Sunni Duniya

The month of Shauwal brings Allah`s blessing, pleasure and rejoice for the muslims. The first day of this month is the day of Eid-ul-Fitr which the muslims celebrate after one month`s fasting of the Holy Ramdhan. Every one knows this fact that after suffering in the way of Allah there is a pleasure for Allah`s slaves. The muslims after suffering from hunger & thirst in the way of Allah for His pleasure, get a lot of pleasure & Allah`s blessing on Eid-ul-Fitr. Hence we see that the month of Shauwal is a month full of pleasure & rejoice. Along with this, this month is also a memorable month for Sunni Muslims of the world as a true devotee of Allah & true lover of His Prophet, the great benefactor of muslims & the reviver of 14th Islamic century Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza was born on 10th Shauwal 1272 A.H./14th June 1856 A.D. at Bareilly, Hence we can say this month of Shauwal, ``the month of Ahle-Sunnat-wa-Jama`at`` In this month every where in the Muslim world `Jashne-Yaume-Raza` (The festivity of Birth anniversary of Imam Ahmad Raza) is hold particularly on 10th Shauwal. oF course, the Sunni muslims should celebrate the birth anniversary of Alahazrat Imam Ahmad Raza & other Aulia as they are favoured slaves of Allahu Ta`ala. We, the Sunni muslims should also celebrate the Urs of Aulia and Ulama. Allahu Ta`ala has ordered us ``to publicize the days of Allah`` Imam Ahmad Raza is the very great personality who revived Deen-o-Sunnit & presented the very traditional Islam which was the Islam of Sahaba, Aulia & Ulama. At present the presented real Islamic faith & Maslak by Alahazrat is known ``Maslak of Alahazrat``. May we remain tying in the bondage of prophetic love & devotion of Aulia & ulma. Amen!

Dr. A. Naim Azizi

I wish Allah & His Prophet may save me,
From my ego`s wretched & blatant tyranny.
I wasted my day in a dusty & useless game,
In vain, the dust Particlestried to put me to shame.
I remained Keen on sleeping through out the night,
Though the stars warned me through their angry light.
O ego! Dying with faith is a far better thing to do,
Than living a life of faithless impiety under you.
O honey-Coated porson in the cup of my life!
where should I hide myself from your evil strife.
You have humiliated me in the eyes of my creator,
You have debased & degraded me before His Messenger.
What a generous Master you have disobeyed!
How arrogant of you! we are absolutely betrayed.
My wealth has been way-laid, by the robber,
Now I only depend on the help of Allah & His Messenger.
O Allah! Take pity because I have myself fallen into the well,
Please rescue me from myself made hell.
O Raza! why are you afraid of any antagonist,
Allah`s beloved Ghausul-Azam is your Protogonist

Translated by :- Prof. G. D. Qureshi. Marhoom

The Quran is not poetry but there are many such Surahs which are more inspiring and full of Majesty that any poetry could be. The 77th Surah of the Quan named ``Al-Mursalat`` is also one of them. The first six verses of this surah are very mysterious & for that reason impossible to translate. Some think the first three verses refer to winds, which follow one another and blow voilently & Scatter rain on the earth. others think verses 4-6 refer to the angels. But in my translation I follow those who think that verses 1-6 refer to the verses of the Quran itself, which were sent down, one after another, over severel years, which Cancel all previous revelations & replace them with Islam, spreading the way to salvation, spreading true from false, and bringing Zikr, which is a Message that is forgiving & Warring. The Second section of the Surah, Verse 7-15 tell us what it is that the Quran`s verses tell us about which is the coming of the end of the world. The stars willdim, the Heaven will split, the mountains will crumble to dust, and the prophets will tell who accepted their message and who did not. But this will not happen until. Yaum-i-Fasl, the Day of Dividing. This is the Day of Resurrection, when right will be distinguished from wrong, and the good from the bad. This Surah is the earliest place in the Quran where yaum-e-Fasl is mentioned. This Surah finishes (Verse 45-50) with a final warning to those who disbelieve. Enjoy yourself for the short time before the end comes! they refuse to bow down before Allahu Ta`ala. The Holy Quran is the Na`at of the Holy Prophet (Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) The ulama and commentrators of the Holy Quran say that he Holy Quran besides the guidance, mercy, healing, blessing and source of all legal rational and irrational knowledge is also the `Holy Na`at` of the Holy Messenger of Allah Ta`ala (Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam). A`ayate Durood, surah Alam Nashra, surah Muzzammil, surah Muddassir, surah wad-Duha, Surah Was-shams, Surah wan-Najm & other surah & A`ayat are witnessed on this fact. The word ``Qul`` [Sayyou, o beloved Prophet!] (Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) has be fallen in the Quran more than one hundred times. Every Surah & verse which begins from the world `Qul` comprise the `Na`at` of the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam. Dr. A. Naim Azizi has proved it in on article (Urdu). No doubt, the last revealed Book of Allah, the Quran is a living miracle of the Holy Prophet & his Na`at.

1- Hazrat Sa`id-al-Musaiyib reported that the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam said :- Satan tendsto do evil to one or two, but does not do so if there are three.
2- Hazrat Abu Hurairah reported that the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam said : It is not proper for a woman who believes in Allahu Ta`ala & the Here after, to Journey one day and night save with her Mahram.
3- Hazrat Abu Hurairah reported that the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam said : Travel is a sort of Punishmet. It prevents man from food & drink and sleep. when any of you travels for business and the work is over hurry home towards your family.
4- Hazrat Abu Hurairah reported that the Holy Prophet said : slaves should be fed and clothed according to custom and work beyond their capacity should not be taken from them.
5- It reached Malik tha Hazrat Umar Farooque used every saturday to go to the Suburbs of the Holy Madinah. When he saw a slave busy on work beyond his capacity, he had it diminished.
6- Hazrat Khalid reported that the Holy Messenger Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam said : Allahu Ta`ala, the Lord is gentle and likes gentleness and aids gentleness but not harshness.
When you ride on those speech less be barren and void of vegetation to travel by night, for distances are not so well travelled during days as during night. When you halt at night, do not do so by the way side, for beasts freqnent the places and snakes live there.
A few Hadith about growing the beard to grow the beard is the sunnah of the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam and this is also an identification of a muslim.
(a) The Holy Messenger of Allahu Ta`ala Said : act against the practice of the Polythiests, lower the moustaches & grow the beard well. ( Reported by Imam Malik, Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmizi, Nasai etc from Hazrat Abdullah ben Umar Radhi Allahu Ta`ala Anhuma)
(b) Imam Abu Jafar Tahavi in ``Sharahe-Ma`ariul Aa`sar`` narrates from Hazrat Anas Radhi Allahu Anhu that the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam says : lower the moustaches much & grow the beards and do not make your face like the jews.
N. B :- Alahazrat Imam Ahmad Raza has written a pamphalet entitled with ``Lum`atud-Duha`` about growing the beard. He has proved this matter with many verses of the Quran & dozens of Hadith.
Please study this risala (tract) & grow the beard & practice the Sunnah of the beloved Prophet Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam.

What do the jurists say about the following issues ?
(1) How many Prophets, name are mentioned in the Holy Quran ?
(b) What is the number of the Prophets and what belief the Muslims should have in them ?
Answer :- The name of which Prophets are clearly mentioned in the Quran are as following :-
Hazrat Adam Alaihi Salam, Hazrat Nooh Alaihis Salam Hazrat Ibahim Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Ismail Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Ishaque Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Yaqoob Alaihi Salam, Hazrat Yusuf Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Moosa Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Haroon Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Shoaib Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Loot Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Hood Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Dawood Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Suleman Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Aiyub Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Zakaria Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Yahiya Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Issa Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Ilyas Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Al-yasa Alaihis Slam, Hazrat Yunus Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Idrees Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Zul-Kifl Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Swaleh Alaihis Salam, Hazrat Uzair Alaihis Salam, His honour, the supreme Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam.
This Strength of the Prophets is 26.
And Allah Knows all the best.
(b) And the name of remaining Prophets are not mentioned in the Holy Quran & to settle any strength of the Holy Prophets is not legal as the reports about this are different & having belief in settled (fixed) number, there is an apprchension to admit the Prophet cancelled from Prophethood & to admit a non Prophet as the Prophet & these both are Kufr. And according to a narration this strength of the Prophets is about 1,24,000 & according to another narration this strength is about 2,24,000 (Nibras, Page 281) & therefore this is must to believe every Prophet & Messenger of Allahu Ta`ala. And Allah Knows all the best.

Janasheen-e-muftie Aazam

(1) There exists a Haith that in the night of Eid a few thousand angels come down & call ;slaves of Allah, happy news to you that Allah has forgiven you because you fasted in the Ramadhan & if you fast on 6th Shauwal, Allah will give you a big house in the Paradise``.
(2) In another Hadith this has befallen that he who fasts six day in Shauwal then Allah writes the reward of all ummah of the Prophet Sall-Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam & he is kept in the Paradise along with Hazrat Siddique Akbar Radhi Allahu Anh.
(3) There is a Hadith that he who prays four Raka`ats in the first night of Shauwal or in the day after the prayer of Eid, in his house & recites surah Akhlas 21 times after Al-Hamd-u, then Allah will open all the eight doors of paradise for him and will close all the seven doors of the Hell and he can not die till he sees his house in paradise.
The miracles of the Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam
(1) During a war the Mujahidin complained of being thirsty. The Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam sent two Mujahidin to look for some water. They saw a woman on a camel & brough her to the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam.
After getting the old woma`s permission, the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam ordered to Mujahidin to pour the water into a receptacle. A little time latter all the Mujahidin came and filled their receptacles & skin bags with water. The woman was given some dates & her skin bag of water was filled to the top. The Holy Messenger Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam declared : your water has not decreased. Allah Almighty gave us the water.
(2) Once our Holy Messenger Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam sent a letter to the king of persia named khusro-Parvez to convert him to Islam. When the vile Parvez received & read the letter he tore it to bits & killed ennoy who brought the letter. when Allah`s Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam heard about this he was deeply sorry & o my Allah! tear up his kingdom as he tore up my letter. Khusro was stabbed by a dagger by his son.
While Hazrat omar Farooque was Caliph, the muslims conquered the entire country of persia and khusro`s descendants and kingdom dis appeared.
(3) One day whilst our Prophet Sall Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam was performing his prayer, Satan came with him & tried to break his prayer. The Prophet Sall Allahu Alaih Wa Sallam caught satan with his Holy hands. He released him after satan had promised not to come and disturb his prayer again.

Sahibzada Asjad Raza Khan

Imam Ahmad Raza has particularly written two books to let the sunnis know the true basic Islamic beliefs. One is named ``Tamheed-e-Iman Ba-A`ayat-e-Quran`` & another is entitled with ``Al-Farqul-Wajeez Bain-al-Sunni-ul Aziz wal- Wahabi-ul Rajeez``
Here this humble presents a few extracts from the second book ``Al-Farqul-Wajeez`` which has been trainslated by him in English & has been published by Raza Academy stockport (U.K.)
(1) Allah Ta`ala is free from all limit ations such as time, space & direction. His vision without direction, is ture. He who regards these beliefs as a part of heresy, is misguided & disbeliever.
(2) Allah Ta`ala`s Knowledge of the unseen and all His attributes are in cumbent to Him and purely His choice.
(3) Allah Ta`ala is free from all false hood and imperfection.
(4) Infidelity is incumbent on him who says that the ignorance of Allah Ta`ala is possible.
(5) To believe in the Prophets, Angels and all the Islamic Commands are part of Iman.
He who says that one should not believe in any one other than Allah Ta`ala & to have such belief in them, is foolishness. He who utters such word, is a confirmed satan & a foe of Iman.
(6) without respect and glorification of the beloved Prophet Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam, prayer is incomplete. (7) Allah Ta`ala has given the Prophets power to possess and control every thing in the heavens & on the earth. Particularly the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa, Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam who is the leader of all the worlds, the greatest Caliph & attorney of Allah Ta`ala & by His permission, he & his devotees also posses & control all the affairs of the world. He who says that he whose name is Muhammad or Ali, they have no control over anything. such a person is blind at heart and enternally defiled.
(8) After the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa Sall Allahu Ta;ala Alaihi Wa Sallam, no other prophet would ever come until the end of time.
(9) Allah Ta`ala has imparted the Holy Messenger Muhammad Mustafa Sall Allahu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallams and to the other Prophets unseen knowledge.
(10) Our Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sall Allhu Ta`ala Alaihi Wa Sallam is authorized to intercede by the permission of Allah.
(A) The following teachers specially inparted Alahazrat the wealth of knowledge.
(1) Mirza Ghulam Qadir Beg Barellvi
(2) Hazrat Maulana Naqi Ali Khan (The fathor of Alahazrat)
(3) Hazrat Maulana Abdul Ali Rampuri Rahmatullahu Alaihim.
(B) The favourite ulama of Alahazrat :-
(1) Hazrat Maulana Abdul Qadir Badauni.
(2) Hazrat Mufti Irshad Hussain Rampuri.
(3) Hazrat Maulana Ahmad Hasan Kanpuri.
(4) Hazrat Maulana Muhammad umar Hyderabadi Rahmatullahu Alaihim.
(C) German Mathematicians were not the originators of Algebraic `Set theory` and `Topology` but actually Alahazrat was the originator of these theories.
(D) For the first time Hazrat Maulana Abdul Muqtadir Badauni Alaihir Rahma called Imam Ahmad Raza as `Alahazrat` in 1900 A.D. in anti Nadwa conference of Patna.
(E) Not only in the history of Na`atia poetry but in the history of urdu poetry, first of all Alahazrat wrote a Na`atia poem in five languages-Arabic, Persion, Urdu, Sanskrit & Hindi and that is ``Lamya`ate Nazeer, `o Ka Fi Nazarin``
(F) Alahazrat`s urdu transltion of the Holy Quran entitled with ``Kanzul-Iman`` is the best translation of the Quran & such translation of the Quran is not found in any language other than urdu.
(G) Alahazrat says :- To deliver the religious lecture (Wa`az) by a non-Aalim is Haram (unlawful).
(Al-Malfooz, Vol 1, Page 7)
(H) Hazrat Maulana Anwarul Haque Firangimahli Rahmatullahu Alaih was the saintly guide of Alahazrat`s great grand father Hazrat Hafiz Kazim Ali Khan Alaihir Rahma & (1) Hazrat Syed A`ala Rasool Marahravi (2) Maulana Fazle Rasool Badauni (3) Maulana Fazlur Rahman Ganj Moradabadi (Rehmat Ullahu Alaihim) were the pupils of Hazrat Maulana Anwarul Haque Firangi Mahli Rahmat Ullahu Alaih.

Dr. A. Naim Azizi