Mushrikoon Believed in Allah as a Rabb |

All religions for the most part at least believe in one Supreme being,
whether it be God the Father or Zeus in Greek mythology.

Norse odin.. etc... etc...

The mushrikoon believed in Allah as a Rabb. This therefore necessitates

that Ruboobiyyah alone is not sufficient, because why then are they at
odds with the messenger if all it was ruboobiyyah... why all the strife..
must be more

Abu Lahab and all of the leaders of Quraysh believed in Allah as a Rabb.
To digress Even Iblees believed in Allah as a Rabb.

[Iblis (Satan)] said: See? This one whom You have honoured above me,
if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will
surely seize and mislead his offspring (by sending them astray) all but a
few! (17:62)

On this Ali ibn abi Talhah Ibn Abbas He is sayin # I am going to

dominate his offspring , all but a few# this can mean he is going to
surround them or another view point is he is going to lead them astray.

To this

17/ 63. (Allah) said: "Go, and whosoever of them follows you, surely! Hell will be
the recompense of you (all) an ample recompense.

Back with the arabs...

There are many clear ayaat proving that the Jahiliyyah Arabs believed that
Allah created and sustained everything, and was All-Powerful.

If you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth, and put the
sun and the moon in your service?; they will say, Allah. Why then did
they deviate? Allah is the One who increases the provision for whomever
He chooses from among His creatures, and withholds it. Allah is fully
aware of all things. And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water
from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its death, they will
certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is due to Allah; but most of them do not
understand. (Al-Ankaboot, 29:61-63)
If you asked them who created them, they would say, Allah. Why then
did they deviate? (Az-Zukhruf, 43:87)

Say, To whom belongs the earth and everyone on it, if you know? They
will say, To Allah. Say, Why then do you not take heed? Say, Who is the
Lord of the seven heavens; the Lord of the great dominion? They will say,
Allah. Say, Why then do you not turn righteous? Say, In whose hand is
all sovereignty over all things, and He is the only one who can provide
help, but needs no help, if you know? They will say, Allah. Say, Where
did you go wrong? (Al-Muminoon, 84-89)

They have been deluded and misguided even though they accepted Allah
as a Rabb.

This shows that the Jahiliyyah Arabs believed in Allah yet committed shirk.

- Allah states there god than he to be worshipped.

- The iodlators recognized that All is the sole creator .. earth heavens,
moon sun etc alternating night and day.
- Recog he provded life for servants and how low the live
- He made them thier provios etc.. diff some rich some poor and HE
knows best what i suitable for each of them. Who deserved to be
poor who rich..
- So after all this why wud u worship anything else...
- Why trust in anyone else..
- Since dominion is to whom ???

Muminoon
They reiterate / reinforce they accpet Allah as the RAB
They still atrrib partners in divinty to him

And worship others instead of him

Allah asks whose property is the earth ?

Ewho the one one thta put everything i n its place and ciruit/
routine. Orbit ...
The ones that kno wlll reply Allah...
If you can rmeb that will you not mremb who should be worshiped
alone..

(Excuse of the Jahili Arabs in their Worship)

And they worship, instead of Allah, that which neither harms them nor
profits them; and they say, These are our intercessors with Allah.
(Younus, 10:18)

They are praying to al-Laat so that al-Laat will take it up to Allah. They
thought they were too sinful or unworthy of going directly to Allah so they
took up intermediaries. The main argument used by those who try to
justify shirk in Islam is the exact same as this.

- They can create what these idols.. they have power over waht
- But yet the still clung to them..
- How about now we have muslims that do worse...
- They callupon the dead to help them
- They call upon prophets
- Wise men
- And other things even ... and they say the muslim ? how we have
fallen and is it any wonder the way we as muslims are now...

We worship them only that they may bring us closer to Allah. (Az-
Zumar, 39:3)

- Meaning what motivates them to wiorship them (idols) is that they

made thier idols in the image of the angles... or so they clamied,
and whn they worship theseimages tit is like worshipping the angles
and they will interced for them with Allah for help/ provisions/ other
worldy needs...

(Want to establish an indirect relationship with Allah. They think the others
are so beloved to Allah, and if they are loved by them, then Allah will love
them.

Mushrikoon Believed in Allah but Still Committed Shirk)

And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others (with
Him). (Yousuf, 12: 106)

The majority of people believed in Allah but still commit shirk. This means
the belief alone is not sufficient. Ibn Abbas interpreted this statement to
say that their belief in Allah is to say if you ask them who created the
mountains they would say Allah, yet they worship other than Him
(Tabari). This shows they had some type of Tawheed but not full Tawheed.

In fact the ayah itself shows that they believed (had emaan) but that
emaan was mixed with shirk.

One proof of this is the fact that the mushrikoon turned to Allah at times
of distress. It shows that they realized their idols were useless in matters
of life and death. It also shows the fitrah of mankind is to call out to Allah
alone.

When they ride on a ship, they call upon Allah, being sincerely obedient
to Him. But as soon as He saves them to the shore, they associate others
(with Him). (Al-Ankaboot :65)

When the Prophet(saw) conquered Mecca, he granted amnesty to and

forgave everyone for their transgressions except 6 people who he ordered
to be put to death. One of them was Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl. He realized he
would not live when the Muslims came so he ran away to Abysinnia. On
his way there, on the ship, the ship entered into a storm and the waves
tossed them up and down. It was exactly as described in the Quran. The
captain of the ship called out to the people to make dua to Allah and
sincerely call out to Him because you know your idols will not save you
now. Ikrimah said that it struck him then that if his idols were of no use
now, then why did they worship them outside of that? So Ikrimah made up
his mind to accept Islam and said O Allah if you save me I will put my
hand in the hand of the Prophet (saw) and I will find him to be forgiving
and merciful.

Excuse of Jahili Arabs in not Accepting Islam

They rejected the uloohiyyah of Allah, but not the Ruboobiyyah. They
refused to single out Allah in worship.

When they were told, Laa ilaaha illa Allah (There is no worthy god beside
Allah), they turned arrogant. (As-Saaffaat, 37:35)

They wondered that a warner should come to them, from among them.
The disbelievers said, A magician, a liar. Did he make the gods into one
god (ilaah)? This is really strange. (Saad, 38:4-5)

They accused him of being a sorcerer because he made the objects of

worship into one. Their contention was not bringing another God or
anything like that, but that he made their deities of worship into only one.
Their rejection of Islam was because of tawheed of Allah in His worship.
They worshipped Allah, but they worshipped idols as well.

When one understands the religion of the Jahiliyyah Arabs, one

understands the shirk of modern Muslims.

Jahili Arabs Talbiyyah for Hajj

Narrated in Sahih Muslim they would say Labbayk Allahuma Labayk and
add to it:

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the polytheists also
pronounced (Talbiya) as: Here I am at Thy service, there is no associate
with Thee. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Woe be
upon them, as they also said: But one associate with Thee, you possess
mastery over him, but he does not possess mastery (over you). They used
to say this and circumambulate the Kaba.

Even in this talbiyyah, the ultimate power is being given to Allah, but it
was still shirk. This is the same as people who try to justify shirk. They will
call out to saints or the Prophet (saw) and say that they are only doing it
because Allah gave them power and that the power still goes back to
Allah.

In conclusion, it can be said the Jahili Arabs accepted Allahs Ruboobiyyah,

yet they were still amongst the worst of creation.

Ruboobiyyah Necessitates Uloohiyyah

How can you admit that Allah is the true Rabb and yet direct acts of
worship to other than Him? Once it is established that Allah is the Rabb,
the next logical step is to worship Him, however many people do not take
this step. This is the basic theme of the Quran.

Allah (swt) uses their belief in His Lordship as proof against them in their
acts of shirk. He mentions their belief in Him as proof against their
worship of others in the following ayaat:

Say (O Muhammad SAW): Praise and thanks be to Allah, and peace be on

His slaves whom He has chosen (for His Message)! Is Allah better, or (all)
that you ascribe as partners (to Him)? (Of course, Allah is Better). Is not
He (better than your gods) Who created the heavens and the earth, and
sends down for you water (rain) from the sky, whereby We cause to grow
wonderful gardens full of beauty and delight? It is not in your ability to
cause the growth of their trees. Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Nay, but
they are a people who ascribe equals (to Him)! Is not He (better than your
gods) Who has made the earth as a fixed abode, and has placed rivers in
its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set a barrier
between the two seas (of salt and sweet water).Is there any ilah (god)
with Allah? Nay, but most of them know not. Is not He (better than your
gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who
removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after
generations. Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Little is that you
remember! Is not He (better than your gods) Who guides you in the
darkness of the land and the sea, and Who sends the winds as heralds of
glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain)? Is there any ilah (god) with
Allah? High Exalted be Allah above all that they associate as partners (to
Him)! Is not He (better than your so-called gods) Who originates creation,
and shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from heaven and
earth? Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Say, Bring forth your proofs, if
you are truthful. (Naml 27:59-64)

Throughout these verses Ruboobiyyah is linked to Uloohiyyah. Rhetorical

questions about Ruboobiyyah then ends it with an ayah of uloohiyyah. So
He established their Ruboobiyyah and then challenges their uloohiyyah.
There are hundreds of verses where this link is shown.

When reading through the Quraan, notice how Allah (swt) often mentions
manifestations of His lordship (ruboobiyya) after calling upon people to
worship Him alone (uloohiyyah).

O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah), Who created you and those who
were before you so that you may become Al-Muttaqun. (2:21)

Ruboobiyyah Necessitates Uloohiyyah (Salih al-Fawzan)

Tawheed ar-Rububiyah Necessitates Tawheed al-Uluhiyah Saleh

al-Fawzaan

The title of the chapter means that he, who declares Tawheed ar-
Rububiyah and affirms that there is no Creator, Provider or Administrator
of the Universe except Allah then he is required to proclaim that none
deserves all forms of worship except Allah, which is known as Tawheed al-
Uluhiyah.

Uluhiyah means, worship, and the meaning of ilah is, mabood (one who
is worshiped). So, none is to be invoked and sought help from except
Allah, none is to be relied upon except Allah, none is to be offered
sacrifices and avowed to except Allah and no worship is performed except
to Allah alone.
Tawheed ar-Rububiyah is a proof of Tawheed al-Uluhiyah, and this is why
Allah has mainly used Tawheed ar-Rububiyah as a proof against the
deniers of Tawheed, as He says, O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah),
Who created you and those who were before you so that you may become
pious. Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a
canopy, and sent down water (rain) from the sky and brought forth
therewith fruits as a provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allah
(in worship) while you know (that He Alone has the right to be
worshiped). [Soorah al-Baqarah (3):21-22]

Thus, he ordered them with Tawheed al-Uluhiyah, which is His worship,

and presented as a proof Tawheed ar-Rububiyah, which is that He
created the people of the earlier times and the later, He created the sky
and the earth and all that is between them, the blowing of the wind,
sending down of the rain, the growing of the plants, the production of
fruits which is the provision of the slaves. So, it is not befitting for them to
associate partners, whom they know that they have not done any of the
above or anything else besides that.

So, the natural instinct is to affirm Tawheed al-Uluhiyah which is proved by

Tawheed ar-Rububiyah, because every person clings to the origin of his
creation, and the source of his benefit and harm, he then turns to the
means which bring him closer to Him, please Him and strengthen the
bond between them. Thus, Tawheed ar-Rububiyah is a door to Tawheed al-
Uluhiyah, this is why Allah used it as a proof against the Mushrikeen
(those who associate partner with Allah), Say, Whose is the earth and
whosoever is therein? If you know! They will say, It is Allahs! Say, Will
you not then remember? Say, Who is (the) Lord of the seven heavens,
and (the) Lord of the Great Throne? They will say, Allah. Say, Will you
not then fear Allah. Say, In Whose Hand is the sovereignty of everything
(i.e. treasures of each and everything)? And He protects (all), while
against Whom there is no protector, if you know. They will say, (All that
belongs) to Allah. Say, How then are you deceived and turn away from
the truth? [Soorah al-Mu'minoon (23): 84]

Such is Allah, your Lord! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be
worshiped but He), the Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone).
[Soorah al-An'aam (6): 102]

So, He used His Oneness in Rububiyah as a proof to establish that He

alone deserves to be worshiped, and Tawheed al-Uluhiyah is the purpose
behind the creation of the universe, He says, And I (Allah) created not the
jinn and humans except that they should yabudoon (worship) Me.
[Soorah Adh-Dhariyat (51): 56] The meaning of, yabudoon is, single Me
out in worship.

The slave cannot be a muwahhid (one who believes in Tawheed in the

correct manner) by affirming Tawheed ar-Rububiyah alone, until he
declares Tawheed al-Uluhiyah and establishes it. Otherwise, even the
Mushrikeen used to proclaim Allahs Oneness in Rububiyah but it did not
qualify them to enter Islam. The Messenger of Allah (saw) fought them,
while they were declaring that Allah is the Creator and Provider, the One,
Who gives life and death as Allah says, And if you ask them who created
them, they will surely say, Allah. [Soorah az-Zukhruf (43): 87]

And indeed if you ask them, Who has created the heavens and the
earth? They will surely say, The All-Mighty, the All-Knower created them.
[Soorah az-Zukhruf (43): 9]

Say, Who provides for you from the sky and from the earth? Or who owns
hearing and sight? And who brings out the living from the dead and brings
out the dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs? They will say,
Allah. [Soorah Yunus (10): 31]

Similar verses can be found in plenty in the Quraan. He, who claims that
Tawheed is to affirm the Existence of Allah or declare that Allah is the
Creator and the One, Who disposes the affairs of the Universe, and
restricts himself to this definition then he does not know the reality of
Tawheed to which the Messenger called. Because he has halted at the
affair, which necessitates (i.e., Tawheed ar-Rubibiyah), and he has
abandoned what it necessitates (i.e., Tawheed al-Uluhiyah) or he has
stopped at the proof and abandoned what it proves.

Important points of Tawheed al-Uluhiyah

Absolute perfection from all aspects without any flaw from any angle
necessitates that all worship should be for Allah alone; glorification,
reverence, hope, supplication, repentance, seeking aid, reliance, seeking
help, utmost humbleness with utmost love. All this should be necessarily
performed for Allah alone, and this is proved by the intellect, Shareeah
and the natural instinct. It is against the intellect, Shareeah and the
natural instinct that any of these should be performed for someone other
than Him.

(*translated by Shawana A. Aziz, as-Sunnah vol. 2, issue 8.)

Blessings of the Shahadah

It is the essence of tawheed, and why creation was created. It is because
of this that mankind is divided into Muslim and Kafir, it is why books were
revealed, and prophets sent. It is the first phrase that the Muslim child
hears when it is born.

Related Abu Raafi who said, I saw the Prophet give the aadhaan for
prayer in the ear of al-Husayn ibn Alee when his mother Faatimah gave
birth to him. (Reported by At-Tirmidhi)

It is the goal of every Muslim that it be his last phrase as well as the
heaviest phrase in the Scale.

Whoever says as his last words La ilaaha ill-Allah, will enter Paradise.
(Abu Daawood)

Musa said: O my Lord, teach me something by which I can remember

You and supplicate to You. Allah answered: Say, O Musa, La ilaaha illAllah
(none has the right to be worshipped but Allah). Musa said: O my Lord,
all your slaves say this. Allah said: O Musa, if the seven heavens and all
of their inhabitants besides Me, and the seven earths were in a pan (of a
scale), and La ilaaha illAllah was in (another) pan, La ilaaha illAllah would
outweigh them. (Ibn Hibbaan and Al-Haakim)

The shahadah is a means of forgiveness for ones sins.

Anas (ra) said, I heard Allahs Messenger saying, Allah the Most High
said, O son of Adam! If you came to Me with sins filling the earth, then
you met Me without associating anything with Me, I would come to you
with its (the earths) fill of forgiveness. (At-Tirmidhi)

It is the best phrase all the prophets uttered.

The best of my sayings and of the sayings of all Prophets before me is:
There is no god but Allah alone, without partner, to Him belong all
sovereignty and glory, and He has power over all things. (At-Tirmidhi)

And it is the highest of the branches of emaan.

Belief is seventy and some branches. Its lowest branch is the removal of
harm from the road while its highest is to say: There is no deity worthy of
worship but Allah. (Muslim, At-Tirmidhee, An-Nasaaee, Ibn Majah, and
Ahmad.)

Meaning of Ilaah and defining the Shahadah

Shahadah: No Ilaah except Allah.

Ibn Abbas said ilaah is one whom everything turns to and worship.
Ar-Raghib al-Asbahanee (d.425) wrote a dictionary of the Quran and said
ilaah is a name given to every object that is worshpped.

Ibn Mandhoor (d. 711) defined it as any object that is taken as an object of
worship (Lisaan al-Arab).

All the classical dictionaries defined it as an object of worship.

If ilaah meant Rabb, then the mushrikoon would have been Muslims. Some
later groups in Islam tried to define ilaah as creator, but this is not an
interpretation found in the first centuries of Islam.

Shadaha:

Laa ilaah negatory laa. When negating, there must be a being and the
concept being negated from that being. It is like saying There is no
person inside the house. You cannot have There is no person or inside
the house by itself. There must be 2 things after the negatory laa. In
arabic this is an ism (noun) and a khabar (description). The noun here is
ilaah, but there is no description. The description is understood by the
context and therefore there is no need for it to be stated (this is a simple
point of grammar). The description here would be worthy of (bi-haqqin).
So the complete phrase Laa ilaah is There is no deity that is worthy of
worship.

When the shahadah is completed then, it is There is no deity that is

worthy of worship except Allah. The first half of it is negation, and then
there is an affirmation.

The affirmation and negation gives us 1) exclusivity, and 2) it is the height

of praise. Something that is negation only would be like saying, there is
no one who is intelligent. There is no exclusivity or praise. To say so and
so is intelligent, is to give praise, but not exclusivity. But if the two are
combined and you say there is no one who is intelligent except so and
so then it results in exclusivity and it is the height of praise. There is
nothing else that can be done to praise more than that. This is how the
shahadah is, there I nothing at all worthy of any worship at all, except
Allah.