synthesis of iman and its constituents

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Surah Aal-i-Imran 190-195

Synthesis of Iman

and its Constituents


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003.190 Without a doubt, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and thealternation of night and day,- there are definitely Signs for people of pure mind-

003.191 Men who remember Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides,

and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (they cryout): "Our Master! You have not created this in vain! Glory toYou! Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire.

003.192 "Our Master! Those whom You admit to the Fire, You truly cover them with

shame, and never will wrong-doers find any helpers!


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003.193 "Our Master! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith,

'Believe in Your Master,' and we have believed. Our Master! Forgive oursins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Yourself our souls in the

company of the righteous.

003.194 "Our Master! Grant us what You promised us through Your

messengers, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For You neverbreak Your promise."


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003.195 And their Master accepted of them, and answered them: "Never

will I allow to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female:You

are from each other: Those who have left their homes, and been driven

out, and suffered harm in My Cause, and fought and were slain,- I will

definitely blot out from them their evil acts, and admit them into

Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from Allah, and with


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Introduction

1. Surahs have strong beginnings and strong ends.

2. Two Ahadith


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Three Questions

y Why believe?

y What is the mutual relationship between the different articles

of faith?

yWhat is the Quranic methodology of inviting towards Iman?


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Iman

y Iman is to believe in a set of unseen realities.

y Two levels

y Claim with the tongue

y

Attest with your heart Real Iman!y Two ways of achieving this faith

y Subconscious- grow up practicing

y Conscious-Think and ponder


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The Journey OfThe Pure Mind

y First Level- Gnosis

y Second Level- Recognition of an Afterlife

y Third Level- Immediately respond to a Messengers call

y Fourth Level- Act the belief


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y Who are the ulul albaby Albab is the plural oflub- essence

y People whose minds are free from vanities.

y Antonym- people of clouded intellects (drugged) people.Running on automatic pilot.


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Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the

alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the

ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the

rain which Allah Sends down from the skies, and the life

which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the

beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in

the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail

like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here)

indeed are Signs for a people of intellect.


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y Ayah- sign/memento

041.053 Soon will We show them our Signs in the utmost

horizons (of the universe) and in their own selves, until it

becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it notenough that your Master witnesses all things?

y Third category of ayaat: Quranic ayaat Catalysts


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In other words

y Observe the phenomenon of the universe- you see

coherence, organization, purposefulness the dormant

cognizance of Allah leaps forth from you heart and

illuminates your consciousness.


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y The Strength of Gravity & the Atomic Weak Force: Physicist P.C.W. Davies has calculated that a change in the strength of gravity or ofthe atomic weak force by only one part in 10100 would have preventeda life permitting universe. Volume of the phase space of possible universes: Roger

Penrose ofOxford University states In order to produce a universeresembling the one in which we live, the Creator would have to aim foran absurdly tiny volume of the phase space of possible universes Now,how tiny is this volume? According to Penrose the volume of the phasespace would be 1/10 to the power of X which is 10123. This is smaller

than the ratio of aP

roton! This precision is much, much greater than theprecision that would be required to hit an individual proton if the entireuniverse were a dartboard!There are only three possible explanations forthe presence of the above fine tuning of the universe.


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Gnosisy The OnlyCreator

y All-Powerful

y All-Knowing

y All-Wise

Newton: Dont doubt the Creator, because it is inconceivable that

accidents alone could be the controller of this universe.

Herschel: The more knowledge we have, the more irrefutable

proofs we obtain for the existence of an Eternal Creator with

infinite power. Geologists, mathematicians, astronomers andbiologists have co-operated in setting up the edifice of science

which is the edifice of Gods greatness.


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How would you untangle a mess of

wires?

y Find one end and dont lose it!

y So to unravel the mysteries of the universe you do the

same

003.191 Men who remember Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (they cry out): "Our Master! You have not

created this in vain! Glory to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire.


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y Both dhikrandfikrtogether

y Whenfikris not going any further increase the dhikr; its the

fuel for your thought process.

y

Dhikr notonly on the

tongue but

in the heart.


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y The perfection in the universe, the purposefulness- yet

theres something missing.

y Human actions appear to go to waste.

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o


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003.192 Our Master! Those whom You admit to the Fire, You truly cover them with shame, and never

will wrong-doers find any helpers!


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They hear the call

003.193 "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, 'Believe ye in the Lord,' and

we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to thyself

our souls in the company of the righteous.

003.194 "Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine messengers, and save us

from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never breakestThy promise."

y Dua- acknowledge that Allah All-Hearing, All-Seeing, and

All-Powerful. Manifestation of Iman


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y Abu Bakar As-Sidiq , Khadijat-ul-kubra , Warqa binNaufal, Zaid bin Amar, Salman al-Farsi .

005.083And when they listen to the revelation received

by the Messenger, you will see their eyes overflowing

with tears, for they recognize the truth: they pray:

"Our Master! we believe; write us down among the

witnesses.


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And their Master accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I allow to be lost the

work of any of you, be he male or female:You are from each other.

y R

eligiously, spiritually you are all equal!


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Actions talk louder than words

Those who have left their homes, and been driven out, and suffered harm in My Cause, and

fought and were slain,- I will definitely blot out from them their evil acts, and admit them

into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from Allah, and with Allah is the best

of rewards.


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y

y

y The situation was such that they were forced to leavey

y Bilal, Khabab bin Art, Yasir, Summaya

y Not over money, land etc. Solely in the path ofAllah.

y y Musab bin Umair and Hamza


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