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Who is God ?
Who is God ?
Etymology of the Word
The
term "Allah" the Almighty is originally an Arabic word, which was used
by the pre-Islamic Arabs. They believed in Allah, the Almighty, the
supreme God and the one and only God. Some of them worshiped other gods
besides Him, while others were polytheists worshiping idols.
Allah's Existence and Attributes
Proper
scientific reasoning can be agreed upon as the only way to reach the
truth of Allah's existence and attributes by all people (including the
believers and the atheists). Since every one agrees that every action
has a doer and every thing happens for a reason, nothing can be an
exception to that rule; nothing comes out of nowhere and nothing
happens for no reason. Examples of that are countless and evident. The
entire universe including the living or the inanimate, the static and
the mobile have been created from nothing. Common sense and science
confirm that if there was some one who had created the universe whether
His name is Allah, the Creator, or the Originator, it would not change
the fact that the whole universe gives enough evidence to the existence
of the Creator.
Studying
and following up the Creator's work and products (creatures) is the way
to get to know His attributes. For instance, a book signifies the
knowledge, experience, culture, style, mentality and the ability to
achievement and analysis of its writer. The manufactures give a vivid
image and a comprehensive idea of its manufacturer's attributes. If
people used this scientific reasoning in their approach to the universe
and its creatures, they would be able to see the attributes of the
Creator, the beauty of seas, the balance of the universe and the system
of its movement, all the knowledge man has reached, nature, the
accuracy of cells and the wise reasons behind its details made by the
Creator. All of them demonstrate the Creator's greatness, knowledge and
wisdom.
Whether
people agreed or not upon the wise reasons behind the existence of the
universe or the pains and hardships in life, that would not change the
result, concluded by the scientific reasoning which confirms the
existence of the Great Creator, the Almighty, the All-Knowing and the
Wise who believers agree to call Allah, the Almighty
Who isGod ? Soliman Ashkar
Does God have limitations?
Where Did God Come From?
Both
the Bible and the Quran tell us God has always existed and there never
was a time He did not exit. As such, He is the Eternal, without
beginning and without end. He is the only creator and sustainer of all
that exists and nothing and no one exists alongside Him, nor does He
have any partners. He tells us, He is not created, nor is He like His
creation in anyway. He calls Himself by a number of names and three of
them are:
The First - (Al-Awal)
The Last - (Al Akhir)
The Eternal and the One who is sought after by His creation, while He has no need from them at all. (As-Samad)
He is not a man and He has no progeny or offspring.
He is not what He creates nor is He compared to it.
He always has existed and He never was created, as He is not like His creation, nor similar to it, in any way.
The
prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) explained the devil would come to
a person and ask them questions about creation; "Who created this or
that?" to which the reply would be; "Allah" until he would ask; "Who
created Allah?" At this stage the prophet advised us to drop this train
of thought. Obviously, God - the real God, must be eternal and not have
to be created.
The Quran tells us:
Allah!
La ilaha illa Huwa (There is no god to worship except Him), the Ever
Living, the Sustainer and Protector of all that exists. He doesn't get
tired and He doesn't sleep. Everything in the universe belongs to Him.
Who then, could intercede between Him and his creatures without His
Permission? He Knows everything about them and they have no knowledge
except as He wills. His kursi (stool or chair) extends over the entire
universe and He doesn't get tired of guarding and preserving it. He is
Most High, the Most Great.
[This Verse is called Ayat-ul-Kursi.] [Noble Quran 2:255]
This
verse truly presents the comprehensive representation of God in a way
without trying to define Him by comparing Him to His creation, but
rather as being the Absolute in all of His Attributes and
Characteristics.
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Does Godhave limitations? Yousef Estes
Does God know future?
Does
God know everything that is going to happen? - Does He have absolute
control on the outcome of everything? - If so, how is that fair for us?
Where is our free will then?
Allah
knows everything that will happen. The first thing that He created was
the "pen" and He ordered the pen to write. The pen wrote until it had
written everything that would happen. And then Allah began to create
the universe. All of this was already known to Him before He created
it. He does have absolute and total control at all times. There is
nothing that happens except that He is in total control of it at all
times.
..Allah accepts the repentance of whom He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
[Noble Quran 9:15]
..Truly He! Only He, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
[Noble Quran 12:100]
And
Allah only, has Free Will, He Wills whatever He likes and it will
always happen as He wills. We have something called, "Free choice." The
difference is that what Allah "Wills" always happens and what we choose
may or may not happen. We are not being judged on the outcome of
things, we are being judged on our choices. This means that at the core
of everything will always be our intentions. Whatever we intended, is
what we will have the reward for. Each person will be judged according
to what Allah gave them to work with, how they used it and what they
intended to do with it.
As
regards the actual "Judgment Day" - Allah tells us that everything we
are doing is being recorded and not a single tiny thing escapes from
this record. Even an atom's weight of good will be seen on the Day of
Judgment and even a single atom's weight of evil will be seen too.
On That Day (of judgment) mankind will proceed in scattered groups and they will be shown their deeds.
So whoever does good equal to the weight of an atom, shall see it.
And whoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom, shall see it.
[Noble Quran 99:6-8]
The
one who will bring the evidences against us will be ourselves. Our
ears, tongue, eyes and all of our bodies will begin to testify against
us in front of Allah on the Day of Judgment. None will be oppressed on
that Day, none will be falsely accused.
He
could have put everyone in their respective places from the very
beginning, but the people would complain as to why they were thrown in
Hell without being given a chance. This life is exactly that; a chance
to prove to ourselves who we really are and what we would really do if
we indeed had a free choice.
Allah Knows everything that will happen, but we don't. That is why the test is fair.
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Does Godknow future? Yousef Estes
Who is Allah? The way to know Allah
Introduction:
There
are various ways through which man can familiarize himself with the
surroundings, beings, natural and unnatural phenomena. Each one of
these has certain way to realize it.
For
example, when one wants to acquaint himself with a person he does not
know, one may get closer to that person, show love and respect. There
is even a formula of respect and reverence used by different languages
to show respect in addressing people or one can introduce himself to
that person either directly or indirectly and so on and so forth.
However, the best way to know someone is to listen to him talking and
it is the perfect method when it comes to knowing Allah.
· Who is Allah?
Allah the Almighty Himself answers this question in His saying,
Allah
- there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all]
existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs
whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that
can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is
[presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass
not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi
extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires
Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. [Al-Baqarah: 255]
Allah Almighty introduces Himself in the above mentioned verse as follows:
- Allah - there is no deity except Him (Allahu la IIah Ila Howa): Allah informs us that He is the One true god who deserves to be worshiped by all His creatures.
- Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence (Al-Hay Al-Qayum):
Allah is the Ever-Living, He is eternal while all his creatures are
mortal. He is the Sustainer of all that exist who are in need of His
help and support.
- Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep (La ta'khuzhu sinatun wa la naoum):
it means that Allah is above imperfection, inattention or distraction.
He is the Ever-watchful over everything and everyone and nothing can
escape His knowledge. Allah is Perfect and Eternal He is never
overtaken by drowsiness which is light sleep or even sleep.
- To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth (Lahu ma fi as-samawati wa ma fi al-ard): it informs that all beings are His servants and all of them are under His Might and Dominance.
-Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?(man tha allathi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi ithnih): this verse shows Allah's greatness, Majesty and Gloriousness where none can intercede with Him without His permission.
-He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them (Ya'lam ma bayn aydihim wa ma khalfahum): it shows that Allah's knowledge encompasses everything.
-and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills (wa la yuhitun bi shay'in min ilmihi illa bima sha'): it means that none can know anything except for that which Allah the Almighty taught and revealed to him.
-His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth (wa si'a kursiuhu as-samawt wa al-ard): it means that His dominance and throne encompasses everything.
- and their preservation tires Him not
(wa la ya'uduhu hifzuhuma): it means that nothing in the heavens or
earth or in between can over burden or bother Allah Who protects them
all. Rather, it is so easy for Him since He is the Sustainer for all,
the ever-Watchful, nothing in the world that exist escapes His
knowledge, all things stand in humiliation and need before Him and He
is Free of need, the Praiseworthy, He des what He wills and He is not
questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned. He is the
Omnipotent, The Suffienct, ever-Watchful, The Exalted, the Greatest and
there is no god deserves worship except Him.
- And He is the Most High, the Most Great (wa howa al-'Ali al-'Azeem): Allah is High above everything He is the Greatest.
This
is the first thing we can introduce to our readers who wants to know
Allah. We do not need to bring you evidence on His existence, praise
Him in poems or anything about Him since Allah Almighty and the
Greatest introduced Himself in His noble verse.
This
verse is named "the verse of the Throne "Ayat al-Kursi" is the greatest
verse of the noble Qur'an. One should ponder it, listen to Allah
talking about Himself and try to go deeper in knowing Him.
Searching for the truth_ Do not be upset!!
There
are many people who couldn't know Allah easily since the way towards
knowing Him is not that easy. The Messenger of Allah (peace and
blessings be upon him): "the way to paradise is surrounded by
hardships."
Here, we will derive the example of a young Magus man who was responsible for sitting and keeping fire on for his Magus people.
The
young man went out one day and met a group of Christians worshiping
Allah in one of their monasteries. He wondered and had a feeling that
they were right while he was not. Thereupon, he converted to their
religion and was curious to know its source. Upon knowing that the
people of this religion originally reside in Syria, he ceased the
opportunity, left his homeland and went searching for them therein. He
willingly worked as a servant to one of their priests and found him
insincere; thereupon, he left him after his death. Then, he joined
another priest who was on the right path and the young man followed his
advice. After the death of that priest, the young man joined a third
one who played a significant role in his life.
The
later advised the young man to follow the Prophet who will appear at
that time, but in a different land and will be sent for different
people. The young man went on his way searching for that Prophet,
religion and god. He sold all his property to a group of traveling
people in return for taking him to that land. They captured and
enslaved him. It didn't take him long and finally he met Prophet
Muhammad (pace and blessings be upon him) and he recognized him. The
young man knew Allah.
This
young man was Suleiman al-Farisi, the true searcher for truth, who
crossed the desert from east to west searching for Allah, His Lord and
he was a dutiful servant.
Dear honorable reader,
If
you have not known Allah yet, follow the footsteps of Suleiman, try to
search and do your best to know Him. It is really a great pleasure upon
truly reaching and knowing Allah.
Knowing Allah through His creations
]Knowing Allah through His creations
The
best thing through which one can know Allah is through His creations
that He perfectly brought to existence and all the bounties He bestowed
upon mankind—believing and unbelieving.
The
noble Qur'an is the most evident witness on the greatness and will of
Allah since it includes the news of all creations and unveils the facts
that humans ignore.
Here,
we will point out some of the miracles mentioned in the noble Qur'an
that strongly prove the existence of Allah and His eternal encompassing
knowledge:
- Scientists
had many trials to discover the real components of iron since they
discovered that the energy relating its molecules equals four times of
that which exists in our solar system. Scientists wondered upon knowing
this fact; however, scholars of Islam were familiar with it since they
studied the saying of Allah:
And
We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the
people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and
His messengers unseen. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might. [Al-Hadeed: 25].
Thereupon,
they knew through the word "we sent down" that iron was not among the
minerals found on earth, rather it was sent down from heaven. The mineralogists in the modern time asserted that iron does not have the same properties of other minerals exist on earth.
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Exploring the deep seas, marine geologists discovered that all the
details pertaining to the descriptions of the seas are stated in the
Qur'anic verse in which Allah Almighty says:
Or
[they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered
by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses,
some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can
hardly see it. And he to whom Allah has not granted light - for him
there is no light. [Al-Noor: 40].
Professor
Shridar, one of the greatest marine geologists in West Germany
commented on the above verse saying: this is a fact which has been
proved through building dozens of arsenals and taking pictures through
satellites. These words can never be of humans.
Professor
Dorgaro, a marine geologist, explained the scientific authenticity of
the above verse saying: "man in the past could not dive more than 20
meters beneath the sea without the help of equipments. However, in the
present, we use modern equipments to dive 200 meters beneath the deep
sea where we find great darkness as it was perfectly described in the
noble verse "unfathomable sea". Marine researches explained the meaning
of the saying of Allah "darknesses, some of them upon others"; it is
known that the rainbow colors are seven, including red, yellow, blue,
green, orange…etc. when we go deeper towards the bottom of the sea,
each of these colors disappear gradually and each leaves darkness. The
red disappears, then the orange, yellow and finally blue at 200 meters
deep. Each of these colors disappears leaving darkness until it reaches
its highest degree at the depth of 200 meters. As for the saying of
Allah "waves, upon which are waves", it was scientifically proved that
the bottom and top of the seas are separated by numerous waves which
are placed above each other. This is as if the bottom of the sea is
bordered by waves which are invisible to us while that on its top are
visible, so they are like waves upon waves as stated in the verse. That
is why Professor Dorgaro asserted that these verses can never be of
humans."
This is Allah!!
If you still do not know Him,
- Ponder over His signs and creations;
- Think of the heavens and how they are erected;
- How He stretched the earth beneath your feet;
- Think who controls your breath in ever inhale and exhale.
- He is Allah the One and the Ever-Sustainer.
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[1][1]Excerpted from an article by Sheikh Mohamed Mutwali al-Sha'rawi titled "the material signs on the existence of Allah".
What do Muslims believe about Allah
Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The name
Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (peace be upon him), as
many Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.
What do Muslims believe about Allah?
1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.
These are some of the basic guidelines Muslims follow in their knowledge of God:
1.
Eliminate any anthropomorphism (human qualities) from their conception
of Allah. His attributes are not like human attributes, despite similar
labels or appellations.
2. Have unwavering faith in exactly what Allah and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) described Allah to be, no more, no less.
3. Eradicate any hope or desire of learning or knowing the modality of His names and attributes.
4. Believe totally in all the names and attributes of Allah; one cannot believe in some and disbelieve the others.
5.
One cannot accept the names of Allah without their associated
attributes, i.e. one cannot say He is Al-Hayy - 'The Living' and then
say that He is without life.
6.
Similarity in names (or meanings) does not imply similarity in what is
being described (referents). As a robotics arm differs from a human
arm, so the "hand" of Allah is nothing like a human hand, His speech is
nothing like human speech, etc.
7.
Certain words are ambiguous or vague in their meanings, and thus may be
susceptible to misinterpretation. Only those meanings that are in
accordance with what is specified by Allah and His Prophet (peace be
upon him) are acceptable.
Allah- God
Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God).
The name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.
What do Muslims believe about Allah?
1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts 
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