Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Who is SYUHADA ?

Who is SYUHADA ?

(Date written : 17 June 2015)

1) There is big difference  between the people who die in the Way of Allah vs The One who Witness or Syuhada.

2) From the Quran, there is no relationship between those two groups of people, but somehow we are made to understand that Syuhada are the people that are killed in the way of Allah.


3) The verse below describes who are the people that Allah has bestowed to them NIKMAH or FAVOR :

Al-Faatiha : 7

صِرٰطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّآلِّينَ

● The path of those upon whom You have BESTOWED FAVOR (AN'AM TA'ALAIHIM), not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray. ●

An-Nisaa : 69

وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولٰٓئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّۦنَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَآءِ وَالصّٰلِحِينَ ۚ وَحَسُنَ أُولٰٓئِكَ رَفِيقًا

● And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger - those will be with the ones upon whom Allah HAS BESTOWED FAVOR (AN'AMALLAHU 'ALAIHIM) of the prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth (S°IDDIQIN), the Ones who Witness (SYUHADA) and the righteous (S°OLIHIN). And excellent are those as companions. ●

Based on the verses above, there are 4 groups of people that are the people that Allah bestowed NIKMAH on them ;

a) The Prophets or NABIYYIN.
b) The Affirmers of Truth or S°IDDIQIN.
c) The Ones who Witness or SYUHADA.
d) The Righteous or the Ones who do Continuous Improvement or S°OLIHIN.

4) SYUHADA means the Ones or People who WITNESS.

The clear definition of who are the SYUHADA is defined by this verse :

Aal-i-Imraan : 18

شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُولُوا الْعِلْمِ قَآئِمًۢا بِالْقِسْطِ ۚ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

● Allah WITNESSES (SYAHIDALLAHU) that there is no God except Him, and [so do] the ANGELS (MALA`IKAH) and THOSE WHO POSSES KNOWLEDGE (ULUL 'ILM) - STANDING FIRM IN JUSTICE / CORRECTED (QAIMAM BIL QIST°). There is no God except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. ●

It is CLEAR from the above verse that there are only 3 SYUHADA :

a) Allah HIMSELF.
b) The Angels or MALA'IKAH.
c) The people who posses KNOWLEDGE or ULUL 'ILM.

So, the SYUHADA among the people are the Ones who HAVE KNOWLEDGE.

Without KNOWLEDGE or 'ILM, we are not SYUHADA.

WE WITNESS that LA ILAHA ILLALLAH is through KNOWLEDGE. We can never Witness Allah. WE WITNESS through the EVIDENCE from KNOWLEDGE and Nothing else. KNOWLEDGE is the TRUTH and TRUTH always has EVIDENCE.

5) The big question is, who are the ULUL 'ILM ?

Who are these people who are the REAL SYUHADA ?

Let us look at other verse of Allah :

Al-A'raaf : 172

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلٰىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلٰى ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هٰذَا غٰفِلِينَ

● And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them WITNESS OVER THEMSELVES (WA ASYHADA HUM 'ALA ANFUSIHIM), [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware." ●

From the above verse, it is CLEAR that one of the components of our SELF, has already WITNESSED that ALLAH is our only God.

The question is WHO are that 'Being' inside our 'SELF' that WITNESS there is No God but Allah ?

6) We must understand more about the TOPIC of WITNESS by these verses of Allah:

Al-Baqara : 143

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنٰكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِى كُنتَ عَلَيْهَآ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمٰنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

● And thus we have made YOU (KUM) A COMMUNITY IN THE MIDDLE (UMMATAN WASAT°AN) that you will be WITNESS (SYUHADA) over the PEOPLE (AN-NAS) and the MESSENGER (RASUL) will be a WITNESS (SYAHIDA) over YOU (KUM) [The Witness to the An-Nas]. .. ●

As-Sajda : 9

ثُمَّ سَوّٰىهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِۦ ۖ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصٰرَ وَالْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

● Then He proportioned him and breathed INTO him from His SPIRIT (RUHIHI) and made for you HEARING and VISION and FEELING (AF`IDAH); little are you grateful. ●

The above verses clearly show that we human being has 3 sub-components called :

a) The Physical being or BASYAR or An-NAS.
b) The Spiritual being or Ar-RUH.
c) The Soul being or An-NAFS.

The one who WITNESS the physical being or AN-NAS is the SOUL inside us.

And the SOUL or An-NAFS is WITNESSED by the SPIRIT inside us or the RUH.

7) Let us look more on the verse of Allah that relates to RUH and BASYAR :


Ash-Shura : 51

وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ

● And it is not for any PHYSICAL HUMAN BEING (BASYAR) that Allah should speak to him except by INSPIRATION (WAHYAN) or from behind a partition (HIJAB) or that He sends a MESSENGER to INSPIRE (YUHA), by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise. ●

The above verse clearly shows that BASYAR does not RECEIVE any INSPIRATION at all.


Ash-Shura : 52

وَكَذٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا الْكِتٰبُ وَلَا الْإِيمٰنُ وَلٰكِن جَعَلْنٰهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلٰى صِرٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

● And thus We have INSPIRED (AUHAYNA) to YOU (KA), THE SPIRIT from OUR AMR (RUHAN MIN AMRINA). You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, YOU (KA) guide to a straight path - ●

The word YOU or KA is always referred to Prophet or Messenger of Allah. They are GUIDED by Allah.

It is clearly SHOWS that it is the SPIRIT or the RUH that RECEIVES INSPIRATION from Allah.

The above verse clearly shows that RUH is from AMR of ALLAH.


8) Let us also look at the relationship between the RUH and AMR of Allah :

Al-Israa : 85

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

● And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the SPIRIT (AR-RUH). Say, "The RUH (AR-RUH) is FROM AMR of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little." ●

The verse above also shows clearly that RUH is from AMR of Allah.

An-Nahl : 1

أَتٰىٓ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ۚ سُبْحٰنَهُۥ وَتَعٰلٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

● The AMR of Allah (AMRULLAH) is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him. ●

An-Nahl : 2

يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلٰى مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرُوٓا أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَاتَّقُونِ

● He REVEALS (YUNAZZILU) the ANGELS, with the SPIRIT FROM HIS AMR (BIRRUHI MIN AMRIHI), upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no God except Me; so fear Me." ●

Al-A'raaf : 29

قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ

● Say,  "THE AMR of MY LORD is IN JUSTICE / CORRECTED (QIST°). And STAND FIRM (AQIMU) your FACE (WUJUHAKUM) at every place of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return - ●


9) Now let us look at the relationship between the ULUL 'ILMA and the UTUL 'ILMA and the AMR of Allah :

Aal-i-Imraan : 18

شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُولُوا الْعِلْمِ قَآئِمًۢا بِالْقِسْطِ ۚ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

● Allah WITNESSES (SYAHIDALLAHU) that there is no God except Him, and [so do] the ANGELS (MALA`IKAH) and THOSE WHO POSSES KNOWLEDGE (ULUL 'ILM) - STANDING FIRM IN JUSTICE / CORRECTED (QA`IMAM BIL QIST°). There is no God except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. ●

The verse above shows that SYUHADA is the people who OWNS KNOWLEDGE.

If we correlate the above verse with the verse of Al-A'raaf:29, it is CLEAR that the one who STAND FIRM in JUSTICE / Corrected is the AMR of Allah; which is OUR SPIRIT, the RUH.

Al-Mujaadila : 11

يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا فِى الْمَجٰلِسِ فَافْسَحُوا يَفْسَحِ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا قِيلَ انشُزُوا فَانشُزُوا يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجٰتٍ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

● .. Allah will raise those who have believed among you and THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN KNOWLEDGE (UTUL 'ILMA), by degrees. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do. ●

Saba : 6

وَيَرَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلٰى صِرٰطِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ

● And those who have been given KNOWLEDGE (UTUL 'ILMA) see that what is REVEALED to YOU (KA) from your Lord is the TRUTH, and it guides to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy. ●

Al-Ankaboot : 49

بَلْ هُوَ ءَايٰتٌۢ بَيِّنٰتٌ فِى صُدُورِ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايٰتِنَآ إِلَّا الظّٰلِمُونَ

● Rather, the Qur'an is CLEAR (BAIYYINAT) verses [preserved] within the S°UDUR (MIND) of those who have been GIVEN KNOWLEDGE (UTUL 'ILMA). And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers. ●

From the above verse, it is CLEAR that UTUL 'ILMA are the people that Allah has given KNOWLEDGE. Hence, ULUL 'ILMA who posses KNOWLEDGE must be given from Allah.

Therefore, ULUL 'ILMA is the SAME as UTUL 'ILMA.

It is Clear that UTUL 'ILMA or ULUL 'ILMA = The Ones who posses or Knowledge or The Ones who are given the Knowledge are NOT NECESSARY Prophets of Allah. It is because they see and acknowledge and accepted the TRUTH of the Books of Revelation received by the prophets.

It is also CLEAR that it is the UTUL 'ILMA are the people who PRESERVE the Al-Quran verses in their MIND (MEMORIZE).

9) Now, let us look at the relationship between An-NAFS or the SOUL and the SPIRIT or Ar-Ruh :

Let us look at other verse of Allah, again:

Al-A'raaf : 172

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلٰىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلٰى ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هٰذَا غٰفِلِينَ

● And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them WITNESS OVER THEMSELVES (WA ASYHADA HUM 'ALA ANFUSIHIM), [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware." ●

It is not the SOUL that have WITNESSED that Allah is OUR GOD, it is definitely the SPIRIT (RUH) inside us that WITNESS this because, the SOUL has NO Knowledge whatsoever :

An-Nahl : 78

وَاللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهٰتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصٰرَ وَالْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

● And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers NOT KNOWING A THING (LA TA'LAMUNA SYAI'AN) and He made for you hearing and vision and feeling (AF`IDAH) that perhaps you would be grateful. ●

The Hearing, Seeing and Feeling are given to the SOUL - our REAL SELF. The Soul is our Real-SELF.

We need to PURIFY our SOUL before we can really become the WITNESS or SYUHADA of LA ILAHA ILLALLAH :

Ash-Shams : 7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوّٰىهَا

● And [by] the SOUL (NAFS) and He who proportioned it. ●

Ash-Shams : 8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوٰىهَا

● And He inspired it what is wrong for it (FUJURAHA) and what is right for it (TAQWAHA), ●

Ash-Shams : 9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكّٰىهَا

● Indeed, he succeeds who PURIFIES (ZAKKAHA) IT [THE SOUL], ●

Ash-Shams : 10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسّٰىهَا

● And Indeed, he fails who corrupts IT [THE SOUL]. ●

Now the Big Question is, HOW to PURIFY (ZAKKAH) our SOUL ?

There is ONLY one WAY :

Aal-i-Imraan : 164

لَقَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتٰبَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

● Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He RAISE (BA'ATHA) among them a MESSENGER FROM THEMSELVES (RASULAN MIN ANFUSIHIM),  reciting to them HIS VERSES and PURIFYING THEM (YUZAKKIHIM) and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error. ●

It is CLEAR from the above verse that, by READING the VERSES of ALLAH, our SOUL will be PURIFIED.

That is to UNDERSTAND every words of the Quran that we read. Once we UNDERSTAND the MEANING, then We, WHICH is OUR SOUL, will have THE KNOWLEDGE, meaning we will be ULUL 'ILMA, and then we will become SYUHADA.


10) In CONCLUSION :

a) SYUHADA are UTUL 'ILMA, which is also the ULUL 'ILMA who WITNESS that LA ILAHA ILLALLAH.

b) SYUHADA are the people who memorize, understand and acknowledge the WORDS of ALLAH - the Quran.

c) SYUHADA are also the people that have PURIFIED their SOUL through UNDERSTANDING the words of Allah, until they (their SOUL), WITNESS what The RUH has WITNESSED, which is LA ILAHA ILLALLAH.

d) We MUSLIMS - we all HAVE to be SYUHADA because that is the TAUHID KALIMAH or the SYAHADAH KALIMAH that we have to take OATH; in order for us to become MUSLIM.



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Asyhadu ALLA ILAHA ILLALLAH.

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