Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed) · Lesson 44 of 1251

Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (42) | The covenant that God took from the children of Adam is monotheism

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0:00 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

0:08 The covenant that Allah took from the children of Adam is the covenant of monotheism (Tawhid).

0:15 The covenant that Allah took from the children of Adam,

0:18 is that which He deposited into their innate nature (fitra): the acknowledgment that He is their Lord, their Creator, and their Sovereign.

0:25 This is the meaning of His saying, the Exalted:

0:28 “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;” (7:172)

0:36 “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;” (7:172)

0:44 “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;” (7:172)

0:56 The intent of the verse is not that Allah established proof against them based on what they acknowledged at the time they were extracted from the loins of Adam, peace be upon him,

1:06 and that He made them bear witness against themselves regarding that, as some have suggested.

1:11 Nor does the wisdom of Allah, the Exalted, necessitate such a thing.

1:15 Reality bears witness that no one remembers this covenant or pact, nor does it ever cross the mind of any human being.

1:23 How, then, would Allah establish proof against them with a matter of which they have no knowledge, nor any trace or evidence?

1:31 This indicates that the intended meaning is what Allah deposited into their innate nature at the time of their birth, namely monotheism.

1:40 Just as the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

1:43 "Every child is born upon the fitra (innate nature)."

1:47 "It is his parents who make him a Jew, a Christian, or a polytheist."

1:52 Agreed upon.

1:54 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.