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Who is God ?  Empty2011-08-25, 11:08
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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.


-----------------

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.


----------------

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.


-
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.




--------------------------------------------------------------------

[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.







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