What you must believe about your Creator - Kalamullah.Com

Meaningof the two testimoniesالشهادتان : معناهمچاLa ilaha illAllah is to believe and affirm that no one deserves worshipexcept Allah, holding on to it and acting in accordance with it. 'La ilah'is negating that anybody has the right to be worshiped except Allah,whoever it might be. 'IllAllah' is affirming the Right of Allah Alone tobe worshiped. So, the complete meaning of the statement is 'LaMa'bood BiHaqqin illAllah', 'there is no deity truly worthy of beingworshiped except Allah.' The word La (there is none), mustaccompany BiHaqqin (truly worthy of) and it is not permissible to usethe word, 'Mawjood' (existing) because it is against reality. There aremany deities worshiped other than Allah and (saying, 'La Ma'boodMawjood illAllah') implies that worship of all these deities is worshipof Allah and this is the most false statement and it is the Madhhab(position) of the people of Wahdat al-Wujood (pantheism), who arethe most deviant people on the face of the earth. This statement (i.e.the first testimony) has been explained with numerous deviantinterpretations, from them are:1. La Ma'bood illAllah (there is no deity in existence exceptAllah). This is the most deviant interpretation because itmeans that every true and false deity is Allah as has beenexplained above.2. La Khaliq illAllah (there is no Creator except Allah). This isonly a part of the meaning of the statement, but this is not theintent as it only confirms Tawheed ar-Rububiyah, which isnot enough (to enter Islam) and is the Tawheed of the- 57 -