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Who is Allah?

Allah is the proper name for the Supreme Being in the Arabic language, used by Arabic speaking people of the three so-called Abrahamic faiths (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) i…n reference to "God". The entry for the Allah in the Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa , states that Allah is unique, the only Deity, creator of the universe and omnipotent. The term AllÄh is derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- "the" and Ê¼ilÄh "deity, god" to al-lÄh meaning "the [sole] deity, God" ( ho theos monos ). Cognates of the name "AllÄh" exist in other Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Aramaic. The corresponding Aramaic form is ×Ö±×Ö¸×Ö¸× Ê¼ÄlÄhÄ in Biblical Aramaic and ÜÜ°Ü Ü³ÜÜ³Ü Ê¼AlÃ¢hÃ¢ or Ê¼ÄlÅho in Syriac. Arab Christians today use terms such as AllÄh al-Ê¼Ab ( Ø§ÙÙÙ Ø§ÙØ£Ø¨ , "God the Father"), Allah is an Arabic name, which means The God. Allah Is The Creator Of The Universe, Everything & Everyone! Muslims believe that Allah is the Lord of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. He is the One that people seek His help when they face a disaster and no being can help but Him. Answer Muslims worship one and only one God; the Creator, with no partner, no companion, no son, and no resemblance. Unfortunately, some non Muslims believe that Muslims worship different god than god of Christians or Jews. Those non Muslims are either: . having no understanding of Islam religion, or . influenced by non Muslims who intentionally propagate wrong information about Islam. Those non Muslims, mistakenly, believe that Allah is an "Arab god" or a "moon god," or some sort of idol. It is important to clarify that Muslims worship the same God, the Creator, worshiped by other Heaven religions; Judaism and Christianity. This same God is named in Arabic as Allah. Allah is the proper name of the One True God, in the Arabic language. Even the Arabic speaking Christians and Jews use the name Allah in their Arabic holy books and worship Allah. Arab Christians used to say AllÄh al-Ê¼Ab ( Ø§ÙÙÙ Ø§ÙØ£Ø¨ , "God the Father") or some claim that 'Isa Ibn Allah' in Arabic that means in English 'Jesus son of God' as Jesus in Arabic is called Isa and son in Arabic is called Ibn. Accordingly, it is a matter of different languages that cause different names for the same God; the Creator, the All-Mighty, and the All-Merciful. It is not a matter of different God worship. refer to question [ What are the 99 names for God as mentioned in Quran] below for more information on God attributes as mentioned in Quran, Muslims holy book. (MORE)

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Where is Allah?

Very near to you... And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me (Al-Baqarah 2 : … 186 ) We are nearer to him than his life-vein (Qaf 50: 16) For those that believe in such he, she or it is all pervasive. For those that do not, only in the minds of those that do. ....................................................................................................................... All Ahl as-Sunnat scholars state that Allah is free, far from occupying spaces (Allah exists without a place for His existence). Hadrat ImÃ¢m-i RabbÃ¢nÃ® says: Allahu ta'Ã¢lÃ¢ is not with time, with place, or with direction. He is not at a place or at any side. He created time, places, and directions. An ignorant person thinks that He is up on the 'Arsh or in heaven. The 'Arsh, being above it, and below it are all His creatures. He created all these afterwards. Can something that has been created afterwards ever be a place for One who is eternal and always exists? Allah is not a substance, an object, or a state. He does not have a likeness, a partner, or an apposite. He is unlike the things that we know or that we think of. It cannot be understood or imagined how He is. Everything that comes to the mind about Him is wrong. He is not within the universe or outside the universe. Being within something or outside something is thought between the two existing beings, but this universe has been created in the grade of imagination. The permanent appearance of creation, which has been created in the grade of imagination, is by the power of Allah. (Second Volume, 67th Letter) Lifeless pictures in a movie move exactly like the living. If you imagine yourself doing some actions, it cannot be said that you are within or outside your imagination because your imagination is not real. So is the case with a dream. When you have a dream in your sleep, you are neither on the right of your sleep nor on the left of it. In your dream, you see without the eyes, hear without the ears, and speak without the tongue. You eat and drink; moreover, you can have another dream in your dream. If your dream continued ceaselessly with the power of Allah, then you would consider your dream real and would think that there is no other life than your dream. Similarly, this worldly life is a mere dream. That is, because this universe has been created in the grade of imagination, it seems to us as if it exists. The One who is eternal in the past and eternal in the future is Allahu ta'Ã¢lÃ¢ alone. Then it cannot be said that Allah is within or outside this imaginary universe. (MaktÃ»bÃ¢t-i RabbÃ¢nÃ®, The Pamphlet Safar-i Ãkhirat) Ahl as-Sunnat scholars state: Allah is not above, below, or at one side. Every being is below the 'Arsh. And the 'Arsh is under His Power, under His Omnipotence. He is above the 'Arsh, but this does not mean that the 'Arsh carries Him. The 'Arsh exists with His Favor and in His Omnipotence. He is the same now as He was in eternity, in eternal past. He will always be the same in the everlasting future as He had been before creating the 'Arsh. No change occurs in Him. Hadrat ImÃ¢m-i GhazÃ¢lÃ® says: Allahu ta'Ã¢lÃ¢ is free, far from occupying spaces. Since the followers of the false paths did not interpret such words as "istiwa," "yad (hand)", and "wajh (face)," they deviated into aberrant ways. Allah's istiwÃ¢ over the 'Arsh means His bringing it under His control. For example, the meaning of the sentence "The ruler had istiwÃ¢ over Iraq without shedding any blood" is that "The ruler conquered it without shedding any blood." Calling this heresy of theirs "the path of the pious predecessors," they slander them as well. You must not consider the word yad in the phrase yadullah as the hands. For instance, when it is said, "Such and such a city is in the hands of such and such a governor," it is understood that city is not in the palm of his hands, but rather he is in control of it. Such words as istiwÃ¢ and wajh should be interpreted in this manner. (IljÃ¢m-ul-awÃ¢m) Also, Hadrat Sayyid 'AbdulhakÃ®m ArwÃ¢sÃ® states: The statement "Allahu ta'Ã¢lÃ¢ is present and overlooking" is not as it seems to be, but it is a metaphor. That is, it means that He is present [exists] and overlooking [sees] without time and without place, that is, without Him being at any place. As His Attributes are without time and without place, so His being present and overlooking is without time and without place. (Endless Bliss) ....................... To say that "He is everywhere" is to attribute a place to Him. All places, that is, everywhere, have been created by Allahu ta'Ã¢lÃ¢. The thing that was created cannot be a place for its Creator. Therefore, we must not say, "He is everywhere," but we must say, "He is free, far from occupying spaces." As a matter of fact, Hadrat Sayyid 'AbdulhakÃ®m ArwÃ¢sÃ® states: If it is said, "Allah is present and overlooking everywhere," it is not as it seems to be, but it is a metaphor. That is, it means that He is present [exists] and overlooking [sees] without time and without place, that is, without Him being at any place. Otherwise, Allahu ta'Ã¢lÃ¢ would be considered to be with time and with place, whereas He is not. (MORE)

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What is the 'Will of Allah'?

The Will of Allah is his commandments revealed in his Book the qoran, and the tradition of the prophet mohammed. The will of Allah is every good deed that pleases Allah whi… (MORE)

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Is Allah God?

There are 3 main points or points of arguments to considerbefore we can reach a conclusion on the use of the word - 'allah'to refer to god. Firstly, we note that the word - '…allah' which originates from thereligion of islam classifies it as a unique Name (note: not a noun)within the core text of the religion, The Quran. Secondly, somearabic speakers believe that the word 'allah' is an abridged formof 2 separate words 'al' (the) and 'ilah' (god) which produces theword al-ilah which is then further shortened to produce instead anoun (allah). Thirdly, according to secular historians the name'allah' was used by ancient Babylonians to refer to a moon-stoneidol which was worshipped for many centuries down to the time ofMuhammad. These 3 points or arguments seek either to accept or reject thestand that allah = god. Yet in all 3 instances above, there arequalifications to be made before one can conclusively determine theword to refer to the noun - god or even that the name refers togod. To begin, according to muslim scholars the arabic word 'allah'cannot be translated to mean 'god' when used within the context ofa non-muslim deity. A different arabic noun - 'ilah' must be used.That implies that the word 'allah' is unique, which will concurwith the 1st point above that the word is a Name as admitted in theQuran and not a noun since all nouns can be translated. The secondargument of the word being an abridged form of 2 words is quashedby the arabic calligraphic writings of 'allah' which does not seemto bring up its links to the 2 nouns of 'the' and 'god'. Since thewritten form (arabic calligraphy) does not show the composition ofthe 2 nouns, it is logical to deduce that the 'abridgement'argument also fails. The final argument which labels the word'allah' to refer to a stone - idol is staunchly rejected bymuslims. Unfortunately, archaelogical evidences sometimes paint apicture that rejects our preferred beliefs but that is no reasonfor our rejection of the evidences by secular historians andarchaelogists. Muslims claim they worship the same God as the Jews and Christianswho know of their God only by the proper name of YHWH / Jehovah.That name however is not accepted by the muslims in their worship.Which subjects that claim to doubt since an entity with a givenname must be referred to by that same name. . That said, many Christians living in the Middle East who speakarabic have over the years of arab assimilation come to accomodatethe word 'allah' to refer to god without question to the origin ofthe word. Still, whether 'allah' is god is not confirmed by merearguments but by the virtues, attributes and powers that go withbeing a God. Without which, any claim of god-hood is vain. (MORE)

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What did Allah do?

Allah created the World, Allah created all the people in this World, Allah created Muslims and Non Muslims in the world, Every thing in this world is made by Allah. Allah is h… (MORE)

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What is the will of Allah?

It is meant by will of Allah (God in English and same God for Jews and Christians) the God power to do things and the God capability and God power to give, take out, reward, f… (MORE)

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Did allah exist?

It is not possible for allah to exist as with any all powerful deity it is not possible for allah to produce a rock so large that even they could not move it.

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Why was Allah important?

Allah is really important because he does evrything that happens in the world. He have power to stop anyone from anything.Allah is Muslim's God Another name of Allah is Khuda.… (MORE)

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What did the prophet's of Allah preach about Allah?

This is a very poorly worded question. Out of respect for your audience, please use proper grammer. It's OK. All the holy Prophets (AS) of Almighty Allah preached ONENESS (… (MORE)

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Where is Allah from?

Allah is the creator of the Universe and all that is in it. He is the Eternal God who is perfect in His Unity and the only one worthy or worship. He is not begotten nor has he… (MORE)