09-19-2006, 04:37 PM
Bismilah
Asalamalaikum
dattaswami SubhanaAllah what a question. Islam rejects characterizing God in any human form.
The Creator must be of a different nature from the things created because if he is of the same nature as they are, he will be temporal and will therefore need a maker. It follows that nothing is like Him. If the maker is not temporal, then he must be eternal. But if he is eternal, he cannot be caused, and if nothing outside him causes him to continue to exist, which means that he must be self-sufficient. And if the does not depend on anything for the continuance of his own existence, then this existence can have no end. The Creator is therefore eternal and everlasting: "He is the First and the Last."
He is Self-Sufficient or Self-Subsistent or, to use a Quranic term, Al-Qayyum. The Creator does not create only in the sense of bringing things into being, He also preserves them and takes them out of existence and is the ultimate cause of whatever happens to them.
<b>"God is the Creator of everything. He is the guardian over everything. Unto Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth." (39:62, 63) </b>
"No creature is there crawling on the earth, but its provision rests on God. He knows its lodging place and it repository." (11:6)
<b>"He is God; there is no god but He, He is the Knower of the unseen and the visible; He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is God, there is no God but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peace, the Guardian of Faith, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to God, above that they associate! He is God the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies Him; He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (59:22-24)
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<b>"There is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not, neither sleep; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is after them, and they comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His throne comprises the heavens and earth; the preserving of them oppresses Him not; He is the All-High, the All-Glorious." (2:255) </b>
Allah is above everything!! He is one and none is like him, He has no beginning nor any ending, He is Everlasting.
Allahu Akbar!!
I hope this makes sense.
dattaswami.....I don't mind your questions but can u pls go easy on us? You have been here only for 2 days or so I think, and you already started so many threads.
You can challenge us and our religion you are very welcome, InshaAllah we'll defeat all of your falsehood with our truth from the book of Allah.
But Please go slow, that way your questions will be addressed better and you'll have responses.
Btw....Do u just cut and paste stuff from sites, or do you write those esssays using your own god given intellect?
If you are cutting and pasting, Please dont because we'll never know your true colours that way, nor can we have an honest discussion. Which ruins the prcoess of u learning from us and us learning from u.
<i>A little bit goes a long way</i>
Peace