Unit 1 | Aqeedah – DeenTeens

1.1.2 Oneness

Allah is one. He does not have a mother or father. Nor a child or a sister or a brother. He is the only god. If there were another god, the world would be in chaos. Because they would be disagreement between them. That is why everything is the world works, because only Allah decided how it should be.
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Attributes of Allah – Oneness (وحدانية)

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah is the one and only God.There is no one else like Him; no man or idol could ever be God, because men and idols are made. Anything that is made cannot be God. Allah is the One who created us, takes care of us, and will determine if you go to Heaven.

Allah said that if there were more than one God, they would fight with each other because they would all want to do things their own way; then there would be chaos, or a big mess in the universe. But the universe is not chaotic. Everything works beautifully together. Allah created the planets to work well in their systems; He made each animal’s body suitable to the types of food it eats.

Camels are an example of how Allah created the perfect environment for every creature. Camels are suited to the hot, dry, dusty climate of the desert.

Universe 2.1.2

Every planet in the solar system moves in a perfect orbit around the sun.

Our planet, Earth, is just the right distance from the sun so that we could live on it. If it were any closer to or further from to the sun, we could not live on it.

Sun 2.1.2
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‎1.4.3 Miracles of the Messengers‎

What is a Miracle?

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]mu’jizah, which is called a miracle, in English is something supernatural that only Prophets of ‎Allah can do. In order for an act to be a miracle, it has to fulfill these conditions:‎

‎1. It goes against the laws of nature,‎
‎2. Only a Prophet can do it‎
‎3. It is proof that he is really a Prophet because only Allah can break the laws of nature. Thus, the ‎miracle shows that the Prophet was sent by Allah.‎
‎4. No one can challenge it (meaning no one other than a Prophet of Allah can do the same thing) ‎
‎5. A Prophet can perform the miracle at any time.‎

Allah gives his Prophets miracles so that people can have proof that the Prophet was really sent ‎by Allah and he is not just deceiving them.‎

Other forms of miracles:‎

Sometimes, people other than Prophets do amazing things, but they are mu’jizahs. When a false ‎prophet does something amazing, it will usually give a bad result. ‎

Some pious people have miracles but those miracles aren’t in their control. Instead, it just happens ‎to them. Examples of this are Imam al-Nawawi’s path being miraculously lighted up at night, the ‎Throne shaking at the death of Sa’ad ibn Mu’adh, etc.‎

Differences between Sihr, Magic, and Miracles‎‎

‎Sihris black magic that is performed with the help of the jinn. It results in making people sick, ‎harming relationships, and even possibly killing a person. It is evil and haram to perform sihr.‎

Magic is sleight of hand used by a magician and just appears as a magical act when in reality it is ‎only a trick.‎

Difference between Sihr and miracles

‎1. Sorcery is a science that can be learned, while miracles cannot be learned.‎
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2. Sorcery is done through the use of jinn.‎
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3. Learning sorcery is forbidden.‎

Miracles of some Prophets:‎

Mu’jizahs usually occur in the field that is prominent at the time of that Prophet. Here are some ‎examples:‎

Miracles of Prophet Muhammad‎

The Qur’anis the greatest miracle of all times. No one has ever been able to or ever will be able to copy even ‎one chapter of the Qur’an. Muslims don’t get bored of it even if they read it over and over again. ‎It has scientific knowledge that only became known hundreds of years later. It also predicts ‎historical facts with accuracy and tells stories of past generations that our Prophet did not know ‎about.‎

The Prophet Muhammad had many other miracles as well. Some of those are:‎
a. Water came from within his fingers during his travel with his companions. They drank and ‎made wudhu, and a lot still remained. This story has occurred several times (Bukhari)‎
b. He split the moon in half

c. He had a night journey to Jerusalem and then to the seventh sky and beyond which all ‎happened in just one night – in a time when the fastest form of travel was a horse.‎

d. In the Hereafter, he will have a Pool which people drink from and never become thirsty again.‎

e. He will intercede on behalf of Muslims, meaning he will ask Allah to start the Day of ‎Judgment and to enter Muslims into Paradise.‎

Sometimes Muslims get excited and quote incorrect “scientific” evidence to support a miracle. This ‎is not a good idea because Islam proves science, science does not prove Islam. Often, “scientific” ‎evidence changes over time and then it makes it seem like Islam was wrong since it was based on ‎wrong science.‎

Other times, Muslims get shy of miracles because non-believers make fun of them and say there is ‎no proof for what they believe in. A Muslim must confidently recognize that Allah created the ‎universe and He made laws for it. Allah is not bound by those laws and He breaks them when He ‎wills. A person’s self-esteem and confidence in his faith cannot be based on what others think of ‎him, else when others don’t approve of him, his confidence will crumble. ‎

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1.4.2 Muhammad, Messenger of Allah

Background Of Prophet Muhammad

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah sent the Prophet Muhammad as his last Prophet.The Prophet’s full name is Muhammad, son of `Abdullah, son of `Abdul Muttalib, son of Hashim, son of `Abdu Manaf, of the tribe of Quraysh, from the descendants of Isma`il, of the progeny of Abraham.

Significant aspects of his life

He was known amongst his people to be honest and trustworthy. When the Prophet Muhammad was 40 years old, Allah sent the Angel Jibreel to reveal to him the words of Allah. He faced significant difficulty in Maccah in spreading these words. He migrated to Madinah 13 years later, where he established a land that was guided and ruled by the beautiful and merciful religion of Islam. After 10 years of inviting others to Islam, he returned to Maccah triumphantly. He died 10 years after migration as a martyr and was buried in Madinah.

Some Important Facts

The Prophet Muhammad was sent as a Messenger to teach Islam to all of mankind. Allah said, “Say, ‘O mankind! I am the messenger of Allah to you all.” Q[7:158]

He is best of creation. The Prophet was instructed by Allah to say, “I am the master of the children of Adam on the Day of Judgment and I say this without Pride.” [Tirmidhi]

Allah will send no more Prophets after him. He is the final Prophet whose message will reach all humans and jinn until the Day of Judgment. Allah said in the Qur’an, “…he is the Messenger of Allah, and the Last of the prophets.” Q[33:40]

He was sent as a mercy to all of creation

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1.1.1 A Summary

Attributes are qualities or features that are regarded as a characteristic of someone or something. In Islam, an attribute is a positive quality that exists in Allah’s being. Allah has many beautiful and perfect attributes and out of all of them, there are twenty which are the most important. The other attributes are related to these twenty. We will delve deeper into these twenty attributes in other articles.
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What is an Attribute?

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ttributes are qualities that make someone or something what they are. In other words, it describes the way someone or something is. For example, we can say Zaid is brave, kind, friendly, and smart. Those are Zaid’s attributes. The scholars of Islam explained that an attribute is a quality that exists in Allah’s being but is not Allah himself. Ok, so that was a hard sentence to understand. Let’s look at it part by part:

It is a quality: Such as saying, “Zaid is kind.” Kindness is a quality of Zaid.

That exists in Allah’s being: That means we can describe Allah by that quality, like Allah is merciful.

But is not Allah: That means that we do not say Allah is mercy. Rather Allah has a quality called mercy.

Allah’s Beautiful Attributes

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah has many beautiful and perfect attributes; some of them no one knows but Him! The scholars said the most important of His attributes are twenty. These are attributes that are necessary for Allah to have and Allah cannot not have them. (double negative alert: that double negative (you know: cannot not) is there on purpose). We will study these really important attributes in our lessons. All other attributes of Allah have something to do with these twenty.

Here’s a list of the twenty attributes in English, Arabic and a transliteration of the Arabic in English letters.

1.1.3 He is Not Like Anything He Created

Allah created everything; and nothing that is created is like Him.
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah created everything. The things He created are not like Him at all. And He is not like any of the things He created. Anything that is created cannot be like its Creator. Allah said in the Qur’an, “There is nothing like Him.” (Surah al-Shura, Aya 11) That means He is not similar to anyone in His creation. It also means that Allah is not in a place, because only created things are in places. Allah exists without a place. That is hard for people to imagine, but we have to remember, we cannot imagine Allah because He is not like anything else. You must never imagine what Allah is like because it is not possible. We only know Allah through His beautiful attributes that we study.

1.1.4 Attributes of Allah: He does not come to an end

He Does Not Come to an End

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[dropcap]E[/dropcap]verything that Allah created will come to an end.

Living things will die.

Non-living things will be destroyed.

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Allah does not even sleep because He never gets tired. Everything is easy for Him. Some non-Muslims say that after Allah created the Heavens and the Earth, He rested. But rest is needed by those who become tired and weak. Allah never becomes tired or weak. Everything is easy for Him. He just wills things to exist and they exist.

Allah always knows what is happening to all of us. He cares for us every second of every day. If ever He stopped caring for the universe, even for one second, the universe would be destroyed.

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Thank you Allah for everything you have given me: Islam, my senses, my family, my teachers, my friends, my home, my food, my safety. I ask you, ya Allah, to bless all Muslims with these same blessings and more.
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1.1.5 Attributes of Allah: Living Hearing, Seeing

The Living

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah has the attribute of Life; He is the Living (al-hayy). He is perfect. He is always living and will never die. He does not sleep either. Everything is easy for Him. He never gets tired, so He never needs to rest.

The Hearing

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah has the attribute of Hearing; He is the Hearer (al-sami’). He does not hear with a body part the way created things do. Remember He is not like anything in His creation. He hears everything: loud sounds, quite sounds, secrets, bad words, colors, shapes, and everything there is. Let’s be careful of what we say. Allah does not like to hear evil things from us like lies and talking back to our parents.

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The Seeing

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah has the attribute of Seeing; He is the Seer (al-basir). He does not see with a body part the way created things do. Remember again, He is not like anything in His creation. He sees everything: small things, large things, sounds, thoughts, good acts, bad acts. He doesn’t need light for seeing. Let’s be careful of what we do. Allah does not like to see evil things from us like missing our prayers and hurting other people.

1.1.6 Attributes of Allah: Self-Sufficient, Knowing, Powerful and Has a Will

Allah is Self-Sufficient

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hat means He does not need anything from anyone, but everyone needs Him. Allah created humans and Jinn to worship Him. But Allah does not need their prayers, they need to pray so that Allah will love them and accept them in Paradise.

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Allah is Knowing

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah knows Everything. Small things, large things, secret things, public things, major things, minor things, Allah knows them all and He always knew them all. He knows who will go to Jannah because He knows what they will do in order to make them one of the people of Jannah. He always knew how everything would be. This information of what will happened up to the Day of Judgment is written in the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfudh).

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Allah Has Power

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]e is Powerful. He is capable of doing anything that suits His Majesty. There are certain things Allah cannot do because those things have no meaning. For example, Allah cannot create another god because God is not created. The things Allah cannot do prove that Allah is not like anything or anyone in His creation. He is in fact the Greatest. Allah Akbar!

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Allah Has a Will

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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]henever Allah Wills something, that thing is created. If He wills for someone to be healthy, he will be healthy. He willed to create the universe, so the universe was created. We cannot will anything, unless Allah wills that thing to be. “You do not will unless Allah wills, the Lord of the Worlds.”

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1.2 The Angels

Angels

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah created humans from clay, jinn from smokeless fire and angels from light. Humans and jinn have the ability to choose between good and bad. Sometimes they choose good things, but sometimes they choose to disobey Allah. But angels are not like humans and jinn. Angels obey Allah in whatever He tells them. They never disobey Allah in anything. Allah created them only with the ability to obey Him.

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The Duties of the Angels

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]llah created each angel for specific duties. Here is a list of some of their duties.

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1.3 The Speech of Allah and His Revealed Books

Attribute of Speech:

In order to teach us about Himself and His religion, Allah ta’la speaks to us through His Prophets. He is the Speaking Lord. Since Adam (peace be upon Him), Allah has revealed messages to His servants. In His messages, Allah taught us:

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What we must believe;
How to worship Him the way He deserves to be worshipped;
What we must do in order to be good people.

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Allah’s Books

Some of the books Allah has revealed to His prophets are as follows:

Al-Suhuf to Prophets Ibrahim and Musa
Al-Zaboor to Prophet Daud
Al-Taurah to Prophet Musa
Al- Injeel to Prophet Isa
Al-Qur’an to the Master of the Prophets, Muhammad (peace and blessing be on them)

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The Qur’an

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The Qur’an is the greatest of all miracles. It is the speech of Allah. Through it He speaks to us and guides us.

When the disbelievers said it is a book written by people, Allah challenged them to write a short surah like the ones in the Qur’an. No one could ever do it. This is proof that it was not written by a man; it is the speech of Allah.

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Miracles of the Qur’an

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No one can ever write something like it
Reading it many times does not bore the Muslim

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It has no contradictions
It tells stories about nations the Prophet knew nothing about
It made correct predictions, etc.
The scientific information in it is correct

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