Q 51: Maana ya Umoja wa Majina na Sifa za Allah ni nini?
Q 51: What does the Oneness of the Names and Attributes of Allah mean?
A--- Maana yake ni kuamini kwamba: hatupaswi kumtaja wala kumsifu Mwenyezi Mungu isipokuwa kwa kile alichojitaja na kujisifu nacho Yeye, au ambacho Mjumbe wake amemtaja nacho. Hakuna anayeweza kutajwa au kusifiwa kwa Majina na Sifa za Mwenyezi Mungu. Tunapaswa kuamini Sifa zote za Mwenyezi Mungu alizozitaja katika Kitabu chake (Qur'ani) au alizozitaja kupitia Mjumbe wake Muhammad ﷺ, bila kubadilisha maana yake, bila kuzipuuza, bila kuzipotosha maana zake, wala kuzifananisha (kuzipa mfano) na chochote katika viumbe. Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu anasema: {Anajua yaliyo mbele yao na yaliyo nyuma yao, lakini wao hawawezi kuzunguka chochote katika elimu yake}. (Twaha, 110)
A--- It means to believe in that: we must not name or qualify Allah except with what He or His Messenger (Peace be upon him) has named or qualified Him. None can be named or qualified with the Names or Attributes of Allah. We must believe in all the Attributes of Allah which Allah has stated in, His Book (the Qur'an) or mentioned through His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him) without 'changing their meaning or ignoring them or twisting their meanings or likening them (giving resemblance) to any of the created things. Almighty Allah says: {He (Allah) knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them (in the Hereafter) but they will never compass anything of His Knowledge}. (Ta-Ha, 110)
Allah Mtukufu Mwenyezi anasema: {Hakuna kitu chochote kinachofanana Naye, Naye ndiye Mwenye kusikia, Mwenye kuona}. (Ash-Shura, 11)
Allah the Almighty says: {There is nothing like Him,. and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer}. (As-Shura, 11)
Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu anasema: {Macho hayawezi kumfikia, lakini yeye huyafikia macho yote. Yeye ndiye Al-Latif (Mpole Mwenye huruma na Mjuzi wa mambo madogo madogo), Mjuzi wa kila kitu}. (Al-An'am, 103)
Allah the Almighty says: {No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision. He is Al-Latif (the Most Subtle and Courteous), WellAcquainted with all things}. (Al-An' am, 103)
Kwa mamlaka ya Ubai Ibn Ka'b (Allah amridhie), washirikina walimwambia Mjumbe wa Allah (ﷺ) pale alipotaja miungu yao: "Tuambie kuhusu mababu wa Mola wako." Allah Mtukufu akateremsha (akiwajibu): {Sema (Ewe Muhammad ﷺ): "Yeye ni Allah, Mmoja. Allah ndiye As-Samad [Allah Bwana Mwenye kujitosheleza, ambaye viumbe vyote vinamhitaji (Hali, hana haja ya kula wala kunywa)]." (Al-Ikhlas, 1, 2) As-Samad ni Yule ambaye {hazai wala hakuzaliwa}. (Al-Ikhlas, 3) (At-Tirmidhi) Kwani kila kilichozaliwa kitakufa; na hakuna anayekufa 'ila atarithiwa. Allah Mtukufu hafi, wala hatarithiwa kamwe. {Wala hakuna chochote kinachomfanania au kulingana Naye} (Al-Ikhlas, 4) yaani hakuna kitu kinachofanana Naye. (16)
On the authority of Ubai Ibn Ka'b (May Allah be pleased with him), the polytheists said to Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) when he mentioned their gods, "Tell us about the ancestors of your lord". Allah the Almighty revealed (answering them): {Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)):"He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us-Samad [Allah the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)]). (Al-Ikhlas, 1, 2) AsSamad: is Him Who {begets not, nor was He begotten}. (AI-Ikhlas, 3) (At- Tirmidhi) For everything that is begotten is going to die; and no one dies, 'but will be inherited. Allah the Almighty neither dies, nor will ever be inherited. {And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him} (Al-Ikhlas, 4) i.e. there is nothing like Him (16)
(16) Hakika hakuna aliye sawa naye, wala aliye sawa naye kwa kiwango chochote, wala anayelinganishwa naye, wala ana mshirika pamoja naye. (Mtafsiri)
(16) Of course none is similar or co-equal or comparable to Him, and He has none as partner with Him. (Translator)
Marejeo: 200 FAQ On Muslims Belief - Shiekh Hafiz Ibn Ahmed Al Hakami
Reference: 200 FAQ On Muslims Belief - Shiekh Hafiz Ibn Ahmed Al Hakami