[^1] Just as the adhan and iqamah begin with the Name of...

[^1] Just as the adhan and iqamah begin with the Name of Allah and end with His Name, the recommendation to recite them in the ears of the newborn[^2] and to direct the dying person to the words of Divine Unity indicate that human life begins and ends in the Name of Allah. The repetition of ‘There is no god but Allah’ at the end of adhan and iqamah , after having said them twice earlier, reveals the role of this pure word in the intellectual and practical development of mankind.

This sentence has other verbal and conceptual specifications: All the Arabic letters in this sentence [ la ilaha illa Allah ] are the exact letters used in the word Allah. It is a hidden remembrance which showing off cannot reach, for it is possible for the human being to remember Allah with it and not show anyone. It contains both negation and assertion, firm faith in the two results in negating the falsehood and asserting the truth in beliefs, ethics and actions.

Thus, the meaning of this holy tradition [ hadith al-qudsi ] in the report of the Chain of Gold narration [ silsilat al-dhahab ] becomes clear: ‘There is no god but Allah’ is My fort. Whoever enters My fort is saved from My wrath. [^3] The depth of the speech of the Noble Messenger reveals: All Say **: There is no god but Allah and you shall all have salvation.**[^4] With this negation and assertion, the spirit forms a connection with the light of the heavens and the earth.

It moulds to the ethics of Allah, the Exalted. Likewise, the declaration of the Messengership of the Prophet (S) renews the covenant with him and with what he was sent with. The declaration is not valuable if it is not with sensory perception in perceptible things, nor is it reliable if it is not with intellectual certainty in rational things. The bearer of the witness of Divine Unity and the Messengership in adhan and iqamah perceives with his heart the essence of Unity and the Messengership.

Then he proceeds to salvation by saying ‘hasten to salvation’ and to the best of the deeds by saying ‘hasten to the best deed.’ The beginning and the end in the adhan and iqamah is Allah. The middle of the two is the Right Path, which Allah sent His Messenger with. The servant prepares for the ascension to Allah with pure words that rise to Him and good deeds that Allah elevates.