The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 293
8. THE PILLARS OF ISLĀM. I have stressed it many times that you should not be satisfied merely with that you are Muslims and profess that: 104 لا اله الا الله من. Those who have studied the Holy Qur'an know well that. God Almighty is not pleased merely with words. The. Holy Qur'an sets out the annals of the Jews that they were in the beginning bestowed great bounties by God. Almighty, but when the time came that they were satisfied with only verbal professions and their hearts became full of deceit, dishonesty and evil thoughts, God Almighty imposed diverse types of torments upon them, so much so that some of them were designated apes and swine. . This happened despite the fact that they had the Torah and the Psalms and they professed to believe in them and acknowledged all Prophets. But God was not pleased with them because all their professions were mere words and they had nothing in their hearts. . . . . Reflect on the meaning of the credo 10. By affirming this by his tongue and confirming it with his heart a person proclaims that he has no God beside Allāh. 104. There is none worthy of worship except Allāh. [Publisher] 105 Ibid. 293