Paradise and hell are in existence now in another dimension in the Sight of Allah 2

· Why did Allah, the Omniscient, create satan,earthly desires and Hell?
· How do satan, earthly desires and Hell bestow depth on a person?
· What is the wisdom behind the creation of difficulties?
As revealed in verse 30 of Surat al-Baqara, " When your Lord said to
the angels, 'I am putting a successive authority onthe earth,' they
said, 'Why put on it one who will cause corruption on it and shed
blood when we glorify You with praise and proclaim Yourpurity?' He
said, 'I know what you do not know'," Allah created conscious
entities, human beings, even though angels were already in existence
This is becauseAllah loves human beings according to their piety, who
harbor a fervent love and fear of Him, who know and praise His might,
who love and appreciate His creations, who know and are content with
all the beauties He creates and who delight in all these things, more
than He does the angels. The reason why Allah loves human beings more
than the angels is that angels simply obey Allah's commands, while
human beings strive against satan and earthly desires and believe in
the mysteries without seeing Him. It is because of these traits that
separate man from the angels that our Lord addresses our Prophet
(saas) as "beloved," thus indicating the love He feels for the
Messengers and devout believers. Rasulullah (saas) notes this love
that Allah feels for His servants in a hadith, " ALLAH said: "I have
created you from My own light, and other things from your light." (
Îmân Ahmed, Musnad IV-127; Hâkim, Mustadrak II-600/4175; Ibni Hibban,
Al- Ihsân XIV-312/6404; Ajlûnî, Keshfu' al-Hâfâ I-265/827 ).
" Who could have a better faith than someone who submits himself
completely to Allah and is a good-doer,and follows the religion of
Abraham, a man of pure natural belief? Allah took Abraham as an
intimate friend." (Surat an-Nisa, 125)
In verse 125 of Surat an-Nisa', our Lord expresses His love of those
who have faith by speaking of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) as an
"intimate friend."
Our Lord Created Satan, Earthly Desires and Hell for Human Beings to Compare
Allah loves all fine things, including virtuous people, pleasant views
and delightful scenes and places. And He wants human beings to
delightin them, too. For example, He has sent down the verses of the
Qur'an with a delightful, melodious and magnificent harmony. Had He
wished, He could have sent them down without that harmony. Had He
wished, He could have created man in Paradise, without creating the
Earth and Hell at all. But if human beings had been createddirectly in
Paradise, theycould never have knownthe deficiencies of this world and
the torments of Hell, and could never have compared them and attained
the fervor, depth and submission desired by Allah. As revealed in
verses of the Qur'an, Allah created the Prophet Adam (pbuh) and his
wife in Paradise. Despite being a prophet,Adam (pbuh) fell into error
because he knew nowhere else other thanParadise. Indeed, verses reveal
that the sorrow the prophet Adam (pbuh) felt when he descended to
earth stemmed from his comparing this world with that of Paradise.
This regret is described as follows in verses:
" But satan made them slip up by means of it, expelling them from
where they were. We said, 'Go down from here as enemies to each other!
You will have residence on the earth and enjoyment for a time.'
Then Adam received some words from his Lord and He turned towards
him. He is the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful." (Surat al-Baqara,
36- 37)
The beauty of anything can only be appreciated in comparison with what
is unpleasant and ugly, and virtue can onlybe appreciated when
compared with vice. Onecan compare the glorious variety and beauty of
life by putting good and bad, attractiveand ugly side by side and thus
come to appreciate all the blessings one possesses. Otherwise, one
cannot give thanks for or appreciate the value of one's blessings, and
one would not wish to strive against one's earthly desires in order to
attainthe infinite delights of Paradise. One can only appreciate
delights in this world and enjoy Paradise in the Hereafterby making
comparisons. But in that event, by Allah's will, Paradise and all of
its delights becomea true blessing.
Striving against Satan and His Supporters Bestows a Feeling of Fervor and Depth
In the verse " Mankind! Eat what is good and lawful on the earth. And
do not follow in the footsteps of satan. He truly is an outright enemy
to you" ( Surat al-Baqara , 168) Allah reveals that satan is the enemy
of man and commands man to strive against him. Had our Lord not
created satan, there would be no struggle between him and his
supporters and Muslims, and no preaching of the word. Having a
profound faith,waging an intellectual struggle to bring about the
glorious reign of Islam, intending to be a follower of Hazrat
Mahdi(pbuh), being a strong and honorable believer and intellectually
annihilating superstitionand the way of the dajjalall bring great joy
and fervor to devout believers.
Indeed Allah in the past created Pharaoh against the Prophet Moses
(pbuh), Nimrod against the Prophet Abraham (pbuh), pagans and
hypocrites such as Abu Lahab and Abu Jahil against our Prophet (saas)
and the dajjal against Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), so that believers can
enjoy beauty and zeal. Allah sends the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) back to
earth for there to be beauty and so Muslims can delight in it,and
makes Hazrat KHidhir (pbuh) instrumental in many events.
Allah gives Muslims the impression that the innocent are suffering
for the test. They appear to be suffering and dying. But they do not
suffer at all. Our Lord says this of martyred Muslims, " They are
alive and well provided for in the very presence of their Lord, "
(Surat al-'Imran, 169) thus making their condition in His Presence
perfectly clear. But by creating troubles and martyrdom in this way,
Allah increases Muslims' feelings of zeal and eliminates apathy and
monotony.
Striving against Earthly Desires and the Difficulties One Encounters
Bestow Depth on a Person
Striving against satan and earthly desires allowone to reflect very
deeply. Allah loves a servant who thanks Him deeply, finds him very
beautiful, and at the endof his life in this world He will reward the
believer with the eternal life of Paradise.
One who fails to see the marvels and details that Allah creates in
this world will also fail to seethem in Paradise. Someone who acts in
the light of earthly desires, who gives in to troubles and fails to
strive against them can take no pleasure fromPparadise if Allah places
him there. The glorious life of Paradise and all its delights will
mean nothing to him because he has not striven to earn Paradise, has
made no comparisonbetween deficiencies and beauties and has acquired
no spiritual depth. But in the face of satan, Hell, and earthly
desires one acquires a glorious depth and never forgets one's struggle
for all time. One's endeavors in the face of these tests created by
Allah give one a profound mind and soul. That is when Paradise becomes
delightful for the believer. As commanded in verses:
" O self at rest and at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleasing and
well-pleased! Enter among My slaves!
Enter My Garden.(Surat al-Fajr, 27- 30)
Mr. Adnan Oktar Describes How Allah Will Not Give One a Greater Burden
Than One Can Bear
I am 55, for example. I cannot remember any burdens I could not bear.
I entered a mental asylum. They put me in there with the worst madmen.
But I thought of that verse and was really not troubled at all.Allah,
Allah. I was really very comfortable. They put me in the lunatics'
ward in prison, and I was quite comfortable. The people put on that
ward had all killed people. They were walking around in front of me.
We became friends and talked. The colonel in charge of the prison
said, "I sent him there on purpose." . My ward was full of them, not
just one or two such people. "They became sothey would not hurt a fly.
They became full of love alongside Adnan Hodja," he said. You can ask
him, the colonel is still alive. "I sent him there on purpose. They
became so they would not hurt a fly, really pleasant-natured," he
said. He tells everyone that. You can ask him, the prison colonel.
Bayrampaşa Prison, he was known as the colonel at the time, though he
is retired now. Ask him. These things are part of the test. It is
Almighty Allah Who made them so mild and gentle. These peoplefight at
the drop of a hatin prison, anything couldhave happened, but nothing
did. The inmatesbroke down the door where I was and did all kinds of
things to each other. They killed seven people during my time there,
the mental patients. But nothing happened to me, alhamdulillah, and I
was not even uneasy. I was perfectly comfortable. I had a little tape
machineI took in there. I played Ceddin Deden and Turkish military
music. I made a chin-up bar, andthe inmates saw me and started making
them, too. There were iron bars there, and I coveredone with nylon and
made a chin-up bar. So Allah makes even difficult conditions bearable.
One characteristic of mine is that I enjoy boiled meat. There is a
herd of sheep in the mental hospital there, and they kill them every
day. They boil them up fresh, and the bones just melt away. I had my
own bowl, and they would ladle that meat into it. The mental hospital
also made greatbread, huge great loaves. We ate it like soldiers. Then
everyone started doing chin-ups. The inmates there thought I was a
doctor. They were amazed at mybeing there because they were all there
for murder. Most were unaware what was happening, they would fight one
another and shout and scream and were unable to take careof their
natural functions. But I was perfectly comfortable under those
conditions. But my mother's face was getting blanched when she came to
visit me. Her face was normally red but becamewhite during the visits.
She regarded them as a danger, but they were really inoffensive. They
would not harm anyone.But someone who did not know that, that would be
really alarmed.When the doctors and nurses came into the ward, they
fainted because of the terrifyingatmosphere there. You can look it up
in books. People could not even bear the sight of it. They would faint
within 10 minutes. But nothing happened to me, alhamdulillah. I was
quite comfortable. Why?.This was a test. You had to be brave. I had
alwaysexperienced difficult situations ever since I was a child. And
they strengthened and hardened me. Otherwise, who knows what might
have become of me? These difficulties are also the reason why I am so
zealous and full of love.

Paradise and hell are in existence now in another dimension in the Sight of Allah

· What incorrect ideas do some people hold about paradise
andhell being experienced in this world?
· Where are Paradiseand hell?
· What happens when a person dies?
Allah reveals the existence of angels, satan, Paradise and Hell in the
Qur'an. Whether out of ignorance or weakness of faith, some people
misinterpret these facts and the manifest existence of Allah (surely
Allah is beyond that). In these people's superstitious eyes, Paradise
and Hell exist in this world alone. There is even a widespread belief
among such people that everything takes place inthis world, and that
one can be restored to life in this world, even though this has no
place in the Qur'an. The fact is, however, that our Lord has
definitively pronounced that the life of this world ends once a person
dies and that they will be recreated in the Hereafter. In this verse
Allah refers to that recreation:
" We have created them a (new) creation."(Surat al-Waqi'a, 35)
Allah Has Created Many Dimensions, and the Life of This World Is Only
One of Them
As revealed in the Qur'anin the verse, " All praise belongs to Allah,
the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, Lord of all the
worlds " (Surat al-Jathiyah, 36), Allah has created many worlds in
many differentdimensions. The world we are now living in is but one of
these worlds and dimensions. The people living on Earth are in the
third dimension. Angels, spiritual beings and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
arein the fourth dimension. But these dimensions are all
interconnected. For that reason, by the will of Allah, angels and the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh)can come down to a lower dimension, in other
words, this world. This may be compared toa person reading a bookor
watching television because the paper or television are just like a
lower dimension for a person looking from the outside. A person looks
at these things from a higher dimension. Angels and other spiritual
entities watch us from a higher dimension. But since all dimensions
are interconnected, angels and spiritual beings can momentarily become
visible by descending from the fourth dimension to a lower one.
Angels come to this world when Allah so wishes to do things that He
wishes, and this shows that it is possible, by our Lord's leave, to
cross from one dimension to another. It is revealed in the Qur'an that
angels come down to Earth, by Allah's leave, to transmit His
revelation to people, to assist and support believers and do other
things of which Allah approves:
" In it the angels and the spirit descend by their Lord's authority
with every ordinance ." (Suratal-Qadr, 4)
The fact that by Allah's leave angels descend to Earth at various
times and return back into the presence of Allah does not, of course,
mean thatthey cease to exist according to our conceptions. They merely
cross from one dimension to another, and continue living outside our
understanding. In the same way, when people who die pass beyond our
understanding, or cross to the dimension of the hereafter, in
otherwords, they also continue their lives either in Paradise or Hell.
Allah Has Also Created Various Dimensions for Human Beings
- Our Dreams: The finest evidence of Allah's creation of various
dimensions for human beings is dreams. When a person goes to sleep he
enters a different dimension and environment. That new environment is
not the world he knows and is familiar with. But it is as real as the
phenomena and objects in the world he inhabits. The fact thatthis
world is in fact a dream, and that people wake up in the Hereafter, is
revealed in another verse:
" They will say, 'Alas for us! Who has raised us from our
resting-place? This is what the All-Merciful promised us. The
Messengers were telling the truth'." (SurahYa Sin, 52)
As in the verse Allah notes, the passage from this world to the
Hereafter takes place as quickly as that from dreaming to waking, and
people are unawareof that transition.
- Trance states: Waking out of a dream is not theonly way that people
change dimensions. One can pass from the third dimension to another
dimension in a state of trance. A trance, bestowed by Allah on rare
occasions on peoplesuch as messengers, religious scholars and guides,
resembles neither sleep nor wakefulness. Our Prophet (saas) spoke to
Gabriel (puuh) while in astate of trance. One can meet with Hazrat
Khidhir(pbuh) in that state. A trance is an extraordinary
dimensionthat Bediüzzaman Said Nursi often entered.
- The Rank of Martyrdom: Another verse indicatingthe existence of
other states of being outside the one people are familiar with
concerns the ranks and position of martyrs. One such verse reads:
" Do not say that those who are killed in the Way of Allah are dead.
On the contrary, they arealive but you are not aware of it." (Surat
al-Baqara, 154)
Allah has revealed that although martyrs appearto have died in our
terms, we must not referto them as dead. The verse reveals that
martyrs are alive, not dead, but that people cannot fully conceive how
this is. The words " ... but you are not awareof it.. ." indicate that
we cannot know and understand this situation under the conditions of
this world. (Allah alone knows the truth.) Other verses referring to
the situationof martyrs reveal that Allah gives them life in a very
different dimensionin which there is no timeand space:
" Do not suppose that those killed in the Way of Allah are dead. No
indeed! They are alive and well provided for in the very presence of
their Lord , delighting in the favor Allah has bestowed on them,
rejoicing over those theyleft behind who have not yet joined them,
feeling no fear and knowing no sorrow, rejoicing in blessings and
favor from Allah andthat Allah does not let the wage of the believers
go to waste." (Surat al-'Imran, 169-171)
As we have seen, martyrslive in a dimension unknown to other people.
In that dimension they are fed, feel joy and wish to sendnews of
themselves to those who come after them.
The fact that our Lord has created various dimensions and that it is
possible to pass betweenthem is revealed in another verse:
" You will mount up stage by stage!" (Surat al-Inshiqaq, 19)
Everything Is Over and Done in a Single Momentwith in the Sight of Allah
At the moment of death, a person passes from thedimension of this
world to a higher dimension, the Hereafter. Allah reveals in another
verse that one's perception is sharpened at the moment of death and
that one then passes on to the Hereafter, which is unending and far
more real than the life ofthis world:
" You were heedless of this so We have stripped you of your covering
and today your sight is sharp." (Surah Qaf, 22)
Another fact revealed by Allah in the Qur'an is the relative nature of
time. That relativity is highly variable. A period of time lasting
billions of years for us may last onlyone second in another dimension.
Indeed, such a long span of time as from the beginning of the universe
to the end may be just a single "moment" in another dimension. Allah
reveals this as follows in the Qur'an:
" A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousandyears in the way you
count." (Surat al-Hajj, 47)
Here lies the essence of the reality of the location of Paradise and
Hell that most people failto completely grasp, andthat materialists
and people whose faith is weak deny out of that lack of comprehension.
"Things that have not happened" have not happened for us but Allah is
not fettered by time and space. Indeed, it is He Who created them. For
Allah, past, present and future are all one, and are all over and done
with. For that reason, Paradise, Hell and this world all exist atthis
moment in the sight of Allah, and eternal life has already begun. It
is clear from verses that Paradise, Hell and the Day of Reckoning are
already in existence from the way they are described as already being
over and done with:
" The Trumpet will be blown and those in the heavens and those in
theearth will all lose consciousness,except those Allah wills. Then it
will be blown a second time and at once they will be standing
upright,looking on." (Surat az-Zumar, 68)
" Those who are unbelievers will be driven to Hell in companies..."
(Surat az-Zumar, 71)
" And those who have piety of their Lord will be driven to the Garden
in companies..." (Surat az-Zumar, 73)
"... and will reward themfor their steadfastness with a Garden and
with silk. Reclining in it on couches, they will experience there
neitherburning sun nor bitter cold." (Surat al-Insan, 12-13)
Death Is Not the End for Man
In the Sight of Allah, the birth, life and death of a man takes place
and finishes simultaneously. The same reasoning applies to all human
beings. All human beingsare coming into existence and dying right at
this moment. All are being resurrected and being sent to Paradise or
Hell. Thus, noone dies and nobody is reduced to insignificance; all
individuals are alive for all eternity. Within eternity, man spends
only a portion of his time in the world, and during this period where
he is doomed to go—either Paradise or Hell—is known. Just at this
moment, some of the people currently living in this world are in
Paradise while others are in Hell. This fact is stressed in the
Qur'an; inmany verses relating to Paradise and Hell, the life in the
Hereafter is referred to in the simple present or past tense, which
draws one's attention to the fact thatall these incidents are taking
place at a single moment:
The Companions of the Garden are busy enjoying themselves today, they
and their wives reclining on couches in the shade. (Surah Ya Sin:
55-56)
Past, Present and Future;They are All the Same
In human life, another important mystery prevails. While mourning for
someone who has died, people donot consider that they, themselves,
have also died and even been resurrected. The birth and death of a
person occurs simultaneously. Even trivial details aboutall people's
lives, deaths, resurrections and eternal lives are retainedin the
Sight of Allah. In other words, everything is taking place right at
this moment. Death and resurrection are truly not incidents occurring
at distinct times. People are born in timelessness.Likewise, they die
in timelessness, they are resurrected in timelessness and, as a matter
of fact, just at thismoment, they are alive. At the moment Allah
creates man, he becomesan eternal being. To put it another way, he
starts his endless life, becoming alive for all eternity. Meanwhile,
he also witnesses his own death as a single square.Just as he sees
himself alive all through his life, he witnesses his death, but only
on one occasion.
In the Qur'an, Allah informs us that sleep is also created as a form
of death. Thus, every night one witnesses his death when he goes to
sleep and witnesses his resurrection when he wakes up in the morning.
This fact is manifested in the following verse:
Allah takes back people'sselves when their death arrives and those who
have not yet died, while they are asleep. He keeps hold of those whose
death has been decreed and sends the others back for a specified term.
There arecertainly Signs in that for people who reflect. (Surat
az-Zumar: 42)
Hence, man unceasingly witnesses his death and resurrection all
throughout his life. Similarly, he will also seehis real death.
Consequently, his birth, death and resurrection as well as his eternal
abode are all known, and man is forever alive in the Sight of Allah.
All these incidents have taken place and are finished in the Sight of
Allah.
Allah shows us that He has created a variety of dimensions. People
enter a new world and dimension through sleep. This world is another
dimension and form of life. The state of trance, a dimension lying
between sleep and this world that spiritual guides, religious scholars
and messengersenter from time to time, the dimension inhabitedby
martyrs, the dimension inhabited by angels, jinn and other spiritual
entities, and paradise and hell all exist at this very moment.
In the Sight of Allah, all events, which have occurred on earth so
far,take place at a single moment. For example, what our Prophet
(saas) went through has never been lost and will remain in the Sight
of Allah forever. These events are presented to our perception as if
theyhappened 1400 years ago. However, the truth is, right at this
moment, our Prophet Muhammad (saas) is ascending to heaven, right now,
he is taking refuge in the cave with his friend. Again, this is the
moment our Prophet (saas) is communicating the message of Allah to
disbelievers. Actually these are not events which occurred in the
past. On the contrary, they are incidents destined to exist for all
eternity. The reason whywe do not see, witness or experience these
events is simply because they are not present in our memory.
What we call "time" is in fact a method by which one moment is
compared to another. For example, when a person taps an object, he
hears a particular sound. If he taps the same object again five
minutes later, he hears another sound. Thinkingthere is an interval
between the two sounds, he calls this interval "time." Yet when he
hears the second sound, the first one he heard is no more than a
memory in his mind, merely a bit of information in his imagination. A
person formulates his perception of time by comparing the moment in
which he lives with what he holds in memory. If he doesn't make this
comparison, he can have no perception of time either.And this shows
that time is not an absolute reality, but merely a form of perception.

Al-Baatiniyyah: Their Principles and Beliefs-III

Examples of the deviated interpretations of Al-Baatiniyyah
It has previously been mentionedthat the belief of Al-Baatiniyyah
isbased on the distortion of the apparent meanings of the Quran and
Sunnah (Prophetic tradition) to other esoteric meanings. Amongst such
naïve distortions istheir claim that fornication does not mean the
illicit insertion of the male organ into the woman'svagina; rather, it
means putting the sperm of the hidden knowledge into the soul that has
not yet adopted their faith. Accordingly, they see no harm in
fornication.
They also claim that purification does not mean performing Wudhoo'
(ablution), but it meansrenouncing and purifying oneself from any
belief other than giving pledge to the Imaam. Moreover, they claim
that fasting does not mean abstaining from all that can break fasting
in a specific period, but it means abstaining from unveiling the
secret. As for Tawaaf (circumambulation) around the Sacred House seven
times, they said it means circumambulation around Muhammad and the
rest of the seven Imaams. They interpretthe five prayers as
indications to the four pillars and the Imaam. Consequently, there is
no need for performing those prayers thatMuslims perform.
Amongst the examples of their interpretations of the miracles of the
prophets are that they interpret the flood of Nooh (Nuh) as the flood
of knowledge that drowned those who adhere to the outer, exoteric
meaning ofthe Quran and Sunnah. As for the fire into which Ibraaheem
(Abraham) was thrown, it is just the anger of the Nimrod and not a
real fire. They also claimed that the Jinn of Sulaymaan (Solomon) were
in fact the Baatiniyyah of that age, and that the devils are
Ath-Dhaahiriyyah (i.e. those who oppose Al-Baatiniyyah), those to whom
the hard works are commissioned, and the like of their hallucinations
that make everyone laugh at them due to their naivety and foolishness.
Examples of the atrocities of Al-Baatiniyyah
If the discussion of the beliefs of Al-Baatiniyyah clarifies the
hiddenthoughts of that group, their practices against Muslims, when
they feel powerful, clearly show the hatred they harbor in their heart
towards Muslims. The following lines are just a reminder; the history
of Muslims with the Baatiniyyah is a bloody one. We will not list all
of their atrocities against Muslims, as a few will suffice.
The most notorious and atrocious incident that afflicted Muslims in
their most sacred places and during their best days at the hands of
Al-Baatiniyyah and at the hands of the worst and most wicked man was
what Al-Haafidh Ibn Katheer mentioned in his book Al-Bidaayah
wan-Nihaayah,
"In 317 A.H., a caravan of Iraqi pilgrims set out to Makkah under the
leadership of Mansoor Ad-Daylami. They arrived peacefully. Many other
caravans arrived from everywhere. All of a sudden, they were attacked
by the Qaramati and his group on the day of At-Tarwiyyah (8th of
Thul-Hijjah). He plundered their money and killed them. He massacred
pilgrims in the streetsand paths of Makkah, in Al-Masjid Al-Haraam and
even in the Ka'bahitself. Then their leader Abu Taahir, may Allaah
curse him, sat before the doors of the Ka'bah and said while the
people were being killed around him, 'I am forAllaah and with Allaah.
I am, I am, I give life to people and inflict death upon them.'
"People were running away from them and seeking protection in the
cloth that covers the Ka'bah but to no avail. They were killed while
they were in that state and while they were performing Tawaaf. When
Al-Qarmati, may Allaah curse him, finished his mission and committed
atrocitiesagainst the pilgrims, he ordered that the dead bodies be
buried inthe well of Zamzam, while many of them were buried in their
places in Al-Haram. They were neither washed nor shrouded, nor was the
funeral prayer offered for them because they were martyrs and also in
the state of Ihraam. He destroyed thedome of the well of Zamzam,
ordered that the Ka'bah be eradicated and its Kiswah (covers) to be
taken off. He and his followers tore the Kiswah. He also ordered a man
to mount theKa'bah and remove its Meezaab (drain pipe of the Ka'bah's
roof) but that man fell on his head anddied to enter the Hellfire.
"At that point, he left the Meezaab and ordered that the black stone
be removed from its place. A man came to it and hit it with heavy
metal in his hand and said, 'Where are the successive groups of birds,
where are the hard and solid stones?' (This is in reference to the way
Abrahah, who had tried to attack the Ka'bah earlier in history,
perished) and removed it from itsplace and carried it to their
country. It remained in their possession for 22 years until they
returned it in 339 A.H. Indeed we belong to Allaah, and indeed to Him
we will return."

Al-Baatiniyyah: Their Principles and Beliefs-II

The beliefs of Al-Baatiniyyah
The beliefs of Al-Baatiniyyah are hidden as their name indicates.
However, their doctrine and beliefs became known, although they were
very keen on hiding them, via those who embraced Islam from them.
However, they deny such beliefs. They show the adherents of other
faiths what they (the people of those faiths) like and favor. Thus, if
they meet Christians, they show that they believe in the Trinity and
assure them of the divinity of 'Eesa (Jesus) . If they meet Jews, they
show their hatred for Muslims and Christians. If they meet an ascetic
person, they show asceticism and aversion to the world and its people.
In fact, they disguise themselves in the beliefs of every group they
live among until people have trust in them. When this point is
reached,they start spreading their malicious allegations among them
and invite them to adopt their beliefs and disclose to themtheir
doctrines, after taking all measures to ensure that they willnever
renounce their belief.
Their Beliefs
1. Claiming that there are two eternal gods who have existed since
time immemorial and that their existence has no beginning. However,
one of them is the cause of the existence of the other. The cause (the
god who assumed creation) is the first godand the effect (the created
god) is the latter. The first is the creator with the help of the
latter, not independently by himself. Such belief was taken from
disbelieving groups such as the Dualists and the Magians, who believe
that there are two gods: the god of light and the god of darkness.
They (Al-Baatiniyyah) only changed their names.
2. They believe that the Prophet is an ordinary person upon whom a
sacred power was sent down by the first (god) through the help of the
latter (god).
3. They believe that the Quran is just an expression of the Prophet
about the knowledge sent down to him and that calling it 'the Speech
of Allaah' is only a figure of speech.
4. They also believe that every ageshould have an infallible Imaam who
supports the truth, interprets phenomena, and clarifies the ambiguity
of the Noble Quran, Prophetic narrations and matters related toreason.
They all agreed that the Imaam is exactly like the Prophet in relation
to infallibility and knowing the facts of every matter; however, he
receives no revelation. But he obtains such knowledge from the Prophet
because he is his successor and has the same status. They believethat
every age has to have its Imaam.
5. Furthermore, they believe that every prophetic Sharee'ah has a
specific period. When it ends, Allaah The Almighty sends another
prophet to abrogate the Sharee'ah of the previous prophet. Every
Sharee'ah lasts for seven centuries. So they claim that the Sharee'ah
of the Prophet was abrogated by the comingof the seventh Imaam Ja'far
ibn Muhammad.
6. Al-Baatiniyyah agree upon denying the Day of Resurrection and that
the witnessed system ofthe worldly life such as the alternation of day
and night, reproduction of human beings from sperm, reproduction of
plants, and reproduction of animals cannot be destroyed by time. They
also believe that the heavens and the earth cannot be destroyed. They
said about the Day of Resurrection that it symbolizes the appearance
of theImaam and the beginning of a new phase of life by the appearance
of the seventh Imaam who will abrogate the previous Sharee'ahs and who
willchange everything.
7. They deny the existence of Paradise and Hellfire. They also claimed
that the meaning of 'the appointed return' is that everything will
return to its original state, and that man is composed of two
entities: spiritual and material. The material entity will be
dissolved to what it was composed of and return to its original state.
That isthe appointed return of the body.As for that of the soul, if it
is righteous – according to them – it will unite after leaving the
bodywith the spiritual world from which it has separated before and
that will achieve happiness for it. However, the evil one will remain
eternally in the material world, transfer from one body to another and
thus it will suffer from pains and illnesses forever. Whenever it
leaves a body, another body will receive it. This, in fact, is the
essential part of thebelief of Brahmanic Hinduism.
8. They also believe in absolute permissiveness and renouncing all
obligations of religion. They believe that such obligations are like
the chains and burdens from which they have been released because of
following the infallibleImaam.
9. Some of them believe in the divinity of 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib . They
claim that he appeared in a human form to put his creation at ease.