Monday, April 25th, 2011
‘Why we cannot see God?’
The atheist usually ask me why we cannot see God if God exist. A simple answer to this would be that not necessarily what we cannot see does not exist.
We cannot see God because God did not provide us with the senses to ‘see’ Him. As an analogy, let say I have created a car. Is the car able to see me? The car cannot see me because I did not create the car with the ability to see me. Just because the car cannot see me does that mean I do not exist?
Despite the car cannot see me, I can see the car! Similarly God can see us in spite of we cannot see God. The very fact the car exist also proves that I (the maker of car) also exist. Similarly the existence of our universe is also the fact in the existence of its Creator.
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
‘Impersonal God’
I have been asked how the Muslims can worship impersonal God as it indicates a distant God. Impersonal God does not necessarily imply God is far away and not approachable. Thus the Qur’an explains;
When My servants ask you concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way. [Qur’an 2:186]
“It was We who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular veins.” [Qur’an 50:16]
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
Touchstone
The four verses of Surah Al-Ikhlas (Purity), chapter 112:1-4 from the Qur’an also serves as the touchstone of theology in Islam. Supposed if you wanted to sell gold to a goldsmith, the goldsmith will first use a touchstone to verify the gold whether it is 24 karat, 18 karat or maybe imitation gold. Not everything that glitters is gold! Similarly if there is any candidate claiming divinity, we will put the candidate thru the above acid test. If the candidate can pass the test, then as Muslims we do not have any problem to worship it as God because the test is so stringent that only the true Almighty God could pass. Any false deity would fail miserably.
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
Identity of God
Islam is a God centered religion. Anything that a Muslim does, God always comes first and everything else is adjusted accordingly. There for it is very important for a Muslim to being able to distinguish the true God from false deities.
The holy Qur’an offers the solution by giving the most concise definition of God in chapter 112:1-4 which is known as Al-Ikhlas, meaning ‘purity’;
“Say: He is Allah, The One and only. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute (Assamad). He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him” (more…)
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