In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
Praise be to Allah, the One who modeled the mode [kayyafa’l kaif], though He is completely free from modality [kaifiyya];
And has localized locality [ayyana ‘l-ain], though He utterly transcends location [ainiyya];
And exists [wujida] in every place, though He is far removed from circumstantiality [zarfiyya];
And makes Himself present with [hadara ‘inda] every thing, though He is far exalted above “withness” [‘indiyya].
He is the First of everything, and there is no posteriority [akhiriyya] applicable to Him.
If you say “where [aina]? ”, you are imposing location [ainiyya] on Him.
If you say: “how [kaifa]?”, you seek Him through modality [kaifiyya].
If you say: “when [mataa]? ”, you are besetting Him with temporality [waqtiyya].
If you say “He is not [laisa],” you are excluding Him from being [kawniyya].
If you say “if [law]”, you are confronting Him with deficiency [naqsiyya].
If you say “why [lima]?”, you are disputing with Him over sovereignty [malakutiyya].
Glory be to Him and Exalted is He!
He is not preceded by precedence [qabliyya]. He is not superseded by subsequence [ba’diyya]. He cannot be compared by likeness [mithliyya]. He cannot be matched by comparability [shakliyya]. He is not flawed by matrimonial conjugality [zawjiyya]. He is not known by corporeality [jismiyya].
Glory be to Him and Exalted is He!
If He were a tangible object [shakhs], He would be known in terms of quantity [kammiyya].
If He were a physical body (jism), He would consist of elements combined in structure [binya], but He is Singular [Wahid], in refutation of structurality [banawiyya].
He is Eternal [Samad], in refutation of idolatry [wathaniyya].
There is nothing similar to Him, in rejection of [the anthropomorphism] of the Hashwiyya.
There is nothing comparable to Him, in refutation of those who maintain the heresy of characterization [wasfiyya].
No mover moves, in good or evil, in private or in public, on land or at sea, except by His Will, in refutation of the Qadariyya.
His Power [Qudra] admits no comparison, and His Wisdom [Hikma] has no final limit, in denial of the Hudhaliyya.
His rights are those that are obligatory [huququ-hu ‘l wajiba], and His proof is that which is effective [hujjatu-hu ‘l baligha]. No one is entitled to claim any right over Him, contrary to the precept of the Nazzamiyya.
He is Just [‘Adil] and does no injustice in His judgments. He is Truthful [Sadiq] and does no injustice in His judgments. He is Truthful [Sadiq] and does not go back on what He makes known.
He is a speaker [Mutakallim] who utters a speech that is infinitely pre-existent, sempiternal [kalam qadim azali], not as one who creates his speech.
He has sent down the Qur’an and He has made it impossible for the eloquent linguists to rearrange it, thereby disproving the arguments of the Muradiyya.
Our Lord condones faults and forgives sins, for those who repent. Even if a man returns to his sin, that which is past will absolutely not return to the human being.
Our Lord is completely free from falsity [zaif] and far removed from tyranny [haif].
We also believe that He has reconciled the hearts of the believers and that He has caused the unbelievers to go astray, in refutation of the Hishamiyya.
We also believe that the sinners [fussaq] of this Community [Umma] are better than the Jews, the Christians and the Magians, in refutation of the Ja’fariyya.
We affirm that He sees Himself, and sees what is other than Himself and that He is One who hears [Sami’] every call, One who sees [Basir] every secrecy, in refutation of the Ka’biyya.
He has created His creatures in a most excellent natural constitution [fitra], and, after He has returned them through extinction in the darkness of the grave, He will restore them to the condition He first produced them, in refutation of the Dahriyya.
Then, when He has gathered them for the Day of His Reckoning, He will manifest Himself to His dear friends, so they will witness Him directly with the faculty of sight. He will be visible like the moon, and He will be veiled from none but those who deny the vision [of Him], such as the Mu’tazila. How could He be veiled from His dear friends, or make them stop before His screen, when His sempiternal, infinitely pre-existent promises have already been set forth?
2006-11-06 21:48:56
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answer #1
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answered by shaawanat 2
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You sooooo deserved that first response...
No need to complicate things. It's all about the cross, man. I deserve to go to Hell because I offended God by disobeying His laws. A fine needs to be paid according to Him. Jesus, His son, paid that fine. He was tortured and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again in 3 days. For us! You're in. All you have to do is believe in who Jesus was, what he did, repent of your offenses, and put your trust in the savior.
2006-11-06 21:59:21
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answer #2
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answered by ScottyJae 5
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