Da'wah
of Prophets and Apostles
Safar 18,
1432 A.H, Sunday, January 23,
2011
In
the name of Allah the Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Here is a glimpse of the appeal of the prophets and
messengers to his people. Allah ta'ala tells the history of
the struggle has been their mission in the book of his,
hopefully we can include people who learned the lesson from
it, amen.
[1] Noah Da'wah 'alaihis greetings
Allah ta'ala said (which means),
"Indeed We have sent Noah to his people, he will say: O my
people, worship Allah, not for you worshiped other than
Him." (Surat al-A'raaf: 59). This noble verse
shows that Noah's preaching is preaching unity.
[2] Da'wah of the Prophet Hud 'alaihis greetings
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"And to the 'AAD, which We sent their brother Hud. He said:
O my people, worship Allah, not for you worshiped other than
Him." (Surat al-A'raaf: 65). This noble verse
indicates that the preaching of the Prophet Hud was
preaching monotheism.
[3] Da'wah of the Prophet Salih 'alaihis greetings
Allah ta'ala said (which means),
"And unto Thamud, We sent their brother Salih ie. He said: O
my people worship Allah, not for you worshiped other than
Him." (Surat al-A'raaf: 73). This noble verse
indicates that the preaching of the Prophet Salih was
preaching monotheism.
[4] Da'wah of the Prophet Shoaib 'alaihis greetings
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"And to the people of Midian, which We sent their brother
Shoaib. He said: O my people, worship Allah, not for you
worshiped other than Him." (Surat al-A'raaf: 85).
This noble verse indicates that the preaching of the Prophet
Shoaib is preaching unity.
[5] Abraham Da'wah 'alaihis greetings
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Indeed there has been a good example in Abraham and the
people themselves who were with him, when they said to his
people: Surely we are quit of you and from everything that
you invoke besides Allah. We deny you and have a real
between us and you enmity and hatred forever until you want
to believe in Allah only." (Surat al-Mumtahina:
4). This noble verse indicates that the missionary was
preaching monotheism of Abraham.
[6] Da'wah All Apostles' alaihimus greetings
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Indeed We have sent to every nation a messenger who had
brought; Serve Allah and shun Evil." (Surat an-Nahl:
36). This noble verse shows that all the apostles were
preaching preaching monotheism.
Then what is meant by unity?
Tawhid, as has been described in
the above verses is the worship / worship solely to Allah
and not associate anything with Him. This unity is
constantly touted by the prophets and messengers to his
people and who became the main objective of their mission.
(see Fath al-Majid, pp. 15, al-Qaul al-Mufid [1 /
7]).
Essence of tawhid command is often repeated by the Almighty
in the Qur'an in the context of diverse. Among these are:
[1] As he explained the purpose of human life and genie
Allah ta'ala says (which means), "It is I created the jinn
and men but rather that they may worship Me." (Surat adz-Dzariyat:
56)
[2] When the Prophet Abraham to explain the charge dawah 'alaihis
greetings
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Remember when Abraham said to his father and his people,
Behold, I am innocent of all that you worship, except from
the Who created me." (Surat az-Zukhruf: 26-27)
[3] As he explained 'the motto of life' of a believer
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Say: Verily sholatku and sembelihanku, life and death,
everything belongs to Allah Lord of the universe, no partner
for Him." (Surat al-An'am: 162-163)
[4] When forbids praying to other than Him
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"And do not pray to besides Allah, something which does not
guarantee benefits and madharat thee. If you do, then really
you then of those who do wrong. If God inflicted a hazard to
you, surely nothing can menyngkapnya except He."
(Surah Yunus: 106-107)
[5] When explaining errors in addition to those who pray to
Him
Allah ta'ala said (which means),
"And who is more astray than those who pray to besides
Allah, something which clearly would not meet demand until
the end comes." (Surat al-Ahqaf: 5)
[6] As he explained the weak worshiped besides Allah
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Do they want to ascribe God with something that can not
create anything, while they themselves were created, they
are not even able to give help to them / devotees ..."
(QS . al-A'raaf: 191-192)
[7] When worshiped besides Allah censures
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Everything that you invoke besides Him is not at all to
master even as thin as the epidermis." (Surat
Fathir: 13)
[8] When the unbelievers to explain the love they worshiped
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Among mankind is he who raised worshiped other than Allah
as a rival, they loved him as their love to God."
(Surat al-Baqara: 165)
[9] When instructed to put their trust in Him
Almighty says (which means), "And should you trust in God
only, if you really believe." (Surat al-Ma'idah: 23)
[10] While banning acts of His Apostles menyelisihi
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
'Be afraid of the people who menyelisihi affairs with them,
because they are crushed slander or a painful punishment."
(Surat an-Nuur: 63). Imam Ahmad explained that the reference
'defamation' in this verse is shirk.
The virtue of Tawheed
Here are some of the priority of tawhid mentioned by the
scholars, may further encourage us to explore, practice, and
mendakwahkannya.
[1] is the secret Tawhid al-Quran
al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir may Allaah have mercy saying,
"... This is as stated by some
scholars that the Salaf al-Fatiha is the secret of the
Qur'an, while the secrets of this letter is contained in the
phrase 'wa na'budu Iyyaka iyyaka nasta'in' - Thee only we
worship and Thee only we ask that you please-... "
(Tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Azhim [1 / 36] CET. the Dar al-Fikr)
Ibn Abil 'Izz al-Hanafi said, may Allaah have mercy, "al-Qur'an
that all talk about unity, as well as the rights of return,
and also spoke about the shirk as well as perpetrators and
reward / punishment for them ..." (Sharh Aqidah
ath-Thahawiyah, pp. 89 CET. al-Maktab al-Islami)
[2] Tawhid is a security requirement, and guidance
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"People who believe and do not interfere with the
ruthlessness of their faith (shirk) that they will get their
security and that will be given instructions." (Surat
al-An'am: 82)
[3] is a condition of acceptance of deeds Tawhid
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"Anyone who expects the encounter with God and let him do
pious deeds and not associate nothing in worship of his
Lord." (Surat al-Kahf: 110)
[4] Tawhid is because of luck
Allah ta'ala says (which means),
"By the time, actually all people truly are in loss, Except
those who believe, of pious charity, advising each other in
truth and advised each other to carry out patience."
(Qur'an - 'Ashr: 1-3)
[5] Tawheed is the key to paradise
Allah ta'ala says (meaning),
"Verily he who ascribe the true God Allah has forbidden
Paradise for him, and where the return is hell, and nothing
for those who do wrong that no helper." (Surat
al-Ma ' idah: 72)
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