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The Priest put forward his questions: |
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Allah Cast upon Abu Yazeed special tranquillity and he began
to answer: (All answers from the Holy Qur’aan) |
| 1 |
What is that One thing which has no Second? |
1 |
The One without a Second is Allah (Qul
-Huwallahu Ahad). |
| 2 |
What are those Two things which have no Third? |
2 |
The Two things without a Third are Day and Night. |
| 3 |
What are those Three things which have no Fourth? |
3 |
The Three things without a Fourth are three
incidents between Nabi Moosa (alayhis salaam) and Khizr (alayhis salaam) as mentioned in
Surah Kahf (first - Hazrat Khizr damaged the boat of some poor people, second - He killed
a young boy, third - He rebuilt a wall which was about to collapse.) |
| 4 |
What are those Four things which have no Fifth? |
4 |
The Four things with no Fifth are the Holy
Qur’aan, Zaboor (Psalm), Injeel (Bible) and Torah. |
| 5 |
What are those Five things which have no Sixth? |
5 |
The Five things with no Sixth are the Five daily
Salaah. (FIVE DAILY PRAYERS OF MUSLIMS.) |
| 6 |
What are those Six things which have no Seventh? |
6 |
The Six things with no Seventh are 6 days in which
Allah created the heavens and earth. The Christians say Allah rested on the seventh day,
but the Quraan rejects this: "And indeed we created the heavens and the earth and
whatever lies between them in 6 days, and We are not overtaken in the least by
tiredness." (Surah Qaaf (50) verse 38) |
| 7 |
What are those Seven things which have no Eighth? |
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The Seven things with no Eighth are the 7 Heavens. |
| 8 |
What are those Eight things which have no Ninth? |
8 |
The Eight things with no Ninth are eight Angels who
keep up the Throne of Allah. |
| 9 |
What are those Nine things which have no Tenth? |
9 |
The Nine things with no Tenth are 9 signs Allah
gave Moosa (alayhis salaam) against Firoun (viz. Famine, Plague of Locusts, Lice, Frogs,
Blood, Epidemic, Loss in Crops, Staff of Moosa (alayhis salaam) and Shining Hand.) |
| 10 |
What are those Ten things which can be multiplied
indefinitely? |
10 |
The Ten things which can multiply indefinitely :
The Qur’aan states: "One good deed is multiplied by 10 and these in turn are
multiplied by Allah as much as He likes, for whomever He wishes." |
| 11 |
Who are the Eleven brothers? |
11 |
The Eleven brothers were the brothers of Yusuf
(alayhis salaam). |
| 12 |
What is that miracle that comprises of Twelve
things? |
12 |
The miracle consisting of Twelve things was when
Moosa (alayhis salaam) struck the mountain with his staff and from there flowed 12
springs. |
| 13 |
Who is that family of Thirteen which was informed
by one of their members that they are 13? |
13 |
The family of Thirteen were the family of Yusuf
(alayhis salaam). He saw in a dream and told his father: "I have seen the sun and the
moon and eleven stars making sajda (prostrating) before me." |
| 14 |
Which Fourteen things spoke to Allah? |
14 |
The Fourteen things which spoke to Allah - Seven
Heavens and Seven levels of Earth. When Allah wanted to create them He said: "Come
willingly or by force..." They answered : "O Allah we will come
willingly". (Surah Ha Meem Sajda (41) verse 11) |
| 15 |
What breathes but has no Rooh (Soul)? |
15 |
The thing that breathes without Rooh is the Dawn -
the Qur’aan says; "By the Dawn, when it breathes." (Surah
Takweer (81) verse 18) |
| 16 |
What was that grave which carried its inmate
around? |
16 |
The grave is the huge fish which carried Hazrat
Yunus (alayhis salaam) around. |
| 17 |
Who are those people who spoke the truth and went
to Jahannum (Hell) and those who lied, yet they went to Jannat (Paradise)? |
17 |
The Jews and Christians accused each other of
having no proper Deen / Religion? (Surah Baqarah (2) verse 113) . They spoke the
truth but will go to Jahannum. And the brothers of Yusuf (alayhis salaam) after dumping
him in a Well said to their father: "A wolf had devoured him." They lied, but
after making taubah they will go to Jannat. |
| 18 |
Which creatures did Allah create without parents? |
18 |
Allah created Adam (alayhis salaam), the Malaaika
(Angels), the Ram of Hazrat Ibrahim (alayhis salaam) which he slaughtered in place of
Hazrat Ismail (alayhis salaam) and the camel of Nabi Salih (alayhis salaam), which came
out of a mountain without parents. |
| 19 |
What is that tree which has 12 branches, every
branch has thirty leaves, every leaf has five fruit, three in the shade and two in the
sun? |
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The tree is the Islamic year. 12 branches, i.e. 12
months, 30 leaves, i.e. 30 days of a month. 5 Fruit, i.e. 5 daily Salaah. 3 in the shade,
i.e. Maghrib (upon sunset), Esha ( 2 hours after sunset), & Fajr (hour before
sunrise); 2 in the Sun, i.e. Zohar (midday) and Asr (late afternoon) prayers . |
| 20 |
What is that thing which Allah made with his own
hands? |
20 |
The Asaa’ (Staff) of Hazrat Moosa (Moses)
(alayhis salaam) |
| 21 |
Who is that person whose plots and plans are
stronger than shaitaan (devil)? |
21 |
It is a woman. Her plots and plans are stronger
than shaitaan. The Quraan says: "Indeed the plotting of you women are most
severe." (Surah Yusuf (12) verse 28) and about the plot of Shaitaan,
Allah says: "Verily the plot of Shaitaan is weak." (Surah Nisaa (4)
Verse 76) |
