The Declaration of Faith

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وَكَذَلِكَ مَا شَرَعَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ وَأَذَانِهِمْ وَحَجِّهِمْ وَأَعْيَادِهِمْ مِن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

And likewise, what has been prescribed for the Muslims in their prayers, call to prayer, pilgrimage, and festivals in remembering Allah, the Exalted.

إِنَّمَا هُوَ بِالْجُمْلَةِ التَّامَّةِ

It is only with complete statements.

كَقَوْل الْمُؤَذّن الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أَن لَا إِلَه إِلَّا الله أشهد أَن مُحَمَّدًا رَسُول الله

As the caller to prayer says: (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, I testify that there is no deity but Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah).

وَقَوْلِ الْمُصَلِّي اللهُ أَكْبَرُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ

And the one praying says: (Allah is the Greatest, glory be to my Lord the Great, glory be to my Lord the Most High, Allah hears the one who praises Him, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, all greetings are for Allah).

وَقَوْلِ الْمُلَبِّي لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ

And the one responding to the pilgrimage call says: (Here I am, O Allah, at Your service).

وَأَمْثَالُ ذَلِكَ

And the likes of that.

فَجَمِيعُ مَا شَرَعَهُ اللهُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَلَامٌ تَامٌّ لَا اِسْمٌ مُفْرَدٌ وَلَا مَظْهَرٌ وَلَا مُضْمَرٌ

For everything that Allah has prescribed as remembrance is complete speech, not a single word nor an explicit or implicit noun.

وَهَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي يُسَمَّى فِي اللُّغَةِ كَلِمَةٌ كَقَوْلِهِ

And this is what is called in language (a word) as his saying:

كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى الرَّحْمَنِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

"Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: Glory be to Allah and with His praise, Glory be to Allah the Great."

وَقَوْلُهُ أَفْضَلُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللهُ بَاطِلٌ

And his saying: "The best word said by a poet is the word of Labid: Behold, everything other than Allah is futile."

وَمِنْه قَوْله تَعَالَى ٥ الْكَهْف ﴿كَبرت كلمة تخرج من أَفْوَاههم﴾ الْآيَة

And from it His, the Exalted, saying: 'Grievous is the word that comes out of their mouths.'

وَقَوله ١١٥ الْأَنْعَام ﴿وتمت كلمة رَبك صدقا وعدلا﴾

And His saying: 'And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice.'

وَأَمْثَالُ ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّا اسْتُعْمِلَ فِيهِ لَفْظُ الْكَلِمَةِ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ بَلْ وَسَائِرُ كَلَامِ الْعَرَبِ فَإِنَّمَا يُرَادُ بِهِ الْجُمْلَةُ التَّامَّةُ

And the likes of that from the usage of the term (the word) in the Book and the Sunnah, as well as the rest of Arab speech, for it indeed means the complete sentence.

كَمَا كَانُوا يَسْتَعْمِلُونَ الْحَرْفَ فِي الِاسْمِ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حَرْفٌ غَرِيبٌ أَي لَفْظُ الِاسْمِ غَرِيبٌ

Just as they used to use (letter) for the word, saying: This is a strange letter, meaning the word itself is strange.

وَقَسَمَ سِيبَوَيْهِ الْكَلَامَ إِلَى اِسْمٍ وَفِعْلٍ وَحَرْفٍ جَاءَ لِمَعْنًى لَيْسَ بِاِسْمٍ وَلَا فِعْلٍ

And Sibawayh divided speech into noun, verb, and letter that comes for meaning, not as a noun or a verb.

وَكُلُّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَقْسَامِ يُسَمَّى حَرْفًا

And each of these categories is called a letter.

لَكِنَّ خَاصَّةَ الثَّالِثِ أَنَّهُ حَرْفٌ جَاءَ لِمَعْنًى لَيْسَ بِاِسْمٍ

But specifically the third, it is a letter that comes for meaning, not as a noun.