Allaah Alone is Waahid!

Allaah Alone is One.
As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaah wa barakatuh

Point #1:

Reading through Soorat Maryam had me thinking of various points, one of which was the repetitive use of the word فرد as opposed to the word واحد - they both mean ‘one’/single/alone etc but people tend to use them interchangeably. I wondered if there was more to this & then I noticed that throughout the Qur’aan when it speaks of Mankind being raised up and the wrongdoers brought to Allaah for judgement it says that they will come, فرادى (alone) and the word waahid is not mentioned as much.


So why is this the case if they both mean the same thing?!

Well, do they both mean exactly the same thing?


No actually, not if we dig deep enough.


They say that:

 الفرد: لا يفيد الانفراد من القرن

الواحد : يفيد الانفراد من القرن في الذات أو الصفة

In other words, the term fard has no special connotation to it, and the one who is described as being fard is one that is alone, with no special value or rank. He is completely alone and carries nothing of material gain or even honour in some cases.

This is in contrast to the term waahid which indicates that although the person is one and alone, they have شأن (status), degree and is distinguished from others. They are alone but yet they carry with them much more, like respect, honour and value.


This is remarkable considering how Allaah (`azza wa jall) always describes Himself in the Qur’aan as being ‘Waahid’ and never ‘Fard’

Point #2:

This is also the reason perhaps, that Allah says:

أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ بِآيَاتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالاً وَوَلَداً
“Have you seen him who disbelieved in Our Verses and says: “I shall certainly be given wealth and children.” [Maryam 19: 77]


وَنَرِثُهُ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْداً

“…We shall inherit from him all that he talks of (i.e. wealth and children), and he shall come to Us alone (fardan)” [Maryam: 80] - i.e. without all the materialistic gains and honour/position which he had attributed to himself.

Interestingly, it also says in Soorah al-An’aam:

وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَادَى كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ
“And truly you have come unto Us alone (furaada) as We created you the first time…”

 [al-An'aam 694]

In tafseer al-Kashaaf [by Zamakshari], it mentions that this verse actually came down regarding al-Waleed ibn al-Mugheerah who incredibly was nicknamed ‘al-Waheed’ by the people They say that he was called so due to his leadership, wealth and honour. 

Subhanallaah, what a powerful message then this ayah sends to him, when Allaah says, ‘You have come to Us alone’ - using the term fard instead of waahid [so Allah has replaced Waleeds/Waheed's honorable name into a humiliated one (Fard)].

Point #3:

If you thought that was something, see what He `azza wa jall says in al-Muddathir (in those 16 verses that were revealed about al-Waleed):

ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيداً
“Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created Alone (waheed).”

Subhanallaah! Indeed, what a humiliation for al-Waleed ibn al-Mugheerah. Truly, Allaah alone is al-Waahid al-Waheed.


Allaahu akbar.


Differences in terms taken from: سلسة الفروق اللغوية

Source: http://fajr.wordpress.com/2008/06/04...-alone-is-one/

 

FOOTNOTE: Al Waleed was the father of Khalid ibn al Waleed, a Noble from Quraysh and from the clan of Bani Makhzoom. He was so rich, wealthy and honored by the Quraysh - that he was titled as al Waheed/Independent from anyone else in wealth/honor/children etc. (as explained above.)


Also see;
http://linguisticmiracle.blogspot.com/2010/04/al-walid-and-what-can-i-possibly-say.html

Miracle Qur'an Challenge: Write a Palindrome Phrase - read the same backward as forward.

Asalaam alaikum Warahmatulah Wabarakatuh


Palindrome Miracle:

و ربك ف ك بر

[wa Rabaka Fa Kabir]
(focus on the consonants only in the arabic language)

And your Lord (Allah) magnify! [so magnify your Lord]

[Quran Surah Mudatthir 74:3]

What is a Palindrome?

A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.



A challenge to those who reject the linguistic miracle of Qur'an:

Can you provide a meaningful sentence - in any language - which can be written in a Palindrome form? The above aayah/verse has 4 words in a Palindrome form, so the challenge for them is to beat that.



Some points to add to this that were mentioned:

1) It was spoken and the one who spoke it was illiterate. It's pretty darn hard to come up with a palindrome when you sit down and work it out, yet it might be possible, but to speak it out of the blue -> you only get one shot at getting it right because what is being is said is memorized instantly and written down. You can't go back and modify it. Plus the speaker himself, the Messenger (saw), is illiterate so it's not like he could have sat down before hand and worked through it.

2) It was recited together with the verses before and after it. I.e. it's right in the middle of a passage and the fact that the verse being a palindrome fits so well in the context of what's being said and doesn't take anything away from the coherency and meaning.

3) It was unknown at the time but discovered later by linguistic scholars who spent their time looking through the Qur'an for such aspects of linguistic excellence. It's not like the Prophet (saw) went around and said look, this verse has a palindrome. It's just there.