Now we can see how the creator, Allah, introduces himself in the Qur'an, for our understanding:
The power of our creator, the creator of this universe, is so precise and unlimited which is beyond human comprehension, and verily he is the one who can introduce himself in the best manner.
Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but
He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither
slumber, nor sleep overtake Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and
whatever is on earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His
Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and
what will happen to them in the Hereafter . And they will never compass anything
of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursî[]
extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding
and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (2:225 from Quran)
We can see how Allah introduces himself:
"Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists."
Why does Allah tells us that he is the only one worthy of our worship?
Allah is the one and only magnificent and never ending eternal power who grants power to anything in this world or anything in the universe. There is absolutely no power even comparable to the power of Allah. The source of every power runs from the power of Allah, it could be anywhere whether it is in this world or in the magnificent universe.
In order for us to realize who our creator is, Allah tells us we are no where comparable to him. Allah, the one who was always there, the never ending power of Allah is so powerful. Allah, The Creator's power is so unique and precise, that verily the power keeps everything alive in our world, which is beyond any human comprehension and imagination. As we can see, how is our health maintaining our eyesight, brain, the functions of our body, biological maintenance, including plants and animals, the source of everything living, is all from one source Allah. Any biological function we can think about, such as the growth of a plant from a single seed, to the growth of a fetus in the mother's womb, is provided, sustained, and controlled by Allah, the Creator.
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Allah gives life to any living thing, or any other power in this world or in the universe. He is not like a human being, who's status goes up and down in this life, who looses his health and wealth, and thinks that he is the one who is looking after his business or jobs, thinking that the control of his life's affairs is in his control, calling himself either lucky or unlucky. As human beings, our creation is staged first in the mother's womb, where it is the dirtiest and the most impure of all places, beyond our imagination. If anyone, who is not in the medical field, were to see that place, he would run from there. When operating on a baby, due to the stinging smell, it cannot be done without the wearing of a mask.
As time goes by and we grow to our fullest, we start to lose our abilities and facial appearances, and we require retirement, which is known to us as old age. One's graph declines after age 40, making his graph go towards the side that declines. Regardless how we try and maintain ourselves, using the best cosmetics, eating the best food, or exercising, every soul knows that he is going towards the side that declines.
As time goes by, we start find improvements in our early age, but once we pass forty we feel that we are losing our health, look, and abilities. We start to become more conscious of our health and look, and we try and patch it through makeup.
The tasks we handle are limited and temporary, however Allah is the starter of this universe and world. And he is the one giving power and life to each and every single living thing, beyond what we can think of.
Allah, the Creator, is free from all defects, without loosing abilities or decaying, and with no improvements required. As we can see a few examples, oxygen is always the same however oxygen is only available on this earth. Or a basic thing such as water, which is the source of all life. Or the sunrise or sunset, which never changes its fixed course due upon it. Or human-beings, there are billions of human beings, majority of human beings are being born precisely with different identities and looks, all starting first as a single cell.
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"Neither slumber, nor sleep overtake Him."
Allah is a power, and our abilities and powers are no where comparable to the magnificent and never ending power of Allah.
Allah is a power who never requires rest or maintenance. Human-beings, machineries, and everything we can think of, even fertilizing the ground requires constant maintenance of the crops.
Or fulfilling our daily tasks, commitments, and jobs which requires us after a certain limit regardless of strength, to rest. Allah tells us that he is not like us, Allah is a defect free power with no requirement of maintenance or rest.
"To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth."
Allah tells us in the part of the above verse, so that we may realize who we are. We are just users of his facilities, which we are using in this transitory life. While our souls are in transition in this world, we are using Allah's facilities, regardless how high we build our status or bank balances.
As we know, once we will die, our body, clothes, and our things, regardless how expensive, will all stay here. And our soul will leave, and our body will start to decay. As we witness ourselves, each and every year at the time of spring or autumn. The way leaves or flowers bloom in the spring time, then in autumn, it falls and gets mixed in the soil. Allah reminds us, whatever is in our world, or in the skies, belongs to Allah, we are just users of it.
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"Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter."
We are challenged by Allah, so that we may realize Allah's power, by realizing who can tell Allah what to do? If the whole of this of world were to scream as high as they could, or if the were to go to the highest level, they can never tell Allah what to do. At many times, when people are angry, they say to a person whatever they wish. And those with poor beliefs, pay those so called "religious leaders", in order for those so called religious individuals to earn money from people.
We are reminded by Allah, that between us and Allah, there is no intercessor who can tell Allah what to do. So that we may not be fooled by these so called pious and religious individuals.
What we learn from the Prophet Muhammed, in the book of Bukhari and Muslim, informs us how his realization was in regards to this matter. None can stop what Allah has granted, and none may give that which Allah has stopped. No status may help us in the hereafter, except the realization of the fears and controls of Allah upon us.
What does this mean? Verily, we can realize a very small thing, can anyone come and tell Allah to change the time of sunrise, to make it 6:02 instead of 6:00? Anyone can tell precisely what time the sun will rise and what time it will set. Whatever system has already been set by Allah, no scientist nor pious man can advise Allah how to run his system. Or request upon Allah to remove someone's sins, or die for someone's sins. It is all up to the all-mighty, in order forgive an individual or not.
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This proves and certifies by the creator, that no one can seek any intercession through mankind. Regardless if it may be any prophet of the past, or any pious man. Nobody can ever tell Allah what to do, that which has been already set by him, regardless if it may be any prophet of the past, pious person, or any other scientist, or developer. For clarity and simplicity, how can the creation instruct the creator?
Allah challenges all human beings, regardless of our intelligence, status, or piety, who is there who could suggest Allah what to do? Every breath we inhale and exhale is by Allah’s mercy, regardless of our status, or who we may be. For our bodies are only based upon bones, blood, and flesh.
We perceive Allah to be like us, we develop habits by seeking intercession from each other, and by advising each other to show our intelligence. We think because of our advice, that person became successful, or if he did not listen to us, he lost. We are trying to perform the job, that only is performed by Allah. When we are giving these advices and commands, we do so to show ourselves superior, intelligent and smart. However, this is allowed only if one while giving advice affirms in his sayings, that Allah knows best.
These things
are built by Satan that come from our habits and culture, we are under the
impression, that by seeking advice from each other, we are attaining success. We
do not know, that by these matters we are committing Shirk, if we are not
affirming the will of Allah. There are many phrases in our lives built by Satan,
which leads us towards the fire of hell. As the holy Prophet Muhammed has
informed us that Shirk can come to an individual, as if it were an ant traveling
on a black stone in a black night. However, the real success is
given to us only by Allah, and how is it given to us will be explained in the
next paragraphs.
Allah is not like us, as we are fully dependant on learning from each other, and we require constant advice from each other. Or we need to study in schools and universities, so that we may learn of our future. We learn and educate ourselves by getting advice from each other, our professors, teachers, and from text books. And we do so that we may become smart and have the ability to function in our field in the right manners.
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"And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills."
Allah tells us of his controls he has on mankind. How is our status and intelligence controlled by Allah?
We
try and attribute intelligence, cleverness, and smartness to ourselves. Lets
realize, how are we controlled by him?
Regardless of status or age, if you were to end up on a island by accident, with millions of dollars but with no food. As you feel hungry, you would only search for food and water, and you will forget about your family, status, commitments, and properties. Your only worry, that you will fully devote yourself to will be to search for food. After a few days, once you have had some food, your body will ache, however you will be thankful to your creator.
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Later on when you will have the ability to access food on a normal basis, you would start bragging about your capabilities, and you would forget about your Creator.
The One, who has enabled you to live in a right manner, as it has been explained by Prophets in the past, and through different books, including the Torah, Zaboor, Bible, and the Qur'an.
Nations who are not adherent to Allah, have been coming for hundreds of thousands of years. During their lifetime in this world, the attitude they had was the same as we have today. Basically, to deny the creator's mercy, but to admire the creations, and the intelligence of each other. Mankind, regardless of what era it may be, is only based upon bones, blood, and flesh. The main requirement for mankind has never changed, which is food, water, and air. Regardless if we call ourselves modern, outdated, intelligent, or dumb, how we behave or what status we build, we are all going towards death. So that we may meet our Creator, where we have come from.
This is why the Creator will hold mankind, as a result of their actions. The raw material of all creations, regardless what form we change it in to, or what class, art, or beauty we attribute to these materials, so that we may earn money and be admired by others, are only owned by the Creator, the creator of all of these raw materials.
Allah will ask us, what has made us waste our entire lives with raw materials, by building many things with each raw material? Who has provided this intelligence and power in our bodies, so that it may be used in a correct manner? We have used our intelligence in a wrong direction.
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As we know, our brain is a piece flesh, which is empowered by Allah, to make a right or wrong decision. Therefore, we are the ones who use this power either correctly or incorrectly, we are the ones who think right and make right actions ordering our body parts to function correctly?
When our eyes see, the signal goes to our brain, and it immediately tells us what to do. This applies in any situation, such as driving a car, or moving our hands and legs in our daily use, admiring our things which we use in our daily use items, or our feelings.
Who has enabled us to store memory that we have accumulated for many many years? In order for us to act and live in a right manner, and to deal intelligently with others.
This is sitting in a piece flesh and blood, and for thousands of years has been working accurately. Who has enabled this piece of flesh to work in a right manner, except Allah?
In our memory bank to understand what we own, and who is our son, daughter, brother or sister. Or in our current issues functioning correctly, for we are so helpless, that if anything were to go against our favor, we become mentally disturbed.
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Where do we get signals so that we may perform
our jobs accurately to pay our bills and have the best facilities in our lives.
This proves the magnificent power and controls of the most high, our eternal
provider Allah. Sometimes when we forget something, and all of a sudden we
remember that thing, and say “oh know I remember..” These are only language
phrases, but in reality Allah is the one who enables us and allows us to jog our
memory to remember the smallest to the largest thing.
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All
of us know, that we have no idea what we are going to think in the next second, minute,
or hour. So we may ask ourselves, where are these signals in our brains coming
from? So that we may live and work in a right manner in our daily issues.
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Lets
realize another misguidance and misunderstandings we have regarding our creator:
We
forget that our scientists, researchers, and developers are born from the same
cell as any dummy or retarded person would be born from. With the mercy of Allah
we are born with our brains working correctly.
During their research, when they start to reach a successful post in research, they then all of a sudden say “Oh, I found this!” He really did not find anything, because he does not know what he will think in the next hour, or even in the next minute. In reality it is Allah who guides the researcher, to invent for the comfort of mankind. These acts cannot be done by any other creature, out of zillions of creatures, mankind has been granted this intelligence. For this is a mercy, exclusively for mankind.
Allah
tells us that he has given us a little knowledge and attraction in our world.
However we may realize our ignorance, we appreciate all worldly creations,
who’s knowledge actually came from Allah. We never look to the universe or
ourselves, and realize what is the source who is allowing our brains to think
precisely, our eyes to see color precisely, or our ears to hear any variation of
sound precisely?
How is our intelligence dead, when it comes to the realization of our creator.
"And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills."
Allah tells us of his controls he has on mankind. How is our status and intelligence controlled by Allah?
We
try and attribute intelligence, cleverness, and smartness to ourselves. Lets
realize, how are we controlled by him?
As we know, our brain is a piece flesh. Who is the one who gives it power, to think right and make right actions ordering our body part to function correctly?
When our eyes see, the signal goes to our brain, and it immediately tells us what to do. This applies in any situation, such as driving a car, or moving our hands and legs in our daily use, admiring our things which we use in our daily use items, or our feelings.
Who is enabling our memory to store unseen record of all the memories we have stored over a period of years?
This
is working through a piece flesh and blood, and for thousands of years the
brains of mankind has been
working accurately, in the most precise manner. Who enables us, except Allah, in our memory bank to
understand what we own, and who is our son, daughter, brother or sister. Or in
our current issues functioning, where do we get signals so that we may perform
our jobs accurately to pay our bills and have the best facilities in our lives.
This proves the magnificent power and controls of the most high, our eternal
provider Allah. Sometimes when we forget something, and all of a sudden we
remember that thing, and say “oh know I remember..” These are only language
phrases, but in reality it is by the mercy of Allah, that enables us to remember
and allows us to jog our
memory to remember the smallest to the largest thing.
All
of us know, that we have no idea what we are going to think in the next second, minute,
or hour. So we may ask ourselves, where are these signals in our brains coming
from? So that we may work in a right manner in our daily issues.
Lets
realize another misguidance and misunderstandings we have regarding our creator:
We
forget that our scientists, researchers, and developers are born from the same
cell as any dummy or retarded person would be born from. With the mercy of Allah
we are born with our brains working correctly.
Allah
tells us that he has given us a little knowledge and attraction in our world.
However we may realize our ignorance, we appreciate all worldly creations,
who’s knowledge actually came from Allah. We never look to the universe or
ourselves, and realize what is the source who is allowing our brains to think
precisely, our eyes to see color precisely, or our ears to hear any variation of
sound precisely?
The Most Beneficent (Allâh) Istawâ (rose over) the (Mighty) Throne (in
a manner that suits His Majesty). (20:5 from Quran)
Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allâh), will not cause the
earth to sink with you, then behold it shakes (as in an earthquake)? (67:16 from
Quran)
And He is Allâh (to be worshipped Alone) in the heavens and on the earth, He
knows what you conceal and what you reveal, and He knows what you earn (good or
bad). (6:3 from Quran)
Allâh bears witness that Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be
worshipped but He), and the angels, and those having knowledge (also give this
witness); (He is always) maintaining His creation in Justice. Lâ ilâh illa
Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the All-Mighty, the
All-Wise. (3:18 from Quran)
Had We sent down this Qur'ân on a mountain, you would surely have seen it
humbling itself and rending asunder by the fear of Allâh. Such are the parables
which We put forward to mankind that they may reflect (59:21 from Quran)
He is Allâh, than Whom there is Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right
to be worshipped but He) the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen (open). He is
the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. (59:22 from Quran)
He is Allâh than Whom there is Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right
to be worshipped but He) the King, the Holy, the One Free from all defects, the
Giver of security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the
Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to Allâh! (High is He) above all that they
associate as partners with Him. (59:23 from Quran)
He is Allâh, the Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To
Him belong the Best Names[] . All that is in the heavens and the
earth glorify Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. (59:24 from Quran)
The Prophet (SAW) said: "Do not you trust me while I am trusted by the one (Allah) above the heaven?" (Muslim and Bukhari)
The Prophet (SAW) said: "Show mercy to those on the earth so that the One above the heaven (i.e. Allah) will show mercy to you." (Tirmidhi)
The Prophet (SAW) once asked a she slave "Where is Allah?" She said "above the heavens", he then said "And who am I?" She said "you are the messenger of Allah." He said to the master "Free her from slavery, she is Muslim"
Abu Bakr (RA) said: "Whoever worships Allah, Allah is above the heaven, living without death."