Aqeedah al Wasitiyah (by Sh. Ibn Taymiyyah - rahimah'Allah) - Part 2.4

Subject: Aqeedah al Wasitiyah (by Sh. Ibn Taymiyyah - rahimah'Allah) - Part 2.4

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

as Salam alaykum wa Rahmat'Allahi wa Barakatuhu dear member,

Due to the need to seek knowledge of Islam upon solid foundations, insha'Allah, you shall be receiving certain excerpts from the very well-known book by Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimah'Allah). Understanding the fundamentals described within this book enable the seeker of knowledge to enhance his or her understand of the Religion of Islam, of its foundations, and other related texts and issues such as Hadith compilations (Al Bukhari, Muslim, an Nasa'i) or fiqh (Islamic legislation and legal verdicts).

May Allah grant us success in understanding His Religion and sincerely seeking His Face in all our deeds, and especially in the one of seeking knowledge of His Religion. Ameen

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Allah's Names and Attributes in the Qur'an

Chapter One

Pleasure and Anger:

He has said: 

"Allah takes pleasure in them and they in Him."

(al-Ma'idah 5/119)

And He has said: 

"Whoever slays a believer intentionally, his reward is Hell for ever. Allah's wrath is against him and He has cursed him." 

(an-Nissa' 4/93)

And He has said: 

"That will come to be because they followed that which angered Allah, and shunned that which pleases Him." 

(Muhammad 47/28)

And He has said:

"When they angered Us, We punished them." 

(az-Zakhruf 43/55)

And He has said: 

"But Allah was adverse to their being sent forth and held them back." 

(at-Tawbah 9/46)

And He has said: 

"It is most hateful in the Sight of Allah that you say that which you do not." 

(as-Saff 61/3)

Coming:

He has said: 

"Will they wait until Allah comes to them in canopies of clouds, with the angels? Then the case will have been already judged." 

(al-Baqarah 2/210)

And He has said:

"Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them? Or your Lord [Himself]? Or some of the Signs of your Lord? That Day Signs of your Lord will come." 

(al-An'am 6/158)

And He has said: 

"Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder, then your Lord will come and the angels will come rank upon rank." 

(al-Fajr 89/21-22)

And He has said:

"A day will come when the heaven and the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down in a grand descent." 

(al-Furqan 25/25)

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