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::THE BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF ALLAH::

God (Allah) has many names, and all of them indicate His Greatness

His Perfection and His Majesty. Prophet Muhammad said “God has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one; whoever learns them will enter Paradise.”[1]

Learning involves not only memorisation but also appreciating their meanings and calling God with them.

Learning and thus knowing God’s names leads mankind to understand that he was created to

worship God Alone and to live according to God’s commandments.

This knowledge allows mankind to put into action his understanding of God and inspires him to live a life of righteousness.

Understanding the meanings of God’s names liberates mankind from worshipping any part of the Creation.

When a person learns that God is al-Ahad (The One and Unique), he will not equate anything else with Him; when he learns that He is al-Razzaaq (The Provider), he will not seek provision from anyone else; when he learns that He is al-Ghafar (The All forgiving), it will be to God Alone that he turns for forgiveness.

Prophet Muhammad emphasised the importance of calling on God by His Most Beautiful names. In his own supplications to God, he is known to have said, “Oh God, I ask you of you by every name that You have named yourself, or that You have revealed in Your book, or that You have taught any of Your creation, or that You have kept hidden in the unseen knowledge with Yourself.”[2]

We are encouraged to call upon God by the name that is specific to the kind of care and help we need.[3]

The name Rubb (Lord, Cherisher) is repeated in many verses of the Quran.

The Rubb guides and cares for all of the believers; He manages their affairs and bestows blessings as He wills. In the English language, there is no real equivalent for the word Rubb.

It is often translated as Lord, but this word does not do justice to the breadth and depth of meaning found in the Arabic word Rubb. It means the One the Only Lord of the entire universe, its Creator, Sustainer, Cherisher and Giver of security.

The names Al-Hakeem (The Wise) and Al-Hakam (The Judge) indicate God is the source of all wisdom, in His creation and in His commands, and He is the Judge of all things. He is the One Who created everything, and therefore He alone knows the true wisdom in it's creation. He judges between mankind by His Law, His decree and His reward or punishment.

He judges with fairness and does not oppress anyone the slightest. No person is made to bear the sin of another. God is just in all His decisions.
“… And who is better in judgement than God for a people who have firm Faith.” (Quran 5:50)

“God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection about that wherein you used to differ.” (Quran 22:69)

God’s name Al-Quddoos (The Holy) indicates the One Who is Blessed and Pure. The angels sanctify Him, and He is praised for His virtues and goodness. God is The Holy because He is far above having any opposites, rivals, partner or son. He is perfect, having no faults or shortcomings. He is far above anything being near Him or like Him in any aspect:
“… There is nothing like unto Him…” (Quran 42:11)

and,

“And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.” (Quran 112:4)

Amongst God’s names are Al-Mu’ti (The Giver) and Al-Maani’ (The Withholder). None can withhold what He gives, and none can give what He withholds. He is the One Who gives to whomever He wills and withholds from whomever He wills.

Prophet Muhammad said to one of his young companions:

“Know that if all were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you. And if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only with something Allah had already prescribed for you.” (At Tirmidi)

God is Al-Shaakir (The Grateful) and Al-Shakoor (The Appreciative). He is the One Who appreciates even the smallest deed, and He forgives the greatest mistakes. He increases good deeds and appreciates those who give Him thanks. God remembers those who remember Him.

“And they will say: ‘All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has removed from us (all) grief. Verily, our Lord is indeed Oft­ Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (good deeds and to recompense).’” (Quran 35:34)

From the sayings of Prophet Muhammad, we learn:

“God has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. He who has intended a good deed and has not done it, God writes it down as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, God writes it down as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done it, God writes it down as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, God writes it down as one bad deed.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari, Saheeh Muslim)

God is the One who guides mankind to the way that will benefit them and He protects them.

God is Al-Haadi (The Guide). He is the only source of guidance and the One from whom all Protection emanates. God’s guidance causes hearts to fill with piety and righteousness. He is the guiding light in the darkness.

“But Sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.” (Quran 25:31)

These are just a few of the Names of God that can be found in the Quran and in the authentic sayings of Prophet Muhammad. You will find many of these Names and attributes at the end of verses in the Quran.

When we reach out to God, He reaches out to us. When we call on Him, He listens and responds.

When speaking about God – Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Prophet Muhammad

said that Allah calls out to His creation in the final third of the night, saying:

“Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?”[4]

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**The creatures prove the existence of the Creator**

The Qur'an challenges those

who deny the existence of the Creator under the pretext that it

must be admitted by human intellect.

This fact can never be rejected by any sound human intellect.

Allah Almighty says,

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain

. [Al-Tur: 35-36].

Allah Almighty tells them that there is no doubt about your own existence

and that of heavens and earth.

It is established in the human mind that everything that

exists in the universe is evidence on the presence of its Creator.

For example

, the sky containing great stars and

the different paths on earth prove the existence of Allah, the Ever-Knowing,

The Acquainted. The great biologists and researchers realize his fact.

· The law of cause and effect:

This law states that nothing among that

which exists came into existence by its own self

nor had the ability to affect other things around.

This may be represented in the following example

:

- Years ago, the sand dunes in the Empty Quarter desert

[al-Rubi' al-khali desert]

were removed by wind and it revealed the traces of a city that was buried under the sand.

Geologists, at that time, tried their best in searching for its components

and knowing the age in which it was built.

It didn't cross the mind of any of those geologists or others that

this city was found thanks to the elements of nature such

as wind, rain, heat, cold and it was not a manmade work.

On the contrary, if anyone claimed that this city was emerged due the elements of nature, people will make fun of him and feel pity for him.

So, what would be the case if someone says

that this city was found naturally in the air and

then it settled on earth after the passage of time?

This statement is rather stranger that its previous.

This is because it is something innate that nothing could come to existence by its own self.

Therefore, the city must have been built by wise clever builders.

- Another example

,

the human mind can accept that a person may ascend the stairs of a building,

because mankind has the ability to move and do that.

However, we assert that a stone could not move by its own self to ascend the stairs

of a building.

One of the amazing things that people assert is that a city

can never be found without a founder and it is impossible for a stone to move from down to up stairs;

however, they agree that the entire universe is found without a maker.

Nevertheless, founding and creating this universe is greater and

more complex than anything else upon earth.

Allah Almighty says:

The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

[Ghafir: 57].

However, when arguing with those who deny these facts on logical scientific basis,

they have no choice except admitting or continuing in stubbornness.

Scholars of Islam were and still face the polytheists through this perspective of logic and intellect.

A Muslim scholar once said to a group of disbelievers:

do you accept the argument of someone who

says that a ship loaded with goods run through

the waves of the sea in a windy day without a navigator or a crew?

They replied: this cannot be accepted by the human mind.

Thereupon, the scholar wondered: Oh Allah Most Exalted!

If it is not perceived by the human mind that

the ship can never run through the waves of the sea without a navigator,

so, how could this entire world with all its different conditions and

spaces can be found without a maker or protector?!

They said:

we believe in what you said and they repented.

This is the law that the human mind accepts and

submits itself to it as it is asserted in the noble

verse that reads: Or were they created by nothing, or were

they the creators [of themselves]?

[Al-Tur: 35].

This evidence obliges all people of intellect to admit that there is a Creator

who deserves to be worshipped.

This fact is depicted in a perfect effective manner that penetrates

and shakes one's soul.
Jubayr Ibn Mut'im said:

"I heard the Messenger of Allah

(peace and blessings be upon him)

reciting Surat al-Tur while he was leading the Maghreb prayer and when he reached those verses: Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

[Al-Tur: 35-37]

"my heart was almost rent asunder."

[Reported by Al-Bukhari in his Sahih].

- Abu Sulaiman al-Khatabi commentary on the above mentioned verses of Surat al-Tur:
Al-Bayhaqi said: Abu Sulaiman al-Khatabi

said:

"The reason why Jubayer trembled upon hearing these verses is because

he realized its real meaning and comprehended the great evidence it implies on the existence of the Creator."
Al-Khatabi commented on the verse no.35 of surat al-Tur by saying:

"Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? It is never perceivable that

all these creatures came to existence without a creator since

it is necessary for everything that exists to have a creator or maker.

So, did those who deny the existence of Allah the Creator create themselves?i

This is the utmost degrees of corruption and falsehood because

they can never do it nor have the ability to.

Therefore, their claim is refuted and all the creations that

exist stand as a proof against it and they have to know that

there is a creator in whom they should believe.

Then he said:

(Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.)

[Al-Tur-36]

this verse asserts that the claims of those polytheists are certainly in vain since

they cannot create the heavens and earth. So, all proofs are against them."

- The Qur'an teaches us the art of dialogue with disbelievers

to prove the existence of Allah:

Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham

about his Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship?

When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death

." Abraham said,

"Indeed, Allah brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west.

" So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment],

and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people

[Al-Baqarah: 258].

Therefore, when a disbeliever claims that he created himself,

let him prove that he created the heavens and earth.

Based on this, if he could neither create himself nor the heavens nor the earth who can never in turn create themselves; hence, all of these creations should have a maker.

This maker and creator is Allah the Almighty.

- How the experimental sciences evaluate this law:

The nature and abilities of mankind cannot follow and

encompass all the stages of causes and effects in order to reach the beginning of creation.

Therefore, experimental sciences failed to know the origin of things and it drew itself back declaring the victory of the unseen that

both ignorant and people of knowledge ignore.

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The human mind must confess the existence of Allah, the Creator of all that Which exists:

Admitting the human failure to reach the beginning of creation is confronted with a certainty

that every human mind admit either willingly or unwillingly; namely, whatever reasons are,

there must be something eternal which is considered the first and last

and brought everything to existence.

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::PROOFS OF EXISTENCE OF ALLAH::

Note: "Proving" God exists is really not our purpose.

We are only interested in providing clear statements based on facts

and logic and then allow the individual decide for themselves

who they would like to believe.

There have always been people who believed in the existence of God

and there have always been those who have denied in His existence

We must realize there are those who

will never believe no matter how much proof or evidence we produce.

The reason is some people don't want to believe in a Creator or Sustainer.

They would not like to consider one day they will have to answer for their actions

and for their refusal to acknowledge their

Benefactor to whom they owe their very existence.

We come to know it is not so much a matter of us trying to convey our beliefs

as it is for them to set aside preconceived prejudices against proper belief.

Meaning: this is really a matter of guidance from Above.

If they refuse even with evident proofs in front of them,

this is not between us and them; it is between them and their Creator.

Again, it is not our job to "prove" anything to anyone.

We only need to present the facts in truth

and allow the listener to make up their own mind

.We just begin with simple logic.

When something is right in front of our eyes it is difficult to deny it, right?i

Asking rhetorical questions can be very helpful in presenting our case

. Begin by asking the question; "Can you prove you exist?"

Yes, of course you can

You merely use your senses to determine what you can see, hear, feel, smell, taste

and you

have emotions as well.

All of this is a part of your existence.

But this is not how we perceive God in Islam.

We can look to the things He has created and the way He cares for things

and sustains us, to know there is no doubt of His existence

.One approach is to suggest simple yet convincing experiments anyone could comprehend

.

For instance, say to someone,

"Consider this the next time you are looking up at the moon

or the stars on a clear night; could you drop a drinking glass on the sidewalk

and expect it would hit the ground

and on impact it would not shatter, but it would divide up into little small drinking glasses, with iced tea in them?o

Of course not.

Another example

is have them consider what might happen if a tornado came through a junkyard

and tore through the old cars

; would it leave behind a nice new Mercedes with the engine running

and no parts left around? i

Naturally not.

Or ask someone to consider what it would be like if someone

told us about a fast food restaurant operating itself without any people there?i

The food just cooks itself,

files from the kitchen to the table and then when we are done,

the dishes jump back the kitchen to wash themselves.

This is too crazy for anyone to even think about

.

After reflecting on all of the above,

how could we look to the universe above us through a telescope

or observe the cells in a microscope and

then think all of this came about as a result of a "big bang" or some "accident"?i

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