RENDIMIENTO EN LA TRANSMISIÓN DE DATOS EN TIEMPO REAL DE LAS

Sheikh Abu Jaffer says that Jews are of the opinion that God is now redundant after completing so many tasks, but our view about this issue is that God is always busy in one or the other tasks, which do not interfere with His performance. He gives life and He takes life. He creates and provides sustenance. He does whatever he likes. He gives actuality to some, and makes other to vanish (from the scene), depending upon His approval or disapproval of those things respectively, because He has the Ummul Kitab (absolute knowledge). He makes only those things to become extinct, which have existed before and brings those into reality, which were not present earlier. This is not that type of B‟da (amending), which Jews and their followers are advocating and then they propose their own version as being our view. Following their footsteps people of other outlook, including our opponents have also started to accuse us. Imam Jaffer‟e Sadiq (AS) says that God has not sent any Prophet unless He has their

approval of three things.

1. They accept God as their Master.

2. They will detest those who propose companions with Him.

3. God can swap anything i.e. He can bring forward something and delay the other. That is why the Shariah of our Prophet had made all the previous constitutions redundant, and the Qur‟an has over ruled all previous revealed books. Imam Jaffer Sadiq (AS) says that

whoever has this belief that if God has amended a thing today and prior to it He was unaware of it; then he was perturbed with such a person. He further said that if someone had the belief that God felt guilty after creating an article then such a person, in our view, is an atheist. Imam Jaffer Sadiq (AS) says, God never had the

same B‟da, which He had about my son Ismael. This means that no one has observed the same expediency of

God, as observed regarding Ismael. He made him to die in his life time to show the Ummah that he was not His deputy (Imam) after his (Imam‟s) death.

NOTES ON CHAPTER 10

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF B’DA AND THE ROLE OF SEMANTICS IN ITS MISINTERPRETATION

B‟da is one of the majors Islamic issues, which has been a battle ground for both the major sects. Our Sunni brothers, in their own mental delusion, consider B‟da, as an exclusive Shia issue, and therefore, adopt a taunting attitude toward us. This shows that they have either not tried to understand the subject or due to some other malicious aspirations, deliberately twisted the matter to make it a great debating point. The same situation prevails on other issues across the board. However, if we divorce the personal prejudice for a moment and try to reach the depth of the problem, with a little indulgence, then it becomes apparent that any difference that exists between the two schools is no more than the semantics. In fact, this matter is one of the most distinguished chapters of Islamic beliefs. Its approval is the recognition of an illustrious attribute of God, namely; IRADA or desire. Belief in B‟da actually negates Jewish ideology that God has accomplished whatever He had set out to do, and now His pen has dried out, and no change can take place in His script. Some, on the other hand, claim that God has transferred His powers to a few selected ones from His creatures, and He is now resting in peace. This ideology of B‟da also undoes the work of many philosophers, who claim that God has only created the initial mind and then His creativity has exhausted. This original mind then replicated itself until its 10th

residue created the universe. There are other similar ideologies, which suggest break in God‟s performance; hence the concept of B‟da is a splendid tool to eradicate such malignant views. This concept entails that all authority rests with God, and His blessings and sanctions are continuous. He gives preference to whatever commandment He approves, and delays any event He likes. He takes life and gives life. He places illness on someone and sets another on the path of recovery. He boosts and reduces people‟s sustenance. He puts someone on the seat of authority and dethrones the other. He prolongs one‟s life due to his

acts of compassion and reduces another‟s life or sustenance, due to his malicious behaviour, infidelity and repeated sinning. He says,

 He is in fresh elegance every day.

 He makes extinct, whatever He wants and provides the dress of reality for anything He likes, because He has the Supreme Knowledge (Ummul Kitab).

 It is within His authority to create and command. REASONS FOR THE MISCONCEPTION OF B’DA

What have made this issue more complicated are the ordinary meanings of the word B‟da, in Arabic language, which is generally used for discarding an old concept in the light of modern discoveries. In this sense this cannot be applied to God at all, because it points to His ignorance. In view of this literal connotation, the opportunists used it as a pretext to spread lies about the straight faction, just to make ordinary Muslims move away from them, by accusing that God, according to their ideology is an ignorant being. They also disseminate their evil propaganda by decorating the vocabulary in their own colours and say that Shias believe in a God, who starts an act today, and then abandons it when the realises the folly of His work, and starts to move in the opposite direction. Glory is to Him; no believer can have such a twisted concept of God.

People of intellect and understanding know that a phrase cannot always give same meaning at every usage, in fact, its sense changes with the change of object.

Allama Jalalud Din, in his book Ei’qan has given seven meanings of the Quranic phrase, “EH’DE NUS-SIRA’TUL

MUSTAQEEMA.” If a person is not fully guided, then the phrase would

mean, “Show us the right path” If the person is a guided one then it would mean, “Keep us on the straight path” and if he has both of these qualities then the verse would mean, “ Enhance our station of guidance and perception even more”

If we apply the same rule to the word B‟da, then its intended meanings will not correspond with its literal meanings, and it would

then mean, “God manifests an event, which is beyond human imagination”, Just as He declares in the Qur‟an,

“WA B’DA LAHUM MIN-ALLAH MA LUM YA-

KOO’NOO YAH-TAH’SE-BOON (For these people, the

manifestation was beyond their imagination”)

The phrase B’DA L’ LAH (God experienced B‟da) will now mean (B‟da Minullah), i.e. “it appeared to people from God.” and not as they presume “It appeared to God.” Therefore, the Arabic letter L (pronounced as Lam) in Allah, should be considered Min, and this technique is well known among the grammarians. It is mentioned in MOGHNI UL LABIB that the 14th _{meaning of (Lam) is Min.}

B’DA DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH GOD DUE TO IGNORANCE

It has been established through the previous work that B‟da does not happen with God, due to ignorance, and this is supplemented by the statements of the Aa‟imma. They further elaborated, “God knows the event before B‟da” Imam Jaffer‟e Sadiq has cursed those people who proclaim B‟da in terms of God‟s ignorance. It is related by Mansoor bin Hazim that he asked Imam Jaffer‟e Sadiq (AS),

“Is it possible that an event might happen that is not in God‟s knowledge?” Imam replied,

“No, this is not possible. If someone claims like this then God might annihilate him”

Mansoor again asked,

“My lord, is it true that whatever has happened or will happen before the day of Judgement is all in God‟s knowledge?”

He replied, “Yes, God knew in advance, the behaviour of things before their advent. There is nothing, which is hidden from God, in the Heavens and the Earth.”

What a shameful behaviour of those, who try to smudge the Shia ideology in the pretext of B‟da. If they are still determined in their ignorance, they must provide us with any statement from any of our Aa‟imma, in support of their claim.