Allah
-
Upload
effat-saleh -
Category
Spiritual
-
view
1.228 -
download
4
Transcript of Allah
![Page 1: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Many people – including Muslims ask: “Where is God or Allah? What Image does God
or Allah have?”
These questions cannot be easily answered, but let’s see
how Imam Abu Hanifah responded when he was asked
such questions by nonbelievers.
![Page 3: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
To those who ask :“Where is God or
Allah?”
![Page 4: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
The atheists asked Abu Hanifah:“When was your Lord born”?
![Page 5: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Abu Hanifah replied: “Allah existed first - before history and before time.
![Page 6: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
He added: “What comes before three?”
They replied: “Two”.
![Page 7: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
He asked: “What comes before two?”
They replied: “One”.
![Page 8: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Abu Hanifah said: “What comes before one?”They replied:
“Nothing”.
![Page 9: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
He said: “If the number ‘one’ is not preceded by
anything, then how can the True One and Only God
(Allah) be preceded by anything. Allah is Ancient
and Eternal. Nothing precedes Him.”
![Page 10: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
They asked: “In which direction does your Lord
move”?
![Page 11: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
He asked: “If you bring a ntern into a dark place, in which direction will its light move?”They replied: “In every direction.”
![Page 12: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Abu Hanifah said: “If this is how the lantern’s light radiates, then how about Allah’s Light - the Light of the Heavens and the Earth?”
![Page 13: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
They said: “Define your Lord’s entity. Is your Lord solid like iron; liquid like water; or gaseous like smoke
or vapor”?
![Page 14: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
He asked: “Have you ever sat beside a dying patient?”They said: “Yes, we have.
![Page 15: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
He added: "Did he speak to you after he was pronounced dead?"
They said: "No".
![Page 16: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Abu Hanifah asked: “Before he died, did he not talk and move?”
They said: “Yes”.
![Page 17: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
He said: “What changed him?”They said: “His soul
departed ”.
![Page 18: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
He said: “Then isn’t it true that his soul left his body?
They said: “Yes.”
![Page 19: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Abu Hanifah asked: “Could you describe his soul? Is it solid like iron; liquid like water; or gaseous like smoke or vapor?”
![Page 20: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
They replied: “We know nothing about
it.”
![Page 21: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
He said: “If you cannot define the entity of this
created soul, then how can you expect me to describe
the Divine Entity.”
![Page 22: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Let’s repeat this prayer
together: “Oh, Allah”.
![Page 23: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Allah, help me to uphold
the truth against tyrants;
and prevent me from advocating
injustice to gain the applause of the
weak.
![Page 24: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Oh Allah, if you make me
rich, do not deprive me of
happiness.
![Page 25: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
If You Grant me
strength, do not take away my mental faculties.
![Page 26: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
If you make me
successful, do not
deprive me of modesty.
![Page 27: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
If you make me modest,
do not deprive me of my pride and
dignity.
![Page 28: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Oh Allah, teach me to love others as much as I love myself.
![Page 29: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Teach me to judge myself
before I judge others.
![Page 30: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Teach me that tolerance is the
greatest strength.
![Page 31: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
And that vengeance is the first sign of weakness.
![Page 32: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Oh Allah, if you grant me success, do not
blind me by vanity.
![Page 33: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Do not make me despair if I fail.
![Page 34: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Please let me always
remember that failure
precedes success.
![Page 35: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Oh Allah, if you
deprive me of my wealth, do
not let me despair.
![Page 36: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
If you take away my
success, give me the
strength to overcome
failure.
![Page 37: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
If you deprive me of good
health, do not deprive me of
faith.
![Page 38: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Oh Allah, if I hurt others,
give me the strength to apologize.
![Page 39: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
If people hurt me,
give me the strength to
forgive.
![Page 40: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
If I am oblivious to
Thee, do not deprive
me of Your Forgiveness and Patience.
![Page 41: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Oh Allah, You are the All-
Powerful, All-Merciful
and All-Capable
![Page 42: Allah](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062708/558b5e25d8b42ad6088b466d/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Ameen.