Some of the Unique Qualities of Allah the Almighty (3/3)
Dr. Norlain Dindang
If you believe that God is Unique and Supreme, High Above all His creations, then it is for your own salvation (eternal peace and success) to accept Allah as the Only True God, worthy of true worship. Verily, Allah is the Almighty, worthy of all praises. Worship Him alone in order to fulfill your very purpose of creation (i.e., to worship Allah Who is our Only Creator and True God). If you believe in Him and do deeds of righteousness, then you will be among those who will attain supreme success in the eternal world to come. Allah the Exalted says in His Book:
“…Allah has promised the Believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow to dwell therein and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the Good Pleasure of Allah. That is the supreme success.” (Qur’an, Surah At-Tawbah, 9: 71-72)
“Verily, the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security, among Gardens and Springs; dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade they will face each other; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful big and lustrous eyes. There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security; nor will they there taste death except the first death. And He will save them from the Torment of the Blazing Fire as a bounty from your Rabb (Only Creator, Cherisher and Sustainer)! That will be the supreme success!” (Qur’an, Surah Ad-Dukhan, 44: 51- 57)
It is for your salvation and eternal Success that you worship Allah the Most Merciful the way Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) worshipped Him. The Messenger of Allah to the whole mankind (Qur’an 4: 179) has commanded us to worship Allah the way he did it. In an authentic Hadeeth compiled by Imam Bukhari the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: “Perform your Salat (prayers) in the same manner as you have seen me doing.” In line with Allah’s commandment to us to worship Him and as demonstrated to us by His Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), it is for your own salvation and eternal success to sincerely worship Allah in the Islamic way (according to the Qur’an and the Sunnah). Obey Allah and His Messenger. Take admonitions from the following Qur’anic verses:
“But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His limits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein (forever). And they shall have a humiliating punishment.” (Qur’an, Surah An-Nisa’, 4: 14)
“Those who reject Our Signs, We shall cast them into the Fire; as often as their skins are roasted through. We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the Chastisement: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.” (Qur’an, Surah An-Nisa’, 4: 56)
“Those who disbelieve, among the People of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) and among the Polytheists, will be in Hell-fire, to dwell therein (for aye). They are the worst of creatures.” (Qur’an, Surah Al-Baiyyinah, 98: 6)
Non-Muslims who truly seek for eternal salvation and success need to believe in Allah as the One and Only True God. Allah the Most High Alone possesses all the unique and supreme attributes of the true God. Verily, Allah Alone deserves true worship. They need to worship Him Alone as He has commanded mankind to worship no one but Him. They need to worship Allah the way His Messenger worshipped Him. They need to follow the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) who teaches us to glorify and testify Allah the Almighty as True:
Ibn ‘Abbas (radhyAllahu ‘anhu) narrated that when the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud (midnight) prayer, he used to say: “O Allah! All the praises are for you. You are the Holder of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is in them. All the praises are for You. You have the possession of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them. All the praises are for You. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and all the praises are for You. You are the King of the heavens and the earth and all the praises are for You. You are the Truth and Your Promise is the truth, and to meet You is true. Your Word is the truth and Paradise is true, Hell is true, all the Prophets are true, Muhammad is true, and the Day of Resurrection is true. O Allah! I surrender (my will) to You. I believe in You and depend on You, repent to You, and with Your help I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers. And I take You as a Judge (to judge between us). Please forgive me my previous and future sins; and whatever I concealed or revealed. And You are the One Who makes (some people) forward and (some) backward. There is none to be worshipped but You.” (Reported by Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadeeth 221 and Vol. 9, Hadeeth 482, 534)
Those who have read some of the countless distortions written against Islam and Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), time has come that they should believe in the Prophet as the true Messenger of Allah to all humanity. Verily, Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) is the true universal Messenger and the final Prophet of Allah. In fact, he is known as the As-Sadiq and Al-‘Amin (the Truthful and the Trustworthy). Many non-Muslims who knew and listened to him during his time embraced Islam because of his truthfulness. Indeed, Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) is true and he teaches nothing but the Truth. Above all, he teaches us the worship of the One True God, which is the very essence of the true religion, Islam. For the salvation of the non-Muslims, they need to believe in Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as the true, final Messenger of Allah the Only True God and believe in the Message with which he was sent. They need to believe in Islam as the true religion from Allah the Almighty. They need to take admonition from the following authentic Hadeeth:
Abu Hurairah (radhyAllahu ‘anhu) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, he amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me; but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent (i.e., Islam) and dies in his state (of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.” (Reported by Muslim, Hadeeth 1, Hadeeth 284)
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