Praise be to Allah
Whose worth cannot be described by speakers
Whose bounties cannot be counted by calculating instruments
Whose claim (to obedience) cannot be satisfied by those who attempt to do so
Whom the height of intellectual courage cannot appreciate
Whom the diving’s of understanding cannot reach
He for whose description
No limit has been laid down
No eulogy exist
No time is ordained
And no duration is fixed
He brought forth creation through His Omnipotence
He dispersed winds through His Compassion
And made firm the shaking earth with rocks
He sees even when there is non to be looked at from among His creations
He is only One, such that there is none with whom He may keep company
The foremost in religion is the acknowledgment of Him
The perfection of acknowledging Him is to testify Him
The perfection of testifying Him is to believe in His Oneness
The perfection of believing in His Oneness is to regard Him pure
The perfection of His purity is to deny Him attribute
Whoever attaches attribute to Allah recognizes His like
Whoever recognizes His like regards Him two
Whoever regards Him two recognizes part of Him
Whoever recognizes parts of Him mistook Him
Whoever mistook Him pointed at Him
He is a Being but not through phenomenon of coming into being
He exist but not from non-existence
He is with everything but not in physical nearness
He is different from everything but not in physical separation
He acts but without connotation of movements and instruments.
He initiated creation most initially and commenced it originally
Without undergoing reflection
Without making use of any experiment
Without innovating any movement
And without experiencing any aspiration of mind
He allotted all things their times
He put together their variations
He gave them their properties
He determined their features knowing them before creating them
And He realized fully their limits and confines
Ages passed by
And times rolled on
Fathers passed away
While sons took their places
Till Allah deputized Muhammad[s] as His Prophet
In fulfilment of His promise
In completion of His Prophethood
His pledge had been taken from the Prophets
Muhammad[s] traits of character were well reputed
His birth was honourable
Then Allah chose for Muhammad[s]
To meet Him and selected him for His own nearness
Regards him too dignified to remain in this world
Decided to remove him from this place of trial
So He drew him towards Himself with honor.
Peace be upon Muhammad[s], his Progeny and his chosen Companions.
Compilation:
Haruna el-Binawi
KADUNA-NIGERIA.
These are the words of the Amirul Muminin, Ali bn.Abi Talib [as], in his description of Allah and the Prophethood of Muhammad[s].I only rendered them into verses for outline. [Nahjul Balagha-Sermon 1]
The letter of Amirul Muminin, Ali bn.Abi Talib, to Malik al-Ashtar when he appointed him the Governor of Egypt after the death of Muhammad bn. Abubakar [ra] is another masterpiece. That letter is the most encompassing, accurate and complete guide to political authority and good governance ever written.Even non-muslims had attested to this. When you read that letter you will fully grasps the greatness of Islam’s greatest mind.
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