Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

Use No Hooks~® wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:29:33 -0500, Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> If he would take the rag off his head, and allow his brain to breath,
> he may change his mind, but he may be another two cell.

Too late, "He already drank the Koolaid." (or is that kookaid?)

--
DougW

Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

So Islamospammer, unless Mohmad drove a Jeep you are just another pig of
a spammer.

Jeff DeWitt


algaga wrote:
> WAMY Series: On Islam No.9.Introduction
> God's Attributes
> The Oneness of God
> The Believer's Attitude
> Introduction
> It is a known fact that every language has one or more terms that are
> used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not
> the case with Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God.
> Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or gender.
> This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can
> be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess." It is
> interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in
> Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.The One
> true God is a reflection of the unique concept that Islam associates
> with God. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of
> the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to
> Him. The Prophet Muhammad was asked by his contemporaries about Allah;
> the answer came directly from God Himself in the form of a short
> chapter of the Qur'an, which is considered to be the essence of the
> unity or the motto of monotheism. This is chapter 112, which reads:"
> In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O
> Muhammad), He is God, the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not
> begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone".Some
> non-Muslims allege that God in Islam is a stern and cruel God who
> demands to be obeyed fully and is not loving and kind. Nothing could
> be farther from the truth than this allegation. It is enough to know
> that, with the exception of one, each of the 114 chapters of the
> Qur'an begins with the verse " In the name of God, the Merciful, the
> Compassionate". In one of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), we
> are told that " God is more loving and kind than a mother to her dear
> child".On the other hand, God is also Just. Hence, evildoers and
> sinners must have their share of punishment, and the virtuous must
> have God's bounties and favors. Actually, God's attribute of Mercy has
> full manifestation in His attribute of Justice. People suffering
> throughout their lives for His sake should not receive similar
> treatment from their Lord as people who oppress and exploit others
> their whole lives. Expecting similar treatment for them would amount
> to negating the very belief in the accountability of man in the
> Hereafter and thereby negate all the incentives for a moral and
> virtuous life in this world. The following Qur'anic verses are very
> clear and straightforward in this respect.
> Verily, for the Righteous are gardens of Delight, in the Presence of
> their Lord. Shall We then treat the people of Faith like the people of
> Sin? What is the matter with you? How judge you?
> Islam rejects characterizing God in any human form or depicting Him as
> favoring certain individuals or nations on the basis of wealth, power
> or race. He created the human-beings as equals. They may distinguish
> themselves and get His favor through virtue and piety only.
> The concepts that God rested on the seventh day of creation, that God
> wrestled with one of His soldiers, that God is an envious plotter
> against mankind, and that God is incarnate in any human being are
> considered blasphemy from the Islamic point of view.
> The unique usage of Allah as a personal name of God is a reflection of
> Islam's emphasis on the purity of the belief in God that is the
> essence of the message of all God's messengers. Because of this, Islam
> considers associating any deity or personality with God as a deadly
> sin that God will never forgive, despite the fact that He may forgive
> all other sins.
> The Creator must be of a different nature from the things created
> because if He is of the same nature as they are, He will be temporal
> and will therefore need a maker. It follows that nothing is like Him.
> If the maker is not temporal, then he must be eternal. But if he is
> eternal, he cannot be caused, and if nothing caused Him to come into
> existence, nothing outside Him causes Him to continue to exist, which
> means that he must be self-sufficient. And if He does not depend on
> anything for the continuance of His own existence, then this existence
> can have no end. The Creator is therefore eternal and everlasting: "He
> is the First and the Last".
> He is Self-sufficient or Self-subsistent, or, to use a Qur'anic term,
> Al-Qayyum The Creator does not create only in the sense of bringing
> things into being, He. also preserves them and takes them out of
> existence and is the ultimate cause of whatever happens to them.
> " God is the Creator of everything. He is the guardian over
> everything. Unto Him belong the keys of the heavens and the
> earth" (39:62-63).
> " No creature is there crawling on the earth, but its provision rests
> on God. He knows its lodging place and its repository" (11:16).
> God's Attributes
> If the Creator is Eternal and Everlasting, then His attributes must
> also be eternal and everlasting. He should not lose any of His
> attributes nor acquire new ones. If this is so, then his attributes
> are absolute. Can there be more than one Creator with such absolute
> attributes? Can there be, for example, two absolutely powerful
> Creators? A moment's thought shows that this is not feasible.
> The Qur'an summarizes this argument in the following verses:" God has
> not taken to Himself any son, nor is there any god with Him: for then
> each god would have taken of that which he created and some of them
> would have risen up over others" (23:91).
> " And why, were there gods in earth and heaven other than God, they
> (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin" (21:22).
> The Oneness of God
> The Qur'an reminds us of the falsity of all alleged gods. To the
> worshippers of man-made objects it asks:" Do you worship what you have
> carved yourself" (37:95). " Or have you taken unto yourself others
> beside Him to be your protectors, even such as have no power either
> for good or for harm to themselves" (13:16).
> To the worshippers of heavenly bodies it cites the story of Abraham:"
> When night out------ over him, he saw a star and said: This is my
> Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not the setters. When he saw
> the moon rising, he said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said:
> If my Lord does not guide me, I shall surely be of the people gone
> astray. When he saw the sun rising, he said: This is my Lord; this is
> greater. But when it set, he said: O my people, surely I quit that
> which you associate, I have turned my face to Him who originated the
> heavens and the earth; a man of pure faith, I am not one of the
> idolators" (6:76-79).
> The Believer's Attitude
> In order to be a Muslim, that is, to surrender oneself to God, it is
> necessary to believe in the oneness of God, in the sense of His being
> the only Creator, Preserver, Nourisher, etc. But this belief, later
> called Tawhid Ar-Rububiyyah, is not enough. Many of the idolators knew
> and believed that only the Supreme God could do all this. But this was
> not enough to make them Muslims. To tawhid ar-rububiyyah, one must add
> tawhid al-'uluhiyyah. That is, one acknowledges the fact that it is
> God alone who deserves to be worshipped, and thus abstains from
> worshipping any other thing or being.
> Having achieved this knowledge of the one true God, man should
> constantly have faith in Him, and should allow nothing to induce him
> to deny truth.
> When faith enters a person's heart, it causes certain mental states
> that result in certain actions. Taken together, these mental states
> and actions are the proof for the true faith. The Prophet said:" Faith
> is that which resides firmly in the heart and which is proved by
> deeds".
> Foremost among those mental stated is the feeling of gratitude towards
> God, which could be said to be the essence of ibada (worship).
> The feeling of gratitude is so important that a non-believer is called
> 'kafir', which means 'one who denies a truth' and also 'one who is
> ungrateful'.
> A believer loves, and is grateful to God for the bounties He bestowed
> upon him, but being aware of the fact that his good deeds, whether
> mental or physical, are far from being commensurate with Divine
> favors, he is always anxious lest God should punish him, here or in
> the Hereafter. He, therefore, fears Him, surrenders himself to Him and
> serves Him with great humility. One cannot be in such a mental state
> without being almost all the time mindful of God. Remembering God is
> thus the life force of faith, without which it fades and withers
> away.
> The Qur'an tries to promote this feeling of gratitude by repeating the
> attributes of God very frequently. We find most of these attributes
> mentioned together in the following verses of the Qur'an:" He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the Knower of the unseen and the
> visible; He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peace,
> the Guardian of the Faith, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-
> Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to God, above that they
> associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
> belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the
> earth magnifies Him; He is the Almighty, the All-Wise" (59:22-24).
> " There is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes
> Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the
> earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave?
> He knows what lies before them, and what is after them, and they
> comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His
> throne comprises the heavens and earth. The preserving of them
> oppresses Him not; He is the All-High, the All-Glorious" (2:255).
> People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say
> not as to God but the truth.
> " The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and
> His Word that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe
> in God and His Messengers, and say not "Three". Refrain; better it is
> for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him -- (He is) above having a
> son" (4:171).
>

Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

So Islamospammer, unless Mohmad drove a Jeep you are just another pig of
a spammer.

Jeff DeWitt


algaga wrote:
> WAMY Series: On Islam No.9.Introduction
> God's Attributes
> The Oneness of God
> The Believer's Attitude
> Introduction
> It is a known fact that every language has one or more terms that are
> used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not
> the case with Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God.
> Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or gender.
> This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can
> be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess." It is
> interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in
> Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.The One
> true God is a reflection of the unique concept that Islam associates
> with God. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of
> the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to
> Him. The Prophet Muhammad was asked by his contemporaries about Allah;
> the answer came directly from God Himself in the form of a short
> chapter of the Qur'an, which is considered to be the essence of the
> unity or the motto of monotheism. This is chapter 112, which reads:"
> In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O
> Muhammad), He is God, the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not
> begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone".Some
> non-Muslims allege that God in Islam is a stern and cruel God who
> demands to be obeyed fully and is not loving and kind. Nothing could
> be farther from the truth than this allegation. It is enough to know
> that, with the exception of one, each of the 114 chapters of the
> Qur'an begins with the verse " In the name of God, the Merciful, the
> Compassionate". In one of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), we
> are told that " God is more loving and kind than a mother to her dear
> child".On the other hand, God is also Just. Hence, evildoers and
> sinners must have their share of punishment, and the virtuous must
> have God's bounties and favors. Actually, God's attribute of Mercy has
> full manifestation in His attribute of Justice. People suffering
> throughout their lives for His sake should not receive similar
> treatment from their Lord as people who oppress and exploit others
> their whole lives. Expecting similar treatment for them would amount
> to negating the very belief in the accountability of man in the
> Hereafter and thereby negate all the incentives for a moral and
> virtuous life in this world. The following Qur'anic verses are very
> clear and straightforward in this respect.
> Verily, for the Righteous are gardens of Delight, in the Presence of
> their Lord. Shall We then treat the people of Faith like the people of
> Sin? What is the matter with you? How judge you?
> Islam rejects characterizing God in any human form or depicting Him as
> favoring certain individuals or nations on the basis of wealth, power
> or race. He created the human-beings as equals. They may distinguish
> themselves and get His favor through virtue and piety only.
> The concepts that God rested on the seventh day of creation, that God
> wrestled with one of His soldiers, that God is an envious plotter
> against mankind, and that God is incarnate in any human being are
> considered blasphemy from the Islamic point of view.
> The unique usage of Allah as a personal name of God is a reflection of
> Islam's emphasis on the purity of the belief in God that is the
> essence of the message of all God's messengers. Because of this, Islam
> considers associating any deity or personality with God as a deadly
> sin that God will never forgive, despite the fact that He may forgive
> all other sins.
> The Creator must be of a different nature from the things created
> because if He is of the same nature as they are, He will be temporal
> and will therefore need a maker. It follows that nothing is like Him.
> If the maker is not temporal, then he must be eternal. But if he is
> eternal, he cannot be caused, and if nothing caused Him to come into
> existence, nothing outside Him causes Him to continue to exist, which
> means that he must be self-sufficient. And if He does not depend on
> anything for the continuance of His own existence, then this existence
> can have no end. The Creator is therefore eternal and everlasting: "He
> is the First and the Last".
> He is Self-sufficient or Self-subsistent, or, to use a Qur'anic term,
> Al-Qayyum The Creator does not create only in the sense of bringing
> things into being, He. also preserves them and takes them out of
> existence and is the ultimate cause of whatever happens to them.
> " God is the Creator of everything. He is the guardian over
> everything. Unto Him belong the keys of the heavens and the
> earth" (39:62-63).
> " No creature is there crawling on the earth, but its provision rests
> on God. He knows its lodging place and its repository" (11:16).
> God's Attributes
> If the Creator is Eternal and Everlasting, then His attributes must
> also be eternal and everlasting. He should not lose any of His
> attributes nor acquire new ones. If this is so, then his attributes
> are absolute. Can there be more than one Creator with such absolute
> attributes? Can there be, for example, two absolutely powerful
> Creators? A moment's thought shows that this is not feasible.
> The Qur'an summarizes this argument in the following verses:" God has
> not taken to Himself any son, nor is there any god with Him: for then
> each god would have taken of that which he created and some of them
> would have risen up over others" (23:91).
> " And why, were there gods in earth and heaven other than God, they
> (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin" (21:22).
> The Oneness of God
> The Qur'an reminds us of the falsity of all alleged gods. To the
> worshippers of man-made objects it asks:" Do you worship what you have
> carved yourself" (37:95). " Or have you taken unto yourself others
> beside Him to be your protectors, even such as have no power either
> for good or for harm to themselves" (13:16).
> To the worshippers of heavenly bodies it cites the story of Abraham:"
> When night out------ over him, he saw a star and said: This is my
> Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not the setters. When he saw
> the moon rising, he said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said:
> If my Lord does not guide me, I shall surely be of the people gone
> astray. When he saw the sun rising, he said: This is my Lord; this is
> greater. But when it set, he said: O my people, surely I quit that
> which you associate, I have turned my face to Him who originated the
> heavens and the earth; a man of pure faith, I am not one of the
> idolators" (6:76-79).
> The Believer's Attitude
> In order to be a Muslim, that is, to surrender oneself to God, it is
> necessary to believe in the oneness of God, in the sense of His being
> the only Creator, Preserver, Nourisher, etc. But this belief, later
> called Tawhid Ar-Rububiyyah, is not enough. Many of the idolators knew
> and believed that only the Supreme God could do all this. But this was
> not enough to make them Muslims. To tawhid ar-rububiyyah, one must add
> tawhid al-'uluhiyyah. That is, one acknowledges the fact that it is
> God alone who deserves to be worshipped, and thus abstains from
> worshipping any other thing or being.
> Having achieved this knowledge of the one true God, man should
> constantly have faith in Him, and should allow nothing to induce him
> to deny truth.
> When faith enters a person's heart, it causes certain mental states
> that result in certain actions. Taken together, these mental states
> and actions are the proof for the true faith. The Prophet said:" Faith
> is that which resides firmly in the heart and which is proved by
> deeds".
> Foremost among those mental stated is the feeling of gratitude towards
> God, which could be said to be the essence of ibada (worship).
> The feeling of gratitude is so important that a non-believer is called
> 'kafir', which means 'one who denies a truth' and also 'one who is
> ungrateful'.
> A believer loves, and is grateful to God for the bounties He bestowed
> upon him, but being aware of the fact that his good deeds, whether
> mental or physical, are far from being commensurate with Divine
> favors, he is always anxious lest God should punish him, here or in
> the Hereafter. He, therefore, fears Him, surrenders himself to Him and
> serves Him with great humility. One cannot be in such a mental state
> without being almost all the time mindful of God. Remembering God is
> thus the life force of faith, without which it fades and withers
> away.
> The Qur'an tries to promote this feeling of gratitude by repeating the
> attributes of God very frequently. We find most of these attributes
> mentioned together in the following verses of the Qur'an:" He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the Knower of the unseen and the
> visible; He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peace,
> the Guardian of the Faith, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-
> Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to God, above that they
> associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
> belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the
> earth magnifies Him; He is the Almighty, the All-Wise" (59:22-24).
> " There is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes
> Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the
> earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave?
> He knows what lies before them, and what is after them, and they
> comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His
> throne comprises the heavens and earth. The preserving of them
> oppresses Him not; He is the All-High, the All-Glorious" (2:255).
> People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say
> not as to God but the truth.
> " The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and
> His Word that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe
> in God and His Messengers, and say not "Three". Refrain; better it is
> for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him -- (He is) above having a
> son" (4:171).
>

Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

So Islamospammer, unless Mohmad drove a Jeep you are just another pig of
a spammer.

Jeff DeWitt

algaga wrote:
> WAMY Series: On Islam No.9.Introduction
> God's Attributes
> The Oneness of God
> The Believer's Attitude
> Introduction
> It is a known fact that every language has one or more terms that are
> used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not
> the case with Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God.
> Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or gender.
> This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can
> be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess." It is
> interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in
> Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.The One
> true God is a reflection of the unique concept that Islam associates
> with God. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of
> the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to
> Him. The Prophet Muhammad was asked by his contemporaries about Allah;
> the answer came directly from God Himself in the form of a short
> chapter of the Qur'an, which is considered to be the essence of the
> unity or the motto of monotheism. This is chapter 112, which reads:"
> In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O
> Muhammad), He is God, the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not
> begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone".Some
> non-Muslims allege that God in Islam is a stern and cruel God who
> demands to be obeyed fully and is not loving and kind. Nothing could
> be farther from the truth than this allegation. It is enough to know
> that, with the exception of one, each of the 114 chapters of the
> Qur'an begins with the verse " In the name of God, the Merciful, the
> Compassionate". In one of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), we
> are told that " God is more loving and kind than a mother to her dear
> child".On the other hand, God is also Just. Hence, evildoers and
> sinners must have their share of punishment, and the virtuous must
> have God's bounties and favors. Actually, God's attribute of Mercy has
> full manifestation in His attribute of Justice. People suffering
> throughout their lives for His sake should not receive similar
> treatment from their Lord as people who oppress and exploit others
> their whole lives. Expecting similar treatment for them would amount
> to negating the very belief in the accountability of man in the
> Hereafter and thereby negate all the incentives for a moral and
> virtuous life in this world. The following Qur'anic verses are very
> clear and straightforward in this respect.
> Verily, for the Righteous are gardens of Delight, in the Presence of
> their Lord. Shall We then treat the people of Faith like the people of
> Sin? What is the matter with you? How judge you?
> Islam rejects characterizing God in any human form or depicting Him as
> favoring certain individuals or nations on the basis of wealth, power
> or race. He created the human-beings as equals. They may distinguish
> themselves and get His favor through virtue and piety only.
> The concepts that God rested on the seventh day of creation, that God
> wrestled with one of His soldiers, that God is an envious plotter
> against mankind, and that God is incarnate in any human being are
> considered blasphemy from the Islamic point of view.
> The unique usage of Allah as a personal name of God is a reflection of
> Islam's emphasis on the purity of the belief in God that is the
> essence of the message of all God's messengers. Because of this, Islam
> considers associating any deity or personality with God as a deadly
> sin that God will never forgive, despite the fact that He may forgive
> all other sins.
> The Creator must be of a different nature from the things created
> because if He is of the same nature as they are, He will be temporal
> and will therefore need a maker. It follows that nothing is like Him.
> If the maker is not temporal, then he must be eternal. But if he is
> eternal, he cannot be caused, and if nothing caused Him to come into
> existence, nothing outside Him causes Him to continue to exist, which
> means that he must be self-sufficient. And if He does not depend on
> anything for the continuance of His own existence, then this existence
> can have no end. The Creator is therefore eternal and everlasting: "He
> is the First and the Last".
> He is Self-sufficient or Self-subsistent, or, to use a Qur'anic term,
> Al-Qayyum The Creator does not create only in the sense of bringing
> things into being, He. also preserves them and takes them out of
> existence and is the ultimate cause of whatever happens to them.
> " God is the Creator of everything. He is the guardian over
> everything. Unto Him belong the keys of the heavens and the
> earth" (39:62-63).
> " No creature is there crawling on the earth, but its provision rests
> on God. He knows its lodging place and its repository" (11:16).
> God's Attributes
> If the Creator is Eternal and Everlasting, then His attributes must
> also be eternal and everlasting. He should not lose any of His
> attributes nor acquire new ones. If this is so, then his attributes
> are absolute. Can there be more than one Creator with such absolute
> attributes? Can there be, for example, two absolutely powerful
> Creators? A moment's thought shows that this is not feasible.
> The Qur'an summarizes this argument in the following verses:" God has
> not taken to Himself any son, nor is there any god with Him: for then
> each god would have taken of that which he created and some of them
> would have risen up over others" (23:91).
> " And why, were there gods in earth and heaven other than God, they
> (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin" (21:22).
> The Oneness of God
> The Qur'an reminds us of the falsity of all alleged gods. To the
> worshippers of man-made objects it asks:" Do you worship what you have
> carved yourself" (37:95). " Or have you taken unto yourself others
> beside Him to be your protectors, even such as have no power either
> for good or for harm to themselves" (13:16).
> To the worshippers of heavenly bodies it cites the story of Abraham:"
> When night out------ over him, he saw a star and said: This is my
> Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not the setters. When he saw
> the moon rising, he said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said:
> If my Lord does not guide me, I shall surely be of the people gone
> astray. When he saw the sun rising, he said: This is my Lord; this is
> greater. But when it set, he said: O my people, surely I quit that
> which you associate, I have turned my face to Him who originated the
> heavens and the earth; a man of pure faith, I am not one of the
> idolators" (6:76-79).
> The Believer's Attitude
> In order to be a Muslim, that is, to surrender oneself to God, it is
> necessary to believe in the oneness of God, in the sense of His being
> the only Creator, Preserver, Nourisher, etc. But this belief, later
> called Tawhid Ar-Rububiyyah, is not enough. Many of the idolators knew
> and believed that only the Supreme God could do all this. But this was
> not enough to make them Muslims. To tawhid ar-rububiyyah, one must add
> tawhid al-'uluhiyyah. That is, one acknowledges the fact that it is
> God alone who deserves to be worshipped, and thus abstains from
> worshipping any other thing or being.
> Having achieved this knowledge of the one true God, man should
> constantly have faith in Him, and should allow nothing to induce him
> to deny truth.
> When faith enters a person's heart, it causes certain mental states
> that result in certain actions. Taken together, these mental states
> and actions are the proof for the true faith. The Prophet said:" Faith
> is that which resides firmly in the heart and which is proved by
> deeds".
> Foremost among those mental stated is the feeling of gratitude towards
> God, which could be said to be the essence of ibada (worship).
> The feeling of gratitude is so important that a non-believer is called
> 'kafir', which means 'one who denies a truth' and also 'one who is
> ungrateful'.
> A believer loves, and is grateful to God for the bounties He bestowed
> upon him, but being aware of the fact that his good deeds, whether
> mental or physical, are far from being commensurate with Divine
> favors, he is always anxious lest God should punish him, here or in
> the Hereafter. He, therefore, fears Him, surrenders himself to Him and
> serves Him with great humility. One cannot be in such a mental state
> without being almost all the time mindful of God. Remembering God is
> thus the life force of faith, without which it fades and withers
> away.
> The Qur'an tries to promote this feeling of gratitude by repeating the
> attributes of God very frequently. We find most of these attributes
> mentioned together in the following verses of the Qur'an:" He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the Knower of the unseen and the
> visible; He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peace,
> the Guardian of the Faith, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-
> Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to God, above that they
> associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
> belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the
> earth magnifies Him; He is the Almighty, the All-Wise" (59:22-24).
> " There is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes
> Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the
> earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave?
> He knows what lies before them, and what is after them, and they
> comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His
> throne comprises the heavens and earth. The preserving of them
> oppresses Him not; He is the All-High, the All-Glorious" (2:255).
> People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say
> not as to God but the truth.
> " The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and
> His Word that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe
> in God and His Messengers, and say not "Three". Refrain; better it is
> for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him -- (He is) above having a
> son" (4:171).
>

Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

So Islamospammer, unless Mohmad drove a Jeep you are just another pig of
a spammer.

Jeff DeWitt

algaga wrote:
> WAMY Series: On Islam No.9.Introduction
> God's Attributes
> The Oneness of God
> The Believer's Attitude
> Introduction
> It is a known fact that every language has one or more terms that are
> used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not
> the case with Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God.
> Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or gender.
> This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can
> be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess." It is
> interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in
> Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.The One
> true God is a reflection of the unique concept that Islam associates
> with God. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of
> the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to
> Him. The Prophet Muhammad was asked by his contemporaries about Allah;
> the answer came directly from God Himself in the form of a short
> chapter of the Qur'an, which is considered to be the essence of the
> unity or the motto of monotheism. This is chapter 112, which reads:"
> In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O
> Muhammad), He is God, the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not
> begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone".Some
> non-Muslims allege that God in Islam is a stern and cruel God who
> demands to be obeyed fully and is not loving and kind. Nothing could
> be farther from the truth than this allegation. It is enough to know
> that, with the exception of one, each of the 114 chapters of the
> Qur'an begins with the verse " In the name of God, the Merciful, the
> Compassionate". In one of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), we
> are told that " God is more loving and kind than a mother to her dear
> child".On the other hand, God is also Just. Hence, evildoers and
> sinners must have their share of punishment, and the virtuous must
> have God's bounties and favors. Actually, God's attribute of Mercy has
> full manifestation in His attribute of Justice. People suffering
> throughout their lives for His sake should not receive similar
> treatment from their Lord as people who oppress and exploit others
> their whole lives. Expecting similar treatment for them would amount
> to negating the very belief in the accountability of man in the
> Hereafter and thereby negate all the incentives for a moral and
> virtuous life in this world. The following Qur'anic verses are very
> clear and straightforward in this respect.
> Verily, for the Righteous are gardens of Delight, in the Presence of
> their Lord. Shall We then treat the people of Faith like the people of
> Sin? What is the matter with you? How judge you?
> Islam rejects characterizing God in any human form or depicting Him as
> favoring certain individuals or nations on the basis of wealth, power
> or race. He created the human-beings as equals. They may distinguish
> themselves and get His favor through virtue and piety only.
> The concepts that God rested on the seventh day of creation, that God
> wrestled with one of His soldiers, that God is an envious plotter
> against mankind, and that God is incarnate in any human being are
> considered blasphemy from the Islamic point of view.
> The unique usage of Allah as a personal name of God is a reflection of
> Islam's emphasis on the purity of the belief in God that is the
> essence of the message of all God's messengers. Because of this, Islam
> considers associating any deity or personality with God as a deadly
> sin that God will never forgive, despite the fact that He may forgive
> all other sins.
> The Creator must be of a different nature from the things created
> because if He is of the same nature as they are, He will be temporal
> and will therefore need a maker. It follows that nothing is like Him.
> If the maker is not temporal, then he must be eternal. But if he is
> eternal, he cannot be caused, and if nothing caused Him to come into
> existence, nothing outside Him causes Him to continue to exist, which
> means that he must be self-sufficient. And if He does not depend on
> anything for the continuance of His own existence, then this existence
> can have no end. The Creator is therefore eternal and everlasting: "He
> is the First and the Last".
> He is Self-sufficient or Self-subsistent, or, to use a Qur'anic term,
> Al-Qayyum The Creator does not create only in the sense of bringing
> things into being, He. also preserves them and takes them out of
> existence and is the ultimate cause of whatever happens to them.
> " God is the Creator of everything. He is the guardian over
> everything. Unto Him belong the keys of the heavens and the
> earth" (39:62-63).
> " No creature is there crawling on the earth, but its provision rests
> on God. He knows its lodging place and its repository" (11:16).
> God's Attributes
> If the Creator is Eternal and Everlasting, then His attributes must
> also be eternal and everlasting. He should not lose any of His
> attributes nor acquire new ones. If this is so, then his attributes
> are absolute. Can there be more than one Creator with such absolute
> attributes? Can there be, for example, two absolutely powerful
> Creators? A moment's thought shows that this is not feasible.
> The Qur'an summarizes this argument in the following verses:" God has
> not taken to Himself any son, nor is there any god with Him: for then
> each god would have taken of that which he created and some of them
> would have risen up over others" (23:91).
> " And why, were there gods in earth and heaven other than God, they
> (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin" (21:22).
> The Oneness of God
> The Qur'an reminds us of the falsity of all alleged gods. To the
> worshippers of man-made objects it asks:" Do you worship what you have
> carved yourself" (37:95). " Or have you taken unto yourself others
> beside Him to be your protectors, even such as have no power either
> for good or for harm to themselves" (13:16).
> To the worshippers of heavenly bodies it cites the story of Abraham:"
> When night out------ over him, he saw a star and said: This is my
> Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not the setters. When he saw
> the moon rising, he said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said:
> If my Lord does not guide me, I shall surely be of the people gone
> astray. When he saw the sun rising, he said: This is my Lord; this is
> greater. But when it set, he said: O my people, surely I quit that
> which you associate, I have turned my face to Him who originated the
> heavens and the earth; a man of pure faith, I am not one of the
> idolators" (6:76-79).
> The Believer's Attitude
> In order to be a Muslim, that is, to surrender oneself to God, it is
> necessary to believe in the oneness of God, in the sense of His being
> the only Creator, Preserver, Nourisher, etc. But this belief, later
> called Tawhid Ar-Rububiyyah, is not enough. Many of the idolators knew
> and believed that only the Supreme God could do all this. But this was
> not enough to make them Muslims. To tawhid ar-rububiyyah, one must add
> tawhid al-'uluhiyyah. That is, one acknowledges the fact that it is
> God alone who deserves to be worshipped, and thus abstains from
> worshipping any other thing or being.
> Having achieved this knowledge of the one true God, man should
> constantly have faith in Him, and should allow nothing to induce him
> to deny truth.
> When faith enters a person's heart, it causes certain mental states
> that result in certain actions. Taken together, these mental states
> and actions are the proof for the true faith. The Prophet said:" Faith
> is that which resides firmly in the heart and which is proved by
> deeds".
> Foremost among those mental stated is the feeling of gratitude towards
> God, which could be said to be the essence of ibada (worship).
> The feeling of gratitude is so important that a non-believer is called
> 'kafir', which means 'one who denies a truth' and also 'one who is
> ungrateful'.
> A believer loves, and is grateful to God for the bounties He bestowed
> upon him, but being aware of the fact that his good deeds, whether
> mental or physical, are far from being commensurate with Divine
> favors, he is always anxious lest God should punish him, here or in
> the Hereafter. He, therefore, fears Him, surrenders himself to Him and
> serves Him with great humility. One cannot be in such a mental state
> without being almost all the time mindful of God. Remembering God is
> thus the life force of faith, without which it fades and withers
> away.
> The Qur'an tries to promote this feeling of gratitude by repeating the
> attributes of God very frequently. We find most of these attributes
> mentioned together in the following verses of the Qur'an:" He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the Knower of the unseen and the
> visible; He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is God;
> there is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peace,
> the Guardian of the Faith, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-
> Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to God, above that they
> associate! He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
> belong the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the
> earth magnifies Him; He is the Almighty, the All-Wise" (59:22-24).
> " There is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes
> Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the
> earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave?
> He knows what lies before them, and what is after them, and they
> comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His
> throne comprises the heavens and earth. The preserving of them
> oppresses Him not; He is the All-High, the All-Glorious" (2:255).
> People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say
> not as to God but the truth.
> " The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and
> His Word that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe
> in God and His Messengers, and say not "Three". Refrain; better it is
> for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him -- (He is) above having a
> son" (4:171).
>

Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

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over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
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Florida: http://----------.com/temp/24wimp.jpg IP: 66.98.244.52 It doesn't
have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that. Who's only way to
get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat obsession/fetish,
where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like when the other
kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in elementary school play
grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to remember what he last wrote,
like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a little rat dog, like a Mexican
Chihuahua with its senseless barking it's rabid head off, me too, me too.
And is too afraid to use your name, address, or even sign your statement as
any man would, totally worthless!
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As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@cox.net,
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I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
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stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
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other accusations would be thrown out of court.
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groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
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You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
suggest!!!!!
If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
Sheriffs Department.
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I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
24bit:
12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
LW------@------.net
Sincerely,
Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
before you hurt yourself or someone else.
Oh, and thanks for keeping my fight against troll/faggots like you at
the top of your groups! :-)
The only reason you write me is to try to put down my friends and my
Lord Jesus Christ. Well try as you may you're not strong enough for that,
coward.
BTW I put up a couple more of my friends cars for you to be jealous of.
:-)
I happen to know you've been locked in a rubber room, laced in a
straight jacket. Time for lights out at your insane asylum again.
Fortunately it is against the law for you to own a firearm.
There you go with that psychopathic goat obsession/fetish, that only
faggots like would think of.
That's what I've said, it's common knowledge you're a schizophrenic
------.
Hehehe I've got your user name blocked over at: Motzarella, COX, and
soon the world of servers.
What are you babbling about?????
And you think the news members won't recognize your girlie writing, and
see your user names, as fake as you.
I used to pity retarded people like you, now you just make me
laugh!!!!!!
You pathetic little schizophrenic psychopath, you make me laugh the way
a girlie, ------ writes, it gives me a feeling of extreme superiority!
<ROTFLMAO>
More jealous foul mouth girlie maricón acosador gibberish/babbling.
My service is well documented at: http://www.----------.com/ARMY.htm It
is you that has the dishonorable discharge, you're a coward. Thanks 24wimp
for the reply, so as I may forward it to your ------ groups.
I repeat: You have never been in the service, much less Vietnam!!!!!!!
What a lying coward!!!!!!!
24wimp, do you really think the news members won't catch on and
recognize your babbling on mchsi, Road Runner, news.alt.net, Newsguy
remailers, as you, the coward fag using fake names, as queer as you?
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Use No Hooks~®" <unh@openwide.org> wrote in message
news:2e37k3l88eqcnrq7motqvoik7qf457jvej@4ax.com...
>
> If he would take the rag off his head, and allow his brain to breath,
> he may change his mind, but he may be another two cell.
>
>

Re: Concept of God in Islam
 

There you go again, the little Psychopath, jealous, REALLY JEALOUS,
over the fact that I once own a '37 Lasalle, ranting over my documents,
possessions, successes, manliness, Super Southern California surfer body,
Christian family, and name. What a jealous little draft dodging senile
coward from 12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT, Mediacom
Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-205-156-0-GULF-BREEZE-Florida, that of
course, I killed, now it's 12-202-247-159.client.mchsi.com New Albany,
Indiana asylum. now's it's back in 12-202-247-159.client.mchsi.com Navarre,
Florida: http://----------.com/temp/24wimp.jpg IP: 66.98.244.52 It doesn't
have a DD214, it had to have served our country for that. Who's only way to
get attention is to make a fool of its self, with its goat obsession/fetish,
where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. Like when the other
kids laughed at its attempt to use foul language in elementary school play
grounds, but its just gibberish. Too senile to remember what he last wrote,
like the rest of Florida. You remind me of a little rat dog, like a Mexican
Chihuahua with its senseless barking it's rabid head off, me too, me too.
And is too afraid to use your name, address, or even sign your statement as
any man would, totally worthless!
Posted pornography at: news:0u7g43dkje4pdkqi07hl66s8kpifo564k1@4ax.com
As a member of the moral majority I know what ---- is when I see it!
But now worth the time to forward this low life to: abuse@mchsi.com,
fraud@mchsi.com, fraud@4AX.COM, abuse@aioe.org, admin@cox.net,
abuse@teranews.com for forgery.
I thought your attacks were just personal disagreements, but with
passing of my country's Independents Day, I realize these attacks are
stemming from my love of God and America, and that's what you've been doing
all along is declaring your hatred for the United States of America, with
each declaration of my signature, but just too cowardly to be a ---------.
It's America, love it, or leave it, so get the f*ck out!
Considering the source, which you're a habitual lair, so these plus your
other accusations would be thrown out of court.
When are you going to take responsibility for yourself, and become a
man??????????
People that follow astrology, know the traits you have listed are a
hundred eighty out from any Capricorn.
Forwarded to: alt.binaries.pictures.autos, alt.binaries.automobile.pictures
groups so they may to see what an a**hole you really are!!!!!
Is this what your Psychologist wrote about you? They don't fit any
Capricorn, sounds like a spoil Leo.
You're a LIAR and never been in the Service much less Vietnam, as you
suggest!!!!!
If you think I'm a Psycho, then report me to my friends at the San Diego
Sheriffs Department.
I'm just really curious as to who you think will believe you over any
man responsible enough to list his name and address here and in every place
I know of????? All you can do is lie, as most everything you have said
contradicts it's self.
You know what they say, once a ------ coward, always a ------ coward.
I won't give up until traitors like you are gone from these groups I
participate and see you've pretty well killed this group I will devote my
life to reminding your groups who you are!!!!!!!
I would appreciate the name and address of these trolls, Square Wheel:
S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 intrepidator@shaw.ca and
24bit:
12.205.158.32 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT Mediacom Communications Corp. I
will keep your name in confidence, kindly email -------------------- or
LW------@------.net
Sincerely,
Llewellyn W. (Bill) ------ III
You're not fooling anyone, ------! You need to get back in the hospital
before you hurt yourself or someone else.
Oh, and thanks for keeping my fight against troll/faggots like you at
the top of your groups! :-)
The only reason you write me is to try to put down my friends and my
Lord Jesus Christ. Well try as you may you're not strong enough for that,
coward.
BTW I put up a couple more of my friends cars for you to be jealous of.
:-)
I happen to know you've been locked in a rubber room, laced in a
straight jacket. Time for lights out at your insane asylum again.
Fortunately it is against the law for you to own a firearm.
There you go with that psychopathic goat obsession/fetish, that only
faggots like would think of.
That's what I've said, it's common knowledge you're a schizophrenic
------.
Hehehe I've got your user name blocked over at: Motzarella, COX, and
soon the world of servers.
What are you babbling about?????
And you think the news members won't recognize your girlie writing, and
see your user names, as fake as you.
I used to pity retarded people like you, now you just make me
laugh!!!!!!
You pathetic little schizophrenic psychopath, you make me laugh the way
a girlie, ------ writes, it gives me a feeling of extreme superiority!
<ROTFLMAO>
More jealous foul mouth girlie maricón acosador gibberish/babbling.
My service is well documented at: http://www.----------.com/ARMY.htm It
is you that has the dishonorable discharge, you're a coward. Thanks 24wimp
for the reply, so as I may forward it to your ------ groups.
I repeat: You have never been in the service, much less Vietnam!!!!!!!
What a lying coward!!!!!!!
24wimp, do you really think the news members won't catch on and
recognize your babbling on mchsi, Road Runner, news.alt.net, Newsguy
remailers, as you, the coward fag using fake names, as queer as you?
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Use No Hooks~®" <unh@openwide.org> wrote in message
news:2e37k3l88eqcnrq7motqvoik7qf457jvej@4ax.com...
>
> If he would take the rag off his head, and allow his brain to breath,
> he may change his mind, but he may be another two cell.
>
>