قال: يا موسى، لو أن السماوات السبع وعامرهن غيري، والأرَضِينَ السبع في كفة، ولا إله إلا الله في كفة – مالت بهن لا إله إلا الله >></span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c2">أخرجه أبوا يعلى في مسنده (2/528) رقم (420/1393) والحاكم في المستدرك (1/528)، وقال: حديث صحيح الإسناد.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Wa fee Kashfi ’l-ghumma, kaana Rasoolullahi (s) yaqool, qaala Musa, 'Yaa Rabbee! `alimnee shayyan adhkuruka bihi wa adu`ka bih,' </span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c1">Fa qaal, 'qul Yaa Musa, “Laa ilaaha illa-Llah!” Qul, “Laa ilaaha illa-Llah!” Qaala, ‘Yaa Rabbu, kullu `ibaaduk yaqooloona Laa ilaaha illa-Llah!'</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c1">Qaal an-Nabi (s), "Qul yaa Musa, ‘Laa ilaaha illa-Llah’!" Qaala, 'Yaa Rabbee! Innamaa ureedu shayyan takhusanee feeh'</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c1">Qaala ‘Yaa Musa!</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c1">Law anna ‘s-samawaati saba' wal ardeen as-saba` fee kaffah</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0 c1">wa ‘Laa ilaaha illa-Llah’ fee kaffata malaat bihinna laa ilaaha illa-Llah.’”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Musa (a) said, “O Allah! Teach me something with which I mention You, and when I ask through that which You taught me I make </span><span class="c0 c1">du`a</span><span class="c0"> through it.” Allah tells him to say “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">,” and Musa says, “All Your servants say, ‘</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">.’” Allah said, “O Musa! Say, </span><span class="c0 c1">‘Laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">’!” Sayyidina Musa (a) says, "O my Lord! I want something special just for me that I don't want to share with anyone else."</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Look at the difference! Prophet (s) shares with everyone, but Sayyidina Musa is not sharing as he wants something for himself.</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Allah is saying to him, “If all the Heavens and universe and the seven Earths are on one side of the Scale and ‘</span><span class="c0 c1">Laa ilaaha illa-Llah’ are o</span><span class="c0">n the other side, </span><span class="c0 c1">Laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0"> will be heavier than everything you have put on the right side.”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">More than the universe and Heavens and Earth; even one time “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah”</span><span class="c0"> is greater than everything else.</span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c2">ما من عبد قال : لا إله إلا الله في ساعة من ليل أو نهار ؛ إلا طمست ما في الصحيفة من السيئات ؛ حتى تسكن إلى مثلها من الحسنات .</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Maa min `abdin qaala laa ilaaha illa-Llah fee sa`atin min laylin aw nahaarin illa tumissat maa fi’s-saheefata min as-sayyiaat hatta taskun ila mithlihaa min al-hasanaat.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Prophet (s) said, “whenever you awake at night and say, “laa ilaaha illa-Llah,”</span><span class="c0"> and also during the day, that recitation will close and lock the notebook of all your sins and destroy it, as if there are no more sins, and it will change all the sins to </span><span class="c0 c1">hasanaat</span><span class="c0"> (good deeds)! That is the reward Allah (swt) gives when someone says “</span><span class="c0 c1">laa ilaaha illa-Llah.”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c2">ان العبد ليأتي بحسنات أمثال الجبال فيجد لسانه قد هدمها ،ويأتي بسيئات أمثال الجبال فيجد لسانه قد هدمها من كثرة ذكر الله</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Qaal al-Imam ar-Raazi inna al-`abd yaati bi-sayyi`aatin amthaal al-jibaal wa yajidu lisaanahu qad hadamahu min kathrati dhikrillah ta`ala.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c1">Al-Imam al-Razi said, ‘Allah's servant comes on the Day of Judgment with sins like mountains and he will find that his tongue has broken down those mountains.’”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">Now you need cranes and explosives to break down a mountain; how does his tongue do that? </span><span class="c0 c1">Min kathrati dhikrullah</span><span class="c0">, because he was a </span><span class="c0 c1">dhaakir</span><span class="c0">, “He was always making </span><span class="c0 c1">dhikrullah, ‘laa ilaaha illa-Llah,’ dhikrullahi Ta`ala wa maa tasala bih</span><span class="c0">, and any other of the Beautiful Names.”</span><p><p class="c7 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">[</span><span class="c0 c1">Du`a</span><span class="c0">]</span><p></div><div id="footer"><span>Published by <a target="_blank" title="Learn more about Google Drive" href="//docs.google.com/">Google Drive</a></span><span class="dash">–</span><a href="//docs.google.com/abuse?id=1wdMmFMYhMNgexdo9sAYSBOWqwu_pGWk95hfjgRbEBsI">Report Abuse</a><span class="dash">–</span><span>Updated automatically every 5 minutes</span></div><script type="text/javascript"> (function(){var e=!1;if(window.jstiming){window.jstiming.a={};window.jstiming.b=1;var k=function(b,a,d){var c=b.t[a],g=b.t.start;if(c&&(g||d))return c=b.t[a][0],void 0!=d?g=d:g=g[0],c-g},p=function(b,a,d){var c="";window.jstiming.pt&&(c+="&srt="+window.jstiming.pt,delete window.jstiming.pt);try{window.external&&window.external.tran?c+="&tran="+window.external.tran:window.gtbExternal&&window.gtbExternal.tran?c+="&tran="+window.gtbExternal.tran():window.chrome&&window.chrome.csi&&(c+="&tran="+window.chrome.csi().tran)}catch(g){}var f= window.chrome;if(f&&(f=f.loadTimes)){f().wasFetchedViaSpdy&&(c+="&p=s");if(f().wasNpnNegotiated){var c=c+"&npn=1",l=f().npnNegotiatedProtocol;l&&(c+="&npnv="+(encodeURIComponent||escape)(l))}f().wasAlternateProtocolAvailable&&(c+="&apa=1")}var m=b.t,t=m.start,f=[],l=[],h;for(h in m)if("start"!=h&&0!=h.indexOf("_")){var n=m[h][1];n?m[n]&&l.push(h+"."+k(b,h,m[n][0])):t&&f.push(h+"."+k(b,h))}delete m.start;if(a)for(var q in a)c+="&"+q+"="+a[q];(a=d)||(a="https:"==document.location.protocol?"https://csi.gstatic.com/csi": "http://csi.gstatic.com/csi");return[a,"?v=3","&s="+(window.jstiming.sn||"_s")+"&action=",b.name,l.length?"&it="+l.join(","):"","",c,"&rt=",f.join(",")].join("")};window.jstiming.getReportUri=p;var r=function(b,a,d){b=p(b,a,d);if(!b)return"";a=new Image;var c=window.jstiming.b++;window.jstiming.a[c]=a;a.onload=a.onerror=function(){window.jstiming&&delete window.jstiming.a[c]};a.src=b;a=null;return b};window.jstiming.report=function(b,a,d){if("prerender"==document.webkitVisibilityState){var c=e,g= function(){if(!c){a?a.prerender="1":a={prerender:"1"};var f;"prerender"==document.webkitVisibilityState?f=e:(r(b,a,d),f=!0);f&&(c=!0,document.removeEventListener("webkitvisibilitychange",g,e))}};document.addEventListener("webkitvisibilitychange",g,e);return""}return r(b,a,d)};window.jstiming.reportDone=function(b){if(window.jstiming.b<=(b||1))return e;for(var a in window.jstiming.a)return e;return!0};var s=function(b,a,d,c){return 0<d?(c?b.tick(a,c,d):b.tick(a,"",d),!0):e};window.jstiming.getNavTiming= function(b){if(window.performance&&window.performance.timing){var a=window.performance.timing;s(b,"_dns",a.domainLookupStart)&&s(b,"dns_",a.domainLookupEnd,"_dns");s(b,"_con",a.connectStart)&&s(b,"con_",a.connectEnd,"_con");s(b,"_req",a.requestStart)&&s(b,"req_",a.responseStart,"_req");s(b,"_rcv",a.responseStart)&&s(b,"rcv_",a.responseEnd,"_rcv");if(s(b,"_ns",a.navigationStart)){s(b,"ntsrt_",a.responseStart,"_ns");s(b,"nsfs_",a.fetchStart,"_ns");var d=window.external&&window.external.startE;!d&&(window.chrome&& window.chrome.csi)&&(d=Math.floor(window.chrome.csi().startE));d&&(s(b,"_se",d),s(b,"sens_",a.navigationStart,"_se"));s(b,"ntplt0_",a.loadEventStart,"_ns");s(b,"ntplt1_",a.loadEventEnd,"_ns")}}}};})() </script><script type="text/javascript">KX_timer.tick('tl'); if (document.location.protocol == 'https:') {window.jstiming.report(KX_timer, undefined , 'https://gg.google.com/csi');} else {window.jstiming.report(KX_timer);}</script></body></html>
