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He is the Ancient One without any beginning, the One who Persists without any ending – Shaykh al-Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]

by AbdurRahman.orgApril 24, 2017October 22, 2026

Aqeedah Tahawiyyah : Point # 6

قديم بلا ابتداء، دائم بلا انتهاء‏.

[6] He is the Ancient One without any beginning, the One who Persists without any ending.

The Explanation – Point [6]

As is indicated by saying of Allaah, the Most High,

He (Allaah) is the First and the Last
(Sooratul-Hadeed (57), aayah 3)

And his saying `alayhis–salaatu was-salaam,

‏أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْء، وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْء

“You are the First One and there was nothing before You, and You are the Last One and there is nothing after You.”[1]

However, the word qadeem (قديم – the ancient one) is not applied to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, except in the sense of informing about Him. As for calling Him with that name, then there is not from His Names “al-qadeem” (the ancient one). Rather, from His Names is: “Al-Awwal” (الأول – The First); and the term Al-Awwal (The First) is not the same as saying al-qadeem (the ancient one) because the term al-qadeem (the ancient one) may have someone before Him. As for the term “Al-Awwal” (The First) then there is nothing before him (one who is first). As the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said,

أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْء

“You are the First One and there was nothing before You.”

Correct and Incorrect Meanings of “Laa ilaaha illAllaah” – Shaykh al-Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]

by AbdurRahman.orgApril 23, 2017

Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah : Point # 5:

ولا إله غيره‏.

[5] And none besides Him (Allaah) has the right to be worshipped.

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The Explanation:

This is Tawheed al-Uloohiyyah (Tawheed of Worship). The phrase ‘Laa ilaaha’ means: none has the right to be worshipped in truth besides Him.[1]

As for if you were to say (that it means), “nothing is worshipped except Him (Allaah)” or “there is nothing worshipped other than Him (Allaah);” then this is baatil (false and futile) because there are many things which are worshipped beside Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. So if you say, “there is nothing worshipped besides Allaah” then you have made every object which is worshipped to be Allaah. And this is the position of the people of wahdatul-wujood (وحدة الوجود – unity of existence: the people who say that Creator and the creation are one and the same thing). So the person who says this, if he actually believes that then he is from the people of wahdatul-wujood (unity of existence). As for if he doesn’t actually believe that, but he only says it, blindly following other people, or he just heard it from someone, then this is an error and it must be corrected. And some people say this as an opening supplication in the prayer; so one of them says, “Nothing is worshipped besides You,” whereas the reality is that Allaah is truly and rightfully worshipped, whereas everything as beside Him is worshipped falsely and without right. He, the Most High said,

That is because Allaah – He is the One Who is worshipped in Truth and whatever they call upon besides Him, is baatil (false and futile). And Allaah, He is the Most High, the Most Great.
(Sooratul-Hajj (22), aayah 62)

Footnotes:

[1] لَا مَعْبُودَ بـِحَقٍّ غَيْرُه

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Allaah Guides Whoever He Wishes And Misguides Whoever He Wishes – Aqeedah Tahaawiyyah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]

by AbdurRahman.orgApril 21, 2017October 22, 2026

Aqeedah Tahaawiyahh : Point # 36:

يهدي من يشاء، ويعصم ويعافي فضلًا، ويضل من يشاء ويخذل ويبتلي عدلًا‏

He guides whoever He wishes, and protects and keeps safe as a favour (fadl) upon them; and He misguides whoever He wishes, and humiliates, and puts to trial from (His) Justice (‘adl).

The Explanation – Point [36]

Allaah, the One free from all imperfections, guides whomever He wishes and He misguides whomever He wishes; and this is by the Qadaa. (القضاء – Ordainment) and Qadr (قدر – Pre-decree) of Allaah.

However, He guides those whom He knows are fitting to receive guidance and He guides those who eagerly seek out guidance and who devote themselves to it; then Allaah makes good easy for him. And He misguides whomever He wishes by reason of that person’s turning away from seeking guidance and good; then Allaah misguides him as a punishment for him for turning away and for his lack of desire for good.

This is made clear by His, the Most High, saying,

As for the one who gives in charity and is dutiful to Allaah and attests to what is true, then we make easy for him acting in obedience to Allaah. (Sooratul-Layl (92), aayaat 5-7)

So the cause is found with the servant, and the Pre-decree is from Allaah, the Perfect.

We ask Allaah to make us firm upon Eemaan & to conclude our lives with it – Imam Tahaawi | Dawud Burbank [Short Clip]

by AbdurRahman.orgOctober 1, 2016

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Al-‘Aqeedatut -Tahaawiyyah – English Text – Dawud Burbank

by AbdurRahman.orgSeptember 25, 2014October 22, 2026

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The great scholar, Hujjatul- Islaam, Aboo Ja’far al- Waraaq at-Tahaawee, in Egypt, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said:

1. This is a mention of an explanation of the ‘Aqeedah (Creed and Belief), of the Ahul-Sunnah walJamaa’ah upon the way of the jurists of the Religion: Aboo Haneefah an-Nu’maan ibn Thaabit al-Koofee, and Aboo Yoosuf Ya’qoob ibn Ibraaheem al-Ansaaree, and Aboo ‘Abdillaah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybaanee- may Allaah be pleased withthem all, and what they held as their Creed from the fundamentals of the Religion and what they held asReligion in obedience to the Lord of the creation.