Invitation to Understanding Islam

Where is Allah?

Answer: Unless you've decided not to "see" Him, you cannot "miss" Him!

"There is nothing whatsoever like Him."

[The Noble Qur'an 42:11]

"No vision can grasp Allah but Allah grasps all visions." [6:103]

We cannot see Allah The Most Exalted

the way we see other things.

What do we tell those who want to know His address!

If they want a good answer, then they must ask a good question.

The question itself is wrong!

You can ask the whereabouts of a person or an object that exists in time and space.

For example, you live in time (today), and

you have a body that fills some space.

Allah is The Creator of time and space.

The Creator cannot be of the same nature as the things He created.

Allah does not 'resemble' His creations, and is beyond the grasp of human imagination.

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GDJE JE ALLAH?

Odgovor: Ukoliko niste odlučili da Ga "vidite", ne možete Ga "promašiti"!

"Nema ničega što bi Njemu sličilo."

[Plemeniti Kur'an 42:11]

"Nikakva vizija ne može dohvatiti Allaha, ali Allah dohvaća sve vizije." [6:103]

Mi ne možemo vidjeti Allaha Najuzvišenijeg

kako vidimo sve drugo.

Što da kažemo onima koji žele znati Njegovu adresu!

Ako hoće dobar odgovor, onda

moraju pitati dobro pitanje.

Pitanje je samo po sebi pogrešno!

Možete pitati o boravištima osoba ili objekata koji postoje u vremenu i prostoru.

Na primjer, vi živite u vremenu (danas), i vi imate tijelo koje ispunjava neki prostor.

Allah je Stvoritelj vremena i prostora.

Stvoritelj ne može biti iste

naravi kao stvari koje je stvorio.

Allah ne 'nalikuje' Njegovim kreacijama, i izvan dohvata je ljudske zamisli.

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If He is of the same nature as His creations, then He too, like His creations, would be in need of a Creator to satisfy His needs.

A creator who is not self-sufficient cannot be The Creator [Al Khaliq].

Allah The Creator is not limited by time and space, and is independent of needs.

Allah has knowledge of everything.

Nothing is outside of His vision.

The Noble Qur'an

What does The Noble Qur'an say about the 'whereabouts' of Allah The Most Merciful?

"He is firmly established on

the Throne of authority." [20:5]

"Whichever direction you turn, there is the presence of Allah." [ 2:115]

"We are nearer to man than

he is to his jugular vein." [50:16]

"He is with you wherever you are - Allah is aware of all your actions." [57:4]

" When my servants question you [Muhammad] about Me, tell them

that I am very close to them." [2:186]

"The Hand of Allah was above their hands [when they pledged allegiance

to you, 0 Prophet]. [48:10]

The purpose of these verses is not to give us a description of Allah's whereabouts.

The hidden meanings of these verses

are known only to Allah The Almighty. [3:7]

In their contexts, these verses convey the grandeur and magnificence of The Almighty.

The Qur'an states that Allah is unique and that nothing resembles Him. [42:11, li2:4]

Those with "knowledge" will know Allah

by reflecting on the things created by Him. [30:20-25]

All things in the Universe are ayat (signs)

that point to the existence of a Perfect, All-Knowing, Almighty and Merciful Creator.

Our body and the solar system

The solar system created by Allah

provides us with 'night' to rest.

We wake up in the morning refreshed to begin the search for our sustenance.

Neither does the solar system has

an understanding of our needs nor do we have the power to make the solar system serve our needs.

This can happen only by the Will of

The Supreme Creator.

Water and our survival

Human beings, animals and trees need fresh water for survival.

If salt water invades our rivers, lakes and

wells, and rains down from the sky, then all life on earth will perish in a very short time.

Neither fresh water nor salt water 'know' of their respective roles in ensuring our

sustenance or preventing our ruin.

This network of collaboration in Creation can only be the work of A Supreme Organizer Who has perfect knowledge and control

of everything in creation.

He is Allah The Almighty.

With compliments: BAITULMAL (Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan)

Da je iste naravi kao Njegove kreacije, tada bi i On, poput Njegovih kreacija, trebao

Stvoritelja da zadovolji Njegove potrebe.

Stvoritelj koji nije samodostatan ne može biti Stvoritelj [Al Khaliq].

Allah Stvoritelj nije ograničen vremenom

i prostorom, i neovisan je od potreba.

Allah sve zna. Ništa nije izvan Njegovog pogleda.

PLEMENITI KUR'AN

Što Plemeniti Kur'an kaže o

'boravištima' Allaha Najmilostivijeg?

"On je čvrsto utvrđen na Prijestolju autoriteta." [20:5]

"Kamo god se okrenuli, tamo je Allah." [ 2:115]

"Mi smo bliže čovjeku

nego On svojoj žili kucavici." [50:16]

"On je sa vama gdje god ste vi - Allah je svjestan svega što radite." [57:4]

"Kad te moji sluge pitaju

[Muhamede] o meni, reci im da sam im vrlo blizu." [2:186]

"Ruka Allaha bila je nad njihovim

rukama [kad su se oni obvezali na vjernost tebi, o Poslaniče]. [48:10]

Smisao ovih redaka nije da nam da

opis Allahovih boravišta.

Skriveno značenje ovih redaka znan je samo Allahu Svemoćnom. [3:7]

U svom kontekstu, ovi stihovi prenose veličanstvenost i sjaj Svemoćnog.

Kur'an kaže da je Allah jedinstven i da Njemu ništa ne sliči. [42:11, li2:4]

Oni koji "znaju" poznat će Allaha razmišljajući o stvarima koje je

On stvorio. [30:20-25]

Sve stvari u svemiru jesu ayat (znaci) koji vode ka postojanju Savršenoga,

Sve-Znajućeg, Svemoćnog i Milostivog Stvoritelja.

NAŠE TIJELO I SUNČEV SUSTAV

Sunčev sustav koji je stvorio Allah pribavlja nam 'noć' za odmor.

Ujutro ustajemo osvježeni

da počnemo tražiti naše potrepštine.

Niti sunčev sustav ima razumijevanja za naše potrebe

niti mi imamo moć učiniti da sunčev sustav služi našim potrebama.

To se može dogoditi jedino voljom

Vrhovnog Stvoritelja.

VODA I PREŽIVLJAVANJE

Ljudi, životinje i drveće trebaju svježu vodu da prežive.

Kad bi slana voda zauzela naše rijeke, jezera i

izvore, i kišila sa neba, tada bi sav život na zemlji nestao vrlo brzo.

Niti svježa voda niti slana voda 'znaju' o strogim pravilima koja osiguravaju

hranljivost ili sprečavaju da propadnemo.

Ova mreža suradnje u Kreaciji može jedino biti djelo Vrhovnog Organizatora

Koji ima savršeno znanje i kontrolu o svemu u stvaranju.

On je Allah Svemogući.

With compliments: BAITULMAL (Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan)

Names and Attributes of Allah

Allah has no form. He is above all form. We distinguish a thing by comparing it.

We know "fat" by comparing it to "thin". Allah cannot be compared to anything as Allah does not resemble anything.

Worshipping physical representations of

God is considered shirk or the act of associating partners with God. It is the

only unpardonable sin in Islam.

Others worship statues and pictures of God. Islam rejects these man-made works as false gods that cannot create even

"a single fly" and describes those who worship them as "feebleminded." [22:73]

Muslims don't try to imagine God

because God is beyond the grasp of human imagination. Nothing is like Him.

They focus instead on the attributes of Allah.

What is Allah like? What is His nature? What does He do? The descriptions are

in Allah's Names and Attributes.

Of the Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah, two well-known ones are The Most Merciful [Ar-Rahim] and

The Most Compassionate [Ar-Rahman],

Muslims know that their every act of mercy

towards things created by Allah brings them closer to Allah The Most Merciful.

Seek nearness to the Divine by walking

The Straight Path of Islam.

The Almighty says, "If the Believer comes to Me walking, I go to him running."

Dr Y Mansoor Marican, Ph. D

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IMENA I ZNAČAJKE ALLAHA

Allah nema oblika. On je iznad svakog oblika. Mi stvari razlikujemo uspoređujući ih.

Mi prepoznajemo "debelo" usporedivši ga sa "mršavim". Allah ne može biti sa ičim uspoređen

jer Allah ničemu ne sliči.

Štovanje fizičkih predstavljanja Boga smatra se shirk tj. čin

pridruživanja partnera Bogu. To je jedini neoprostivi grijeh u Islamu.

Drugi štuju statue i slike Boga.

Islam odbija ova djela ljudskih ruku kao lažne bogove koji ne mogu stvoriti čak

"jednu muhu" i one koji ih slave opisuje kao "slaboumne". [22:73]

Muslimani ne pokušavaju zamisliti Boga

jer Bog je izvan dohvata ljudske imaginacije. Ništa Mu nije slično.

Umjesto toga oni se okreću značajkama Allaha.

Kakav je Allah? Kakva je Njegova priroda? Što On radi? Opisi se nalaze

u Allahovim Imenima i Značajkama.

Među Lijepim Imenima i Značajkama Allaha, dva dobro-znana su Najmilostiviji [Ar-Rahim] i

Najsamilosniji [Ar-Rahman].

Muslimani znaju da ih svaki čin milosti prema onome što je stvorio Allah približava

bliže Allahu Najmilostivijem.

Tražite blizinu Božanskome idući Ispravnim Putem Islama.

Svemoćni kaže, "Ako mi Vjernik dođe

hodajući, Ja idem k njemu trčeći."

Dr Y Mansoor Marican, Ph. D

www.islamalways.com