KABBANI’S TEACHER EXPLAINS THAT MANKIND IS
UNCREATED!
Nazim al-Qubrusi said:
"Allah Almighty is greatest. He is timeless, ever
ready, without beginning. He is king. And yet you cannot find a king without a
kingdom. Without subjects his kingship has no meaning. Just as there can be no
meaning for a prophet without an ummah (nation). Therefore, Allah was ready
without beginning, and his servants also were ready without beginning. If there
were no people, to whom was He Allah? Was it to Himself? No! A hadith relates:
‘I was a secret treasure and wanted to be known.’ His people were
part of this treasure... When people come to this world, they have the
appearance of beginning, but in reality they were with Allah always, without
beginning."
(Nazim, Mercy Oceans, p.13, 1980)
Aside from voicing the opinion that mankind is
pre-eternal, Kabbani’s teacher has unjustly and alarmingly brought the
existence of Allaah down to the level of human existence. Allaah’s
Kingship, we are told, is in need of a kingdom. Just as the Prophethood of a
Prophet is valueless without a nation, likewise, Allaah’s existence must
have the creation to give it any real meaning!
Compare this belief of Nazim’s with the sound
Islamic doctrine as expounded by al-Tahawee in his ‘Aqeedah (which I quote
from Kabbani’s own book, p.16):
(11) "He creates without His being in need to do
so..."
(14) "It was not only after the act of creation that
He could be described as ‘the Creator’ nor was it only the act of
origination that He could be described as ‘the
Originator’."
(15) "He was always the Lord even when there was
nothing to be Lord of, and always the Creator even when there was no
creation."
It goes on to say in Mercy Oceans (p.82):
"A disciple commented, ‘You gave us a good
lesson, Maulana, when you told us that there is no king without a kingdom, no
prophet without an ummah, no creator without creatures. Allah is uncreated, and
servants are also uncreated. But when we come to this life, we forget.’
‘Yes’, replied the Shaykh. ‘It is enough. You cannot go too
deep without sinking!’"
So Nazim al-Qubrusi is instructing his followers, amongst
them Kabbani, that the servants of Allaah are uncreated! Whereas Allaah - the
Most High - has said:
"O mankind! Worship your Guardian Lord Who created
you and those who came before you." (2:21)
"Allaah created you and that which you do."
(37:96)
"It is We Who created man, and We know what
suggestions his soul whispers to him ." (50:16)
The verses with this meaning are many.