Book of Purification by Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad

It is not because He created the creation that He earned the name, ‘The Creator,’ nor by His making it did he earn the name, ‘The Maker.’ As His Attributes were before creation, so will they continue forever. He has existed with His timeless Attributes before His creation, which added nothing to His essence that was not already among His Attributes. He causes death with no fear of consequences, and He resurrects without any difficulty. He creates without a need to create, and He provides for His creation without any effort. He is living and He never dies, always sustaining and never sleeping. No understanding can fully comprehend Him. No imagination can fully conceive of Him. He will never perish, nor come to an end. He is the eternal without a beginning and enduring without end. There is nothing worthy of worship but Him.

We say about the oneness of Allah, believing in the guidance of Allah, that Allah is one without any partner. This is a clear presentation of the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jama’ah, according to the doctrine of the jurists of the religion, Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit al-Kufi, Abu Yusuf Ya’qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari and Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani, may Allah be pleased with them all, and what they believe regarding the fundamentals of the religion and their faith in the Lord of the worlds. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful, from whom we seek help. Translated with references to proofs from the Quran and SunnahĬlick here for the printable and downloadable PDF

Book of Purification by Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad