The Creed of Truth

The Creed of Truth: A Poetic Reflection on the Correct Creed and Its Opposites and Nullifiers of Islam
Written by: Sheikh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz

Translated and versified by: Sharaf Adewale Najeem

 

Introduction

¹ In the Name of Allah, Compassionate, Merciful,

  Praise to the One whose blessings are bountiful.

² Upon the Prophet, whose light shall not wane,

  Peace and blessings forever remain.

³ The creed is the bedrock, the heart of our Deen,

  A foundation unshaken, steadfast, serene.

⁴ In the Qur'an and Sunnah, its truth is displayed,

  By this sacred knowledge, actions are weighed.

⁵ For deeds without faith are as castles in sand,

  Swept away, futile, by time’s fleeting hand.

⁶ The Qur'an declares in a voice profound:

   "Disbelief makes all deeds unsound."

⁷ The creed's essence in six pillars reside,

   Belief's lanterns, a beacon, a guide:

⁸ Faith in Allah, the angels above,

   His books and messengers, His infinite love.

⁹ In the Last Day’s justice and al-Qadar’s decree,

   Both the bitter and sweet, eternally.

¹⁰These truths form the essence, the core divine,

   Revealed in the Qur'an’s celestial sign.

¹¹From them springs belief in the unseen,

    In all Allah’s wisdom, vast and serene.

¹²"Righteousness," declares the sacred verse,

    "Is faith in Allah, the Last Day's discourse,

¹³The angels, the prophets, the books He sent,

   With hearts aligned, on His mercy bent."

¹⁴The Messenger believed, as did the sincere,

    In the Lord of the heavens, who draws all near.

¹⁵"Believe," commands Allah, "in Me and My Light,

    In the scriptures revealed, so pure, so right."

¹⁶And what of His will, His decree profound?

    In His infinite knowledge all things are bound.

¹⁷"Do you not know," the Qur'an proclaims,

    "All is recorded, by His sacred names."

¹⁸From the Sunnah, a treasure of truths we derive,

    The pillars of faith, timeless, alive.

¹⁹Jibrīl once asked, and the Prophet replied,

    "Faith is belief, in Allah relied.

²⁰In His angels, His books, His messengers too,

    In the Last Day's justice, in all He will do."

²¹These six are the fountain from which faith flows,

    Through them, the unseen to the believer glows.

²²In Allah’s decree, in what lies ahead,

    In the truths by His Messenger said.

²³O seeker of faith, let this creed be your guide,

    Through life’s trials, let it ever abide.

²⁴For in these six pillars, eternal and bright,

    Lies the path to Allah, the way to His light.