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In
order for the concept of “SunnatAllah” to be understood
better and to purge the idea of a “God Almighty our Father” and
“prophet our Father” from the minds, I would like to continue
writing on this topic. Unless we give up considering such a supreme
magnificence by judgments like “father” or “mother” within a limited
mindset like that of people on the street, we cannot even begin to
fathom what we are missing out on and banning ourselves from.
No
matter how much attention we pay to and how serious we write about
this topic, it is very hard for people to leave behind their
understanding of religion as they created it in their worlds of
imagination, and accept the universal truths [that were proclaimed
by RasulAllah].
I am
trying to figure out what I need to do. If I repeat what has been
written in the past, they say “We already know this.” If I write
something brand new, than they say “We never heard this before. How
do you come up with this stuff?” I don’t know what I need to do.
However, there is something I know for certain that is we have no
idea what we are talking about when we say “Allah” or “RasulAllah”.
We only recite the words of certain concepts, but we never
understand their true meanings.
“The
only way to comprehend the One referred to as Allah is to comprehend
that it is impossible to comprehend It” says Ebu Bakr Siddik…
Based on the same truth, we say:
“The
only way to comprehend Mohammed Mustafa, who is the greatest
miracle of the One referred to as Allah, is to comprehend our
inadequacy in comprehending Him”.
This
is because it is impossible for us to experience in the same way
what that magnificent person observed and experienced even if we try
to understand and decipher what he explained to us, since we cannot
be his clone. Therefore, we have nothing else to do, but bow in
front of him with respect and try to understand his teachings.
Descriptions such as “messenger - God’s mailman” are the
illogical fabrications of arrogant people, who do not understand
their inadequacy in understanding the One referred to as Allah and
the Rasul of Allah.
Mohammed -peace be upon him, who did not accept the concept of God
being a Khanif (someone who does not believe in God, a
being to be worshiped) in his adolescence, and later tried to
explain to humanity the one referred to as “ALLAH” within the
context of his duty of rasulhood (risalat), was warning
everyone with the following universal truth:
“La
tajaal maAllahi ilahan akhara fataqauda mathmooman makhthoolan.”
(Isra: 22)
“(In
your mind) Do not create a (concept of) God in addition to
Allah (Do not delude yourself)! Otherwise, (due to this
act of equating God to ALLAH) you will be denied/rejected, and
you will be left alone (helpless)!” (Surah: 17
Verse: 22)
This is because the concept of “God” causes a person to concentrate
on his outer world and deny himself from the absolute truth in his
essence, the natural result of which is an eternal life of hell.
Due
to the operating principles of SunnatAllah, whoever denies and
rejects someone, all his life a veil will be pulled over his eyes to
blind him from (all his life he will remain blind to) WHAT THAT
PERSON BRINGS, and he passes to the after-life in this state of
blindness.
Having emphasized this fact, let us now talk about the subject of
following in the footsteps of RasulAllah…
As
for the people who, for the sake of complying with “Sunnah of
Rasûlullah”, try to make us follow the customs and traditions of the
idolater Quraish tribe, and try to label us as the enemies of
the Sunnah when we say doing so is wrong…
As
long as such people do not realize for what purpose and with what
qualities Mohammed Mustafa –the servant and Rasul of Allah, was
created, they will continue in their ways and experience a very big
disappointment in the end.
As
RasulAllah −peace be upon him− was paying close attention to and
explaining the priorities in a person’s life with regards to the
honorable duty of being Allah’s “caliph”, he did not occupy himself
at all with the traditions and the clothing trends of the society in
which he lived. Traditions and clothing trends are a waste of time,
worth less than flimsily built garbage, compared to trying to help
people acquire the magnificent quality of being caliph of Allah.
It
is very sad to see people occupying themselves still with each
other’s clothing, beard and mustache styles while their true mission
is stated to be observing the attributes of Allah in their essence
and knowing Allah; actualize and live out the potential forces of
Allah within themselves and using them; reflecting on how
SunnatAllah manifests itself in the universe.
Until the people with the mindset of trying to get us to accept the
customs and traditions of the idolater Quraish tribe as
“Sunnah of RasulAllah”, which RasulAllah respectfully followed even
though they had no value with respect to the primary mission, can
break out of their cocoons and see the actual destination with their
intelligence, they will waste away their lives by being forever
deprived of the perfection of caliphate in the eternal life that
RasulAllah was trying to help them reach.
However, Rasul is Allah’s Rasul and his Sunnah is “SunnatAllah”.
The
Sunnah of Rasul is the Sunnah of Allah. Rasul of Allah cannot have
his own independent Sunnah.
The
scope of the verse “Rasul does not speak from his own fancy”
(Surah: 53 Verse: 3) should be understood much better. In
this verse, the word “Koran” is not mentioned, and his talk which is
not his own fancy is not being limited by the verses he received
from the divine.
Even
when he said “You know better than I do”, it was due to the fact
that what he was trying to explain was not understood. Therefore, he
decided to leave these people alone because it was not possible to
explain to them what he knew. The teachings of the “SunnatAllah”
regarding the unknown workings of the system on that particular
subject would have been misinterpreted. Perhaps very big
misunderstandings would have occurred. Even this event is clearly
evidence that RasulAllah did not interfere with the lifestyle,
topics of discussion and the perceptions of the Quraish tribe
even though they were irrelevant with respect to the primary
mission.
On
the other hand, as it is part of the “SunnatAllah” and has a value
in it, he warned them that when performing ablution, the water
should be rubbed on the face rather than splashed so that the water
can better permeate every cell of the skin.
May
Allah allow us to understand for what purpose and with what
qualities his Rasul Mohammed Mustafa (peace be upon him) was
created, and realize that “Sunnah of RasulAllah” is none other than
the “Sunnah of Allah”.
AHMED HULUSI
July 8, 2005
NC, USA
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