In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful…

Al-hamdulillaah, Muslims all over the world are studying the weekly classes broadcast online by al-Masjid al-Awwal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, based on the workbook, WAASITIYYAH: The Classic Text on Basic Muslim Creed. May Allah bless all of the students and all their efforts. Through this global network of study and the feedback provided so far over the past year or so, we have collected the following errors, which have been corrected in our recent 3rd printing of the book. If you have an earlier printing, you should make notes in your copy of the book about the following mistakes:

p.46, line 4
INCORRECT: “…justice. [4:164] “And Allah spoke…” 
CORRECT: “…justice. [6:115] “And Allah spoke…”

p.49, line 1
INCORRECT: “…blessed. [7:155] “Had we…” 
CORRECT: “…blessed. [6:155] “Had we…”

p.49, line 9
INCORRECT: “…tongue. [16:101-13]“
CORRECT: “…tongue. [16:101-103]“

p.53, last two lines
INCORRECT: “…upon them… knowing that their relief…”
CORRECT: “…upon you… knowing that your relief…”

p.54, line 1 (Arabic)
INCORRECT: “لا يزال جهنم“ 
CORRECT: “لا تزال جهنم” 

p.71, line 6 (Arabic)
INCORRECT: “فَيَصُيحُ صَيْحَةً” 
CORRECT: “فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً” 

p.71, line 7 (Arabic)
INCORRECT: “وَلَوْ سَمِعَهَا الإِنْسَانُ لَصُعِقَ“ 
CORRECT: “وَلَوْ سَمِعَهَا الإِنْسَانُ لَصَعِقَ“

p.76, line 5 (Arabic)
INCORRECT: “فَإِنَّ الجِسْرَ عَلَيْهِ كَلَالِيبَ“ 
CORRECT: “فَإِنَّ الجِسْرَ عَلَيْهِ كَلَالِيبُ“

p.80, line 2 (Arabic)
INCORRECT: “مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةِ“ 
CORRECT: “مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ“ 

p.98, line 1 (Arabic)
INCORRECT: “وَيَتَوَلُّونَهُمْ، وَيَحْفَظُونَ فِيهِمْ“ 
CORRECT: “وَيَتَوَلَّونَهُمْ، وَيَحْفَظُونَ فِيهِمْ“

p.116, line 3
Before the third line, Point #30 of the text is missing here. It is: 

“Do not make comparisons with Allah! Verily, Allah knows [all things], and you do not know.” [16:74]

“Say: My Lord has only forbidden obscenities, whether committed openly or in secret, sins, transgressions without right, that you commit polytheism in your worship of Allah, worshipping things He sent down no authority for, and that you speak on behalf of Allah with what you have no knowledge of.” [7:33]

p.118, 4th paragraph from the bottom
INCORRECT: “…upon them… knowing that their relief…”
CORRECT: “…upon you… knowing that your relief…”

p.136, 4th line from the bottom
INCORRECT: “وَيَتَوَلُّونَهُمْ، وَيَحْفَظُونَ فِيهِمْ“ 
CORRECT: “وَيَتَوَلَّونَهُمْ، وَيَحْفَظُونَ فِيهِمْ“

p.139, line 2-3
INCORRECT: “مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةِ“ 
CORRECT: “مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ“ 

p.140, line 8
INCORRECT: “فَإِنَّ الجِسْرَ عَلَيْهِ كَلَالِيبَ“ 
CORRECT: “فَإِنَّ الجِسْرَ عَلَيْهِ كَلَالِيبُ“

p.141, line 10
INCORRECT: “فَيَصُيحُ صَيْحَةً” 
CORRECT: “فَيَصِيحُ صَيْحَةً” 

p.141, line 11
INCORRECT: “وَلَوْ سَمِعَهَا الإِنْسَانُ لَصُعِقَ“ 
CORRECT: “وَلَوْ سَمِعَهَا الإِنْسَانُ لَصَعِقَ“

p.145, 6th line from the bottom
INCORRECT: “لا يزال جهنم“ 
CORRECT: “لا تزال جهنم” 

None of our efforts are free from error, and it is expected that more errors will be reported, in shaa’ Allah. Please report any mistakes that you find here as a reply to this article. May Allah reward those who notify us of our errors!

Check back with this post; we will update it as needed, in shaa’ Allah.

Written by: Moosaa Richardson (1442.07.08)