Miftah-ul-Janna (Booklet for way to Paradise)

text is the second âyat-i-kerîma of Baqara Sûra. My Qibla is the
Kâ’ba-i-sherîf. My proof-text is the hundred and forty-fourth âyati-kerîma
of Baqara Sûra.
My Madhhab in i’tiqâd (îmân) is Ahl as-Sunnat wa-l-jamâ’at.
My proof-text is the hundred and fifty-third âyat-i-kerîma of
An’am Sûra.
My (earliest) ancestor is Hadrat ’Âdam. My proof-text is the
hundred and seventy-second âyat-i-kerîma in A’râf Sûra.
My Millat is Millat-i-islâm. My proof-text is the seventy-eighth
âyat-i-kerîma of Hajj Sûra.
I am one of the Ummat of Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’. My
proof text is the hundred and tenth âyat-i-kerîma of Âl-i-’Imrân.
I am a Mu’min (Believer), haqqan (by right). My proof-text is
the fourth âyat-i-kerîma in Anfâl Sûra. Al-hamdu lillâhi ’ala-ttawfîqihi
wa-s-taghfirullâha min kulli taqsîrin.
’Ilm is higher than ’amal for five reasons: For, ’ilm is depended
on whereas ’amal is dependent on it. ’Ilm is necessary whereas
’amal is inseparable from it. ’Ilm can give benefit by itself, whereas
’amal without ’ilm cannot give benefit.
’Ilm is higher than ’aql (mind). For, the former is qadîm
(perpetual), whereas the latter is hâdith, (i.e. it came into existence
from nothing.)
The zînat (ornament) of man stays with ikhlâs. The zînat of
ikhlâs stays with îmân. The zînat of îmân stays with Jannot
(Paradise). The zînat of Jannat stays with hûrîs, ghilmâns, and
seeing Jemâlullah, (i.e. seeing Allâhu ta’âlâ in a manner that
cannot be understood or defined.)
Also, if ’amal were a part from îmân, a menstruating woman
would not be absolved from the daily namâz. For, îmân cannot be
absolved from.
It is farz to say the Kalima-i-shehâdat (at least) once in one’s
life time. Its proof-text is the nineteenth âyat-i-kerîma in
Muhammad Sûra.
There are four conditions to be fulfilled when saying the
Kalima-i-shehâdat: Presence of heart as the tongue utters it.
Knowledge of its meaning. Saying it with a sincere heart. Saying it
with ta’dhîm (reverence, treating as great).
There are some hundred and thirty benefits in saying the
Kalima-i-shehâdat. However, existence of four things will
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