BELIEF in ALLAH

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BELIEFinALLAH
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Outline

• The word Allah
• Who is Allah?
• His Names and Attributes
• How do we know Him?
• Questions
• The One God in Holy Books
• What does Allah want from His believers?

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Allah

• God - English
• Dieu - French
• Gott - German
• Dio - Italian
• Dios - Spanish
• ??? - Arabic
• Tanri - Turkish
• ??? - Russian
• Allah is the proper name of the One God

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Who is Allah?

• He is the One
• He is the Creator
• He is the Sustainer
• He is the True Almighty God
• He is the Compassionate
• He is the Most Merciful
• He is the Most Gracious
• He is the Most Powerful

Say He is Allah, The One, The Self-Sufficient,
The Master, whom all creatures need, He begets
not, nor was He begotten And there is none
co-equal or comparable unto Him. Quran 112
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Some of His Beautiful Names
Ar-Rahman The Most Merciful Ar-Raheem The
Most Beneficent Al-Malik The True
King Al-Quddoos The Pure the most perfect
who does not make mistakes. As-Salaam The One
who gives peace Al-Mu'min The One who gives
security Al-Khaliq The Creator Al-Ghaffar
The Forgiving Ar-Razzaq The
Sustainer Al-Alim The Knower of All
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His Attributes

• Existence
• Oneness
• Eternity (???)
• Everlastingness (????)
• Non-neediness of others
• Non-resemblance to the creatures

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His Attributes, contd.

• Power
• Will
• Knowledge
• Life
• Hearing
• Sight
• Speech

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How do we know Him?

• Through our observation of
• Our nature
• Universe
• Holy Books
• Prophets

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How do we know Him?, contd.

• Creation is contingent
• Things are finite
• Life
• Cleanliness
• Countenances
• Human intuition
• Consensus
• Mutual helping

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How do we know Him?, contd.

• Mercy and providence
• Orderliness in creation
• Artistry in creation
• Finality in creation
• Divine teaching and directing
• The spirit and the conscience
• Our innate dispositions and history

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Question 1

• Why cant we see God?
• Because we have limited sight.
• God is beyond all form, quality, quantity, and
  human conception or reasoning

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Question 2

• Does God know everything, even our hearts?
• God is All-Knowing (everything in the universe is
  being sustained at the same time, example of the
  sun)
• And verily thy Lord knows all that their hearts
  do hide. As well as all that they reveal.
  Quran 2774 Also see Quran 601

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Question 3

• Who created God?
• Cause and Effect relationships
• (Never ending chain of creators)
• Only the Creator is Self-Existent and
  Self-Subsistent
• (0 and 1)

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Question 4

• Why is God only One?
• Harmony of the Universe
• Harmony of the Society

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The One God in Holy Books

• "Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one
  echad!" Deuteronomy 64
• "The foremost is, Hear, O Israel! The Lord our
  God is one hen Lord " Mark 1229
• And your Allah is One Allah There is no god but
  He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Quran 2163

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What does Allah want from His Believers?

• To believe Him
• To do good deeds for His sake

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• Thank you for your patience!

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Question 5

• Since God knows what we will do, why does He send
  us here?
• Humanity is placed in creation to be tested,
  purified, and prepared for eternal bliss in
  Paradise

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What are the Benefits of Belief in Allah?

• Belief in Allah, His names, and His attributes
• Instills in the individual the love and
  glorification of Allah
• Results in the individuals performing Allah's
  instructions and avoiding His prohibitions

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What are the Benefits of Belief in Allah?, contd.

• These are the means of achieving ultimate
  happiness in this life and the hereafter for both
  the individual and the society
• "Whoever, male or female, does righteous deed,
  while believing, We shall assuredly grant him a
  goodly life, and We shall reward them according
  to the best of their deeds" Quran 1697.

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What are the Benefits of Belief in Allah?, contd.

• A good life in this world (An-Nahl 97)
• Guidance (Al-Hajj 54)
• Might and pride (Al-Munafiqoon 8)
• Power in the earth (An-Nur 55)
• Salvation (Yunus 102)
• Allahs allegiance to us

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