The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 290
290. Essence of Islam II. Muḥammad, the chosen one (peace and blessings of. Allāh be on him) is the doctrine by adhering to which the darkness of the soul is removed and the ego is replaced the belief in the Unity of God. In the end the mighty upsurge of Unity spreads over the whole heart and a heavenly life begins in this very world. As you observe that by the advent of light darkness disappears, in the same way, when the bright reflection of: 102 لا اله الا الله 2 falls upon a heart, the dark passions of the ego disappear. . The essence of sin is that there is a tumult in the passions of the ego by yielding to which a person is called a sinner, and the meaning of: 103 لا إله إلا الله which are derived from its various meanings in the. Arabic lexicon is that: لا مَطْلُوبَ لِي وَلَا مَحْبُوبَ لِي وَلَا مَعْبُودَ لِي وَلَا مُطَاعَ لِي إِلَّا اللَّهُ. That is, there is no one to be desired, or to be loved, or to be worshipped, or to be obeyed except Allāh. Now it is obvious that this concept is totally opposed to the reality of sin and its true source. If a person with the sincerity of his heart establishes this meaning in his soul, then necessarily any opposite concept will be driven out of his heart, inasmuch as opposites cannot subsist together. . When the passions of the ego are excluded, that is the condition which is called true purity and real righteousness. The purpose of the second part of the credo, that is 102 There is none worthy of worship except Allāh. [Publisher] 103 Ibid.