CONCEPT OF GOD IN ISLAM 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. [Al-Qur’an 112:1-4] The word ‘Assamad’ is difficult to translate. It means ‘absolute existence’, which can be attributed only to Allah (swt), 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. The Qur’an says: Allah is never unjust In the least degree. [Al-Quran 4:40] God can be unjust if He chooses to be so, but the moment God does injustice, He ceases to be God. The Islamic concept of God is that God has power over all things. The Qur’an says in several places (Al -Qur’an 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. [Al-Quran 85:16] We must keep in mind that Allah intends only Godly acts and not ungodly acts. 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. He chooses to reveal the instruction manual. The last and final instruction manual of the human beings is the Glorious Qur’an. The ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ for the human beings are mentioned in the Qur’an. 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. Despite the absurdity of the philosophy of anthropomorphism (i.e. God becoming a human), followers of many religions believe in and preach it to others. Is it not an insult to human intelligence and to the Creator who gave us this intelligence? Such people are truly ‘deaf’ and ‘blind’ despite the faculty of hearing and sight given to them by Allah. The Qur’an says: Deaf, dumb, and blind, They will not return (to the path). [Al-Quran 2:18] The Bible gives a similar message in the Gospel of Matthew: Seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. [The Bible, Matthew 13:13] A similar message is also given in the Hindu Scriptures in the Rigveda. There maybe someone who sees the words and yet indeed does not see them; may be another one who hears these words but indeed does not hear them. 1 [Rigveda 10:71:4] All these scriptures are telling their readers that though the things are made so clear yet many people divert away from the truth.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 05:19:07 +0000
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