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“A BEGINNERS’ COURSE ON
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UPDATED 18 OCTOBER 2013
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FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS
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COMPASSIONATE,
MOST MERCIFUL

FARDHU’AIN: CONDUCTED BY
USTAZ ZHULKEFLEE HJ ISMAIL
LESSONS FROM TEXTBOOK

“Beginners’ Manual on Islam”

(The basic message of Islam)


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“Allah” : Arabic proper noun; name for God, it refers
to the One and Only, the Unique Creator, Lord
Sustainer of the Universe, Who Alone is God – there
is none besides Allah.
No equivalent translation in non-Semitic language.



“Muhammad s.a.a.w.” : Arabic name meaning “the
Praised One”; he is the Chosen, Unlettered Prophet,
the servant and Messenger of Allah, the Awaited
Seal of Prophethood after whom there will be no
more prophet sent.


“For We have never sent any Messenger except that he
should be heeded (obeyed) by Allah’s leave”.
(Qur’an : An-Nisa : 4 : 64)


“Tell me about Islam”


Islam is built upon five
things:
Bear witness that there is
none deserving of worship
except Allah, and that
Muhammad is His servant
and Messenger.



things:
And to establish Swolah
(the obligatory five daily
worship or specific
devotion).



things:
And to pay the Zakah
(obligatory tax upon the
wealth).



things:
And to make pilgrimage
(Hajj) to the House (Ka’ba
in Makkah) if you are able.



things:
And to observe fasting
daily in the month of
Ramadhan.

.....“Tell me about iiman
(Faith/Belief)”

(Belief) iiman is that
you:
Solemnly believe in Allah;
His angels;
His Books,
His Messengers;
In the Afterlife;
In the Decree, the good &
bad, all comes from (the
eternal knowledge of)
Allah;


........ “ Tell me about ‘AlIhsan’- (the Best or
Righteous conduct or
Excellence)”


“Al-Ihsan” (excellence) is:
... That you serve (worship)
Allah as though you see
Him, but if you do not see
Him, He (Allah) sees you.”

IIMAN
Belief
Faith
Conviction

‘AMAL
[Islam]
Submission
Obedience
Practice

IHSAN
Best or
Righteous
Conduct

Faith without obedience is meaningless; and obedience without Faith is
mere rituals and may even lead to hypocrisy.
Together, Faith and Obedience must lead to Righteousness with IHSAN
which essentially focus in our intention to sincerely serve Allah s.w.t.
Thus, in these three aspects can one be said to be true in his submission
to the Will of Allah (as Muslim).

MOST
COMPASSIONATE,
MOST MERCIFUL

THE FIRST ASPECT REQUIRED IN THE ATTESTATION TO
THE ABSOLUTE ONENESS OF ALLAH (TAUHEED)



IIMAN is “Belief or Faith” to something beyond sense
perception, termed as “

- al-ghayb” meaning “the

unseen”.


It is derived from the root word “

” which also means

“safety, peace, security, protection”


It denote: “certainty of the ultimate truth”, adherence to it
instils sense of “security in him” from doubts, uncertainty,
restlessness etc.




Yet from Islamic perspective “iiman” cannot be by mere blind
acceptance devoid of proof or substantiation i.e. Belief or faith
must be with knowledge.




Yet from Islamic perspective “iiman” cannot be by mere blind
acceptance devoid of proof or substantiation i.e. Belief or faith
must be with knowledge.
"And do not follow (pursue) anything of which thou
hast no knowledge: verily (thy) hearing and sight
and heart - all of them - will be called to account
for it (on Judgement Day).“
(Q: Bani Israil : 17 :36)




Yet from Islamic perspective “iiman” cannot be by mere
blind acceptance devoid of proof or substantiation i.e.
Belief or faith must be with knowledge.



Three sources for knowledge:

[1] Five sensory perceptions [2] Reasoning [3] True report -


;
;

;

(The Detailed Belief) “Al-iiman is that you:


Solemnly believe in Allah;



His angels;



His Books,



His Messengers;



In the Afterlife;



In the Decree, the good & bad, all comes
from (the eternal knowledge of) Allah
Most Exalted.”


MOST COMPASSIONATE,
MOST MERCIFUL

THE THIRD ARTICLE OF FAITH IN ACKNOWLEDGING
THE ABSOLUTE ONENESS OF ALLAH (TAUHEED)

Behold thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on
earth." They said "Wilt thou place therein one who will make
mischief therein and shed blood? Whilst we do celebrate Thy
praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye
know not."
(Qur’an: Baqarah: 2:30)

And He (Allah)taught Adam the names of all things; then He
placed them before the angels and said: "Tell Me the names of
these if ye are right."


They said: "Glory to Thee: of knowledge we have none, save

that Thou hast taught us: in truth it is Thou who art perfect in
knowledge and wisdom."


He said: "O Adam! tell them their names." When he had told
them their names, Allah said: "Did I not tell you that I know the
secrets of heaven and earth, and I know what ye reveal and what
ye conceal?"

And behold We said to the angels: "Bow down to Adam";
and they bowed down: not so Iblis: he refused and was
haughty: he was of those who reject Faith. ”


We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and
eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but
approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression.”


“ Then did Satan make them slip from the (Garden) and get
them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We
said: "Get ye down all (ye people) with enmity between
yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling place and your
means of livelihood for a time.".

“Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration and his
Lord turned toward him; for He is Oft-Returning Most Merciful.“


We said: "Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there
comes to you guidance from Me" whosoever follows My
guidance on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.“


"But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall be
Companions of the Fire; they shall abide therein."


“Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was
nothing--(not even) mentioned?― Verily We created Man from a
drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him: so We gave him (the
gifts), of Hearing and Sight. We showed him the Way: whether he
be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will).”
(Qur’an: al-Insan: 76:1-3)

EPISTEMOLOGY


EPISTEMOLOGY

Amongst the definitions:
“....... Knowledge is the arrival (husul-                 )* of the meaning
(ma’na-                 ) of a thing or object of knowledge in the soul of
the subject; and simultaneously,..... Knowledge is the soul’s
arrival (wusul-                 ) at the meaning of that thing or the object
of knowledge.”
    By “meaning” (ma’na-             ) is: “the recognition of the proper
place of anything in a system ...”
Prof. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas

* “attainment; acquirement” is a better translation.

al-Jaahiz

EPISTEMOLOGY

To understand how we as human learn, let us analyse the
computer (a product attempted by human to create an
imitation or artificial intelligence)
Computerization is a total system comprising of:
          [1] INPUT
          [2] PROCESSING
          [3] OUTPUT

EPISTEMOLOGY

INPUT - PROCESSING - OUTPUT


EPISTEMOLOGY

KEYBOARD
THUMB-DISK-DRIVES

SCANNER

MOUSE

FEED TO CPU TO BE PROCESSED

EPISTEMOLOGY

• KEYBOARD
• MOUSE
• THUMB/DISK DRIVE

 THE FIVE SENSES:
SIGHT, SOUND, TOUCH, SMELL,
TASTE.

 TRUE REPORT

• SCANNER
• BLUETOOTH/WIRELESS
COMPUTER

 EXTRA-SENSORY -INSPIRATION,
DREAM, INTUITION, BURST OF
BRILLIANCE

HUMAN BEING

EPISTEMOLOGY

PROCESSING TAKES
PLACE HERE
INPUT

OUTPUT
(FEEDBACK)

EPISTEMOLOGY

• Control unit – storage, speed

 Memory

• ROM – Read only memory

 Linguistic & literacy

• RAM – Random access memory

 Logic & music

• BIOS – Basic input-output

 Deductive - inductive

System
• DOS – Disk operating System;
Drivers etc.
• ALU – Arithmetic logic unit

COMPUTER

 Speculative extrapolation
 Emotive - empathy
 Contemplative - intuition
 Extraneous linkage
HUMAN BEING

EPISTEMOLOGY

SCREEN MONITOR

PRINTER - SCANNER

FROM CPU TO OUTPUT
OR BE SAVED, PRINTED

THUMB-DISK-DRIVES

EPISTEMOLOGY

• Monitor – screen
• Printer – scanner
• Thumb-drive
• Disk-drive
• Sound-system

 Speech
 Actions
 Creativity
 Behaviour
 Disposition (akhlaq)

• Projector
• Other devices
COMPUTER

HUMAN BEING

(Allah) Most Gracious! It is He Who has taught the Qur'an. He
has created man: He has taught him speech (and Intelligence)
(Qur’an: ar-Rahmaan: 55:1-4)


Thus, what our Prophet Muhammad s.a,w. received was
not something new - as this phenomena (revelation) had
already occurred before him.
Thus those, termed the “People of the Book” amongst
those of Abrahamic line i.e. the Jews and Christians,
would be the independent parties than can corroborate not deny but confirm this.


REGARDING AL-QUR’AN :
IT IS BOOK WHICH ....

AL-QUR’AN

•Claims to be from God;
•And which could not
be produced by any
who tries;
•And contains absolute
principles;


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AL-QUR’AN

•And does not contain
discrepancies;
•And has contributed to
the well-being of
mankind at all levels;


52


AL-QUR’AN

•And can be shown that
some of its prophecies
were proven true;
•And some of its data
compatible with
scientific research;


53


AL-QUR’AN

•And the whole book still
remains in its original
text (language);
•And speaks of God and
His plan;


54


AL-QUR’AN

•And has universal
appeal and
application.
IT MUST BE FROM GOD...
NO OTHER CONCLUSION IS PLAUSIBLE!


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”This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than
Allah; on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations)
that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book ―
wherein there is no doubt from the Lord of the Worlds.”
(Q:Yunos:10:37)


WHAT WERE THESE BOOKS ?


TAURAT
(Torah / Law)
Book revealed to
Prophet Musa (Moses)
a.s.


ZABUR

(Psalm)

Book revealed to Prophet
Dawud (David) a.s.


INJIL

(Evangel / Gospel)
Book revealed to Prophet
‘Isa (Jesus) a.s.


“There is among them a section who distort the Book with
their tongues; (as they read) so that you would think it is a
part of the Book but it is no part of the Book; and they say
"That is from Allah" but it is not from Allah: it is they who tell
a lie against Allah, and (well) they know it! “
(Q:Aali’Imran 3:78)


The Christians and the Jews may
offer the Bible as their evidence of
their revealed Books from God.
THEREFORE IT IS PERTINENT FOR MUSLIMS TO SEEK ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS:

•What is the Bible?
•Can Muslim accept the
Bible to be the revealed
Books of God?

The Bible ...… some facts.
• It is a collection of writings.
• Generally it contains recordings of the

history of the Jewish people. Written
and re-written by scribes (especially
when the Jews lost these during their
enslavement by Persians and Romans or
because the recordings tended to fade).


• The name “Bible” is not found in the

Bible.
• This term “Bible” comes from the Greek

work “Biblion” which means “collection
of writings or book”.


• The total number of books that make up

the Bible differ between the Catholic’s
(they have 73 books) and Protestant
Christian’s (only accept 66 books).


• It can be divided into 2 parts:

Old testament – Jewish writings written
originally in Hebrew, compiled over a
period of 2,000 years; many of its
authors are unknown.


• It can be divided into 2 parts:

New Testament – the oldest
manuscripts written in Koine Greek
(not Aramaic which was the language
that Jesus spoke), comprise of the 4
Gospels and letters written by Paul and
others.

• The most popular Bible e.g. the King

James (the Authorized version) and the
Latin Vulgate in used was based on an
ancient text. Since then, they have
discovered more ancient texts, and
Christian biblical scholars have to
revise their Bible to ensure accuracy.
And they admit that there has been
interpolations done to the Bible.

• Their own admission:

“Yet the King James version has serious defects.
….. And discovery of many biblical manuscripts
more ancient than those on which the King James
version was based made it apparent that these
defects were so many as to call for a revision.”
(Forward in the New Revised Standard version of the Bible )


Summary : what is the Bible?
 It may contain words of prophets;

some eye-witness or even hearsay
accounts of what had happened; it may
contain quotations of perhaps
revelations from God; it may contain
interpretations and interpolations of
people regarding the religion; etc.


 Biblical scholars admit that many

were written by anonymous (unknown)
person or persons; sometimes
conveniently attributed to certain
prophets.


 The Gospels (according to Mark,

Mathew, Luke and John) are not the
same as what we Muslims refer to as
the “Injeel” of Prophet Jesus a.s.


 The Pentateuch (first 5 Books said to

be the book of Moses : the Torah) is
not the same as what we Muslims
refer to as the “Taurat” of Prophet
Moses a.s.


 The Psalm (of David) is not the same

as what we Muslims refer to as the
“Zabur” of Prophet David a.s.


 As the collections called the Bible

have been tampered with and
interpolations made by people, we
cannot be certain of its total
reliability and authenticity.


 For Muslims, the Qur’an is the

“Furqaan” (Criterion to determine what
for us, is the Truth and what is not).


 Revisions have been made to the

Bible when a much older manuscripts
were found. Still these manuscripts
are not those dated to the time of
Jesus a.s. (because these were
written in Greek, whereas Jesus a.s.
never spoke Greek but Aramaic).

So when we Muslims say we Believe in the
Taurat, Zabur and Injeel, we do not mean we
believe in the Bible!

 Only the Qur’an has remained the only

authentic Book of revelations from Allah,
still preserved exactly as it was “ recited”,
in the original language as when it was
revealed.

Why a subsequent book of revelation is
required is because:
[1] Mankind living standard is evolving towards a higher
form of civilization – a global and more cosmopolitan era,
thus their laws need to be gradually updated – while its
principle and fundamental teachings remaining the same ;


[2] the recordings of earlier Books did not survive fully
intact but were proven to have been tampered with and
corrupted;


[3] Literacy amongst the people, and the appropriate technology
of writing & printing on a mass-scale etc. was not available until
much later. Thus, subsequent revelations would ensure the pristine
teachings are adhered to because corruptions to the previous
recordings had occurred;


“Alif Lam Mim. This is the Book (of Allah); in it is guidance
sure, without doubt, to those who are most conscious
(with reverential fear of) Allah.”
(Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 2)


“Praise be to Allah Who hath sent to His Servant
(Muhammad) the Book, and hath allowed therein no
Crookedness: (He hath made it) Straight (and Clear),
in order that He may warn (the godless) of a terrible
Punishment from Him, and that He may give Glad
Tidings to the Believers who work righteous deeds,
that they shall have a goodly Reward. In which they
will remain forever..”
(Qur’an: Kahfi: 18:1-3)


“… And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son. They
have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word
that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.”
(Qur’an: Kahfi: 18: 4-5)

“Alif Lam Ra. (This Qur’an is) A Book which We have revealed unto
thee (O Muhammad) in order that thou might lead mankind out of
the depths of darkness into light― by the leave of their Lord― to
the Way of (Him) Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!”
(Qur’an: Ibrahim: 14: 1)


“The Day that the wrongdoer will bite at his hands,
He will say "Oh! would that I had taken a (straight)
path with the Messenger! “
“Ah! woe is me! would that I had never taken such a
one for a friend! He did lead me astray from the
Message (of Allah) after it had come to me! Ah! the
Evil One is but a traitor to man! “
Then the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! truly my
people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."
(Qur’an: Furqan: 25: 27-30)


“We have, without doubt sent down the Message (Al-Qur’an);
and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”
(Qur’an: Hijr: 15: 9)


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