Documents of the Right Word

Allâhu ta’âlâ has created men weak and needy. They need
clothes, food, lodging, protection against their enemies, and many
other things. A person cannot procure his needs by himself. His
life is too short for this. Men have to cooperate and live together.
One man gives an implement he has made to another, who in return
gives him something else he needs. This need for cooperation is
expressed as “Man has been created civilized.” Living in civilization,
that is, in societies, requires justice. Everyone desires to get what he
needs. This desire is called shahwa. He becomes indignant with
anyone who takes his advantages away. Quarrels, cruelties and
torture between them ensue. Society disintegrates. To regulate all
kinds of business transactions and to establish justice in a society,
many principles have to be known, each of which becomes a law.
They must be made known in the most equitable manner. If men
cannot come to a mutual agreement in preparing them, chaos starts
again. Therefore, they must be prepared by One who is equitable
and above mankind. In order for his decisions to be accepted, He
has to be powerful, and it must be understood that the decisions
came from Him. Mu’jizas are the means by which this is proven.
Those who run after their own pleasures and shahwa and behave
arrogantly do not like the rules of Islam. They do not want to obey
these rules. They violate others’ rights and commit sins. By
declaring that those who obey Islam shall be given thawâb and those
who do not obey them shall be tormented, the system of Islam
becomes stronger. Therefore, the One who has ordained these rules
and who will inflict the punishment must be known. For this end,
worship (’ibâda) has been commanded. By worshipping every day,
He is remembered. Worship begins with confirming, believing in
His existence, His Prophet and the blessings and torments in the
next world.
Three things arise from believing in them and performing
’ibâdât: Firstly, one becomes safe against following one’s lust; the
heart and soul get purified, and one does not get angry any more;
lust and anger are hindrances against remembering the Creator.
Secondly, one enjoys different information and pleasures that are
unrelated with those obtained through the sense organs or thru
experiments with matter. Thirdly, as it is meditated upon that the
good shall be given blessings and the evil-doers shall be tormented,
justice gets established among men. These statements of Muslim
thinkers are similar to the statement of Mu’tazilas: “It is
reasonable that proposals are useful.”
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