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39. ‘Al-Mi`raj’ is true. Rasuulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, was taken by night and ascended in his bodily form, while awake, through the heavens, to whatever heights Allah willed for him. Allah ennobled him in the way that He ennobled him and revealed to him what He revealed to him, "and his heart was not mistaken about what it saw" (al-Najm 53:11). Allah blessed him and granted him peace in this world and the next.

40. ‘Al-Hawd ‘, the Pool which Allah has granted Rasuulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi WA aalihi WA sallam as an honor to quench the thirst of his Community on the Day of Judgment, is true.

41. ‘Al-Shafa`a ‘, the intercession which is stored up for Muslims, is true, as related in the hadiths.

42. The covenant, which Allah made with Adam and his offspring, is true.

43. Allah knew, before the existence of time, the exact number of those who would enter the Jannah and the exact number of those who would enter the Jahannam. This number will neither be increased nor decreased.

44. The same applies to all actions done by people, which are done exactly as Allah knew they would be done. Everyone is eased towards what he was created for and it is the action with which a man's life is sealed which dictates his fate. Those who are fortunate are fortunate by the decree of Allah, and those who are wretched are wretched by the decree of Allah.

45. The exact nature of the decree is Allah's secret in His creation, and no angel near the Throne, nor Prophet sent with a message, has been given knowledge of it. Delving into it and reflecting too much about it only leads to destruction and loss, and results in rebelliousness. So be extremely careful about thinking and reflecting on this matter or letting doubts about it assail you, because Allah has kept knowledge of the decree away from human beings, and forbidden them to inquire about it, saying in His Book, "He is not asked about what He does, but they are asked" (al-Anbiya' 21: 23).

Therefore, anyone who asks: "Why did Allah do that?" has gone against a judgment of the Book, and anyone who goes against a judgment of the Book is an unbeliever.

46. This in sum is what awliya of Allah with enlightened hearts need to know and constitutes the degree of those firmly endowed with knowledge. For there are two kinds of knowledge: knowledge, which is accessible to, created beings, and knowledge, which is not accessible to, created beings. Denying the knowledge, which is accessible, is kufr, and claiming the knowledge, which is inaccessible, is kufr. Belief can only be firm when accessible knowledge is accepted and the inaccessible is not sought after.

47. We believe in ‘al-Lawh ‘ and ‘al-Qalam‘ and in everything written on the former. Even if all created beings were to gather together to make something fail to exist, whose existence Allah had written on the Lawh, they would not be able to do so. And if all created beings were to gather together to make something exist which Allah had not written on it, they would not be able to do so. The Qalam has dried having written down all that will be in existence until the Day of Judgment. Whatever a person has missed he would have never got, and whatever he gets he would have never missed.

48. It is necessary for the ‘abd to know that Allah already knows everything that is going to happen in His creation and has decreed it in a detailed and decisive way. There is nothing that He has created in either the heavens or the earth that can contradict it, or add to it, or erase it, or change it, or decrease it, or increase it in any way. This is a fundamental aspect of belief and a necessary element of all knowledge and recognition of Allah's oneness and Lordship. As Allah says in His Book: "He created everything and decreed it in a detailed way." (al-Furqan 25: 2) And He also says: "Allah's command is always a decided decree." (al-Ahzab 33: 38) So woe to anyone who argues with Allah concerning the decree and who, with a sick heart, starts delving into this matter. In his deluded attempt to investigate the Ghayb, he is seeking a secret that can never be uncovered, and he ends up an evildoer, telling nothing but lies.

49. ‘Al-`Arsh ‘ and ‘al-Kursi ‘ are true.

50. He is independent of the ‘Arsh and that which is beneath it.

51. He encompasses all things and that which is above it, and what He has created is incapable of encompassing Him.

52. We say with belief, acceptance and submission that Allah took Ibrahim as an intimate friend and that He spoke directly to Musa ‘alayhissalaam.

53. We believe in the angels, and the prophets, and the books, which were revealed to the messengers, and we bear witness that they were all following the manifest Truth.

54. We call the people of our ‘qibla ‘ Muslims and believers as long as they acknowledge what Rasuulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, brought, and accept as true everything that he said and told us about.

55. We do not enter into vain talk about Allah nor do we allow any dispute about the religion of Allah.

56. We do not argue about the Qur'an and we bear witness that it is the speech of the Lord of all the Worlds which the Trustworthy Spirit came down with and taught the most honored of all the Messengers, Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam. It is the speech of Allah and no speech of any created being is comparable to it. We do not say that it was created and we do not go against the Community of the Muslims of the world at large (‘Jama`ah’), regarding it.

57. We do not consider any of the people of our qibla to be unbelievers because of any wrong action they have done, as long as they do not consider that action to have been lawful.

58. Nor do we say that the wrong action of a man who has belief does not have a harmful effect on him.

 

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