The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 294
294. Essence of Islam II. Ilāh is an Arabic word and connotes the One worshipped. Who is the Beloved and the True God. This credo, which the Muslims have been taught, is the epitome of the Holy. Qur'ān. It is difficult for every one to commit long books to memory. God Almighty is All-Wise and has announced a brief credo. Its meaning is that till God is preferred to everything, till He is acknowledged as the only One to be worshipped and till He becomes the True. Goal, man cannot achieve salvation. It is mentioned in the Hadith that: مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَدَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ. He who declares that 'There is none worthy of worship beside Allah' will enter paradise. . People have misunderstood this Ḥadīth. They imagine that it is enough to repeat the credo verbally for a person to enter paradise. God Almighty is not concerned with words. He is concerned with hearts. This means that those who impress the true concept of the credo upon their hearts, so that the greatness of God Almighty is fully impressed on their minds, will go to heaven. . When a person truly believes in the credo, no one beside. God can remain the object of his affection or worthy of his worship or his desired one. The spiritual station of the. Abdal a Qutab and a Ghauth is none other than the sincerest belief in the Kalima: 106 لا إله إلا الله. This sublime credo excludes all deities beside Allāh. . It is, therefore, necessary to push out of one's heart all personal and universal gods so that the heart is purified 106 'There is none worthy of worship except Allāh. [Publisher]