الرئيسية
Recognizing God
Question: How can we think about God and recognize Him?
Islam showed the right way to recognize God by contemplating the signs of His power and His innovation in the surrounding horizons around us and in our souls and bodies, God says:
“Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions
(of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth.” Surat Fosselat, Verse 53.
The highest type of worship in Islam is contemplation in the creatures of God, so the Koran is full of verses calling to this, God says:
“Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of understanding, Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! not for naught has You created (all) this! Glory to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Hell.” Surat Ala-Imran, Verses 190, 191.
God urges us to look deeply at creatures, He says:
“Say: Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth" Surat Yunos, Verse 101.
He also says:
“Then let man looks at his food, (and how We provide it).
For that We pour forth water in abundance. And We split the earth in fragments. And produce therein corn. And Grapes and nutritious plants. And Olives and Dates. And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees. And fruits and fodder. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.” Surat Abas, Verses 24, 25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32.
He also says:
“Now let man but think from what he is created! He is created from a drop emitted. Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.” Surat At’tarek, Verses 5, 6, 7.
He blames those who don’t learn a lesson when they look at creatures, He says:
“And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them!”
Surat Yusof, Verse 105.
He also says:
“Do they not look at the Camels, how they are created? And at the Sky, how it is raised high? And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? And at the Earth, how it is spread out?” Surat Al-Ghasheya, Verses 17, 18, 19, 20.
Islam limited the mind in a certain circle that it can think about, and it prohibits man to go beyond this, the prophet said: “Think about everything except God’s essence.” He also said: “Think about God’s signs but not about God Himself.”
It urges thinking in a readable book which is the Qur’an, and in a detailed wider and bigger visible book which is the universe from the throne to the ground, and an abbreviated small book which is man, man is a small universe and the universe is a big man. Man can’t reach beyond that\ so he should stop searching beyond it.
Book questions from non-Muslims
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