Islam In Brief..

[proud_moslima]

The Creator

The name Allah (God) in Islam is the personal name of God. The most concise definition of God in Islam is given in four verses of Surah Al-Ikhlaas in the Holy Qur'an:

1. Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allâh, (the) One.
2. "Allâh-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks).
3. "He begetteth not not, nor is He begotten;
4. "And there is none Like unto Him. , Al Ikhlas ( Faith) 112: 1-4

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' and since the attributes of The Creator given in this chapter are unique, false gods and pretenders to divinity can be easily dismissed using these verses.
i) The first criterion is «"Say, He is Allah, one and only". »
Can there be more than one god? This verse tells us that The Creator is the only one who has total and absolute power, unique in His names and attributes.
ii) The second criterion is, «'Allah is absolute and eternal’»
The word that is translated as “The Eternal, Absolute” from Arabic is something that can be attributed only to The Creator as all the other existent beings temporal or conditional??. It also means that Allah is not dependant on any person or thing, but all persons and things are dependant on Him.
iii) The third criterion is «‘He begets not, nor is He begotten’».
This means God was not born, nor does He give birth and share his divinity with others. Nor does He have a family or relationship with another being.
(iv) The fourth test, - which is the most stringent - is, «"There is none like unto Him". »
The moment you can imagine or compare ‘God’ to anything, then he (the candidate to divinity) is not God. It is not possible to conjure up a mental picture of the One True God because of the simple fact, as creation, we only know creation.

The Muslims prefer calling the Supreme Creator, 'Allah', instead of the English word ‘God’. The Arabic word, ‘Allah’, is pure and unique, unlike the English word ‘God’, which can be played around with. For example, 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 the word ‘father’ to ‘God’ it becomes ‘God-father’. God-father means someone who is a guardian. There is no word like ‘Allah-father’. If you add the word ‘mother’ to ‘God’, it becomes ‘God-mother’. There is nothing like ‘Allah-mother’ in Islam. Allah is a 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.

Unity of God

Some people pretend that the existence of more than one God is not illogical. Let us point out to them that if there were more than one God, they would dispute with one another for each god tries to fulfill his will against the will of the other gods. This can be seen in the mythology of the polytheistic and pantheistic religions.
If a ‘God’ is defeated or unable to defeat the others, he is surely not the one true God. It is also popular among polytheistic religions the idea of many Gods for each one is having different responsibilities. Each one would be responsible for a part of man’s existence e.g. a Sun-god, a Rain-god, etc. This indicates that one ‘god’ is incompetent of certain acts, and moreover, he is also ignorant of the other gods’ powers, duties, functions and responsibilities. It cannot be an ignorant and incapable god. If there were more than one God, it would surely lead to confusion, disorder, chaos and destruction in the universe. But the universe is in complete harmony. The Glorious Qur’an says:

If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been ruin in both! But glory to Allah, The Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him! , Al-Anbiya ( the Prophets) 21: 22

If there were more than one God, they would have taken away what they created. The Holy Qur'an says:

No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him! , Al Muminun (The Believers) 23:91
Thus the existence of one True, Unique, Supreme, Almighty God, is the only logical concept of God.
To Be Continued..

[اللهم امتنى شهيدة]

Assalmu alikum Wa Rhmat Allah wa Barakato
sister in Islam, may Allah swt bless you for your info, they are really useful and absolutely right, what really attract me to your topic is the second part, because a lot of atheist people thinks like that and this could be a very fantastic reply to them to make them think
waiting insha'allah for the rest of the topic
may Allah Swt but it in your scale of hasanat
JAK



your sister in Islam Saelah Redak ya Rab

[aya]

allah bless you sis for your information
thanks alot

[أم المجاهدين]

Jzaki allah reward you (proud) my sister
in other parts waiting

[proud_moslima]

W'alikom Alslam Wa Rahmt Allah Wa Barakato Sis Selah Redak ya Rab
may Allah bless u n reward u my dear sis..
u know wt sis ?we started to write these articles "me n dr/yasser gabr may Allah bless him” after our long Discussions with some atheist n I had that gr8 feelin’ that those ppl r really sufferin’ because of the lack of the self nub. There is technology, but it seems like a good for nothing because the human beings have lost their inmost cherished feelings. They want to get back themselves, but the path is also lost because of the lack of the necessary tools. So we thought of writing some articles, we hoped it will be a leading way to go to find oneself and to feel the real happiness and *******ment n’ as we all noticed sis that there has been made a great effort to distort the real beauty of Islam through the use of media. So we were trying to vanish away the chaos that is hiding the reality of Islam for what asserted Islam now as of a value in life is its balanced scales of the human needs as well as the great cooperation between the human beings to overlap the hurdles in order to get consolidate the peace and opulence of a great civilization. let's pray God-Allah Almighty that these articles would be a good introduction for the correct knowledge of Islam, the religion of all the messenger of Allah Almighty from Adam to Mohammad peace be upon them.

[proud_moslima]

dear sisters aya n um al mojahedeen
May Allah bless u both and may Allah make us true followers of Islam,
May Allah bless us with the true understanding of this great Religion,
May Allah the Most Merciful with his mercy forgive our sins, and our forgetfulness.Ame

[أنسيتم الجنة؟؟!]

masha allah sis , very good topic
may allah reward u
i will disconnect just two days but i promise to come soon and send manyyy good topics inshaallah

lets make some efforts 4 the sake of ALLAH

[اللهم امتنى شهيدة]

W'alikom Alslam Wa Rahmt Allah Wa Barakato Sis Selah Redak ya Rab

may Allah bless u n reward u my dear sis..

u know wt sis ?we started to write these articles "me n dr/yasser gabr may Allah bless him” after our long Discussions with some atheist n I had that gr8 feelin’ that those ppl r really sufferin’ because of the lack of the self nub. There is technology, but it seems like a good for nothing because the human beings have lost their inmost cherished feelings. They want to get back themselves, but the path is also lost because of the lack of the necessary tools. So we thought of writing some articles, we hoped it will be a leading way to go to find oneself and to feel the real happiness and *******ment n’ as we all noticed sis that there has been made a great effort to distort the real beauty of Islam through the use of media. So we were trying to vanish away the chaos that is hiding the reality of Islam for what asserted Islam now as of a value in life is its balanced scales of the human needs as well as the great cooperation between the human beings to overlap the hurdles in order to get consolidate the peace and opulence of a great civilization. let's pray God-Allah Almighty that these articles would be a good introduction for the correct knowledge of Islam, the religion of all the messenger of Allah Almighty from Adam to Mohammad peace be upon them.

masha Allah sister, sounds really useful, may Allah swt grant you all success, as you said they are suffring, that is 100% true, i personally experienced it with my atheist scince teacher,when ever we start having a conversation, i feel really sorry for him, he seems to know alot and have much info but in relaity it's not because all what he think is wrong, and he keeps saying that there is no God (astgfar Allah) and this universe is created by chance, may Allah swt guide him and guide all people who rea misleading, i've bought a very great book, it's in arabic but i bought it in english and gave it to him, i've been advised to that book because it's great and i hope that this book is the first step to his guidnece, it called "A Dialouge with an Atheist", its fantastic really
watting insha'allh dear for the rest of the topic



your sister in Islam Saelah Redak ya Rab

[proud_moslima]

What are the proofs that betokens Allah Almighty's existence?

Allah, to Whom be ascribed all perfection and majesty, has made demonstrations in this universe to enunciate His existence and His singleness.
He has made the signs in the universe as his elementary device to let the human being grasp by his/her brain. The reason can perceive the existence of Allah Almighty by the use of the rational evidence which is put in the world by the Creator.


These demonstrations are as follows:

1- The evidence of creation:

It is known that the human being does neither create her/himself nor does she/he the animals, the plants, and the earth she/he lives on.
The Holy Qur'an has stated this fact in the following verse:

Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief. , At Tur ( The Mount) 52: 35-36

2- The evidence of charge:

The vestiges of Allah's attributes and the features of His magnificent creation are existing in every corner of the whole world. Everything is made in the universe is considered as a sign that betokens Allah Almighty Who has created, brought to perfection and excelled in making His creatures.
The unbeliever is the one who finds an elegant dress, and then she/he does not deduce that the existence of this dress gives evidence of the one who has made it. He imputes the existence of the dress to the " coincidence" that has interfered to make the tip of the thread to get by itself into the threading hole of the needle which moves in a counted movements to end up with the dress by all its minute wonderful details.
Is it possible that a rational person thinks that " the chance" or " the coincidence" is able to make a car that is found in front of her/his house?
Would she/he say that a wind has blown to gather the pieces of plastic upon the pieces of iron with a pinch of rubber and fragments of glass to make a car??!! ….Or would she/he wonder who has innovated this car by its capacities and accuracy?
Thus, a rational person would not accept that the universe, including its galaxies, planets, earth, seas, is simply created by an irrational nature which has neither an essence nor an existence.
Would a judicious person thinks that the human body, including its limbs whose structures and duties are accurate, is working as a thorough system depending on the creation of coincidence?

All the data of the modern science highlights of a capable and creative Creator of the world and its containing.

Were they created of nothing, Or were they themselves the creators? (At Tur ( The Mount) 52: 35)
To Be Continued Allah Willing...

[Nouran]

MASH'ALLAH.....really gr8 topic
may ALLAH bless u my dear sis proud_moslima
the part of UNITY OF GOD is really gr8 and very logical
May ALLAH reward u

[اللهم امتنى شهيدة]

This is fantastic really, i wish my atheist teacher reads that and see how is he going to react
may Allah bless you dear and waiting insha'allah for the rest of the tpic
JAK

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رد: Islam In Brief..

thanks alot our sister