Imaan Kya Hai
Ek din Nabi ﷺ ke saathi (Sahaba) unke paas baithe the ke achanak ek ajnabi shakhs andar aaya. Uske kapde bahut safed the, baal bahut kaale the, aur safar ka koi nishaan uspar nazar nahi aata tha. Use koi nahi pehchanta tha. Woh Nabi ﷺ ke bilkul saamne, ghutne se ghutna mila kar baith gaya aur ek shagird ki tarah sawaal karne laga: Islam kya hai? Imaan kya hai? Ihsaan kya hai? Jab woh chala gaya to Nabi ﷺ ne Hazrat Umar (Radiyallahu Anhu) ko bataya ke aane wala kaun tha. Woh Jibreel (Alaihis Salam) the, Allah ke farishte, jo sahaba ko unka deen sikhane aaye the.1
To jab hum poochte hain ke "Imaan kya hai?", to hum wahi sawaal pooch rahe hain jo Jibreel ne poocha tha, aur iska jawab seedha Nabi ﷺ se aata hai. Aaiye aaram se samajhte hain ke iska matlab kya hai, aur yeh kyun zaroori hai.
Imaan Asal Mein Kya Hai
Imaan ko aksar "yaqeen" ya "faith" kaha jata hai, lekin yeh sirf itna kehne se kahin zyada hai ke "haan, mujhe lagta hai koi Khuda hai." Itna to bahut se log maante hain. Imaan mein teen cheezein ek saath hoti hain: aapka dil maanta hai ke Allah aur uska paigham sach hai, aap us par bharosa karte hain, aur us raaste par chalne ko tayyar rehte hain jo usne humein dikhaya hai.
Zara ek aise shakhs ko socheye jo kisi achhe doctor ke paas jata hai. Sirf yeh maan lena kaafi nahi ke doctor maujood hai. Aap uski baat par itna bharosa karte hain ke dawai kha lete hain, chahe aapko samajh na aaye ke woh kaise kaam karti hai. Imaan bhi aisa hi hai. Yeh sirf dimaag ki jaankari nahi, balki aisa bharosa hai jo aapke jeene ka andaaz badal deta hai.
"Imaan" lafz Arabi ki ek aisi jad (root) se aata hai jiska matlab hai amn, yaani sukoon aur hifazat, aur bharosa. Yeh lafz "amaanat" se bhi juda hai, yaani woh cheez jo kisi ke bharose par saunpi gayi ho. Yeh baat bilkul theek baithti hai, kyunke imaan hi woh jagah hai jahan dil ko sukoon milta hai.
Woh Chheh Cheezein Jo Nabi ﷺ Ne Bataein
Jab Jibreel ne poocha, "Mujhe Imaan ke baare mein bataiye," to Nabi ﷺ ne farmaya ke imaan yeh hai ke aap Allah par, uske farishton par, uski kitabon par, uske rasoolon (paigambaron) par, aakhirat ke din par, aur taqdeer par yaqeen rakhein, chahe uski achhai ho ya burai. Taqdeer ka matlab hai Allah ka tay kiya hua faisla.1 List chhoti si hai, lekin har cheez zindagi ke ek bade sawaal ka jawab deti hai.
Pehli cheez Allah hai: yeh yaqeen ke ek hi banane wala (Khaliq) hai jisne humein maqsad ke saath banaya, jo humein poori tarah jaanta hai aur humari parwah karta hai. Baaki sab kuch isi par tikta hai. Isi liye hum madad ke liye sirf usi ke paas jaate hain, aur isi liye humein kisi aur se ya kisi aur cheez se darne ki zaroorat nahi.
Phir farishte: Allah ke woh bande jo hamein nazar nahi aate aur uska hukm bajaa late hain. Paigambaron tak uska paigham bhi unhi ke zariye pahuncha. Unpar imaan humein yaad dilata hai ke na dikhne wali duniya bhi sachchi hai, aur jis paigham par hum chalte hain woh ek bharose ke raaste se hum tak pahuncha hai. Hamari kahani ka woh mehmaan bhi unhi mein se tha.
Phir uski kitabein. Allah ne humein andhere mein nahi chhoda ke hum khud andaaza lagate rahein ke kaise jeena hai. Usne apne paigambaron ke zariye hidayat (rehnumai) bheji, aur un kitabon mein sabse aakhri kitab, Qur'an, aaj bhi humare paas hai. Yeh bilkul aise hai jaise banane wale ka khat ho, jo humein woh sab batata hai jo humein sabse zyada jaanna zaroori hai.
Phir uske rasool (paigambar). Hidayat ke saath zinda misalein bhi aayein: aise sachche insaan jinhon ne mushkilein, ghar ki zimmedariyan aur judaai dekhi, phir bhi usi hidayat par jiye. Isse pata chalta hai ke is par chala ja sakta hai, aur yeh hum jaise logon ke liye hi hai.
Phir aakhirat ka din. Yeh zindagi kahani ka aakhri hissa nahi hai. Ek din sab kuch theek kar diya jayega. Jin par zulm hua unhein insaaf milega, aur hum mein se har ek ko apne kiye ka jawab dena hoga. Isse humare faislon mein wazan aa jata hai, aur jinke saath kabhi na-insaafi hui ho unke liye yeh badi tasalli hai.
Aur aakhir mein taqdeer. Koi bhi cheez Allah ke ilm aur hikmat se bahar nahi hoti. Iska matlab yeh nahi ke hum haath par haath dhar kar baith jayein. Hum phir bhi plan banate hain, poori mehnat karte hain, aur apne faislon ki zimmedari uthate hain. Taqdeer humein ek achha balance deti hai. Jab koi takleef aati hai to hum khud ko yaad dila sakte hain ke yeh Allah ki hikmat ke andar hai, aur "kaash aisa hota" ke pachhtawe mein toot nahi jate. Jab kuch achha hota hai to ghamand nahi karte, kyunke jaante hain ke yeh Allah ki taraf se ek tohfa hai.
Qur'an bhi yahi sachchaiyan batata hai. Ek aayat kehti hai ke Rasool aur saare imaan wale Allah par, uske farishton par, uski kitabon par aur uske rasoolon par imaan laaye. Ek aur aayat kehti hai ke asli nekki Allah, aakhirat ke din, farishton, kitab aur nabiyon par imaan se shuru hoti hai, aur phir logon ke saath humare bartaav mein nazar aati hai.2 Taqdeer ki baat wahan milti hai jahan Allah farmata hai ke usne har cheez ek andaaze ke saath paida ki.3 Is mulaqat ka ek aur bayan bhi aapko mil sakta hai jismein Allah se milne aur dobara zinda hone ka zikr hai.4 Yeh dono baatein aakhirat ke din ki hi hain, yaani wahi sachchai thode alag alfaaz mein.
Jo Cheez Dikhti Nahi, Us Par Yaqeen
Gaur kijiye, yeh chheh ki chheh cheezein ankhon se nazar nahi aatein. Humne na Allah ko dekha hai, na farishton ko, na aakhirat ke din ko. Isi liye Qur'an shuru mein hi hidayat paane walon ki pehchan yeh batata hai ke woh ghaib (na dikhne wali cheezon) par imaan rakhte hain.5
Yeh andha yaqeen nahi hai. Hum hawa ko kabhi nahi dekhte, bas yeh dekhte hain ke woh kya hilati hai. Hum zameen ki kashish (gravity) ko bhi nahi dekhte, bas uska asar dekhte hain. Allah ne duniya ko nishaniyon se bhar diya hai: kainaat ka nizaam, hamare apne zameer ki awaaz, aur woh wahi jo usne bheji. Imaan yeh hai ke hum in nishaniyon ko apne dil ko bharose tak le jaane dein. Roz ki zindagi mein bhi hum bina dekhe bahut kuch par bharosa karte hain, jaise jab hum kisi pilot, kisi naqshe ya doctor ki report par khud jaanch kiye bina bharosa kar lete hain.
Imaan, Islam Aur Ihsaan
Mehmaan ne teen cheezon ke baare mein poocha tha, aur woh aapas mein judi hui hain. Islam woh hai jo hum karte hain: gawahi dena ke Allah ke siwa koi ibadat ke laayak nahi aur Muhammad ﷺ uske Rasool hain, namaz padhna, zakat dena, Ramadan ke roze rakhna, aur Hajj karna.6 Imaan woh hai jo hum dil mein maante aur rakhte hain. Ihsaan yeh hai ke yeh sab kuch hum poore ehsaas ke saath karein, Allah ki ibadat aise karein jaise aap use dekh rahe hon, aur agar aap use nahi dekh sakte, to yeh jaan kar ke woh aapko dekh raha hai.1
Ise samajhne ke liye ek baagh ka khayal kijiye. Imaan jadein (roots) hain, Islam woh hissa hai jo zameen ke upar sabko nazar aata hai, aur Ihsaan woh mohabbat aur dekhbhaal hai jo hum baagh ko dete hain. Jis paude ki jad na ho woh kuch der hara dikh sakta hai, lekin tikta nahi, aur jo jadein kabhi kuch ugati hi na hon unse baagh khaali rehta hai. Isi liye jo dil maanta hai woh khud ba khud namaz padhna chahta hai, aur isi liye namaz tab bilkul alag lagti hai jab dil sach mein usmein haazir ho.
Yeh Dil Mein Rehta Hai, Aur Nazar Bhi Aata Hai
Nabi ﷺ ne sikhaya ke Allah humari shaklon aur daulat ko nahi dekhta, balki humare dilon aur amal ko dekhta hai.7 Is mein tasalli hai, kyunke Allah woh dekhta hai jo koi aur nahi dekh sakta, yaani aapke dil mein chhupi mohabbat aur sachchi koshish. Is mein hausla bhi hai, kyunke woh yeh bhi dekhta hai ke hum us dil ke saath kya karte hain. Qur'an sachche imaan walon ko aise bayan karta hai: woh jo Allah aur uske Rasool par imaan laaye, phir shak mein nahi pade, aur Allah ki raah mein apni poori koshish lagayi.8 Aise imaan ki taraf hum qadam ba qadam badh rahe hain. Yeh nahi ke pehle hi din se aapse umeed ki jaaye ke yeh poora aapke paas ho.
Hum mein se kisi ka dil mukammal nahi hai. Imaan koi inaam nahi jo aap ek baar jeet kar shelf par rakh dein. Yeh upar neeche hota rehta hai, aur aane wale pages mein hum is par narmi aur aasaan andaaz mein baat karenge. Agar kabhi dil mein koi shak aaye to iska matlab yeh nahi ke aapka imaan khatam ho gaya, aur hum ise aage ke ek page mein pyaar se dekhenge. Agar aapko lagta hai ke aapka imaan aapki chahat se kam hai, to aap akele nahi hain, bahut logon ka yehi haal hai, aur yeh silsila (series) aapke liye hi hai.
Bilkul Beech Mein
Beech mein yaqeen hai: dil se, sirf zubaan se nahi, yeh jaanna ke Allah ke siwa koi ibadat ke laayak nahi. Jo shakhs isi yaqeen ke saath duniya se jaye, Nabi ﷺ ne use ek shandaar khushkhabri di.9 Baat sirf ek jumla dohrane ki nahi hai. Baat hai use jaan-ne ki, jitna ho sake us par jeene ki, aur umar bhar use thaame rakhne ki. Baaki sab kuch yahin se ugta hai.
Sab ko ek saath jod kar dekhein: Imaan woh dil hai jo yaqeen se bhara ho, bharosa karta ho, aur chalne ko tayyar ho. Nabi ﷺ ne chheh cheezon par imaan batayi: Allah, farishte, kitabein, rasool, aakhirat ka din aur taqdeer. Yeh sab woh cheezein hain jo humein nazar nahi aatein, lekin jin par bharosa karne ki humare paas achhi wajah hai. Islam bahar ka amal hai, Ihsaan yeh jaan-na hai ke Allah humein dekh raha hai, aur Imaan woh jad hai jo sab kuch thaame rakhti hai.
Aage: Imaan kyun zaroori hai.
References: 1 Sahih Muslim 8 (also in Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2610), 2 Qur'an 2:177, 2:285 and 4:136, 3 Qur'an 54:49, 4 Sahih al-Bukhari 50, 5 Qur'an 2:3, 6 Sahih al-Bukhari 8 and Sahih Muslim 16, 7 Sahih Muslim 2564, 8 Qur'an 49:15, 9 Sahih Muslim 26.
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