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Bismi Allah

(In the Name of Allah)

Part–4(iii) of 11

By Abul Kasem (e-mail address: nirribilli@gmail.com) August 11, 2006 [color=RED][i][A note of caution: The contents of this essay might offend some readers.][/i][/color]

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Allah’s Executive Office-(iii)

Allah has His own official seal

Just like any rulers, Allah has His own royal seal or stamp or official insignia. His seal is etched on baked clay. In fact, to confirm this, Allah inflicted with might a severe punishment to the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah. He incessantly bombarded them with fiery baked-clay lumps bearing the official seal of Allah. Let us read this verse from the Qur’an. The city of Lot (Sodom) was destroyed with brimstones of baked clay which was marked by Allah (i.e. Allah destroyed Sodom with stoning) in layers...11:82-83. [quote] [i]011.082[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,- [/quote] [quote] [i]011.083 [/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who do wrong! [/quote] Ibn Kathir, the most eminent Tafsir writer confirms that Allah destroyed Sodom with stoning; each stone had the name of its victim inscribed on it. This means that each clay stone of Allah had His royal emblem attesting the official approval of the total annihilation of the disbelievers ofSodom. [i][Please note: I tried to provide hyperlink [url=http//www.tafsir.com/](www.tafsir.com)[/url] to ibn Kathir’s site, but it was unsuccessful. For a number of years, this site had been active, promoting ibn Kathir’s tafsir of the Qur’an. All on a sudden, this site is now extinct or at least has become notoriously unreliable. However, interested readers can download an online version of ibn Kathir’s tafsir from [url=http://dl2.filehd.com/1/374770518/index.php] http://dl2.filehd.com/1/374770518/index.php[/url] Please note that I cannot guarantee a successful download. Further, note that this version of ibn Kathir’s tafsir has discarded plenty of absolutely unpalatable passages.][/i]

Allah writes His Laws with His own Hands

Those experts of Islam who claim that Allah’s hands, nose, ears, eyes…and so on are just symbolic, figurative and should not be taken as physical, must be telling flat lies. In the following verse, Allah unabashedly admits that He uses His own hands to write His Books, especially the Books on Law. He tells us that He personally wrote, with His own hands, the tablet on which He wrote the Mosaic laws. Let us read the following verse. Allah wrote in a tablet His laws and gave that to Moses to be followed by his people…7:145 [quote] [b]PICKTHAL:[/b] And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from all things and the explanation of all things, then (bade him): Hold it fast; and command thy people (saying): Take the better (course made clear) therein. I shall show thee the abode of evil-livers. [/quote] Sahih Bukhari tells us that Allah wrote the Book (Qur’an) with His own hands and kept that beside Him (Sahih Bukhari, 9.93.501) [quote] [i]Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 93, Number 501:[/i] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When Allah created the Creation, He wrote in His Book--and He wrote (that) about Himself, and it is placed with Him on the Throne--'Verily My Mercy overcomes My Anger.'" [/quote] Sahih Muslim records that Allah wrote the Torah with His own hand. Let us read this hadith as narrated by Abu Huraira, one of the most prolific hadith narrators: [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim, Book 033, Number 6409:[/i] Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There was argument between Adam and Moses. Moses said to Adam: You are our father. You did us harm and caused us to get out of Paradise. Adam said to him: You are Moses. Allah selected you (for direct conversation with you) and wrote with His own Hand the Book (Torah) for you. Despite this you blame me for an act which Allah had ordained for me forty years before He created me. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: This is how Adam came (sic) the better of Moses and Adam came the better of Moses (sic). [/quote]

Angels write with pens Allah’s instructions

Not only that Allah, with His hand, writes His Laws, even the angles use pen and their own hands to write down Allah’s instructions. Let us read the following hadith from Sahih Muslim: [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim, Book 001, Number 0313:[/i] Anas b. Malik reported: Abu Dharr used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The roof of my house was cleft when I was in Mecca and Gabriel descended and opened my heart and then washed it with the water of Zamzam. He then brought a gold basin full of wisdom and faith and after emptying it into my breast, he closed it up. Then taking me by the hand, he ascended with me to the heaven, and when we came to the lowest heaven, Gabriel said to the guardian of the lowest heaven: Open. He asked who was there? He replied. It is Gabriel. He again asked whether there was someone with him. He replied: Yes, it is Muhammad with me. He was asked if he had been sent for, He (Gabriel) said: Yes. Then he opened (the gate). When we ascended the lowest heaven (I saw) a man seated with parties on his right side and parties on his left side. When he looked up to his right, he laughed and when he looked to his left, he wept. He said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and the righteous son. I asked Gabriel who he was and he replied: He is Adam (peace be upon him) and these parties on his right and on his left are the souls of his descendants. Those of them on his right are the inmates of Paradise and the parties which are on his left side are the inmates of Hell; so when he looked towards his right side, he laughed, and when he looked towards his left side, he wept. Then Gabriel ascended with me to the second heaven. He asked its guardian to open (its gate), and its guardian replied in the same way as the guardian of the lowest heaven had said. He (opened it). Anas b. Malik said: He (the Holy Prophet) mentioned that he found in the heavens Adam, Idris, Jesus, Moses and Abraham (may peace be on all of them), but he did not ascertain as to the nature of their abodes except that he had found Adam in the lowest heaven and Abraham in the sixth heaven. When Gabriel and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) passed by Idris (peace be upon him) he said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous brother. He (the narrator) said: He then proceeded and said: Who is he? Gabriel replied: It is Idris. Then I passed by Moses (peace be upon him) and he said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous brother. I said to (Gabriel): Who is he? He replied: It is Moses. Then I passed by Jesus and he said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous brother. I said (to Gabriel): Who is he? He replied: Jesus, son of Mary. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Then I went to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous son. I asked: Who is he? He (Gabriel) replied: It is Abraham. Ibn Shihab said: Ibn Hazm told me that Ibn 'Abbas and Abd Habba al-Ansari used to say that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Thereafter he ascended with me till I was taken to such a height where I heard the scraping of the pens. Ibn Hazm and Anas told that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Allah then made fifty prayers obligatory for my Ummah and I returned with that and passed by Moses. Moses, (peace be upon him) said: What has thy Lord enjoined on thy people? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory on them. Moses (peace be upon him) said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah would not be able to bear this burden. Then I came back to my Lord and He remitted a portion out of that. I then again went to Moses (peace be upon him) and informed him about it He said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden. I then went back to my Lord and He said: They are five and at the same time fifty, and what has been said will not be changed. I then returned to Moses and he said: Go back to thy Lord. Whereupon I said: I feel ashamed of my Lord. Gabriel then travelled with me till we came to the farthest lote-tree Many a colour had covered it which I do not know. Then I was admitted to Paradise and saw in it domes of pearls, and its soil of musk. [/quote] Commenting on the above hadith, ‘Abdul Hamid Siddiqi, the translator of Sahih Muslim writes that Allah’s angels do indeed write with pens, Muhammad heard the sound of those pens. Let us read his comment: [quote] The Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) came so near to Allah that he could hear the scrapping of the pens of angels as they were writing the decrees of their Lord. It is a symbolic way of saying that the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) was lifted to such heights of spiritual experience where he could distinctly perceive the destiny of human race being decreed (Siddiqi, 2004, p.1.125, footnote 337). [/quote]

In His Executive Office, Allah uses a balance to judge people

Muhammad must have seen the Roman goddess of justice, who holds a sword in one hand and a balance on another hand. This picture of god(ess) gave him a good idea of how Allah will mete out His strict justice. When the indigent, illiterate and ignorant followers of him could not understand a clear concept of Allah’s justice system, Muhammad provided them a vivid description of Allah’s method of justice—the mimicry of the Roman goddess. Muhammad was certain that Allah will use a physical balance to weigh people’s measure of piety and wickedness. Whichever side is the heavier; Allah will send him accordingly, i.e. either to Paradise or to Hell. Here is a verse from the Qur’an on Allah’s balance of justice. Allah will use a balance to judge; those with heavy balance will be successful (i.e. they will be in Paradise)…23:101-102. [quote] [i]023.101[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no more relationships between them that Day, nor will one ask after another. [/quote] [quote] [i]023.102[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy, - they will attain salvation: [/quote] Previously, we also noted a hadith from Sahih Bukhari which tells us that Allah's Throne is overwater and in His hand there is the balance of justice... (Sahih Bukhari, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/060.sbt.html]6.60.206[/url]). Read the following ahadith to confirm that Allah does indeed use a physical balance to mete out justice. Allah's right hand is full, on the other hand He holds the balance of justice and His Throne is over the water... (Sahih Bukhari, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/093.sbt.html]9.93.508[/url], [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/093.sbt.html]515[/url]). After finishing creation, Allah wrote over his Throne, ‘My mercy preceded my anger'...(Sahih Bukhari, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/093.sbt.html]9.93.518[/url]).

Allah has an assistant (Muhammad) who metes out Allah’s justice.

Is Allah’s justice meted out by someone else? We often hear that only Allah will judge and mete out punishment or reward. No human has the authority to mete out Allah’s justice. But hang on; Allah has no shortage of assistants to help Him out for this purpose. Let us read the following hadith from Sahih Muslim. The dispenser of justice will be seated on the pulpit of right or left side of Allah… (Sahih Muslim, 20.4493). [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim, Book 020, Number 4493:[/i] It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Behold! The Dispensers of justice will be seated on the pulpits of light beside God, on the right side of the Merciful, Exalted and Glorious. Either side of the Being is the right side both being equally meritorious. (The Dispensers of justice are) those who do justice in their rules, in matters relating to their families and in all that they undertake to do. [/quote] The natural question is: who is the dispenser of justice seated next to Allah? Is it the archangel, Gabriel, Michael, Azrail, Harut, Marut…or who? Or could this be the first human Adam or another prophet before Muhammad— such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus…and so on. But search no more. The answer is Muhammad. He will be seated next to Allah and will be meting out punishment or reward according to his wish; of course, subject to full approval by Allah. In reality, Allah will never object to the decision of Muhammad. We might find this simply impossible to believe—Muhammad seated next to Allah and awarding justice. But hold on. This is exactly what the founder of the Hanbali sect of Islam, the formidable Imam Hanbali says. Hanbali asserts that Allah actually set Muhammad upon His Throne and constituted him as His substitute in the governance of the universe (Hughes, 1994, p.188). Please note that the laws of Hanbal are the laws Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam. Sahih Muslim also describes how Allah’s court procedure will follow. A hadith says that as witnesses Allah will give tongues and ears to human limbs. These limbs will testify against the wrong doers (read non-Muslims). Let us read this hadith from Sahih Muslim. You will have no difficulty in seeing Allah on the judgment day; Allah will be as clear as the moon in a clear sky; Allah will sit on judgment and the parts of our body would testify as to whether we tell the truth or not…(Sahih Muslim, 42.7078). [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim, Book 042, Number 7078:[/i] Abu Huraira reported that they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Allah's Messenger, will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Judgment? He said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the sun in the noon when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. He again said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the moon on the fourteenth night when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. Thereupon he said: By Allah Who is One in Whose Hand is my life. you will not face any difficulty in seeing your Lord but only so much as you feel in seeing one of them. Then Allah would sit in judgment upon the servant and would say: O, so and so, did I not honour you and make you the chief and provide you the spouse and subdue for you horses, camels, and afforded you an opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes. And then it would be said: Did you not think that you would meet Us? And he would say: No. Thereupon He (Allah) would say: Well, We forget you as you forgot Us. Then the second person would be brought for judgment. (And Allah would) say: O, so and so, did We not honour you and make you the chief and make you pair and subdue for you horses and camels and afford you an opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes, my Lord. And He (the Lord) would say: Did you not think that you would be meeting Us? And he would say: No. And then He (Allah) would say: Well, I forget you today as you forgot Us. Then the third one would be brought and He (Allah) would say to him as He said before. And he (the third person) would say: O, my Lord, I affirmed my faith in Thee and in Thy Book and in Thy Messenger and I observed prayer and fasts and gave charity, and he would speak in good terms like this as he would be able to do. And He (Allah) would say: Well, We will bring our witnesses to you. And the man would think in his mind who would bear witness upon him and then his mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his thighs, to his flesh and to his bones to speak and his thighs. flesh and bones would bear witness to his deeds and it would be done so that he should not be able to make any excuse for himself and he would be a hypocrite and Allah would be annoyed with him. [/quote] A Tirmidhi hadith indeed confirms that Muhammad will be seated on the right side of Allah’s Throne and will mete out judgment. Here is the hadith: Muhammad will stand on the right side of Allah's Throne, where no other creature other than him will stand…(Tirmidhi hadith number 1520). [quote] Narrated AbuHurayrah The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "I shall be clothed with one of the robes of Paradise and shall then stand at the right of the Throne, a place where no other creature than I shall stand." Tirmidhi transmitted it. The version on his authority in Jami' al-Usul has "I shall be the first from whom the earth will be cleft open and I shall be clothed....." (Hadith quoted from ALIM CD ROM) [/quote] Another Tirmidhi hadith says that Muhammad will carry two books with him which will contain the list of inmates of paradise and the denizens of hell. Let us read this hadith: Muhammad carried two books; the book on his right hand had all the names of inmates of paradise and the book on his left hand had all the names of denizens of hell…(Tirmidhi hadith number 24) [quote] Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) went out and he had in his hand two books. He said: Do you know what these two books are? We said: Allah's Messenger, we do not know but only that you inform us. Thereupon he said: This one which my right hand possesses is a Book from the Lord of the worlds. It contains the names of the inmates of Paradise and the name of their forefathers and those of their tribes. It is most exhaustive and nothing will be added to it nor anything eliminated from it up to eternity. He then said: This one in my left hand is a Book from the Lord of the worlds. It contains the names of the denizens of Hell and the names of their forefathers and their tribes. It is also exhaustive to the end and nothing will be added to it nor anything will be eliminated from it. The Companions said: Allah's Messenger, (if this is the case) then where lies the use of doing a deed if the affair is already decided. Thereupon he said: Stick to the right course and remain as close to it as possible for one who is to be inmate of Paradise would end his life by an act befitting the inmates of Paradise, no matter what he may have done and for one who is the denizen of Hell, his deed would end on that which is a deed of the denizens of Hell, no matter what he may have done (before). Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) then threw the books and making a gesture with his hand said: Allah has made a decision about His servants (a section will be in Paradise and a section in the blaze). Transmitted by Tirmidhi. (Hadith quoted from ALIM CD ROM) [/quote]

Allah has a gigantic floodlight to light the entire earth

Just like a royal court, Allah’s court also is decorated with crystal chandelier or lights with intense effulgence. It is not clear why Allah would need such intense brilliance when the sun will be just a few cubits above the earth. Here is a verse from the Qur’an which tells about Allah’s crazy mind. On the resurrection day the entire earth will be lit with the light of Allah, records will be studied, the prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward then the just decision will be pronounced…39:69. [quote] [i]039.069[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] And the Earth will shine with the Glory of its Lord: the Record (of Deeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward and a just decision pronounced between them; and they will not be wronged (in the least). [/quote] END OF PART-4

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To be continued in Part-5(i)…