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THAT THE ONLY GOD IS ALLAH
« on: August 30, 2009, 07:27:23 PM »
Allah said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you.'

O Allaah, make faith dear to us and make kufr (disbelief), evildoing and sin hateful to us, and make us of those who are rightly-guided.

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Those who worship the natural elements enter darkness (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). Those who worship sambhuti sink deeper in darkness. [Yajurveda 40:9]; Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.

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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 02:34:33 PM »
Shibli,

What is the difference between the Creator and us?

-Yousuf
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THAT THE ONLY GOD IS ALLAH
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 02:08:17 PM »
THAT THE ONLY GOD IS ALLAH…

He is Allah. There is no god but Him. Praise be to Him in the world and the hereafter. Judgement belongs to Him. You will be returned to Him. (Surat al-Qasas:70)

Never Forget That...

- Our sole purpose in life is to serve Allah,

- Allah encompasses everything from East to West,

- Allah exercises absolute control over natural events and He directs their whole affairs,

- Allah holds all people under His control, including our mothers, fathers, classmates and colleagues,

- Allah is the true protector and defender of man,

- Allah will always win in the end,

- It is only Allah Who can relieve us of all the forms of difficulties we encounter,

- Allah knows the hidden truth of an event, the details pertaining to it, and any other unknown aspects about it,

- Allah knows the details of the deeds one has done throughout one's lifetime,

- Allah possesses the power to do anything He wishes,

- Allah knows all the subtle details pertaining to all matters, that He benefits His servants who fear Him,

- Allah protects those who take refuge in Him and gives them relief,

- Allah desires to make things easier for us,

- Everything that happens to us occurs under His control,


- It is Allah Who grants us all our blessings,

- Allah is the possessor of any property (yachts, houses, cars, furniture, clothes, jewelry etc…) and the actual owner of all money is Allah,

- Allah provides the provision of all living things,

- Allah will expand the blessings for whom He wills,

- We must engage in all deeds only to earn His good pleasure,

- Allah will reward most abundantly those deeds done to earn His good pleasure,

- Allah has taught us everything we know,

- Allah is the One Who has rightly guided us and willed for us to become believers,

- Allah is exalted above any sort of fallibility particular to human beings is in no means in need of anything,

- Every living being on earth is in need of Him,

- Allah is infinitely conscientious,

- Allah knows everything, whether we keep to ourselves or divulge it,

- Allah certainly helps those who help His religion,

- Allah sees us no matter where we are or what we are doing,

- Allah is infinitely just and does not wrong anyone by so much as the smallest speck,

- Allah does not harm mankind in any way,


- Allah is the Originator of the heavens and earth, and when He decides on something, He merely says "Be!" and it is,

- Allah knows everything beyond our knowledge,

- No one can change what Allah wills for him and no one can prevent something from happening, be it good or bad, if Allah wills for him,

- To look at and reflect upon the Signs Allah shows you within yourself and outside of you,

- Everything in the earth and in the heavens glorifies His praises,

- Only Allah deserves to be glorified,

- Allah never forgets anything,- Allah is always alive, that He never sleeps, nor is in need of sleep,

- Allah heals the hearts of those who believe in His support,

- Allah supports believers at every moment,

- Allah forgives and accepts repentance from His servants,

- Allah does not punish wrongdoers immediately, and that he grants time so that people can repent and ask for forgiveness,

- Allah is Ever-Gentle with His servants,

- Allah wishes His faithful servants to attain Paradise,

- Allah will reward those who show patience,

- Allah is the One Who gives us our soul and gives health,

- Allah heals us when we are sick,

- Allah warns us constantly to help us attain true faith and reminds us through various ways,

- Allah has given us love of faith and has made disbelief, deviance and disobedience hateful to us,

- Allah will bring forward a people whom He loves and who love Him to replace those who renounce the religion,

- Allah erases bad actions from true believers,

- Allah gives the power of discernment to judge between right and wrong to those who have fear of Allah,

-Allah is closer to us than anyone or anything,

-We need to pray to Allah that He keep us as His friend till eternity.
Those who worship the natural elements enter darkness (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). Those who worship sambhuti sink deeper in darkness. [Yajurveda 40:9]; Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.

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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2009, 02:19:12 PM »
"A little knowledge of science makes man an atheist, but an in-depth study of science makes him a believer in God." Francis Bacon
Those who worship the natural elements enter darkness (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). Those who worship sambhuti sink deeper in darkness. [Yajurveda 40:9]; Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.

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WHO IS ALLAH?
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2009, 03:23:13 PM »
1. How can you describe Allah? 

Numerous verses of the Holy Qura'n point out to Allah's existence. Consider the argument of Ibrahim (Abraham, as) who said: "My Lord is the One Who brings life and Who causes death" (Qura'n, 2:258), and the argument of Moses who said, "[He is] your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old" (Qura'n, 26:26). Also consider these verses: 
Our Lord is the One Who gave everything its creation, then He guided it (to its destination). (20:50)The Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He; therefore, take Him for a protector. (73:9) 

2. Can you define Him? 

The Exalted One says that He defies definition: "... nothing at all is like Him" (Qura'n, 42:11). 

3. Can one ask: "What is He?" 

Pharaoh asked Moses, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?" (Qura'n, 26:23). Moses answered by saying that He is "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old" (Qura'n, 26:26). There is no way to know Him by defining "what" He is; rather, one can get to know the proofs of His Existence, Might, Knowledge, Wisdom, Mercy and His being the Creator of everything. "Do not think about Allah," said Imam `Ali, "rather, think about what Allah has created, for thinking about Allah only increases one's bewilderment." 

4. Is He one or more? 

The Glorified One has required the Muslims to 
 
Say: He, Allah, is One. (112:1) 

And your God is One God! (2:163) 

Had there been in them any gods besides Allah, they would both have certainly been in a state of disorder. (21:22) 

5. Is He confined to any place? 

The Holy Qura'n tells us that: He is the Supreme (watching) over His worshippers. (6:61) They revere their Lord High above them. (16:50) The Beneficent God is firmly established on the throne (of authority). (20:5) 

"Above them" in 16:50 refers to the Almighty being above His servants in His Might, Power, Loftiness, not to being above them in place, space, area, elevation, or physical location; these do not apply to Him. The Messenger of Allah called upon His Lord during his ascension to heavens pleading to Him thus, "You are as You have praised Your own Self," and Prophet Younus (Jonah) son of Matti, while being in the bottom of the sea, called upon his Lord saying, "There is no god but You! Glory to You! Surely I have become one of those who commit injustice against their own souls!" (Qura'n, 21:87). The Messenger of Allah has said, "Do not exalt me over him [over Younus] in nearness to Allah just because I reached the High Throne while he was in the bottom of the sea, for the Adored One is above being confined to a space or a direction." He has also addressed Him saying, "You and he in the strata of the heavens;" the believers call upon Him saying, "You and them on earth." Had He been in a particular area or place, all these persons could not have differed from one another in His regard at any given time. He is above being confined to place or direction: "All those in the heavens and the earth glorify Allah" (Qura'n, 57:1). 

6. When did He begin to exist? 

The Praised One has said, He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent, and He has full knowledge of all things. (57:3) Everything is to perish except He. (28:88) 
 
Anyone who asks when His existence came to be implies that there was a time when He did not exist, i.e. that void preceded Him. He is not "preceded" by anyone, nor is He "succeeded" by anyone. His continuation is above being tied to time. His existence is too holy to be dependent on time; such are characteristics of things or persons who come to be then perish, or of those whose being is possible in the future, but they do not apply to Him. Another verse which similarly describes His eternity and perpetuity is this one: "Everyone on earth will perish but will abide (forever) the Face of your Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour" (Qura'n, 55:26-27), and also this: "Blessed is He in Whose hands is the dominion" (Qura'n, 67:1). "Blessed," that is, tabaraka, is derived from baraka, blessing, which connotes constancy and lack of acceptance to change. His existence is everlasting, eternal, perpetual. 

7. Over what does He rule? 

The Almighty says, "Say: O Allah! Master of authority! You give authority to whomsoever You please and take it away from whomsoever You please" (Qura'n, 3:26). He, and only He, is the King of kings; He grants others authority: "Blessed is the One in Whose hand is the kingdom" (Qura'n, 67:1). Vanities and possessions owned by others will all disappear on the Day of Judgment: "Whose will be the dominion that Day? It is Allah's, the One, the Subduer (of all)" (Qura'n, 40:16). 

8. What is [the extent of] His knowledge? 

He has said, [He is] the One Who knows the unseen and the seen. (6:73) And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures: none knows them except He. (6:59) Slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep. (2:255) And your Lord is not forgetful. (19:64) And you are not (engaged) in any affair, nor do you recite concerning it any portion of the Qura'n, nor do you do anything, except that We are witnesses over you when you enter into it. (10:61) 

9. What is His speech? 

The Most Glorified and Exalted has said, Were every tree on earth (made into) pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to add thereto, the words of Allah would not have been exhausted; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise. (31:27) Say: Were the sea (turned into) ink for the (recording of the) words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted though We were to bring the like of that (sea) to add thereto. (18:109) 

10. How is He? 

The Exalted One says, Allah's is the command before (now) and thereafter. (30:4) The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul, and the command on that Day shall be entirely Allah's. (82:19) 

11. Why is He the Praised One? 

The Almighty has said that He is "... the Apparent and the Hidden" (Qura'n, 57:3), that is, His Existence, Might and Wisdom are all evident if one observes the indications thereto, yet His reality is obscured from all intellects. 

12. What is His will? 

The answer to this verse is provided by verses such as these: And you do not please except if Allah [so] pleases. (76:30) Allah chooses whomsoever He pleases especially for His mercy, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace. (2:105) Allah grants His authority to whomsoever He pleases, and Allah cares for all, and He knows all things. (2:247) Allah sets on the right path whomsoever He pleases. (2:272) He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. (3:6) If He pleases, He may take you off and make whomsoever He pleases successors after you. (6:133) 

13. Why is He the all-Knowing, the Omnipotent? 

He has responded to those who raised such a question by saying, He cannot be questioned concerning what He does while they shall be questioned. (21:23) All things are destined in the end to the One Who has facilitated their being what they are, the One Who cannot be explained; therefore, the attempt to analyze Him, His Attributes, and His actions, is simply impossible. 

14. Does He have sons, daughters, parents, or any family members or relatives?! 

The God of Islam and of all mankind has said, "Say: He, Allah, is One. Allah is He on Whom everyone [and everything] depends. He does not beget, nor is He begotten, and none is like Him" (Qura'n, 112:1-4). 

15. Does He forgive? 

He has said, "Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful" (Qura'n, 15:49). 

16. What about His creation? 

He has said, O man! What has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious One Who created you then made you complete, then He made you symmetrical? Into whatever form He pleased did He shape you. (82:6-8) Have they not considered that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation...? (46:33) This is Allah's creation, so show Me what those besides Him have created. (31:11) 

17. Can He be seen? 

He, the Most Exalted, the Most High, has told that When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, he said: "Lord! Show (Yourself) to me so that I may look upon You." Allah said: "By no means can you see Me; but look at the mountain; if it abides in its place, then shall you see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory to the mountain, He made it like dust, and Moses fell in a swoon. When he recovered his senses, he said: "Glory to You! To You do I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe." (Qura'n, 7:143). 
 
Sunnis, however, believe, as the reader will find out in a later part of this book, that the believers will be able on the Day of Judgment to see Allah. Shi`as disagree with them as you will read later in this book, Insha-Allah. 

18. How does He command? 

He has said, His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, and it is. (36:82) When He decrees an affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is. (40:68) His creatures have always wondered about His Attributes, Praise and Glory to Him, so He provided them with the following verses wherein they can find the clear answer: And Allah's are the most Beautiful Names (Attributes), so call upon Him thereby. (7:180) Allah: there is no god but He; His are the very Best Names. (20:8) Say: Call upon Allah or upon al-Raman; whichever you call upon, He has the Great Names...(17:110). 
 
He is Allah, besides Whom there is no other god; the King, the Holy, the One Who grants peace, the One Who gives security, the Guardian over all, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Possessor of greatness; Glory to Allah from what they set up (with Him). He is Allah the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; His are the most beautiful Attributes; whatever in the heavens and the earth declares His glory, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (59:21-24) 

[1] Ibn `Abbas was one of Prophet Muhammed's cousins: he was Abdullah ibn `Abbas ibn Abd al-Muattalib, of Banu Hashim, of Quraysh. Referred to as the Islamic nation's scribe, he was a highly respected sahabi whose hadith are classified by al-Bukhari and Muslim as "sahih" accurate, authentic. He was born in Mecca, and he kept the Messenger of Allah company and narrated his traditions. He fought on the side of Imam `Ali during the Battle of the Camel (which started on Friday, Jumada I 16, 36 A.H./November 10, 656 A.H.) against `Ayesha and her supporters, and also during the Battle of Siffin (which started in Thul-Hijjah 36 A.H./May 657 A.D.). During his later years, he became blind, so he retired to 'if where he died in 68 A.H./687 A.D. In both al-Bukhari's and Muslim's Sahih books, there are 1160 hadith transmitted through Ibn `Abbas alone. 
Those who worship the natural elements enter darkness (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). Those who worship sambhuti sink deeper in darkness. [Yajurveda 40:9]; Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.