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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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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