A Poetic Exposition on the Fragility of Faith and the Boundaries of Tawḥīd

 

The Nullifiers of Islam

¹⁵⁶O seeker of truth, with heart sincere,

    Attend, incline thy listening ear.

¹⁵⁷For He who reigns beyond the skies

    Commands His slaves to Islam rise.

¹⁵⁸To tread its path, to guard its way,

    And shun what leads the heart astray.

¹⁵⁹Through him, the Prophet, mercy’s light,

    Was sent to guide us to the right.

¹⁶⁰Who follows him shall never roam,

    Who turns away shall lose his home.

¹⁶¹The Book resounds in warnings dire,

    Of disbelief and Hell’s own fire.

¹⁶²The learned tell in words severe

    Of paths that lead to faith’s veneer.

¹⁶³A Muslim’s soul may fall, bereft,

    By acts that leave his creed unweft.

¹⁶⁴Among the snares that most ensnare,

    Ten nullifiers—heed, beware.

First of All: The Gravest Sin

¹⁶⁵To rival God, to shirk His throne,

    To bow to gods not His alone.

¹⁶⁶For He hath sworn and made it plain:

    No sin like this shall be forgiven.

¹⁶⁷"For he who partners doth proclaim,

    Paradise is not his claim.

¹⁶⁸The flames shall be his final bed,

    And none shall help him where he’s led."

¹⁶⁹So, call not out to those now dust,

    Nor seek their aid nor in them trust.

¹⁷⁰To vow, to sacrifice in name

    Of those long gone is sin’s dark claim.

 Second: Who Calls on Intercessors Near

¹⁷¹Who calls between himself and Him

    Another voice, a name grown dim,

¹⁷²And trusts their word, and bends his knee,

    Rejects divine supremacy.

¹⁷³This disbelief no doubt remains,

    And with it, faith’s last ember wanes.

 Third: He Who Does Not Disbelieve

¹⁷⁴Who sees the “shirk” of idol’s way,

    Yet deems it right or holds at bay

¹⁷⁵His doubt that such is disbelief—

    He too is lost beyond relief.

 Fourth: Preferring Law of Tyrants’ Rule

¹⁷⁶If one should claim that law of man

    Exceeds what Allah’s will began,

¹⁷⁷Or scorns the rule the Prophet gave,

    That soul is lost, that heart enslaved.

 Fifth: Who Loathes a Messenger’s Decree

¹⁷⁸To scorn the words the Prophet brought,

    Though lips obey, yet heart is fraught—

¹⁷⁹A loathing thus, though deeds remain,

    Shall strip the faith, make deeds in vain.

 

Sixth: Who Mocks Divine Command

¹⁸⁰Mock not the law, nor jest in vain,

    Nor scorn reward, nor Hell’s own pain.

¹⁸¹For God hath sworn, so take ye heed,

    That mockery makes void thy creed.

 Seventh: The Darkened Arts of Magic’s Spell

¹⁸²Who twists the fate, who bends the will,

    By sorcery in whispers shrill,

¹⁸³Or finds delight in magic’s thread,

    Is one who walks among the dead.

 Eighth: Who Aids the Enemies of Faith

¹⁸⁴To aid the foes of creed so pure,

    Is to forsake, is to obscure.

¹⁸⁵"Who joins their hands shall be as them,"

    So saith the Lord in warning grim.

 Ninth: Who Claims That Some May Stray Beyond the Path

¹⁸⁶If one should say that some may find

    A road outside what’s left behind—

¹⁸⁷Beyond Muhammad’s sacred way,

    That soul in darkness too shall stay.

Tenth: Who Turns Away from Sacred Lore

¹⁸⁸Who shuns the knowledge, turns his face,

    From truth, from law, from God’s embrace,

¹⁸⁹Shall find himself in shadow cast,

    A fate most grim, a doom held fast.

No Jest, No Jest, Beware, Beware!

¹⁹⁰These nullifiers stand in weight,

    No lightened load, nor jesting’s fate.

¹⁹¹No fear, nor play, nor careless game,

    Can shield thee from their scorching flame.

¹⁹²Who claims that laws of man outshine

    The words the Prophet made divine,

¹⁹³Or scorns the rule, or claims anew

    That faith must change with modern view—

¹⁹⁴He walks a path where loss is sure,

    Where faith is torn, where Hell is pure.

¹⁹⁵Who deems the thief’s just hand unshorn,

    Or lets adultery go unworn,

¹⁹⁶Or claims that judgment must be weighed

    By laws that mortal hands have laid—

¹⁹⁷Then he allows what God forbade,

    And in his sin, his faith is swayed.