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Al-ʿaqīda al-nasafiyya (Nasafī Creed) Table of contents This website is dedicated to his short work ʿaqīdat al-nasafī (Nasafī Creed) which is work of Muslim philosophical theology of 1336 words in Arabic. Here we are presenting it in 19 sections and a total of 51 paragraphs of unequal length to facilitate its study in detail. Each paragraph is…

[The Last Hour, Mujtahids, and the comparative excellence of humans and angels]   وَرُسُلُ الْبَشَرِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ رُسُلِ المَلَائِكَةِ، وَرُسُلِ المَلَائِكَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الْبَشَرِ ، وَعَامَّةُ الْبَشَرِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَامَّةِ المَلَائِكَةِ. واللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. 051- The human (bashar) Messengers (rusul) are more excellent than the angelic messengers, the angelic messengers are more excellent than the…

[The Last Hour, Mujtahids, and the comparative excellence of humans and angels]   وَالمُجْتَهِدُ قَدْ يُخْطئُ وَقَدْ يُصِيبُ. 050- The mujtahid sometimes errs and sometimes hits the mark (iṣāba).    

[The Last Hour, Mujtahids, and the comparative excellence of humans and angels]   وَمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ: مِنْ خُرُوجِ الدَّجَّالِ، وَدَابَّةِ الأَرْضِ، وَيَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ، وَنُزُولِ عِيسى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا فَهُوَ حَقٌّ. 049- What the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be…

[Concerning the rank of the Saints, the Esotericist, the feeling of Security and Despair, the diviner, the Non-Existent, and prayers for the dead]   وَفِي دُعَاءِ الأَحْيَاءِ لِلأَمْوَاتِ وَصَدَقَتِهِمْ عَنْهُمْ نَفْعٌ لَهُمْ. واللَّهُ تَعَالَى يُجِيبُ الدَّعَوَاتِ وَيَقْضِي الحَاجَاتِ. 048- The living can benefit the dead by supplication (duʿāʾ) and charitable giving (taṣadduq). God answers supplications…

[Concerning the rank of the Saints, the Esotericist, the feeling of Security and Despair, the diviner, the Non-Existent, and prayers for the dead]   وَالمَعْدُومُ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ. 047- The non-existent is not a thing.  

[Concerning the rank of the Saints, the Esotericist, the feeling of Security and Despair, the diviner, the Non-Existent, and prayers for the dead]   وَتَصْدِيقُ الْكَاهِنِ بِمَا يُخْبِرُهُ عَنِ الْغَيْبِ كُفْرٌ. 046- To assent to what a diviner (kāhin) narrates of the unseen (ghayab) is unbelief (kufr).  

[Concerning the rank of the Saints, the Esotericist, the feeling of Security and Despair, the diviner, the Non-Existent, and prayers for the dead]   وَاْسْتِحْلَالُ المَعْصِيَةِ وَالاسْتِهَانَةُ بِهَا كُفْرٌ وَالاسْتِهْزَاءُ عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ كُفْرٌ، وَالْيَأْسُ مِنْ رحمةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى كُفْرٌ، وَالأَمْنُ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى كُفْرٌ. 045- The making of disobedience lawful (istiḥlāl) is unbelief and…

[Concerning the rank of the Saints, the Esotericist, the feeling of Security and Despair, the diviner, the Non-Existent, and prayers for the dead]   وَالنُّصُوصُ تُحْمَلُ عَلَى ظَوَاهِرِهَا، وَالْعُدُولُ عَنْهَا إِلَى مَعَانٍ يَدَّعِيهَا أَهْلُ الْبَاطِنِ إِلْحَادٌ بكُفْر، وَرَدُّ النُّصُوصِ كُفْرٌ. 044- The texts (nuṣūṣ) are [to be interpreted] according to their literal [meanings], and to…