Peace be upon you

To every person
putting his believe behind his back
And flowing his desires
Saying what he can't understand
and repeating what they have said

To every wondered person

Has many questions
No matter how strange they are...
Islam will answer them

These words for those who are searching within themselves for
answers to the many questions they have.

Who is God ?

Today, many people realize that all of the materialistic and secular
progress which has taken place in society has produced a spiritual
vacuum, which in turn has led to social, economic, political and
psychological problems.

For this reason, those who previously said, "Let us live this life and
enjoy it," or "Hey! We don't want to know about God," are now
again searching for the truth. They are raising questions similar to
those raised above.

This is because the innate nature of man recognizes what is good and
bad, and what is true and false.

It does not feel at ease when Allah's attributes are degraded, and also
when humanlike qualities are associated with Him.

It recognizes that there can be no more than One and Only True
God, and thus One and Only true religion accepted by Him.

Allah does not request some of the creation to worship Him alone,
while ordering to worship Jesus u, Buddha, fire, light, Krishna,
Joseph Smith, the Sun, the Moon, Khomeini, Rama, temples,
Prophets, Eliajah, Farakhan, a cross, a tree, a triangle, saints, priests,
monks, or anything else.

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Everything besides Allah is a creation! They are imperfect. They are
in need of others, but Allah is Self-Sufficient.

He is The First, having nothing before Him, and The Last, having
nothing after Him. To Him is the Final Return. He does not beget nor
is He begotten. No human gave Him the name Allah; rather, He
named Himself with this name. It means 'the True and Only Deity
Who Deserves to Be Worshipped'.

He is not a nationalistic or a tribal god. He is the Creator of

everything. He, therefore, deserves that we submit to Him Alone, and
He called this type of submission 'Islam'.

Confusion, though, came on the part of man when people started to

worship creation, whether animate or inanimate, besides Allah!
In the final Revealed Message to mankind, the Qur'an, Allah clearly
explains the purpose for man's presence in this world. Outwardly
and inwardly, man is called to live in accordance with Allah's way.

This is the meaning of worship in Islam, and it is the purpose for

which we all have been created. There are those, though, who accept
Allah as the Only True God who deserves to be worshipped, but do
not live in accordance with Allah's commandments.

Their practices are deviated from Islam. They are not the criteria
upon which Islam should be judged. Islam is perfect but people are
not.
We are called to search into Islam.

CONGRATULATING AN ATHEIST
YES …. you are an atheist

Because you agree with the first part of the Shahada i.e. the Islamic
Creed, ‘La ilaaha’ - meaning ‘there is no God’. So half my job is
already done; now the only part left is ‘il lallah’ i.e. ‘BUT ALLAH’
which I shall do Insha Allah.

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With others (who are not atheists) I have to first remove from their
minds the wrong concept of God they may have and then put the
correct concept of one true God.

LOGICAL CONCEPT OF GOD

My first question to the atheist will be: "What is the definition of

God?" For a person to say there is no God, you should know what is
the meaning of God.

If I hold a book and say that ‘this is a pen’, for the opposite person to
say, ‘it is not a pen’, he should know what is the definition of a pen,
even if he does not know nor is able to recognize or identify the object
I am holding in my hand. For him to say this is not a pen, he should
at least know what a pen means.

Similarly for an atheist to say ‘there is no God’, he should at least

know the concept of God.

His concept of God would be derived from the surroundings in which

he lives. The god that a large number of people worship has got
human qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god.

Similarly a Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false
gods.

If a non-Muslim believes that Islam is a merciless religion with

something to do with terrorism;
a religion which does not give rights to women;
a religion which contradicts science;
in his limited sense that non-Muslim is correct to reject such Islam.

The problem is he has a wrong picture of Islam. Even I reject such a

false picture of Islam, but at the same time, it becomes my duty as a
Muslim to present the correct picture of Islam to that non-Muslim i.e.
Islam is a merciful religion, it gives equal rights to the women, it is
not incompatible with logic, reason and science; if I present the
correct facts about Islam, that non-Muslim may Inshallah accept
Islam.

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Similarly the atheist rejects the false gods and the duty of every
Muslim is to present the correct concept of God which he shall
Inshallah not refuse.

QUR’AN AND MODERN SCIENCE

The methods of proving the existence of God with usage of the

material provided in the ‘Concept of God in Islam’ to an atheist may
satisfy some but not all.

Many atheists demand a scientific proof for the existence of God. I

agree that today is the age of science and technology. Let us use
scientific knowledge to kill two birds with one stone, i.e. to prove the
existence of God and simultaneously prove that the Qur’an is a
revelation of God.

If a new object or a machine, which no one in the world has ever seen
or heard of before, is shown to an atheist or any person and then a
question is asked, " Who is the first person who will be able to
provide details of the mechanism of this unknown object?

After little bit of thinking, he will reply, ‘the creator of that object.’
Some may say ‘the producer’ while others may say ‘the
manufacturer.’ What ever answer the person gives, keep it in your
mind, the answer will always be either the creator, the producer, the
manufacturer or some what of the same meaning, i.e. the person who
has made it or created it.

Don’t grapple with words, whatever answer you give, the meaning
will be same, therefore accept it.

THEORY OF PROBABILITY

In mathematics there is a theory known as ‘Theory of Probability’. If

you have two options, out of which one is right, and one is wrong, the
chances that you will chose the right one is half, i.e. one out of the two
will be correct. You have 50% chances of being correct.

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Similarly if you toss a coin the chances that your guess will be correct
is 50% (1 out of 2) i.e. 1/2. If you toss a coin the second time, the
chances that you will be correct in the second toss is again 50% i.e.
half.

But the chances that you will be correct in both the tosses is half
multiplied by half (1/2 x 1/2) which is equal to 1/4 i.e. 50% of 50%
which is equal to 25%.

If you toss a coin the third time, chances that you will be correct all
three times is (1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2) that is 1/8 or 50% of 50% of 50% that
is 12½%.

A dice has got six sides. If you throw a dice and guess any number
between 1 to 6, the chances that your guess will be correct is 1/6.

If you throw the dice the second time, the chances that your guess
will be correct in both the throws is (1/6 x 1/6) which is equal to 1/36.
If you throw the dice the third time, the chances that all your three
guesses are correct is (1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6) is equal to 1/216 that is less than
0.5 %.

Let us apply this theory of probability to the Qur’an, and assume

that a person has guessed all the information that is mentioned in the
Qur’an which was unknown at that time.
Let us discuss the probability of all the guesses being simultaneously
correct.

At the time when the Qur’an was revealed, people thought the world
was flat, there are several other options for the shape of the earth. It
could be triangular, it could be quadrangular, pentagonal, hexagonal,
heptagonal, octagonal, spherical, etc.

Lets assume there are about 30 different options for the shape of the
earth. The Qur’an rightly says it is spherical, if it was a guess the
chances of the guess being correct is 1/30.

The light of the moon can be its own light or a reflected light. The
Qur’an rightly says it is a reflected light. If it is a guess, the chances
that it will be correct is 1/2 and the probability that both the guesses
i.e the earth is spherical and the light of the moon is reflected light is
1/30 x 1/2 = 1/60.

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Further, the Qur’an also mentions every living thing is made of
water. Every living thing can be made up of either wood, stone,
copper, aluminum, steel, silver, gold, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, oil,
water, cement, concrete, etc.

The options are say about 10,000. The Qur’an rightly says that
everything is made up of water. If it is a guess, the chances that it will
be correct is 1/10,000 and the probability of all the three guesses i.e.
the earth is spherical, light of moon is reflected light and everything
is created from water being correct is 1/30 x 1/2 x 1/10,000 = 1/60,000
which is equal to about .0017%.

The Qur’an speaks about hundreds of things that were not known to
men at the time of its revelation. Only in three options the result is .
0017%.

I leave it up to you, to work out the probability if all the hundreds of

the unknown facts were guesses, the chances of all of them being
correct guesses simultaneously and there being not a single wrong
guess.

It is beyond human capacity to make all correct guesses without a

single mistake, which itself is sufficient to prove to a logical person
that the origin of the Qur’an is Divine and It is not written by
Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as some of people think.

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CREATOR IS THE AUTHOR OF THE QUR’AN

The only logical answer to the question as to who could have

mentioned all these scientific facts 1400 years ago before they were
discovered, is exactly the same answer initially given by the atheist or
any person, to the question who will be the first person who will be
able to tell the mechanism of the unknown object.

It is the ‘CREATOR’, the producer, the Manufacturer of the whole

universe and its contents. In the English language He is ‘God’, or
more appropriate in the Arabic language, ‘ALLAH’.

QUR’AN IS A BOOK OF SIGNS AND NOT SCIENCE

Let me remind you that the Qur’an is not a book of Science, ‘S-C-I-
E-N-C-E’ but a book of Signs ‘S-I-G-N-S’ i.e. a book of (ayaats). The
Qur’an contains more than 6,000 (ayaats), i.e. ‘signs’, out of which
more than a thousand speak about Science.

I am not trying to prove that the Qur’an is the word of God using
scientific knowledge as a yardstick because any yardstick is supposed
to be more superior than what is being checked or verified.

For us Muslims the Qur’an is the (Furqan) i.e. criteria to judge right
from wrong and the ultimate yardstick which is more superior to
scientific knowledge.
But for an educated man who is an atheist, scientific knowledge is the
ultimate test which he believes in.

We do know that science many times takes ‘U’ turns, therefore I have
restricted the examples only to scientific facts which have sufficient
proof and evidence and not scientific theories based on assumptions.

Using the ultimate yardstick of the atheist, I am trying to prove to

him that the Qur’an is the word of God and it contains the scientific
knowledge which is his yardstick which was discovered recently,
while the Qur’an was revealed 1400 year ago.

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At the end of the discussion, we both come to the same conclusion
that God though superior to science, is not incompatible with it.

SCIENCE IS ELIMINATING MODELS OF GOD BUT NOT GOD

Francis Bacon, the famous philosopher, has rightly said that a little
knowledge of science makes man an atheist, but an in-depth study of
science makes him a believer in God. Scientists today are eliminating
models of God, but they are not eliminating God.

If you translate this into Arabic, it is La illaha illal la, There is no

god, (god with a small ‘g’ that is fake god) but God (with a capital
‘G’).

"Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) regions (of the
earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that
this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all
things?"
[Al-Quran verse 41:53]

THREE QUESTIONS FROM AN ATHEIST TO A SCHOLAR

The atheist: Who are you? Can you answer my Questions?

Scholar: I am one of Allah’s (SWT) slaves and Insha Allah (God

Willing), I will be able to answer your Questions.

Atheist: Are you sure? A lot of Professors and experts were not able
to answer my questions.

Scholar: I will try my best, with the help of Allah (Subhanahu

Wata’ala).

Atheist Says: I have 3 Questions:

Question 1
Does God Exist? If so, show me his shape.

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Question 2
What is Taqdeer (Fate)?

Question 3
If shaitan (Devil) was created from the fire, why at the end he will be
thrown to hell that is also created from fire. It certainly will not hurt
him at all, since shaitan & the hell were created from Fire.

Did God Think of this far?

Suddenly, the Scholar slapped the atheist’s face very hard.

Atheist (Felt Pain): why do you get angry at me?

Scholar: I am not angry. The slap is my answer to your questions.

Atheist: I really don’t understand.

Scholar: How do you feel after I slapped you?

Atheist: Of course, I felt pain

Scholar: So do you believe that pain exists?

Atheist: Yes.

Scholar: Show me the shape of the pain!

Atheist: I cannot.

Scholar: That is my first answer. All of us feel God’s existence

without being able to see His shape…Last night, did you dream that
you will be slapped by me?

Atheist: No.

Scholar: Did you ever think that you will get a slap from me today?

Atheist: No.
Scholar: That is Taqdeer (fate) my second answer…my hand that I
used to slap you, what is it created from?

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Atheist: It is created from flesh.
Scholar: How about your face, what is it created from?
Atheist: Flesh.
Scholar: How do you feel after I slapped you?
Atheist: In pain.
Scholar: That’s it. This is my third answer, even though Shaitan
(Devil) and also the hell were created from the fire, if Allah wants,
the hell will become a very painful place for Shaitan

ALLAH DOES EXIST…

This is one of the best explanations of why Allah allows pain and
suffering that I have seen:

A man went to a Barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard
trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good
conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects
when they eventually touched on the subject of Allah

The Barber said: I don’t believe that Allah Exists.

Why do you say that? Asked the customer.
Well, you just have to go out in the street & realize that Allah doesn’t
exist. Tell me if Allah Exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned Children? If Allah existed, there would
be neither suffering nor pain. I can’t imagine a loving Allah who
would allow all of these things. The customer thought for a moment,
but didn’t respond because he didn’t want to start an argument.

The Barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after
he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy,
dirty hair and untrimmed beard, he looked dirty and unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered the barbershop again and
said to the barber: You know what? Barbers do not exist. How can
you say that? Asked the surprised Barber. I am here, and I am a
Barber, & I just worked on you!

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No! The customer exclaimed. “Barbers don’t exist because if they
did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed
beard, like that man outside.

Ah, But Barbers do exist! That’s what happens when people do not
come to me.”
Exactly, affirmed the customer. “that’s the Point!

Allah, too, exist! That’s what happens when people do not go to HIM
and don’t look to HIM for Help. That’s why there’s so much pain
and suffering in the World”.

With regard to proof of the existence of Allah, it is obvious to anyone

who ponders the matter.When we ponder the matter, we find out that
it is divided into three categories: instinctive evidence, tangible
evidence and shar'i (religious) evidence.

1 - Instinctive evidence:

The instinctive evidence that God exists is the strongest of all

evidence for those who are not led astray by the devils.

Hence Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"So set you (O Muhammad) your face towards the religion (of pure
Islamic Monotheism) Haneef (worship none but Allah Alone).

Allah's Fitrah (i.e. Allah's Islamic Monotheism) with which He has

created mankind" [al-Room 30:30]

Man's sound nature (fitrah) testifies to the existence of God and man
cannot turn away from that unless the devils mislead him; whoever is
misled by the devils may not recognize this evidence."

Every person feels inside himself that he has a Lord and Creator, and
he feels that he is in need of Him; if some major calamity befalls him
he turns his hands, eyes and heart towards the heavens, seeking help
from his Lord.

2 - Tangible evidence:

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This refers to the things that exist in this universe; we see around us
things that exist, such as trees, rocks, mankind, the earth, the
heavens, seas, rivers…

If it is asked: these things are so many - who created them and is

taking care of them?

The answer is that if these things came into being by accident,

spontaneously and with no cause, then there is no one who knows
how they were created, and that is one possibility.

But there is another possibility, which is that these things created

themselves and are taking care of themselves.

And there is a third possibility, which is that there is Someone Who

created them. When we look at these three possibilities, we find that
the first and the second are impossible.

If we reject the first and the second, then the third must be the one
which is correct, which is that these things have a Creator who
created them, and that Creator is Allah.

This is what is stated in the Qur'aan, where Allah says:

"Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the
creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but
they have no firm Belief" [al-Toor 52:35]

Moreover, when were these mighty things created? For all these
years, who is it that has decreed that they should remain in this world
and has granted them the means of abiding?

The answer is, it is Allah who has given to each thing that which is
suited to it and will guarantee its survival.

Do you not see the beautiful green plants; when Allah cuts off their
water supply, can they live? No, rather they become dry stalks.

If you ponder all things you will find that they are dependent upon
Allah. Were it not for Allah, nothing would remain.

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And Allah has created everything to do that for which it is suited. So
camels, for example, are for riding.

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"Do they not see that We have created for them of what Our Hands
have created, the cattle, so that they are their owners.

And We have subdued them unto them so that some of them they
have for riding and some they eat" [Yaa-Seen 36:71-72]

Look at the camel and how Allah has created it strong, with a strong
back, so that it can be used for riding and it is able to endure harsh
conditions which other animals cannot bear.

If you look at other creatures you will find that they are suited to the
purposes for which they were created.

Glory be to Allah.

Examples of tangible evidence include the following:

When calamities befall people this points to the existence of the
Creator, for example, when they call upon Allah and Allah responds
to their prayer; this points to the existence of Allah.

"When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

prayed for rain, he said, 'Allaahumma aghithnaa, Allaahumma
aghithnaa (O Allah, send us rain, O Allah, send us rain).' Then a
cloud came and it started to rain before he had even come down from
(minbar) a place which Prophet gave speechs upon it.

This points to the existence of the Creator.

3 - Shar'i (religious) evidence:

All divinely-revealed laws point to existence of Allah. The scholar Ibn
'Uthaymeen said:

"All the divinely-revealed laws point to the existence of the Creator

and to the perfect nature of His knowledge, wisdom and mercy,
because these laws must have been prescribed by someone, and that
Lawgiver is Allah."

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With regard to your question: why did Allah create us?
The answer is: so that we would worship Him, thank Him and
remember Him, and do that which He has commanded us.

You know that among mankind there are (kaafirs) non-Muslims and
there are Muslims.

This is because Allah wants to test His slaves as to whether they will
worship Him or worship others.

That is after Allah has showed the way to everyone. Allah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Who has created death and life that He may test you which of you is
best in deed" [al-Mulk 67:2]

"And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they
should worship Me (Alone)" [al-Dhaariyaat 51:56]

Who created the Creator?

This question is inherently false and self-contradictory. If we were to

say for the sake of argument that someone created Allah (GOD), then
they would ask you, Who created the creator of the creator? Then,
who created the creator of the creator of the creator?! And so on, ad
infinitum. This is irrational and impossible.

All of creation goes back to the Creator Who created all things. No
one created Him; He created everything other than Himself. This is
what makes sense and is logical. This creator is Allah (GOD), may He
be glorified and exalted.

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According to the Quran, Allah tells us that He is the only creator and
sustainer of all that exists and that nothing and no one exists
alongside Him, nor does He have any partners. He tells us that He is
not created, nor is He like His creation in anyway. He calls Himself
by a number of names and three of them are:

The First - (Al-Awal)

The Last - (Al Akhir)
The Eternal, who is sought after by His creation, while He has no
need from them at all. (As-Samad)
He always has existed and He never was created, as He is not like His
creation, nor similar to it, in any way.

So the question is: Who created the Creator?

The question is originally wrong
why?

Because human has mentality cognitions

these mentality cognitions were gathered due to what?
Due to imaginations and life experiences
that were gained through our senses and formed images inside our
minds, so if we face any new meaning we simply measure it according
to these images and understandings in our minds

for example:
when we say (Allah The Most Merciful) we have a meaning in our
minds for mercy we gained through life experiences, so that we can
understand what it (mercy) is like.

In Quran, Allah says: " nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the
Hearing, the Seeing "
This obviously shows that we can't compare anything to Allah

we hear and see justice in life, then we hear that Allah is Just, so the
verse shows us that there is absolute Justice that belongs to Allah and
there is relative justice in life

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But when he is told that Allah is
The FIRST (AL-AWWAL( and The LAST (AL-AKHIR(

He can't visualize something has no beginning and nothing before it,

because he has no understanding of these attributes in his mind. So
he becomes confused.
We tell him a rule: (absence of visualization does not mean there is
non-existence)

Where dose the mixing in this situation happen?

There is a mix between visualization and rationality.

He couldn't imagine something has no beginning (Allah) so he

stopped thinking (using his brain( and rejected rationality.

We read that the waves causing the violet color happens under speed
of 60000 waves per inch.
No matter how much you closed your eyes and worked your mind,
you still can't imagine it.
yet you know (rationalize) it through calculation and studied facts

Another example:
The speed of sound frequency reaches 500000 per second.
You can't imagine it but you know (rationalize) it through reason and
logic.

The issue is one

You an atheist … we all believe in one thing.
Existing and has no beginning, He is not in need of anyone.
His Existing comes from Himself.
You choose it as material, and I choose Him as my God, my Lord He
is Allah.

If you want to insult someone who believe in God Who has no

beginning, you are insulting from yourself because you believe in
material has no beginning.

If you would say to me "but we feel, touch and see the material!!!"

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We don't have to see an artist to recognize a painting, correct? So, if
we see paintings without seeing artists painting them, in the same
way, we can believe that Allah created everything without having to
see Him (or touch, or hear, etc(

If I follow your logic, I would say:

I don't see your mind, so you admit that you don't have a mind.

If you entered your office then found the book on the table and your
brother sitting on a chair, then you went out and when you came
back you found the book inside the drawer...and your brother sitting
on the floor"

So you ask: "Who transferred the book in the drawer?"

And you don't ask: "Who transferred your brother to the floor??"

The first question: Is CORRECT, because the book has no will or

ability, it needs somebody to transfer it, it cannot move by itself
therefore the question is logical and realistic.

However when you ask: "Who transferred your brother to the

floor?"

The question is WRONG, because your brother has strength and

choice and will or ability to enable him to transfer by himself.

Let us apply this to our conversation

When we see the universe in need of a creator, we asked:
"Who created (or made) the universe?"
And when we see a CREATOR who has no need... we don't ask...
because the question is originally wrong....

At the end, I hope you think logically even in one second in your life.

Who are you ? and why you are created?

I advise you to read some books like:

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  "Holy Quran" By: Allah

your copy of The Holy Quran in your language:

http://www.islamway.com/SF/quran/

 "Dialogue With An Atheist" By : Dr.Mostafa Mahmoud.

Dialogue with an Atheist is a book which should help to clarify many

points arising in the minds of people today. Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud,
addresses a whole range of current issues in a comprehensive manner
with direct reference to Qur'an and Sunnah. Problems such as the
proof of the existence of God, why God created evil, Paradise and
Hell and could the Prophet Muhammad be the author of the Qur'an
are tackled both clearly and logically.

 "Struggling To Surrender" & "Even Angels Ask"

By : Prof. Jeffrey Lang

Some useful websites:

http://www.godallah.com/
http://islamqa.com/en
http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch1-1.htm
http://www.scienceislam.com/
http://www.55a.net/firas/en1/
http://www.islamhouse.com/gp/165689

Thank you for reading..

This is what I believe in …

I live for it, and die for it
I testify that there is no God but Allah
And Mohammad is his messenger…

My channel:
http://www.youtube.com/colorslife777

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