By Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi and translated by Hala Akram and Aisha Akram They asked: What is the worst stupidity? I replied: It is to associate with Allah. The polytheists are many types, but the inception is one: polytheism. They differ in its manifestation. Amongst them are those who carve idols, making monuments and statues to which they prostrate. Some worship the sun, moon, stars, earth, mountains, seas, rivers, trees and plants. Others revere animals, beasts, insects and worms. And there are those who call upon the angels, devils, tyrants and the righteous children of Adam, the living and the…
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Some Reflections on ‘Aqidah
By Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi A creed is a special kind of formal statement of religious belief or collection of such statements. A very good and justly famous creed among the Sunnis is the document known as al-‘Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah. I will be discussing it at some length. First I wish to clarify the framework in which I will present that discussion. A person might utter a collection of statements about what he or she believes, but this would not amount to something to which we apply the term ‘creed’ in a technical sense. What distinguishes a creed is that it…
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