Guide-to-Sound-Creed-A-Book-on-Muslim-Creed-and-Faith

94 <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Sound</strong> <strong>Creed</strong>
'~..Thinking ofAllah other than the truth - thoughts ofignorance,
saying, 'Is there anything for us [<strong>to</strong> have done] this matter?' Say,
'Indeed, the matter belongs completely <strong>to</strong> Allah: "
(Qur'an: Alu 'Imran: 154)
In another Qur'anic verse, Allah has depicted them as those who retain evil
thoughts about Allah. He says:
'~nd [that] He maypunish the hypocrites, men and women, and
the polytheists, men and women - those who retain mistrust about
Allah. Upon them is a misfortune ofevil <strong>to</strong>rment; and Allah has
become angry with them and has cursed them and preparedfor
them Hell, and evil it is as a destination."
(Qur'an: Al-Fath: 6)
In his interpretation ofthe first verse, Imim Ibnul-Qayyim provided:
"The evil thoughts retained by those hypocrites are implied in their
allegation that Almighty Allah will never support His Messenger and
the whole affairs of his religion will come <strong>to</strong> decline. They, moreover,
wrongly believed that the afflictions and trials, which Allah befell on His
Messenger, did not come in agreement with AllaM Divine Decree and
Wisdom. Thus, the hypocrites' mistrust ofAllah is represented in their
denial of the Divine Wisdom and Divine Decree. Such was the case of
the wrong thoughts ofthe hypocrites and the polytheists according <strong>to</strong> the
Qur~nic verse ofthe Sura ofAI-Fath (The Conquest). Allah depicted their
thoughts as evil because they did not accord with the established and due
wisdom ofthe Almighty and the truthful promise He made <strong>to</strong> stand up
for His devout servants. Therefore, whoever wrongly thinks that Allah
constantly replaces the truth with falsehood or presum~ that things go
without a Divine Decree or they go in accordance with a Divine Decree,
which lacks reason and wisdom, such a man is held as a retainer ofevil
thoughts about Allah. Such are the evil thoughts of the polytheists and
woe <strong>to</strong> the polytheistsfrom the Hellfire.
Most people think wrongly about Allah either with regard <strong>to</strong> their
own affairs or Allah's treatment of others. Only those who correctly
and completely comprehend Allah's Sublime Attributes and their
requirements are safeguarded against such evil thoughts. So, let the
prudent be more cautious about these matters and let him who retains
wrong thoughts about his Lord repent from his sins.