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He is Kind, Loving and Wise. He is the Creator, the Sustainer, the Healer. There are traditionally 99 names, or attributes, that Muslims use to describe Allah's nature.

When asked who is Allah, some non-Muslims mistakenly think that He is an " Arab god," a "moon god " or some sort of idol. Allah is the proper name of the One True God, in the Arabic language used by Muslims all over the world.

Allah is a name that is neither feminine nor masculine, and it cannot be made plural unlike god, gods, goddess, etc. Muslims believe that there is nothing in the heavens nor on Earth that deserves worship except Allah, the One True Creator. Islam is based on the concept of Tawhid, or Unity of God. Muslims are strictly monotheistic and fiercely reject any attempt to make God visible or human.

Islam rejects any form of idol worship, even if its intention is to get "closer" to God, and rejects the Trinity or any attempt to make God human. In the Quran, people are asked to look around them for the signs of Allah in the natural world.

The balance of the world, the rhythms of life, are "signs for those who would believe. He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they do not comprehend any of His knowledge except what He wills. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth; it does not weary Him to preserve them both. He is the Most High, the Tremendous. The primary pillar of Islamic belief clearly states that there is nothing worthy of worship except God.

Associating partners with God or attributing qualities of lesser beings to Him is considered to be the greatest sin in Islam.

In the past, this often took the form of idol worship or praying to multiple lesser gods. They become so consumed with these things that they submit to whatever will allow them to fulfill their desires. For example, if a drug addict allows their addiction to control their actions, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors, causing them to risk their personal safety and the safety of others, that drug has essentially become their god.

Islam teaches that people should completely submit only to God as He is the only One worthy of their worship. He is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe and everything in it belongs to Him. The Quran points out the faulty thinking of those who worship other than God:. In order to be a true believer, one must believe in the absolute oneness of God, as the only Creator, Preserver and Nourisher of everything.

However, this belief in the true characteristics of God is not the sole condition of true faith; one must also acknowledge that God is the only one who deserves to be worshipped. Indeed, He guides humanity to what is best for them in this life and the hereafter and He is All-Knowing and All-Wise. Having embraced this understanding of God, one should constantly have faith in Him, and should remain steadfast on the truth. One of the striking effects of faith is a feeling of gratitude towards God.

Believers love God and are grateful to Him for the blessings He gives them. They are aware of the fact that their good deeds will never be equal to His divine favors upon them so they are always striving to please Him. A beautiful characteristic of the believers is that they accept everything God wills and continuously remember Him in all aspects of life.

Read more: Attitude of Gratitude. Anyone who denies the basic truth of the existence of God is considered ungrateful and a disbeliever. Verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on earth.

Improve this question. Community Bot 1. It is very nice to see the popularity of this question and the educated answers. It's popularity is because the people of the Islam. SE community want to understand this question and contribute to it. I don't agree with closing this question. It's a valid one in my opinion, although its form can be changed to: "Is there a proof for the existence of a god?

I thought all this is about beliefs, not facts. The existence of god is not a fact, it's a belief. Think about languages. Who created languages? There was no one making them. There was no maker of a language. They evolved. They still evolve. Common argument for existence of god is "How would everything come to being without a creator? The universe was created by physical laws which evolved after big bang. Which might not be a singularity but just another such event in a much more complex system than our universe.

Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. The following is what I understand from Quran. How can we know that it is true? Now let me return to the question we had above: How can we know that it is true? Improve this answer. Kaveh Kaveh 3, 21 21 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges.

I think this is a useful summary especially for the non-Muslim for understanding how the Quran approaches the issue of truth. At first glance, it may not appear to answer the question, but it may answer why the question cannot be satisfactorily answered in the context of the Quran and a non-Muslim. Yes exactly, Islamic belief just says trust us, don't ask us. SaeedAmiri, sorry but I think you are severely misunderstanding my answer.

Faith in Islam is based on knowledge and understanding, not trust. But this is different from western tradition of knowledge dating back to Greeks and later western philosophers.

Bach, "seeing" is not "feeling like it is true", it is not blind faith, most religious people don't"see" but just follow the practice of their fathers without thinking which is frowned upon in Quran. A human can grow and as you grow you understand things that you could not understand before no matter how much proof someone showed you and that understanding of things is what is called "seeing".

Show 4 more comments. So let me get this right The Quran confirms that But if one can show "x must exist", then the "does x exist? My interpretation of the question as asked originally for Christianity would be looking for, presumably, either an evidence- or reason-based argument why we should suppose a god.

Note I'm using "god" here in the vague sense, not the specific god of any one tradition - just in case "god" vs "God" vs "Allah" causes any confusion. MarcGravell your question makes sense. You should file a new question. I didn't ask any question. However, frankly, what you just said above actually sounds more like it addresses the OP's question.

Mainstream science is pretty universal in not making any such declaration. Just because something would be good doesn't make it so.

Does a god exist? How is the God? Helium Helium 1 1 bronze badge. Add a comment. Atheist-ism Does God exist? But the rain is so heavy so the river floods. Hearing that, they realized that they trapped with their own statement. If God exists then where is God? I cannot see pain. Where is pain?

Do you see the pain? How many things that could not be seen or heard by people but exist? RobinHood RobinHood 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. It's a good counter-argument to the common argument that if you don't see it, it doesn't exist. But it doesn't answer the question, which is "why"? Muz It's not a good counter-argument at all; believing something exists without evidence that it does is irrational.

If your point was that optical inspection isn't the only kind of evidence, that's obvious and I've really never seen anyone saying that it is. This whole post is one huge strawman and should be trashed. Common theories of truth Coherence Theory According to the coherence theory of truth, a statement is true if it is logically consistent with other beliefs that are held to be true.

Correspondence Theory According to the correspondence theory, a claim is true if it corresponds to what is so the "facts" or "reality" and false if it does not correspond to what is so. Pragmatic Theory According to the pragmatic theory, a statement is true if it allows you to interact effectively and efficiently with the cosmos.

Muz Muz 3, 4 4 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges. The problem with correspondence theory is that: it simply isn't proof of anything. If we adhere to correspondence theory, we must accept invisible fairies at the bottom of the garden and Russell's teapot - they too are consistent with observation. In regards to observation, I think you mean the other two theories.

Correspondence theory is a lot stricter, it has a preset condition for something to be false. However, there's nothing to really test it against. A lot of the claims made in the Quran have no timespan, so you can't say that just because I don't get rich within 3 years of building a Mosque, the Quran is false. I suppose a good conclusion to my answer is "Why not believe? On coherence theory: "There is simply no reason not to believe.

On correspondence theory: "An atheist's test conditions are that there's no divine actions. On pragmatic theory: "Islam intertwines very well with reality and the way of life. Note: Using word "God" here instead of "Allah" for people from other religions. Sarfraz Sarfraz 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges.