☪️Islamic Creed ('Aqidah)

The message of monotheism called strengthening faith

رسالة التوحيد المسمى بـ تقوية الإيمان

Author: إسماعيل بن عبد الغني بن وَلي الله بن عبد الرحيم العُمري الدهلوي (المتوفى: 1246هـ) (d. 1246)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "رسالة التوحيد المسمى بـ تقوية الإيمان" من تأليف الدهلوي إسماعيل بن عبد الغني، وهو كتاب في العقيدة يركز على التوحيد ونبذ الشرك. يتناول المؤلف في هذا العمل مظاهر الشرك وأشكاله المختلفة، ويدعو إلى إخلاص الدين لله وتوحيد العبادة له، مبيناً فساد العقائد والعادات التي تخالف تعاليم الإسلام. كما يبين الفرق بين الشرك وسائر الذنوب، وينفي الإشراك في علم الغيب والتصرف المطلق، مؤكداً على حصر هذه الصفات في الله وحده. الكتاب هو دعوة صريحة لتبني العقيدة الصحيحة والهداية للطريق المستقيم.

Translation

This book, “The Message of Monotheism, called Strengthening Faith,” written by Al-Dahlawi Ismail bin Abdul-Ghani, is a book on faith that focuses on monotheism and rejecting polytheism. In this work, the author deals with the manifestations of polytheism and its various forms, and calls for sincerity of religion to God and unified worship of Him, pointing out the corruption of beliefs and customs that contradict the teachings of Islam. It also clarifies the difference between polytheism and other sins, and denies involvement in knowledge of the unseen and absolute disposition, emphasizing the restriction of these attributes to God alone. The book is an explicit call to adopt the correct doctrine and guidance to the straight path.

Topics covered

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Introduction to the book
Book sermon
Satan's tricks to prevent people from reading the Qur'an
People most in need of a doctor, sick people:
Manifestations of polytheism and its various forms
The truth about the polytheism of the people of pre-Islamic times and their misguidance
Through polytheism and its deeds
The first chapter is about warning against polytheism
The difference between polytheism and other sins:
Polytheism is injustice and puts something in a wrong place:
God only accepts pure things, in which no one has any share:
An era that preceded in the spirit world
Denouncement of the doctrine of monotheism and adherence to it in times of turmoil and calamity
Chapter Two: Refusing involvement in science
The five apparent senses and the mind are a general divine gift to human beings
The knowledge of the unseen is specific to God Almighty, and is beyond the stage of humans:
Future matters that are not known with certainty
Professional prosecutors tell about unseen matters
Calling the dead from far or near to pray for participation in knowledge
The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, denounced the attribution of knowledge of the unseen to him:
Chapter Three: Refusing to engage in behavior
The belief of the people of pre-Islamic times about God and the reality of their polytheism:
The inability of the prophets and the elite of the nation to act in the world

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