fiqh al akbar

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خُذْلَانًاdisappointmentبِالضَّمِّwith a Dhamma (vowel)وَخُذْلَانًاand disappointmentبِكَسْرٍwith a Kasra (vowel)الْخَاءِthe letter 'Kh'تَرْكٌabandoningعَوْنِهِhis helpوَنَصْرَتِهِand his support

Disappointment with a Dhamma and disappointment with a Kasra from the letter 'Kh' is abandoning his help and support.

وَآمَنَAnd he believedمَنwhoآمَنَhas believedبِفِعْلِهِby his voluntary actionالْاخْتِيَارِيِّthe optional(وَإِقْرَارِهِ)(and his affirmation)بِاللِّسَانِby the tongue

And who has believed by his voluntary action (and his affirmation) by the tongue.

(وَتَصْدِيقِهِ)(and his belief)بِالْجَنَانِin the heartبِتَوْفِيقِWith the successاللَّهِof Allahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedإِيَّاهُhimوَنَصْرَتِهِand his supportلَهُfor him

(and his belief) in the heart with the success of Allah the Exalted for him and his support.

التَّوْفِيقُSuccessعِبَارَةٌis a termعَنْforالتَّاَئيفِthe compositionوَالتَّوْفِيقُand the successبَيْنَbetweenإِرَادَةِthe willالْعَبْدِof the servantوَبَيْنَandقَضَاءِthe decreeاللَّهِof Allahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedوَقَدْرِهِand His fate، وَهَذَاThis includesيَشْمَلُencompassesالْخَيْرَthe goodوَالشَّرَّand the evilوَمَاand whatهُوَisسَعَادَةٌhappinessوَمَاand whatهُوَisشَقَاةٌmisery

Success is a term for the composition and success between the will of the servant and the decree and fate of Allah the Exalted, and this encompasses the good and the evil, and what is happiness and what is misery.

وَلَكِنْButجَرَتْit has been customaryالْعَادَةُthe habitبِتَخְصِيصِto specifyاسْمِthe nameالتَّوْفِيقِsuccessبِمَاfor whatيُوَافِقُis in accordanceالسَّعَادَةَwith happinessمِنْofجُمْلَةِthe wholeقَضَاءِthe decreeاللَّهِof Allahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedوَقَدْرِهِand His fate

However, it has been customary to specify the name of success for what is in accordance with happiness from the whole decree and fate of Allah the Exalted.

كَماAsأَنَّthatالإِلْحَادُatheismعِبَارَةٌis a termعَنْforالمَيْلِthe inclinationفَخَصَّصَand has specifiedبِمَنْfor whoeverيَمِيلُinclinesإِلَىtoالْبَاطِلِthe false

As atheism is a term for the inclination and has specified for whoever inclines to the false.

كَذَلِكَLikewiseفِيinإِحْيَاءِrevivingالْعُلُومِthe sciences(أَخْرَجَ(He brought outذُرِّيَّةًthe offspringآدَمَof Adamمِنْfromصَلْبِهِhis loinsفَجَعَلَهُمْand made themعُقَلَاءَintelligentفَخَاطَبَهُمْand he addressed themوَأَمَرَهُمْand commanded themبِالْإِيمَانِto believeوَنَهَاهُمْand forbade themعَنْfromالْكُفْرِdisbeliefفَأَقَرُّواso they acknowledgedلَهُfor himبِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِby His Lordshipفَكَانَand it wasذَلِكَthatمِنْهُمْfrom themإِيمَانًاa belief

Likewise, in reviving the sciences, He brought out the offspring of Adam from his loins, made them intelligent, addressed them, commanded them to believe, and forbade them from disbelief, so they acknowledged that for Him by His Lordship, and it was that from them a belief.

فَهُمْTheyيُولَدُونَare bornعَلَىonتِلْكَthatالْفِطْرَةِnature

They are born on that nature.

أَيْThat isالإِيمَانُthe beliefوَإِنَّمَاand surelyسَمَّاهُHe named itالْفِطْرَةَthe natureلِأَنَّهُمْbecause theyفُطِرُواwere createdعَلَيْهَاupon it، وَالْفِطْرَةُand the natureالْخَلْقَةُis the creation، اجْتَمَعَتْThe consensusعَامَّةُof the generalالْمُفَسِّرِينَinterpretersوَجَمْهُورُand a majorityالْصَّحَابَةِof the companionsوَالْتَّابِعِينَand the successorsعَلَىonإَخْرَاجِthe extractionذُرِّيَّةِof the offspringآدَمَof Adamمِنْfromظَهْرِهِhis backوَأَخَذَand tookالْمِيثَاقَthe covenantوَصَفِيَهُand describedوَنَقِيَّهُand his pure one

That is the belief, and surely He named it the nature because they were created upon it, and the nature is the creation. The consensus of the interpreters, and a majority of the companions and the successors is on the extraction of the offspring of Adam from his back and taking the covenant of him and described his pure one.

وَلَمْAnd he did notيَعْبُدْworshipالصَّنَمَthe idolوَلَمْand did notيُشْرِكْassociateبِاللَّهِwith Allahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedطَرْفَةَthe blinkعَيْنٍthe eyeقَطُّat allوَلَمْand he did notيَرْتَكِبْcommitصَغِيرَةًa small sinوَلَاnorكَبِيرَةًa major sinقَطُّat allفَضْلَthe bestالنَّاسِof peopleبَعْدَafterالنَّبِيِّينَthe prophets

And he did not worship the idol, nor did he associate with Allah the Exalted the blink of an eye at all, nor did he commit any small or major sin at all, he was the best of people after the prophets.