In the Name of God, the All-Compassionate, the All-Merciful
Praise be to God, the Provider of the worlds, perfect and complete communication with God is through the best of the Creatures, our Prophet Mohammad who was sent as the great Mercy to the worlds and also through his family, his companions and anyone who follows his guidance till the Day of Resurrection.
My honorable teacher:
This blessed program is prepared for teaching students and providing them with the highest culture based on the knowledge which is derived from the word of God the Almighty and from the holy Prophet’s (cpth) explanation of Al’lah’s words. By this Divine knowledge, the student will be prepared for disciplining himself according to the high moralities and virtues, furnishing it with Divine perfection to achieve success in this world and in the hereafter.
The importance of this subject ((Islamic education)) is that it is derived from the interpretation of the holy Qur’an by the great humane eminent scholar M. Amin Sheikho whom God the Almighty bestowed His light upon, due to his closeness to God, his great love to the Prophet (cpth) and his high mercy, got from God the Almighty, to his brothers in humanity. He is the light shining the way to the generations to lead them to real happiness through the Book of Al’lah and the light that guides human beings by removing them from darkness to Al’lah’s Light.
Dear teacher, you will find in this program these basic important points:
Firstly: The illustration of the perfection of God the Almighty, the clarification of His compassion to His creatures, His justice in His creatures, the disproof of all the negative ideas which are settled in people’s minds and their negative speeches which contradict the Justice, Compassion and all Perfection of God. God says: ((And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Al’lah, so call Him by them, and leave the company of those who belie or deny (or utter impious speech against) His Names. They will be requited for what they used to do.)) [Fortress [*] Al Araf, Verse 180]
Secondly: The clarification about the perfection of God Messengers (peace be upon them) that God the Almighty witnesses their holiness, purity and their impeccability in His holy book and makes them as great examples to the human beings to follow them, and disproving any falsehood or interpretation which are against their exaltation and high rank. That is according to His high saying: ((They are those whom God has guided. So follow their guidance)) [Fortress Al An’am, Verse 90]
Thirdly: A call for us to apply God legislation (The instructions of the Holy Qur’an) and to be devoted wholeheartedly to God the Almighty. In addition to warning human beings of following their spirit’s forbidden desires hoping good rewards from God, God says: ((It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof, and he will not find any protector or helper besides Al’lah)) . [Fortress An Nisa I, Verse 123]
And the holy Prophet says: ‘A courteous, is he who subjected his spirit and works for after death, while the incapable is he whose spirit follows its desires hoping good rewards from God’ [Reported by Attirmizi]
Fourthly: Guiding students to the right belief steps according to what the holy Prophet (cpth) had explained to his noble companions from the holy book of God the Almighty. So no one’s heart can be associated with the gaiety of faith without being upright to the commands of God and having an inner prohibiting sanction in himself against committing evil. God the Almighty mentions that in His holy saying: ((...and whosoever believes in Al’lah, He guides his heart …)) [Fortress Al Taghabun, Verse 11.]
Fifthly: Venerating and exalting the holy Prophet (cpth), clarifying his greatness according to his rank of his closeness to God then guiding to the way of attaining his real love and explaining what the fruits of this holy love are: such as getting closer to Al’lah the Almighty and gaining in heart the perfection stain from God the Owner of all Sublime Perfections. God says: ((…So those who believe in him (Muhammad cpth), honour him, help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him, it is they who will be successful)) .[Fortress Al Araf, Verse 157]
So for that reason, all the dearest brothers ((teachers)) should study this program (book) comprehensively before they teach it, noting that it is prepared in a very easy way. The teacher should explain the holy Verse s firstly in Arabic language if he can and if the students know some Arabic that will help the student to understand the meaning of the Verse s then the whole fortress completely.
Some stories of the Eminent Scholar M. A. Sheikho are mentioned in it to enrich the atmosphere with sublime guidance during teaching. These sublime stories teach the student how to think, how to be brave, wise and unselfish, and illustrate to him that God grants the real knowledge only to he who uses sincerely his thinking in getting close to Him and helps others as much as he can. God the Almighty provides him with the Divine knowledge and helps him. God’s provision to someone is according to the degree of his humanitarian hard work, and God is the most Giver, He is the Owner of the great favor
Introduced by
Prof. A. K John Al-Dayrani