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Unification Theory:Scientific enquiry is working
towards the `Unification of all Theories' or the `Theory of
Everything' (i.e. all matter, energy and motion are governed
by One Unified Law) which, in fact, in religious terminology
is reflected in the doctrine of Monotheism. Basically this
formulation (1-1 along with 1-2) combines two fundamental
elements of faith in Oneness of Allah (Tauheed
or Monotheism), i.e. both, `Uluuhiyat’ and `Rububiyat’
of Allah, together. `Bismillaah’ condenses entire thought
and philosophy of Monotheism that all Power and Sovereignty
belong to Only Allah Alone – Only He is The One Who
aught to be and should be prayed, Who grants supplication,
arranges all affairs, makes the course easy and gives success
and additional bountiful favours too.
"To Him (Allah) is due the true prayer,
and others that they call upon besides Him ,
bear them no more than
if they were to stretch forth their hands
for water to reach their mouths ,
but it reaches them not:
for the prayer of those without Faith,
is nothing but vain prayer" 13-14
Verses 1-1&2 confirm faith in the proven fact of science
that there is only one Unified Law governing all universe(s)
(which, now, the scientists call “Megaverse”)
i.e. in theology, it is Only One `Rabb’ (Allah) Alone,
Who Governs-Sustains all universes (worlds-creation). This
statement is clarified variously, in the terminology of the
Quran:
`Rabbii Wa Rabbukum’ (My
Lord -Master and yours)
`Rabbii Wa Rabbuhum’ (My
Lord-Master and theirs i.e everybody and everything)
`Rabbus-Samaawaati Wal Ardz'
(Lord-Master of the heavens and the earth)
‘Rabbul Aalamiin’
(Lord-Master of all worlds-creation"
`Rabbul Arshil Aziim' (Lord of
the Mighty Throne of Honour)
Only Allah, the Alone One- He Himself is the Lord-Master-Sustainer
of all phenomena of universes as manifest in harmoniously
coordinated & unified functioning, in unison, of all units
and components of cosmos and beyond. All episodes and events
including Big Bang (Beginning of the universe), `Expansion
of the Megaverse', the Big Crunch (end of the universe, as
referred by scientists), and There-After are controlled by
One – and none else.
In the first pillar to the `testimony’ (Shahaadah),
it is not simply the affirmation of God’s existence,
but confirmation and acknowledgement that only Allah’s
is True and Absolute Existence in True Reality, Beauty and
Perfection. All things, beings and all existence are manifestations
of This Eternal - Essential Being. This assertion of Faith
demands integration of lives by making God their focus and
sole priority. The assertion of the Unity of God is not merely
the denial that there are no other deities or there is none
else worthy of worship in the superficial or narrow sense
of the word. To say that God is the Only One Alone is not
a mere numerical definition. It is a call and confirmation
of the confession that Unity is the driving factor of one’s
life and society on the way of commitment to His Commandment
– all rightly guided religions, culminating in the Diin-al
Islam, derive from Him Alone.
The belief in the Sole Supreme Reality has to
be culturally conditioned as expressed by different societies
in different practices but the focus of all true obedient-worship
is essentially inspired by and directed towards the Being
Whom the people in the Semetic-Armaic-Arabic region had always
called `Allah’. In fact all over the
globe different religions confirm faith in the Supreme Being
Who Commands obedience-worship. For an example, following
statement based on Bhagavad-Gita, may be quoted:
“All wondrous phenomena
showing power, beauty, grandeur, or sublimity, either in the
material world or in the spiritual, are but partial manifestations
of Krishan’s divine energies and opulence. As the supreme
cause of all causes and the support and essence of everything,
Krishna is the supreme object of worship for all beings.”
(Pages 351-388, Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, Bhaktivedanta Swami).
Sincerity
in submission:Some people who may, although,
initiate their work or anything with this invocation, but
may not be able to interpret or appreciate immediate or apparent
status of things or their outcome. They are perhaps not able
to touch the depth or achieve the height of relationship,
which this very simple submission can establish with God Alone.
They might be lacking pure dedication and devotion or sincerity
and sanctity of the purpose or objective as the pre-requisite
of any submission. If the Pleasure of Allah is the objective
then it doesn’t matter whatever be the immediate or
the apparent outcome:
"We (Allah) said: `Get down all of you from
this place,
then whenever there comes to you Guidance from
Me ,
and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be
no fear on them,
nor shall they grieve." 2-38
When one makes
sincere and pure invocation in this verse, as worship or devotion,
he in fact considers himself as Allah's duty-bound slave working
only `with' His Pleasure or Permission (in other words working
within permissible limits prescribed by Him) to the extent
and to the best of his capacity and capability provided to
him by Allah.
Basis
and Strength of the Belief: Social scientists
agree that the belief in God is an inward demand of human
nature. Complete faith in `Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim’
depends upon the belief that all affairs, their decision,
command, result and return belong only to Allah Almighty Alone,
e.g.:
"But you cannot will, unless Allah wills"
76-30
"And
with Allah rests the end of matters (affairs)".22-41
All matter,
energy, motion and affairs are from Allah and work at His
Will and Command unto His goal.
“Say:
All things are from Allah”. 4-78
Putting one's
soul and mind, with full faith in ‘Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim’
intensifies and strengthens various aspects of faith, e.g.
Putting
trust in Allah
“Verily I put my trust in Allah” 11-56
Feeling
confident and secure
“And I confide my affair to Allah.
Verily, Allah ever Watches all, over (His) slaves.”
40-44
No Feeling
Of Inferiority or Deficiency
“Allah suffices us. “ 3-173
Continuous Source Of Support
“And I have no capability except from Allah.
In Him I trust. and unto Him is my recourse”
11-88
Accomplishment and victory
from Allah
“Help from Allah, and speedy victory”.
61-13
Hope
“Say: `O My servants, you, who have sinned
against your souls,
do not despair of Allah’s Mercy,
for, Allah forgives all sins,
Verily, He is Ever All-Forgiving Ever All-Merciful.”
39-53
Faith in
the acceptance of the prayer
“Verily, indeed my Lord-Master-Sustainer
(Allah)
is surely Ever All-Hearer of the Prayer”
14-39
"I have never been un-blest
in prayer to You (Allah) ,
my Lord-Master-Sustainer" 19-4
Above aspects
of trust in Allah become possible only when one has unshakable
faith that surely and positively Allah is his “Vakiil”
(Trustee) and “Kafiil” (Supporter-Provider)- Ever
All Full of Mercy and Benevolence.
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