Ilah Ilah is that which the heart is bound by love. Meaning an object which the hearts are bound to with such; love, fear, hope, tawakkul, help, pray, sacrifce, votive, prostration and with all hidden types of ibadah. Ilah means ma’luh meaning mabud- the...
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Ilah Ilah is that which the heart is bound by love. Meaning an object which the hearts are bound to with such; love, fear, hope, tawakkul, help, pray, sacrifce, votive, prostration and with all hidden types of ibadah. Ilah means ma’luh meaning mabud- the one who is worshipped. All linguistic scholars described the meaning of ilah in such manner. The Ulama of the tafsir, hadith and fqh interpreted the word Ilah as mabud. But some people of kalam interpreted the term ilah just as the one who only is able to contrive and create; this is a great error and a huge mistake. Anyone, who thinks somewhat about it, will immediately understand that this is batil (reasoning). The individual, who maintains such a thing, seems that he does not have notion, of what Allah (swt) says in His book about the Mushrikun and that the Arab Mushrikun were Mushrik, although they said that Allah (swt) has power to invent and to create. Abu Abbas said: 'Ilah does not only mean that, the one who possesses to invent
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