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The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah

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Truth endures.

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Falsehood perishes.

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The future belongs to Islam.

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Islam has endured throughout its long history

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through far more violent and severe assaults

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than the savage blows it faces today everywhere.

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It struggled and defended itself,

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stripped of all power save its intrinsic strength,

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derived from the might of Allah, the Exalted, and His support.

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It triumphed and preserved the identity of the communities and homelands it protected.

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Islam struggled and endured, though devoid of weaponry,

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because the element of strength lies within its nature, its clarity,

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its comprehensiveness, and its justice,

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its suitability for human disposition,

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and its fulfillment of genuine needs.

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It lies in transcending servitude to creation

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through servitude to Allah alone, the Lord of all creation,

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and in accepting guidance only from Him, Glorified is He,

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and in submitting only to Him, apart from all the worlds.

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Consequently, spiritual defeat does not occur

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as long as Islam inhabits the heart and conscience,

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even if outward defeat sometimes happens.

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Allah, the Most High, says:

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“He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17)

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“He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17)

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“He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17)

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“He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17)

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The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah