ALLAH - CREATIVE POWERS

Creative Powers of Allah
 

Important Note: dark blue are notes while black is copied from translations of Hadis and red is for Quranic Ayah & to highlight comments and certain parts in translation of “Sahih Bukhari” by Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan.

Strict rules were established by “Muhadiseen”, the Compilers of Hadis to ensure the authenticity of Ahadis. Each Hadis was carefully scrutinized before they decided to include it in their works by mainly checking the age, memory, piety and location of every individual in the chain of narrator, “Asnad” and the very text, “Matan” which qualified strict criterions such as not being against teachings of Quran, an already established Hadis, not against logic and accuracy of time and space, few to mention. Imam Bukhari a pioneer in this field collected some 600,000 Ahadis from which he included only 7397 with 4000 repetitions in his collection well known as SAHIH BUKHARI. However the reader must know that the division into chapters, selecting suitable headings for each chapter and brief introductory comments, where required, are the words of the “Muhadiseen” the Compilers of Ahadis and not that of the Prophet (s).

Therefore with passage of time when copies were being prepared by coming scholars from the original manuscript, the first of its kind, prepared by Bukhari some 12 hundred years ago; strict rules laid down by him for his work, were ensured as far as the content and text, “Matan” of Hadis is concerned. However the latter scholars mostly omitted lengthy chain of narrators for the sake of brevity and felt free to make minor changes in giving own words for headings of the chapters and brief commentary, to the best of their intellect and understanding; being the words of the compilers and not Prophet (s). (Please keep it in mind when reading No )

This is a reason that accuracy of the contents of Hadis is maintained till to date in the copies prepared from the works of Bukhari and other compilations such as Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Daoud, Sunan Ibn e Maja, Kitab ul Sunnah of Nisaie and Jami al Tirmizi. This brief insight will greatly help us in understanding the logic in the titles given to the chapters, brief comments and introductory notes given by the compilers with the contents and text of actual Hadis, which at times could raise question in the mind of the reader. 

For detailed study of the complete process of compilation of Ahadis and methods adopted for establishing authenticity of Hadis literature visit following link.

http://tariqr.blogspot.com/p/shariah.html

(1) “Indeed everything is perishable but Allah” Best poetic verse

Bukhari Volume 8, Book 81, Number 6489:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (s) said, "The truest poetic verse ever said by a poet, is: Indeed! Everything except Allah is “Batil” perishable."

(2) All good from Allah no superstitions

Bukhari Volume 2, Book 15, Number 1038:

Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani

Allah's Messenger (s) led the morning Salt in Al-Hudybia and it had rained the previous night.  When the Prophet had finished the Salat (prayer) he faced the people and said, "Do you know what your Lord has said?" They replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." (The Prophet said), "Allah said, 'In this morning some of Ibadi (My slaves or worshippers) remained as true  believers and some became disbelievers; he who said that it had rained with the Blessing and  Mercy of Allah is the one who believes in Me and does not believe in the star, but he who said it  had rained because of such and such (star) is a disbeliever in Me and is a believer in the star.'"

Bukhari Volume 9, Book 97, Number 7503:

Narrated Zaid bin Khalid:

It rained (because of the Prophet's invocation for rain) and the Prophet (s) said, "Allah said, 'Some of My slaves have become disbelievers in Me, and some others, believers in Me.'"

(3) Allah is The Creator rest everything visible and invisible is creation of Allah

It’s really important to clarify little muddle caused by latter scholars copying from copies of original manuscripts, obviously not available to all. There explanation further confused the issue under discussion in HADIS, the words of the Prophet (s), obviously requiring extreme care before the reader goes askance. Latter scholars perhaps missed out the finer aspects of Arabic genre in vogue at the time of the Prophet (s) well understood only by venerated scholars like Imam Bukhari, noting down the words of the Prophet (s) without hesitation.

Volume 9, Page 309

(21) CHAPTER. The Statement of Allah "Say (0’ Muhammad: 'What thing is the most great in witness?' Say: 'Allah...' “(6:19)

So Allah calls Himself a Thing. (Note 1) The Prophet (s) calls the Qur’an a Thing (Note 2); and it is one of the Siffat, the Attributes of Allah. And Allah said: "...Everything will perish save His Face... (28:88) [Copy pasted from Volume 9, page 309, Sahi Bukhari translated by Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan]

Note 1: Arabic words in this Ayah 6:19, “Qul ayyu sha’yin akbaru shahaadatan qulil laahu shaheedum bainee wa bainakum” word “shay’in”, THING is used for the “sahadah”, WITNESS and not for ONE who is witnessing.

Note 2: This is also clear from stated fact in above statement about Quran by the Prophet (s) which too is meant for some portion of Quran and NOT Quran; note the words “anything of the Qur'an” as mentioned in Hadis 7417 below, as such the above introductory statement could be an error on the part of latter compilers making copies from the original manuscript prepared by honorable Imam Bukhari, some 1200 years ago; overlooked by all translator’s as this is also confirmed from Urdu translation by Muhammad Daud Raz.

Note 3: Same is confirmed from Hadis 5149 giving detailed account of Hadis only referred partly in Hadis 7417. Prophet (s) is asking, "Do you know something of the Quran (by heart)”. In another Hadis 7449 given below word THING is used for the CREATION, “His created things”, how can The Creator and His creation be called same as a “THING”.

Note 4: In this regard points raised in Note 1 & 2, above are made crystal clear when reading the comprehensive comments by honorable Imam Bukhari on Hadis number 7452 which precisely lays down in most accurate words the True Essence of the Absolute Creator Allah (SWT).  At the same time this also shows indisputable belief, deep acumen and vast knowledge of the honorable scholar about The Creator and His Creative Activity. This Hadis is noted at the end, confirms beyond doubt, that the “observations” about the introductory statement on chapter 21(Volume 9, Page 309) is an error on the part of latter compilers making copies from the original manuscript prepared by honorable Imam Bukhari, some 1200 years ago. [Hadis7452 Page 334]

Note 5: Relationship of The Creator and creation is made manifest at so many places in so many ways in Quran, being a fundamental themes of Quran, Arabic word “Shay” , thing is used at so many places in Quran to identify this relationship between The Creator and His creation..

“Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! Thou givest the kingdom to whomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from whomsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom Thou pleasest in Thine hand is the good; surety, Thou hast power over all things.” Innaka ala Kully Sha’yin Qadeer (3:26)

“O’ you who believe; turn to Allah a sincere turning; maybe your Lord will remove from you your evil and cause you to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the day on which Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him; their light shall run on before them and on their right hands; they shall say: Our Lord; make perfect for us our light, and grant us protection, surely Thou hast power over all things.” Innaka ala Kully Shay’in Qadeer (66:8)

“Our word for a thing when We intend it, is only that We say to it, Be, and it is.” 'Innama qawluna li-shay'in 'iza 'aradnahu 'an naqoula lahou Kun-Faya-koun (16:40)

It is worth noting that regarding Rooh, soul the Quranic connotation is different; “And they ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is one of the commands (Amar) of my Lord, and you are not given aught of knowledge but a little.” (17:85)

(51) CHAPTER. To marry (a lady to) a man for what he knows of the Qur'an (by heart) and without paying any Mahr.

Bukhari Bukhari Volume 7, Book 67, Number 5149: [5871]

Narrated Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi:

While I was (sitting) among the people in the company of Allah's Apostle a woman stood up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! She has given herself in marriage to you; please give your opinion of her." The Prophet did not give her any reply. She again stood up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! She has given herself (in marriage) to you; so please give your opinion of her. The Prophet did not give her any reply. She again stood up for the third time and said, "She has given herself in marriage to you: so give your opinion of her." So a man stood up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Marry her to me." The Prophet asked him, "Have you got anything?" He said, "No." The Prophet said, "Go and search for something, even if it were an iron ring." The man went and searched and then returned saying, "I could not find anything, not even an iron ring." Then the Prophet said, "Do you know something of the Quran (by heart)?" He replied, "I know (by heart) such Surah and such Surah." The Prophet said, "Go! I have married her to you for what you know of the Quran (by heart)."

Volume 9, Page 334-335

(27) CHAPTER. What has been said regarding the creation “Takhleeq” of the heavens and the earth and other created beings “wa ghaireha min khalaiq”.

All that is the work “Fail” of the Lord and outcome of His Order “Amrohu”. So He is the Lord

with His Attributes “be Siffathu” and His Actions “wa Fa’alhu”, and His Order “wa Amrahu”; and He is the Creator and the Maker “wa Huwa Khalikal-Mukawwanu”, and He is not created “ghairo Makhluqin”. And whatever exists through His Action, Command, creating and making “wama kana be Failhu wa Amrehu wa Takhliqhu wa Takwinhu” is something done, created and made “Fahuwa Maf’olu Makhlqu Makawwan”.

Bukhari Volume 9, Book 97, Number 7452:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

Once I stayed overnight at the house of (my aunt ) Maimuna while the Prophet was with her, to see how was the night prayer of Allah s Apostle Allah's Apostle talked to his wife for a while and then slept. When it was the last third of the night (or part of it), the Prophet got up and looked towards the sky and recited the Verse: 'Verily! In the creation of the Heavens and the Earth....there are indeed signs for the men of understanding.' (3.190)

Then He got up and performed the ablution, brushed his teeth and offered eleven Rakat. Then Bilal pronounced the Adhan whereupon the Prophet offered a two-Rak'at (Sunna) prayer and went out to lead the people in Fajar (morning compulsory congregational prayer.

(4) Allah The Creator rest everything creation Quranic logic

Bukhari Volume 6, Book 65, Number 4854:

Narrated Jubair bin Mut'im :

I heard the Prophet (s) reciting Surat At-Tur in the Maghrib prayer, and when he reached the Ayah: 

"Have they been created without a Creator? Or, are they their own creators? Or, have they created the heavens and the earth? The fact is that they lack faith.²⁸ Do they possess the treasures of your Lord? Or, is it they who control them? ²⁹” (52:35-37)

My heart was about to fly (when I realized this firm argument).

(5) Time blame not creation of Allah

Time is creation of Allah and one must not blame time for one’s own short comings by wasting time (see Hadis 6412 given below)

Bukhari Volume 6, Book 65, Number 4826:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, 'the son of Adam hurts me for he abuses Time though I am Time: in My Hands are all things, and I cause the revolution of day and night.' (See Vol. 9, Hadith No. 7491)

 (101) CHAPTER: Do not abuse Ad-Dahr (the Time).

Bukhari Volume 8, Book 78, Number 6181:

Narrated AbuHurairah:

Allah's Messenger said, "Allah said, 'the offspring of Adam abuses Ad-Dahr (The Time), and I am Ad-Dahr; in My Hands are the night and the day."

Translator’s Note; 'I am Ad-Dahr' means 'I am the Creator of time, and I manage the affairs of all creation including time.' One should not attribute anything, whether cheerful or disastrous, to time, for everything is in the Hands of Allah, and only He is the Disposer of everything.

Make best of health and time one has to earn good in Hereafter.

(1) CHAPTER. Health and leisure (free time for doing good deeds). There is no life worth living except the life in the Hereafter.

Bukhari Volume 8, Book 81, Number 6412:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Prophet said, "There are two blessings which many people lose: (They are) Health and free time for doing good."

Translators Note: This means that many people do not use their health and free time, in gaining good from doing more and more of good deeds.

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MUHAMMAD ASAD: And [so, O Muhammad,] they challenge thee to hasten the coming upon  them of [God's] chastisement: but God never fails to fulfill His promise - and, behold,  in thy Sustainer's sight a day is like a thousand years of your reckoning. (Note 63)

Note 63: I.e., what men conceive of as "time" has no meaning with regard to God, because He is  timeless, without beginning and without end, so that "in relation to Him, one day and a thousand years are alike" (Razi). Cf. 70:4, where in the same sense, a "day" is said to be equal to "fifty thousand years", or the well-authenticated saying of the Prophet, "God says, 'I am Time Absolute (ad-dahr)

(6) Creation ex-nihilo and preordained – Recorded in Divine Book

Bukhari Volume 9, Book 97, Number 7418:

Narrated 'Imran bin Hussain:

While I was with the Prophet (s), some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet said, "O Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given us the good news; now give us (something)." (After a while) some Yemenites entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen! Accept the good news, as Bani Tamim has refused it. “They said, "We accept it, for we have come to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of this universe was." The Prophet (s) said "There was Allah and nothing else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then created the Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book."

Then a man came to me and said, 'O Imran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I set out seeking it, and behold, it was beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the gathering). "

(7) Time blame not for own short comings by wasting time

Bukhari Volume 6, Book 65, Number 4826:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, 'The son of Adam hurts me for he abuses Time though I am Time: in My Hands are all things, and I cause the revolution of day and night.' (See Vol. 9, Hadith No. 7491)

Volume 8, Book 78, Number 6181:

(101) CHAPTER: Do not abuse Ad-Dahr (the Time).

Narrated AbuHurairah: 

Allah's Messenger (s) said, "Allah said, 'The offspring of Adam abuses Ad-Dahr (The Time), and I  am Ad-Dahr; in My Hands are the night and the day."

Translator’s Note: 'I am Ad-Dahr' means 'I am the Creator of time, and I manage the affairs of all creation including time.' One should not attribute anything, whether cheerful or disastrous, to time, for everything is in the Hands of Allah, and only He is the Disposer of everything.

Make best of health and time one has to earn good in Hereafter.

(1) CHAPTER. Health and leisure (free time for doing good deeds). There is no life worth living except the life in the Hereafter.

Bukhari Volume 8, Book 81, Number 6412:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Prophet (s) said, "There are two blessings which many people lose: (They are) Health and free time for doing good."

Translators Note: This means that many people do not use their health and free time, in gaining good from doing more and more of good deeds.

022.047
MUHAMMAD ASAD: And [so, O Muhammad,] they challenge thee to hasten the coming upon  them of [God's] chastisement: but God never fails to fulfill His promise - and, behold,  in thy Sustainer's sight a day is like a thousand years of your reckoning. (Note 63)

Note 63: I.e., what men conceive of as "time" has no meaning with regard to God, because He is  timeless, without beginning and without end, so that "in relation to Him, one day and a thousand years are alike" (Razi). Cf. 70:4, where in the same sense, a "day" is said to be equal to "fifty thousand years", or the well-authenticated saying of the Prophet, "God says, 'I am Time Absolute (ad-dahr)

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MAUDUDI: These people are demanding of you to hasten the chastisement.⁹² Allah will never fail to fulfill His threat, but a day with your Lord is equal to a thousand years as you reckon.⁹³