Knowing True Islaam  

Mankind has been Blessed by the Sending of the Messengers and the
Books Which have been Revealed to them


    Then Allaah did not leave them having to rely upon the intellect and
inclination to the correct way which He gave them, rather He also sent
Messengers to them as bringers of good tidings and warners. He sent the
Books along with them so that they would be a reference for them in
those matters where they disagreed, so that no excuse would remain for
the people and the proof would be established against them. Then after
the sending of the Messengers there would be no remaining excuse for
them before Allaah.

Then He obligated upon all the nations obedience to those chosen and
excellent Messengers, and that they should follow them and comply with
their way. Then He sent down the severest punishment upon those who
belied and rejected them in this world, and He will send worse and more
terrible punishment upon them, eternal, never-ending torment in the
place of just recompense (i.e. Hell). So what was the message which these
noble, chosen men, may Allaah’s praises and blessings of peace be upon
them, brought to their people? Indeed their mission covered everything
good and banished every evil. They brought to mankind everything
needed for their well-being and happiness in this world and the
Hereafter. Indeed there is nothing good except that they informed the
people of it, and nothing evil except that they warned the people against
it.

From ’Abdullaah ibn ’Amr ibn al-’Aas, radiyallaahu ‘anhu, who said, “We
were on a journey and stopped to alight at a place. Some of us set up
tents, others competed with one another in shooting arrows, and others
grazed the animals. Then an announcer for Allaah’s Messenger
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) announced that we should gather for the
Prayer. So we gathered around Allaah’s Messenger (sallallahu alaihi
wasallam) and he said, ‘There was never a Prophet before me except that it
was a duty upon him that he should guide his nation to every good that he
knew and warn them against every evil that he knew. Then as for this
nation of yours, its security and well-being is at its beginning and it will be
struck in its later part by afflictions, things which you would find
disagreeable, and trials will come in succession each one making the
previous one seem trifling. So the Believer will say, “This will cause my
destruction,” then it will be removed, and a further trial will come and the
Believer will say, “Rather this is the one.” So whoever wishes to be saved
from the Fire and to enter Paradise should meet his end whilst having true
eemaan in Allaah and the Last Day, and let him treat the people as he
himself loves to be treated. Then whoever gives pledge of allegiance to a
ruler and gives him his hand and heart sincerely, then let him obey him as
far as he is able. Then if another comes to dispute his authority, then strike
the neck of the later one.’” This was the Messengership of the Messengers,
that they should guide to every good and warn against every evil.
However where did they start, what did they begin with and what did
they concentrate upon? There are a number of basic principles upon
which their calls were based, and which were the starting point for
calling the people to Allaah. These fundamental points and principles
are:

1. Tawheed.
2. Prophethood.
3. The Hereafter.

These three principles are the point of convergence of their calls, and are
their fundamental principles. These are given the greatest importance in
the Qur’aan and are fully explained in it. They are also its most
important goals upon which it centres and which it continually
mentions. It further quotes intellectual and physical proofs for them in
all the Soorahs and in most of its stories and examples. This is known to
those who have full understanding, are able to consider carefully and
comprehend well. All the Books revealed by Allaah have given great
importance to these points and all of the revealed ways are agreed upon
them. Then the most important and sublime of these three principles,
and the most fundamental of them all is tawheed of Allaah, the Blessed
and the Most High. This is to be found in most of the Soorahs of the
Qur’aan, with its three well known categories, indeed it is found actually
in every Soorah of the Qur’aan. This is because the Qur’aan comprises:

1. Information about Allaah and His names and attributes, and this is,
the tawheed of Knowledge (al-Tawheedul-'Ilmee al-Khabree).

2. A call to worship Him alone and to attribute no other as a partner to
Him in worship, and to reject everything else to which worship is directed
besides Him. So this is tawheed of intention and action (at-Tawheedul-
Iraadee at-Talabee).

3. Orders and prohibitions and a command to be obedient to Him, and
this is from the rights of tawheed and is a completion of it.

4. Information concerning the honour which He gives to the people of
tawheed and the favours which He bestows upon them in this world and
the Hereafter. So this is the reward for tawheed.

5. Information concerning shirk, and the punishment which He sends
upon its people in this world, and the severe torment they receive in the
Hereafter. So this is the punishment for those who abandon tawheed.

So all of the Qur’aan is about tawheed and its rights, and its reward; and
about the seriousness of shirk, its people and the punishment they
receive for it.




The Methodology of the Prophets In Calling to Allaah That is the Way of Wisdom & Intellegence by Shaykh Dr. Rabee' Ibn Haadee Al-Madkhalee, Tranlated by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank; pgs.34-36; Publishers: Al-Hidaayah Publishing and Distribution.