Who is ALLAH? The Sovereign of the Unseen and the Manifest

[Robert Ramsay]

I don't know that much about Islam, but I know a patronising twat when I see one. He's one "my friend" away from my ignore list.

 

[Asteriskos]

don't know that much about Islam, but I know a patronising twat when I see one. He's one "my friend" away from my ignore list.

The seemingly endless droning and proselytizing will be his undoing, if it hasn't already pissed off enough of us.

 

[Angelkesfarl]

It appears there is a linguistic misunderstanding by the dear Moderator. I intended a word in Arabic that seems to have been translated incorrectly, and I always declare any error. I do not claim to possess an 'Absolute Truth' that originated from me; Truth existed before all worlds. Allah—I do not speak of Him as my God alone, or the God of Muslims alone. The Jews know Allah and knew Him before Islam. Our Master Moses, the Messenger, spoke with total decisiveness in the heart of the court of the pagan Pharaoh of Egypt, who called upon people to worship him personally, not just Ra or others. It was for the sake of the word that there is One God. 'Allah' is the name of Divinity in Arabic, but He is your God in Judaism (Anohi Yahweh Eloheicha). Christianity also recognizes the One God, albeit in the form of the Trinity. Previously, in my discourse, I mentioned that the Ancient Egyptians also recognized that there was a God who was alone before anything else. Translated copies of the papyri of the 'Book of the Dead' (The Book of Coming Forth by Day) speak of this, and I have cited them. What is misunderstood in my speech? Islam, or Monotheism (Tawhid), is an ancient doctrine spread across the earth throughout all human history. Allah, then, is a Name in the Arabic language; naturally, every Heavenly Book was spoken in the tongue of a Prophet or Messenger, in the language of the people of their time. Shall we say they are different gods now because each Book addressed the people of that specific era? Regarding 'Islam': it is a religion derived from the word 'Salam' (Peace). It means submission to the Creator alone and faith in the Originator of all beings; I believe this is easy and simple.

The Truth in which I believe is that Allah is the Creator of everything, and He did not create anything in vain, for play, or for amusement, but rather for a Wisdom of His Own. After the name Al-Jabbar, we come to the Name of Allah, Al-Mutakabbir (The Supremely Proud/Exalted). 'Al-Mutakabbir' is not a disparaging trait; it is the essence of Divine Transcendence. Because He is Holy (Quddus), He is 'Proud' (transcendent) above trivialities. He is Mighty (Aziz) and does not accept partners; thus He is Exalted above having a companion, a son, a minister, a consultant, or an assistant. The proof is that the Universe is too vast to be managed by more than one person, as it requires incomparable Power ('There is nothing like unto Him'—this is Allah's definition of Himself). Why do Islam or Judaism in their monotheism speak of the negation of a partner? Because the Deity is Exalted above a partner, transcendent above all things, and His Power allowed Him to create what He wills and choose by His Wisdom. A wonder of the Exalted Deity is that His 'Pride' also means He does not accept injustice; therefore, He is Absolute Justice.

The Name of the Deity, Al-Khaliq (The Creator), means He creates from nothingness what He loves, which is a proof of His Absolute Divinity; He is the one who brings things from non-existence into existence. In the monotheistic perspective, the entire universe was brought by the Deity from nothingness. 'Nothingness' in this view is merely a 'back door' behind which exists what is verbally called 'The Storehouses'—meaning that nothingness itself is a veil or a door behind which lies that which only Allah knows. Therefore, He is a Creator (Khaliq), and from the name Khaliq comes a derived attribute, Khallaq (The Intensive Creator), which indicates the unhindered continuity of creation.

Al-Bari’ (The Producer) means the One capable of bringing what He has decreed into existence without any prior example. He Fashions (Yusawwir), meaning He makes the thing grow at the start of its creation—an indication that the seed contains the act of 'fashioning' latent within it. If its life is decreed, its 'fashioning'—from what it needs of nutrition, respiration, metabolism, and what it produces—all of this, in the stage of Al-Bari’, is initiated with it in the 'Book of the Future,' ready and settled within it from the 'Book of Eternity.' Do you see these definitions with me? Thank you to those who read and reflected.

Al-Musawwir (The Fashioner) gave every existing thing a specific form that distinguishes it and a unique appearance, despite the diversity and abundance of beings. An example is fruit: similar in shape but distinct in taste; every apple has a difference from another, as a simple form of definition. I return to the point that if you wish to pray, for example, for a child, then ask in sequence: 'O Creator, Compassionate God, I call upon You by Your true Names, and I glorify You because You are glorified by everything, and I thank You for all Your gifts and for every goodness and provision You bestowed upon us without prior merit from us, and I ask You to bring into existence for me a son or a daughter, for You are the Creator, the Producer, the Fashioner.' And thank Him for all His handiwork and praise Him for all His blessings. Amen.

In the definition of Who is Allah, Allah rejects 'Shirk' (associating partners) completely and categorically and does not accept it. When you pray to the One God, you do not need the intercession of people as intermediaries; rather, you may mention those who believed in Him and His sincere servants out of preference—such as saying 'by Your love for Your sincere servants Moses, Jesus, Daniel, or a religious man or prophet.' However, do not direct the speech to them by asking them to intercede for you or give to you, because in Monotheism, no one gives anything except after His permission and by His Will and Decree only. You do not need a specific time or place to speak with the One God or pray to Him. There is no impossible request. He hears you, sees you, and perceives even the most subtle emotions in your heart. There is no need even to make your voice audible; a whisper is enough, and if you wish and mention Him in your chest by your mere thought, He hears the words of your heart. Even if you turn toward Him only through feeling, He knows that. His hearing the heartbeat of the wing of every insect does not distract Him from another, no matter how numerous things are. He sees all that we see or do not see, and every atom in the universe is not absent from His sight or His perception. Rather, by His Name that we learned from Him, He is Al-Alim (The All-Knowing), meaning He knows everything, every thing, at the same time, in every place. Let your imagination wander to the furthest extent of your mental capacity in predicting every atom, electron, 'Biron,' 'Kairon,' or whatever science may discover in the future—all this is present in His Thought without distracting Him. For His perception, it is a simple part and a simple thing that requires no effort. It is said of the Deity in the Hadith Qudsi: All that all creatures ask for, no matter how great, is like a thread from a garment placed in the shore of a sea—see how much it carries from that sea?

The Name of Allah, Al-Ghaffar (The All-Forgiving): He forgives sins. The Deity does not hasten the punishment before giving you time. If you go and say to Him, 'O Allah, You are my Lord and You forgive my sins by Your mercy,' He may overlook all your actions. However, to establish Justice, the Deity does not forgive your sin regarding His creatures [crimes against others]; rather, some of it He punishes you for in this world, and some of the injustice among His creatures is left until the Day of Judgment, where creatures will stand and every person will demand their right, and He alone will judge everyone without intervention from any other person. In Islam, the definition is that you are 'held hostage' by your sin regarding other creatures. As for the right of the Great Deity, He is more merciful to His creatures than their fathers and mothers—nay, more merciful to His servants than they are to themselves. It is from His grace that He made for us a door called Repentance and seeking forgiveness from Him for our sins.

He is also named Al-Qahhar (The Subduer): Nothing subdues Him and nothing tires Him. He is the One capable, by His subduing power, of directing the universe by 'compulsion' (Qahran), even the 'chosen' among them. There is no force or authority that can prevent Him if He wills to do something. Also, from the aspects of His 'Subduing' (Qahr) is that there are directed paths without the power of refusal, called Al-Musakhkharat (The Conscripted/Subjugated). For example, He 'subjugated' for us the sun and the moon, both persistent in their movement, not by their own choice, but by His 'Subduing'—meaning by His Power they move according to His Will. All movements of the universe, even what you think is 'random,' are in reality not so; they are a management that, if you mastered or contemplated it, you would find it to be a balance that cannot exist without a God who regulates the movement of all those celestial bodies. They move according to His Subduing, conscripted by what He created them for; they do not possess the ability to break free from His Power, and no one possesses the ability even to remove them from the 'Subduing' of His Divinity ever.

Among the philosophical examples mentioned is the encounter of Abraham the Upright Messenger with one of the kings. The king said, 'I give life and cause death,' as he brought two servants, killed one, and left the other. Abraham replied with words immortalized by the Quran: 'Allah brings the sun from the East, so bring it you from the West.' So the disbeliever was confounded (Bahata)—meaning he froze and his argument was immediately nullified. For who possesses the power to bring it from the West?

This discourse will continue regarding the 99 Names. Forgive me if a mix-up occurred, perhaps due to the length of the message, where I translated the 78 Names of Maitatron as if they were the 'Beautiful Names of Allah' (Asma Allah al-Husna); rather, the original text was about their relationship to the Beautiful Names. But it seems the text had errors that the editor does not allow me to change. Thank you for your tolerance despite everything.

 

[Yazata]

you are 'held hostage'

Deliberately provocative language.