Tauheed-Allah Is Our Lord
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Allah is our lord-The Most Concise Definition of God
“Say: He is Allah, The One and Only. “Allah, the Eternal, Absolute.”He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him.” [112/1-4]
The word ‘As samad’ means ‘absolute existence’(all other existence being temporal or conditional) It also means that Allah (swt) is not dependent on any person or thing, but all persons and things are dependent on Him.
Surah Ikhlas – the touchstone of theology:
Theology means study of God and to Muslims this four line definition of Almighty God serves as the touchstone of the study of God. Any candidate to divinity must be subjected to this ‘acid test’.
The first criterion is “Say, He is Allah, one and only”
The second criterion is, ‘Allah is absolute and eternal’
The third criterion is ‘He begets not, nor is He begotten’”There is none like unto Him”.
“No vision can grasp Him But His grasp is over All vision: He isAbove all comprehension, Yet is acquainted with all things.” [6/103]
The Muslims prefer calling the Supreme Creator, Allah, instead of by the English word ‘God’. The Arabic word, ‘Allah’, is pure and unique, unlike the English word ‘God’, which can be played around with.If you add ‘s’ to the word God, it becomes ‘Gods’, that is the plural of God. Allah is one and singular, there is no plural of Allah. If you add ‘dess’ to the word God, it becomes ‘Goddess’ that is a female God. There is nothing like male Allah or female Allah. Allah has no gender. If you add the word ‘father’ to ‘God’ it becomes ‘God-father’. God-father means someone who is a guardian. There is no word like ‘Allah-Abba’ or ‘Allah-father’. If you add the word ‘mother’ to ‘God’, it becomes ‘God-mother’. There is nothing like ‘Allah-Ammi’, or ‘Allah-mother’ in Islam.
Allah is a pure and unique word, which does not conjure up any mental picture nor can it be played around with.
Therefore the Muslims prefer using the Arabic word ‘Allah’ for the Almighty. Sometimes, however, while speaking to the non-Muslims we may have to use the inappropriate word God, for Allah.
God does not become a human being.
God does not take human form.
If God only takes a human form but does not become a human being, He should not possess any human qualities. We know that all the ‘God-men’, have human qualities and failings. They have all the human needs such as the need to eat, sleep, etc.
“There is nothing whatever like unto Him.” [42/11]
God does not perform ungodly acts.
God is the source of justice, mercy and truth.
God can never be thought of as doing an ungodly act. Hence we cannot imagine God telling a lie, being unjust, making a mistake, forgetting things, or having any such human failings.
“Allah is never unjust In the least degree.” [4/40]
God does not make mistakes:“…my Lord never errs.” [ 20/52]
God does not forget : “…my Lord never errs, nor forgets.” [Al-Qur’an 20/52]
God only performs Godly acts: The Islamic concept of God is that God has power over all things. (2/106; 2/109; 2/284; 3/29; 16/77; and 35/1):”For verily Allah has power over all things”
“Allah is the doer of all that He intends.” [ 85/16]
PHILOSOPHY OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM(God becoming a human)
Many religions at some point believe, directly or indirectly, in the philosophy of anthropomorphism i.e. God becoming a human. Their contention is that Almighty God is so pure and holy that He is unaware of the hardships, shortcomings and feelings of human beings. In order to set the rules for human beings, He came down to earth as a human.
The Creator prepares the instruction manual
We write an instruction manual that lists the various do’s and don’ts for the machine.
Holy Qur’an is the instruction manual for the human being:Similarly, our Lord and Creator Allah (swt) need not take human form to know what is good or bad for the human being.
Allah chooses Messengers:
Allah (swt) need not come down personally for giving the instruction manual. He chooses a man amongst men to deliver the message and communicates with him at a higher level through the medium of revelations. Such chosen men are called messengers and prophets of God
Some people are ‘blind’ and ‘deaf’:
Despite the absurdity of the philosophy of anthropomorphism, followers of many religions believe in and preach it to others.
“Deaf, dumb, and blind,They will not return (to the path).” [ 2/18]
You see insan/body but arsh/ruh is walking because ruh is from Allah’s command/amr.
Amal/deed and haal/state of heart both are exposed to celestial world .
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I
recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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