KALIMAH - (WE DON'T KNOW OUR BASICS)

KALIMAH:

Kalimah or the Islamic Arabic phrase is in two parts - 1) La ilaha ilal Allah 2) Mohammedur Rasul Allah - That is why it is called Shahadatayn (2 witnesses or 2 testimonies) - it is also called Kalimah Tauhid (utterance of Unity) and Kalimah Tayyibah (utterance of Purity) - 

Now the question is have we witnessed it or we are just uttering it ritualistically ? شهد - Sh-Ha-Da means to witness, seen, beheld with his eyes, he gave testimony, evidence, attestation, testify, - Shahadatayn is the declaration not on the basis of BELIEF but on the basis of actual witnessing or possession of Knowledge of Allah and Rasul - 

The inside and the outside of the octagonal arcade of dome of rock (72A.H) situated in Jerusalem is inscribed with this Kalimah. So we know it through archaeological findings that the Kalimah is a very old Arabic phrase and it has great importance for "Muslims". 

Have we witness Allah or Mohamedun rasullah ? Do we know them? Verse 69:40-43 and 81:19 says that Quran is the word of the messenger but is it possible that the book Quran which claims to be clear is silent about the identity of Allah and his messenger ?

How will we follow Allah or his Rasul without identifying them? Do we have to follow conjecture or follow them blindly?

The problem with today's Islam is that we follow everything ritualistically - means without understanding... We utter Bismilahirahmanir rahim without understanding its purpose; we utter inshallah, mashallah and many more Arabic phrases without understanding or knowing their meaning. 

We believe Islam is the religion of mantras or chanting religious hymns, that's why we pay more attention to learning them by heart rather than understanding and implementing in our lives. We pay more busy in praising "God" rather than interested in knowing the nature of Allah.

We are not interested why the Quran lays great importance on Allah and Rasul. What they have to do with the life of humans. We fail to understand why Islam express more emphasizes to the phrases like Bismillah... Kalimah and Mohammedun Rasulallah....

We are the blind followers and happily want to remain that way by nurturing our own believes. Every sect read the Quran only for the purpose of confirming their own believes or for earning brownie points. We are not all interested in knowing the vibrant terms of the Quran. We just pick and choose verses which confirm our beliefs. We are more interested in creating conflicts than peace.

This is our pathetic story because the foundation on which the structure of our "Islam" is based is very weak or I can say that it is actually our illusion that Islam is standing but the truth is the true Islam has departed from our lives long back and even its traces has been lost by the lapse of time. And nobody is interested to revive it.


We don't know the origin of Shahadah or who called this phrase a shadahah but the fact is that the world is witnessing this phrase since long and the muslims has made it as a very important utterance (Kalimah) of their life but sadly without understanding & measuring its vitality or spirit.

Now see the importance of this Kalimah. It has been said that without the sincere utterance of this Kalimah Tauhid or Tayibbah - لآ اِلَهَ اِلّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوُل اللّهِ no one can become "Pure Muslim". Such an important part of Muslim faith is ignored by the so called Muslims; one can imagine the callous behavior of people who called themselves as Muslims.

No wonder why we are suffering all over the world. We are just Muslims on paper nothing else; in reality we are not fit to be humans also because we don't use our senses. At least animal use their senses. 

Some will raise their eyebrows in confusion - The "hadith" based stories to justify shahadah and to acknowledge the existence "Prophet Mohammed" through it is entirely bogus. Most of our beliefs are based on speculations. We don’t know the exact origin of this Kalimah; it presence could be before the origin of Judaism but of course in another language.

Having said that I should agree that this Kalimah contain tremendous message for those who understand what Allah and Mohammed stands for. The problem with us is that we assume these terms as proper nouns and begin to worship them as if they are magic wands.