WHAT DOES "LAA ILAAHA IL-LA ALLAH" REALLY MEAN ???
If we take our own whims and desires, mind and intellect, as gods who should be listened to and obeyed besides Allah; or if we gave the right of determining right from wrong to our friends, society or the government, when this right belongs ONLY to Allah (SwT) since He is the Creator, the only One who is All-Knowing and All-Wise; what might our reply be when the two angels ask us about our Lord?
In the grave, it is our heart that will do the talking; and the only thing that will come out is what we are writing on it today. So if we are taking others as gods besides Allah (SwT), we will not have a clear answer to present in the grave. Allah says:
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَحۡبَارَهُمۡ وَرُهۡبَـٰنَهُمۡ أَرۡبَابً۬ا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ
"They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks as lords besides Allah……." [At-Taubah, verse 31]
When Adee Ibn Hatim (radi Allahu 'anhu), who used be a Christian, heard this verse, he said, 'O Messenger of Allah. We didn't worship them.' The Messenger of Allah (sallalalhu alaihi wa-sallam) said, 'Did they not make Haraam what Allah made Halaal and you listened to them; and they made Halaal what Allah made Haraam and you followed them? He replied, 'Certainly.'
The Prophet of Allah (sallalalhu alaihi wa-sallam) said, 'THAT was your worship to them.' [At-Tirmidhee (3/247)]
May Allah grant us the good fortune of being true Muslims and perfecting our faith. Ameen.
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