CRITICAL STUDY OF SHIRK

Lit., "that which is in themselves". This statement has both a positive and a negative connotation: i.e., God does not withdraw His blessings from men unless their inner selves become depraved (cf. 8:53), just as He does not bestow His blessings upon wilful sinners until they change their inner disposition and become worthy of His grace. In its wider sense, this is an illustration of the divine law of cause and effect (sunnat Allah) which dominates the lives of both individuals and communities, and makes the rise and fall of civilizations dependent on people's moral qualities and the changes in "their inner selves".(Quran Ref: 13:11 )

Nur_Ilahi wrote: ........While praying, we could hear the aeroplane flying past, that big 747 jumbo sitting on our head ........how could we get rid these kinds of thoughts and really mean what we verbally say - .......

1.  Allah will purify us from the filth of disbelief and polytheism If we follow His Guidance and the Sunnah of the Prophet in this world.

and,

2. Allah will purify the sinners who died in a state of eeman,

a) by forgiving their sins

 

and/or

 

b) by punishing them in hell for a prescribed period.

Proof for the above is in the following Verses: (I have quoted the translation of the meanings for your kind reference.)

Al-Baqarah - 2:125
And (remember) when We made the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah) a place of resort for mankind and a place of safety. And take you (people) the Maq�m (place) of Ibr�him (Abraham) [or the stone on which Ibr�him (Abraham) stood while he was building the Ka'bah] as a place of prayer (for some of your prayers, e.g. two Rak'at after the Taw�f of the Ka'bah at Makkah), and We commanded Ibr�him (Abraham) and Ism�'il (Ishmael) that they should purify My House (the Ka'bah at Makkah) for those who are circumambulating it, or staying (I'tik�f), or bowing or prostrating themselves (there, in prayer).

Al-Baqarah - 2:174
Verily, those who conceal what All�h has sent down of the Book, and purchase a small gain therewith (of worldly things), they eat into their bellies nothing but fire. All�h will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and theirs will be a painful torment.

Al-Baqarah - 2:222
They ask you concerning menstruation. Say: that is an Adha (a harmful thing for a husband to have a sexual intercourse with his wife while she is having her menses), therefore keep away from women during menses and go not unto them till they have purified (from menses and have taken a bath). And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as All�h has ordained for you (go in unto them in any manner as long as it is in their vagina). Truly, All�h loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves (by taking a bath and cleaning and washing thoroughly their private parts, bodies, for their prayers, etc.).

Aali Imran - 3:77
Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of All�h's Covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter (Paradise). Neither will All�h speak to them, nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful torment.

An-Nisa - 4:146
Except those who repent (from hypocrisy), do righteous good deeds, hold fast to All�h, and purify their religion for All�h (by worshipping none but All�h, and do good for All�h's sake only, not to show-off), then they will be with the believers. And All�h will grant to the believers a great reward.

Aali Imran - 3:141
And that All�h may test (or purify) the believers (from sins) and destroy the disbelievers.

Aali Imran - 3:164
Indeed All�h conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) from among themselves, reciting unto them His Verses (the Qur'�n), and purifying them (from sins by their following him), and instructing them (in) the Book (the Qur'�n) and Al­Hikmah [the wisdom and the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW (i.e. his legal ways, statements, acts of worship, etc.)], while before that they had been in manifest error.

Al-Ma'idah - 5:6
O you who believe! When you intend to offer As-Sal�t (the prayer), wash your faces and your hands (forearms) up to the elbows, rub (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to ankles. If you are in a state of Jan�ba (i.e. had a sexual discharge), purify yourself (bathe your whole body). But if you are ill or on a journey or any of you comes from answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (i.e. sexual intercourse) and you find no water, then perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. All�h does not want to place you in difficulty, but He wants to purify you, and to complete His Favour on you that you may be thankful.

Al-Ma'idah - 5:41
O Messenger (Muhammad SAW)! Let not those who hurry to fall into disbelief grieve you, of such who say: "We believe" with their mouths but their hearts have no faith. And of the Jews are men who listen much and eagerly to lies - listen to others who have not come to you. They change the words from their places; they say, "If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, then beware!" And whomsoever All�h wants to put in Al­Fitnah [error, because of his rejecting the Faith], you can do nothing for him against All�h. Those are the ones whose hearts All�h does not want to purify (from disbelief and hypocrisy); for them there is a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a great torment.

At-Tawbah - 9:103
Take Sadaqah (alms) from their wealth in order to purify them and sanctify them with it, and invoke All�h for them. Verily! Your invocations are a source of security for them, and All�h is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

At-Tawbah - 9:108
Never stand you therein. Verily, the mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety is more worthy that you stand therein (to pray). In it are men who love to clean and to purify themselves. And All�h loves those who make themselves clean and pure (i.e. who clean their private parts with dust [i.e. to be considered as soap) and water from urine and stools, after answering the call of nature].

Ta-Ha - 20:76
'Adn (Edn) Paradise (everlasting Gardens), under which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever: such is the reward of those who purify themselves [(by abstaining from all kinds of sins and evil deeds) which All�h has forbidden and by doing all that which All�h has ordained)].

Al-Ahzab - 33:33
And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Sal�t (Iqam�t­as­Sal�t), and give Zak�t and obey All�h and His Messenger. All�h wishes only to remove Ar­Rijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification.

Al-Jumu'ah - 62:2
He it is Who sent among the unlettered ones a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) from among themselves, reciting to them His Verses, purifying them (from the filth of disbelief and polytheism), and teaching them the Book (this Qur'�n, Isl�mic laws and Isl�mic jurisprudence) and Al-Hikmah (As-Sunnah: legal ways, orders, acts of worship, etc. of Prophet Muhammad SAW). And verily, they had been before in mainfest error;

Al-Muddaththir - 74:4
And your garments purify!

An-Nazi'at - 79:18
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)",