Belief and Islam

Awliyâ’ among Muslims are higher than common or lower angels.
And common angels are superior to common Muslims, i.e.
disobedient, sinful ones. Disbelievers, however, are lower than all
creatures.
At the first sound of the Sûr, all angels except the Hamalat al-
’Arsh and the four archangels will be annihilated. Then the
Hamalat al-’Arsh and then the four archangels will be annihilated.
At the second sound all angels will come back to life. The Hamalat
al-’Arsh and the four archangels will rise before the second sound
of the Sûr. That is, these angels will be annihilated after all the
living creatures, as they were created before all.
3. The third of the six essentials of îmân is “to believe the
Books revealed by Allâhu ta’âlâ.” He sent these Books to some
Prophets by making the angel read to them. To some He sent
Books inscribed on tablets, and to some others by making them
hear without the angel in between. All these Books are the Word
of Allâhu ta’âlâ (Kalâm-Allah). They are eternal in the past and
everlasting. They are not creatures. They are not words made up
by angels, nor are they words of Prophets. The Word of Allâhu
ta’âlâ is unlike the language which we write, keep in mind and
speak. It is that which exists in writing, speech or mind. It does not
have letters or sounds. Man cannot understand how Allâhu ta’âlâ
and His Attributes are. But men can read that Word, keep it in
mind and write it. It becomes hâdith, a creature, when it is with us.
That is, the Word of Allâhu ta’âlâ has two aspects. When it is with
human beings, it is hâdith [1] and a creature. When it is thought as
the Word of Allâhu ta’âlâ, it is eternal (qadîm).
All the Books sent down by Allâhu ta’âlâ are true and right.
There is no lie or error in them. The scholarly report stating that it
is jâ’iz (possible, probable, permissible) for Him to forgive (some
of His slaves) despite His declaration that He will punish and
torment (them) should be considered within the wider context of
the fact that that forgiveness is conditional on situations beyond
our knowledge, or on His Own Will and Choice. Or the so-called
report may have been intended to express a hope that He will
forgive the torment that the slave deserves. Why should the
declaration threatening with punishment and torment be a lie,
[1] ‘Hâdith’ means ‘(that) which did not exist before being created by
Allâhu ta’âlâ and which will cease to exist whenever Allâhu ta’âlâ
wills to annihilate it’.
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