The Unity of God (Tawhid)

[Saad]

The Unity of God (http://deoband.org/2010/05/aqida/allah-and-his-attributes/the-unity-of-god/)

The most basic principle of piety and the mainstay of its various aspects is the doctrine of the Unity of God. This is because humility before Lord of the worlds, which is the greatest of the virtues in acquiring ultimate felicity, depends on this. This is the basis of intellectual regulation of [acquiring virtue] which is the more useful of the two regulations. Through this man is able to help himself address completely to learning from the Unseen, and prepare his soul to become connected to it[1] through becoming sanctified. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) has informed us of its importance and its being one of the types of piety that is comparable to the human heart, which when it is sound, everything is sound, and when it is corrupted, all is corrupt. He also indicated its importance when he used the phrase about a man who died without associating anything else with God, “he entered Paradise,” or that “God prevented him from going to Hell,”[2] or that “he was not veiled from Paradise,” and other expressions of this sort. He reported from his Blessed and Exalted Lord, “Whoever meets Me [on the day of Judgment] with enough sins to fill the earth, but not associating another thing with God, I shall meet him with one [an earth] like it full of forgiveness.”

Read the entire article... (http://deoband.org/2010/05/aqida/allah-and-his-attributes/the-unity-of-god/)

[habibati]

:salam:

I want to know how acceptable is it to use the term 'unity of God' as the translation for tawheed?
Because Shaykh Ninowy says: "Some people translate Tawheed of Allah as “unity of Allah”, this is a dangerously erroneous translation, which may lead to blasphemy. Tawheed entails knowing The Creator, by His attributes of Perfection indicating His absolute uniqueness and Oneness. "

To be honest, whenever I see this term, I can't help but be reminded of the Christian doctrine of the trinity.

Just wondering.

[dr76]

Assalam alaikum W.W..

To get confused with Unity of God.. wahdat al wujood.. wahdat al shuhood is not the prerequisite of anyone's faith.. as told to me by a khalifa of hazrat maulana Shah wasiullah sb (rah) as these are not matter of concern on the day of Judgement.. but .. Amantu billahi wa malaikhatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulihi wal yaumil aakhiri wal qadri khairihi wa sharrihi minallahi ta'ala.. and that Allah will not ask whether u were a wujudi or shuhudi but ask if u have brought forth the Qalb e saleem that u were expected to..

wa assalam..

[True Life]

:salam:

I as well first thought the article deals with Wahdatul Wujood. But after paying some attention, it became clear that it doesn't. I'm curious what the original word for 'piety' was in this article?

[Saad]

Assalam o alaykum,

Certain shaykhs also make takfir of people for translating Yad Allah as 'Hand of Allah'.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unity

[SeekerOfGuidance]

:salam:

Wahdatul wujood is a misunderstood concept used by certain quarters to make accusations against sufis.

A synopsis by Mufti Taqi drawn from Maulana Thanwi's teachings is a brilliant exposition of this issue. A translation should be up on a website near you soon.

[habibati]

:ws:

I'm not talking about wahdatul wujood, rather I'm wondering what is the most correct translation for the word tawheed.

Would it be wrong to translate it as 'oneness of God', not in the numerical sense, but in the sense that He has no partners?

Personally to me, unity connotates something like two or more things reaching an agreement. What I'm trying to say is that, even though unity means one, sometimes it implies, that two or more are involved. I don't have a problem with the term but it just gets me slightly confused sometimes, I'm so used to seeing that word in a very distinct context.

I think, this is simply a weakness of the English language?

[Saad]

Assalam o alaykum,



I'm curious what the original word for 'piety' was in this article?


أصل أصول البر ، وعمدة أنواعه هو التوحيد



I think, this is simply a weakness of the English language?

Refer to Lane's Lexicon (http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume8/00000181.pdf) and Hans-Wehr Arabic-English Dictionary to clear this confusion, according to both "unity of god" is an acceptable translation among others.

And the translator, Dr. Hermansen, is an accomplished academic with numerous books and journals under her name.

[Ali al-Hanafi]

Assalam o alaykum,




أصل أصول البر ، وعمدة أنواعه هو التوحيد



Refer to Lane's Lexicon (http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume8/00000181.pdf) and Hans-Wehr Arabic-English Dictionary to clear this confusion, according to both "unity of god" is an acceptable translation among others.

And the translator, Dr. Hermansen, is an accomplished academic with numerous books and journals under her name.


:salam:

Allamah Khalid Mahmood Sahib (daamat barakaatuhum) also disagrees with translating "Tawheed" as the "unity of God". Unity is defined as "the state of being united or coherent; a comlex whole", whereas as far as I am aware, Tawheed is more to do with singularity.

[Dhul-Qarnayn]

:salam:

Wahdatul wujood is a misunderstood concept used by certain quarters to make accusations against sufis.

A synopsis by Mufti Taqi drawn from Maulana Thanwi's teachings is a brilliant exposition of this issue. A translation should be up on a website near you soon.:ws:

Any word on this yet? Or which website I should be watching?

[SeekerOfGuidance]

:ws:

Any word on this yet? Or which website I should be watching?

:salam:

Last time I asked the brother who translated the excerpt, he was still correcting a few minor typos.

www.deoband.org should be one of the sites that will be putting it up :insh:

:ws:

[SeekerOfGuidance]

:salam:

One thing is certain, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (rahimahullah) was nothing less than a genius. I believe as more of his works are translated and spread throughout the Muslim world, he will be regarded as the Mujaddid of his time.

[Ali al-Hanafi]

:salam:

Hakeem ul Ummat (rahmatullahialayh) said that all the knowledge he gained was from reading and studying the books of a) the Darse e Nizami and b) the Akabir, i.e. Hadhrat Mawlana Gangohi (rahmatullahialayh) and Hadhrat Mawlana Ya'qub Nanotwi (rahmatullahialayh). As for the books of Hadhrat Mawlana Qasim Nanotwi (rahmatullahialayh), he avoided them on the basis that they were too difficult to comprehend! It is said that after the passing of Shaykh ul Hind (rahmatullahialyh), there was no one left behind who could comment on, teach and do justice to them.

[Saad]

:salam:
As for the books of Hadhrat Mawlana Qasim Nanotwi (rahmatullahialayh), he avoided them on the basis that they were too difficult to comprehend! It is said that after the passing of Shaykh ul Hind (rahmatullahialyh), there was no one left behind who could comment on, teach and do justice to them.

Assalam o 'alaykum,

Shaykh Sarfaraz once mentioned to the affect that if one is able to understand the books of Mawlana Nanautwi, then he can understand any book out there. Shaykh al-Hind wanted the books of Shah Waliullah and Mawlana Nanautwi to be included in the Dars Nizami. If that is done, there probably won't be enough teachers to teach these advanced books.

[SeekerOfGuidance]

Assalam o 'alaykum,

Shaykh Sarfaraz once mentioned to the affect that if one is able to understand the books of Mawlana Nanautwi, then he can understand any book out there. Shaykh al-Hind wanted the books of Shah Waliullah and Mawlana Nanautwi to be included in the Dars Nizami. If that is done, there probably won't be enough teachers to teach these advanced books.

:salam:

Has Maulana Qasim Nanautwi wriiten any books in Arabic?

:ws:

[Saad]

:salam:

Has Maulana Qasim Nanautwi wriiten any books in Arabic?

:ws:

Assalam o 'alaykum,

I am not aware of any Arabic work by Mawlana Nanatuwi. Most of his books are in response to questions put forwarded to him or on some of the hot topics being discussed in those days. That is why most, if not all, of his works are in Urdu.

Tasfiyat al-'Aqaid (http://www.4shared.com/document/_lB1PHaw/Tasfiyat_al-Aqaid_-_Mawlana_Na.html) is available in English.

[SeekerOfGuidance]

Assalam o 'alaykum,

I am not aware of any Arabic work by Mawlana Nanatuwi. Most of his books are in response to questions put forwarded to him or on some of the hot topics being discussed in those days. That is why most, if not all, of his works are in Urdu.

Tasfiyat al-'Aqaid (http://www.4shared.com/document/_lB1PHaw/Tasfiyat_al-Aqaid_-_Mawlana_Na.html) is available in English.

:jazak:

Which books of the Akabireen are you aware of, available in Arabic, that really demonstrates their brilliance and rank in knowledge?

[Ali al-Hanafi]

:salam:

I have heard and read that the following books are amongst the best that the Ulema of Deoiband have produced in Arabic: Badhl ul Majhood, Awjaz al Masaalik; Takmila Fath ul Mulhim; I'la us Sunnan; Ma'arif us Sunnan; Ahkam ul Qur'an; the books of Mawlana Kashmiri (rahmatullahialayh); the books of Mawlana Musa Ruhani Bazi (rahmatullahialayh), which cover various topics from Tafsir and Hadith to Arabic and History and more. Most concern Hadith so if you want to read their writings on other topics, particularly Fiqh, Aqaa'id and Tasawwuf, you'll have to read their Urdu works.

Hadhrat Mawlana Thanwi (rahmatullahialayh) used to say that if the books of Mawlana Nanotwi (rahmatullahialayh) were transated into Arabic but his name was left out (as the author), it would be said that they are the books of Imams Ghazali and Razi (may Allah have mecry on them).

[anti sufi]

asalamualikum

can somebody help me as i wanted to read some books about aqida and tawheed that are available in english that our respect ulama have writen. i know some salafi brothers and they keep bugging me about my aqida being wrong and i dont know what to say.

[Ali al-Hanafi]

asalamualikum

can somebody help me as i wanted to read some books about aqida and tawheed that are available in english that our respect ulama have writen. i know some salafi brothers and they keep bugging me about my aqida being wrong and i dont know what to say.

:ws:

http://www.whitethreadpress.com/publications/fiqhakbar.htm (probably the best out there)

http://www.zaytuna.org/tahawibook.asp (Haven't read it yet but it seems good as an intro)

http://www.azharacademy.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=527 (magnificent in urdu, english version is good but does not do it full justice in my view)

http://www.azharacademy.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1749 (Very good in English and one can only imagine what it must be like in its original language)

[anti sufi]

jazakAllahkhair br ali al hanafi

[anti sufi]

asalamualikum br ali al hanafi i thankful for the links you have sent but i wanted to ask about the tahawi book translated by hamzu yusuf. i have heard some negative things about him and im wondering if in his translation his own thoughts are included within the book

[Saad]

Assalam o 'alaykum,

Mawlana Ubaydullah Sindhi mentions in Shah Waliullah awr unka Falsafah that whenever Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud al-Hassan wanted to refute the likes of Imam Razi and Allamah Taftazani on any given topic, first he would present their views and then he would say, "but the view of muhaqqiqin in his regard is such and such." By muhaqqiqin he would mean Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Nanautwi and his teachers up to Shah Waliullah Dahlawi.

[Taliban1]

:jazak: