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Cordoba · Jan 9, 2010

Understanding God's Attributes

Muslims believe not only in the existence of One True God, but also that He is the source of all good; and He is perfect. Muslims believe that God is the Creator, Sustainer, and Cherisher of this universe and everything in it.

He is not like anything of creation, otherwise, He would not be the Creator of creation. God is not part of creation; and therefore, He is different from it. The Quran, which Muslims believe is the word of God, confirms this fact as it goes,

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif][there is nothing whatever like unto Him.] (Ash-Shura 42:11)[/FONT]

Because God is the Creator of the whole universe and everything in it, we cannot grasp Him with our minds, or conceptualize Him in our limited brains, or find His truth with our senses.

One of the great scholars of Islam, Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali says:

It is a well known thing that there are two ways of knowledge; description or actual witnessing. When it comes to the first one, we will find that it is a defective way i.e. it does not give us an actual or real conceptualization of the thing being described. Notwithstanding the fact that description is a limited way to know things, it is still fruitful and beneficial when it comes to things that are beyond our senses.

The second way of knowledge, which is witnessing, is more accurate to a degree in realizing things. When it comes to God, the second way is impossible as no one has witnessed God because witnessing Him means things He is far above like dimension, being contained in a place and judged by a distance; all of which are impossible to Him.

Therefore, we cannot depend on the second way; rather, we should try the first way which is description of God i.e. His Divine Perfect Attributes rather than His Entity.

It is because of this that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:

"Reflect upon the blessings of God, but not His Entity." (Al-Tabarani)

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Cordoba · Jan 12, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Perfection of the Prophet's Mercy [/FONT]

It is argued by many scholars that the central ethos of Islam is mercy, as it takes precedence over all other values and virtues such as justice, peace, knowledge, and benevolence. In his momentous work Mercy: The Stamp of Creation, Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah establishes the transcendence as well the epitome of mercy in God actions, attributes, and creation as well as in the Prophet, his life and example, and how is this translated in Islam into an existential, theological, legal, moral, and spiritual commitment and accountability to mercy.

But if this is so, how can we perfect mercy with an example to relate to and emulate?

(The followings is a) translation of a section of the valuable work by Dr. Sayyid Muhammad `Alawi al-Maliki Muhammad: The Perfect Human (Muhammad Al-Insan Al-Kamil). In this translated section, The Perfection of Prophetic Mercy, a great Islamic voice revisits and recounts the realization of perfection in being merciful with the Prophet as an exemplar for Muslims and all mankind on all levels.

The Perfection of Prophetic Mercy:

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Cordoba · Jan 16, 2010

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Prayers: A Special Connection with God[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

Islam does not impose on its adherents rituals for the sake of rituals, as they are likely to be performed mechanically without understanding their meaning in life ...

That is to say, if our rituals do not have any impact on our day-to-day life, they are of little value. Similarly, if we do our daily duties that are considered to be outside the generally recognized borders of religious ritual with sincerity and faith expecting reward from God, they too become acts of worship.

Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) once told his Companions that they will be rewarded even for having sexual intercourse with their wives. The Companions were astonished. They asked: "How are we going to be rewarded for doing something we enjoy very much?"

The Prophet asked them: "Suppose you satisfy your desires illegally, don't you think that you will be punished for that?"

They replied, "Yes". "So" he said, "by satisfying it legally with your wives, you are rewarded for it". (Muslim)

This all-inclusive approach to worship encourages people to purify and spiritualize their whole lives. But this is not to disparage ritualistic worship. In fact, rituals, if performed with a full understanding of their inner significance, equip the worshipers with a moral and spiritual power that help them to carry out their daily activities in the various spheres of life informed by the guidance of God.
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Cordoba · Jan 21, 2010

What If You Find a Watch in the Desert?

Suppose you found a watch in the middle of the desert. What would you conclude?

Would you think that someone had dropped it? Or would you suppose that the watch had come by itself? Of course, no sane person would say that the watch just happened to emerge from the sand.

All the intricate working parts of the watch could not simply develop and come together from the metals that lay buried in the earth. The watch must have a manufacturer. Moreover, if a watch tells time accurately, we know that it was skillfully and intelligently manufactured. Blind chance cannot produce a working watch.

There is a natural watch that also tells time accurately the sun.

Consider the sunrise and the sunset. Their timings are so strictly regulated that scientists can publish in advance the sunrise and sunset times in daily newspapers. But an important question arises: Who regulates the timings of sunrise and sunset? If a watch cannot develop and work properly without an intelligent maker, how can the sun rise and set with such clockwork regularity? Can the sun do this by itself? ...

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Cordoba · Jan 24, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Praying for Forgiveness and Repentance [/FONT]

All through their lives, certain people pursue a flawless image for themselves. Their efforts center around one goal: to be perfect and to look perfect. This is a natural consequence of finding it degrading to make a mistake. The ideal person, they consider, is one who can project an aura of impeccability.

However, this flawlessness is an illusionary goal. Neither is it one of the attributes of a believer we find extolled in the Quran. We would go so far as to say that such a believer model does not exist. For man is inherently weak, humble, and helpless before Allah and can consequently make mistakes all throughout his life. No doubt, he will always do his best to avoid mistakes and sins, yet, being a frail servant of Allah, he will not be successful in being free of all mistakes. In the Quran we are informed that man has faults and sins before Allah:

[If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would not leave on the surface of the earth one single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated term.] (Fatir 35:45)

Accordingly, the attitude expected of a believer is not that of being faultless or sinless. He is only expected to constantly seek forgiveness from Allah.

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Cordoba · Jan 26, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]What to do After Saying "I Do"?[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Compromise and Celebrate[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]There's no doubt that there will always be times when either of you simply have to be stubborn to get your way, but don't let it be you. While stubbornness canvsometimes work in your favor, it can also crush a beautiful bond; strive to meet in the middle and learn to bite your tongue, swallow your pride, and compromise.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]It really can ease a sticky situation, and could be a cause to celebrate.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Open the Door of Understanding[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The door of understanding may sometimes be difficult to unlock, but you hold aspecial key: that of communication. Keeping things bottled up never does any good, and you may end up feeling like a Cola bottle that keeps getting shaken[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]what ends up happening? A volcanic explosion! Speaking to your husband in a mature and measured way about issues that are bothering you, not only relieve tensions, but also avert the explosion situation where "everything comes out"....[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Jan 28, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Mary in Islam (Part 3)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Birth of Jesus[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]At the onset of her labor, Mary was in extreme pain, both mentally and physically. How could a woman of such piety and nobility bear a child out of wedlock? [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]We should mention here that Mary had a normal pregnancy which was no different than other women, and delivered her child as others do. .....[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]After delivering the child, and when her distress could not be any more, she heard a voice appeasing her and reassuring her that God will protect her:[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif][And he called to her from beneath her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream. And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates. So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to (any) person.'"] (Maryam 19:24-26)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Mary felt reassured. She returned carrying her newborn baby. When her people saw her, they accused her saying:[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif][O Mary, truly a strange thing you have brought!...] (Maryam 19:27)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]She merely pointed to Jesus, and he miraculously spoke, just as God had promised her.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif][He shall speak to people while still in the cradle, and in manhood, and he shall be from the righteous.] (Aal `Imran 3:46)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Jesus said to the people:[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif][I am indeed a slave of God. He has given me the Book and made me a Prophet, and He has made me blessed wherever I may be. And He has enjoined upon me prayers, and to pay the alms, as long as I live and (He has made me) kind to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed. And may peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and on the day I shall be raised to life.] [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif](Maryam 19:30-33)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]From here starts the episode of Jesus, his lifelong struggle to call people to the worship of God, evading the plots and plans of those who would strive to kill him.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Mary in Islam[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]We have already discussed the great status which Islam gives to Mary. Islam gives her the status of being one of the most perfect women created. In the Quran, no woman is given more attention than Mary, even though all the prophets, with the exception of Adam, had mothers. ........[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Jan 30, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]What is the SELF?[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Qur'an is a dynamic and intrusive text that constantly seeks to engage with the inner dispositions of man. The Qur'an achieves this by asking profound questions concerning natural phenomena, life and the universe. However the Qur'an does not stop at addressing these themes, it also asks about man himself. Who is he? Where is he going? What is he? It eloquently asks the question "Do they not reflect within themselves?"[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The above verse doesn't only refer to the human body but refers to ourselves in general which includes physiological and psychological dimensions. We often contemplate and reflect on the universe outside of ourselves, but we seldom meditate on the micro-universe within ourselves. Although there is so much to write about concerning human physiology, the purpose of this article is to discuss one of the most important oversights of our thinking: the self. ...[/FONT]

http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC1001-4058

Cordoba · Jan 30, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Doing Good with Perfection (Al-Ihsaan)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Al-Ihsaan is the opposite of behaving badly, and it means that a person strives to do what is good and to repel harmful things. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]So he strives to benefit the servants of Allaah through his wealth, position, knowledge and his person. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]So as for the case of doing good with ones wealth, then he spends and gives in charity, and pays the zakaat, and the best of the types of doing good through wealth is the zakaat since it is one of the pillars of Islaam, and one of its great foundations. A person's Islaam will not be complete without it. It is the charity most loved by Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, and that is followed by that which it is obligatory upon a person to spend upon his wife, mother, father, children, brothers, children of his brothers, sisters, paternal uncles, paternal aunts, maternal aunts, and so on. Then by charity given to the poor and to the rest of those deserving of charity - such as students of knowledge for example. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]As for the case of doing good by means of ones position, then it is that people are found in different levels. Some of them have status with someone in authority and so strive to benefit the people by means of his position. So if a man comes to him and requests that he should intercede for him with the one in authority then he does so, either to repel some harm from him or to attain some good for him, As for doing good by means of his knowledge, then it is that he strives to pass on his knowledge to Allaah's servants, in open and private gatherings and assemblies ....[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Jan 31, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Ideal Personality of the Muslim[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]His attitude towards people[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]With his parents, the Muslim is an example of sincere filial piety. He treats them with kindness and respect, infinite compassion, utter politeness and deep gratitude. He recognizes their status and knows his duties towards them. Allah Says (what means): "And serve Allah. Ascribe nothing as partner unto Him. (Show) kindness unto parents..." [Qur'an 4: 36][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]With his wife, the Muslim exemplifies good and kind treatment, intelligent handling, deep understanding of the nature and psychology of women, and proper fulfillment of his responsibilities and duties. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]With his children, the Muslim is a parent who understands his great responsibility towards them which is, as well as flooding them with love and compassion, to pay attention to anything that may influence their Islamic development and give them proper education, so that they become active and constructive elements in society, and a source of goodness for their parents, community, and society as a whole.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]With his relatives, the Muslim maintains the ties of kinship and knows his duties towards them. He understands the high status given to relatives in Islam, which makes him keep in touch with them, no matter what the circumstances.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]With his neighbors, the Muslim illustrates good treatment and consideration of others' feelings and sensitivities. He puts up with mistreatment and turns a blind eye to his neighbor's faults while taking care not to commit any such errors himself. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Muslim relationship with his brothers and friends is the best and purest of relationships, for it is based on love for the sake of Allah. He is loving, not cold towards them; he is loyal and does not betray them; he is sincere and does not cheat them; he is gentle and never harsh; he is tolerant and forgiving; he is generous and he supplicates for them (his brothers and friends). ...[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Feb 4, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]How Do We Know Islam Is the Truth?[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]All religions have tried in one way or another to explain the meaning and mystery of life. And they have all declared that there is a Creator-Sustainer for the universe. This Source of all being is recognized as the One True God and He is called with different names such as Yahweh, Brahma and Allah. But they all signify the same Supreme Being who willed this universe into being and sustains it every moment.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Islam means: Submission; and as the name of the religion, it stands for: "Unconditional submission to the One and Only Creator-Sustainer". All beings in the universe owe their existence to the Creator-Sustainer, who alone is without beginning, without end.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]And among the created living beings, only man is endowed with reason and freewill two special traits that together form the basis of human creativity. Man's unique position in the universe as well as his inherent creative potential was meant to take him to the peak of material progress, and to benefit humanity as a whole.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]But those very same qualities have also a tendency to generate in him a diabolic sense of self-conceit and hubris: And so man needs Divine guidance for his own good and real success.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]From the very inception of man on earth, God had been sending to mankind His chosen prophets, who included among others, Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jesus and the Final Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon them all.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]And there never was a nation to whom a prophet was not sent. These prophets, with the help of Divine revelation taught humanity, ways of tempering their passions to lead on earth a life of virtue and peace seeking the general welfare of all.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Generation after generation, as humanity made progress through centuries, the guidance of God had been available to them in the teachings of the prophets as well as in the Divine books revealed to them.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]But as mankind came of age at the dawn of modern civilization as it were, a Prophet came, through whom God completed and perfected His Guidance. His name is Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) and the book of God revealed to him, is the Quran.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]In the Quran, Allah Almighty tells us how He took the covenant of all the human souls who would come to live on earth generation after generation: [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]{ When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful } (Al-A`raf 7:172)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]This means that Allah made all the souls before their birth on earth to testify that He is their Lord. In other words, every child is born with a natural belief in Allah and an inborn inclination to worship Him alone. The foregoing also means that there is a Day of Judgment when each soul will be held responsible and answerable for their willful actions.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]But later as each soul is born into this world and lives here, they are in a state of forgetfulness and are unaware of the covenant made in primordial time before God. Besides, they come under various influences that prompt them to ignore their innate and natural yearnings towards God. ...[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Islam as a religion is not only natural, but also rational, in the sense that it bases its fundamental beliefs on principles furnished by reason. ...[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Feb 6, 2010

The Conscience of the Faithful

From the day we are born, a voice that always perpetually whispers evil accompanies us. This whisper belongs to our lower self. Next to this voice, however, there exists an infallible voice that forbids evil and guides us to the right path. This voice is called "conscience".

Almighty Allah introduces to us these two aspects of the self as follows:

(By the soul and the One Who proportioned it and inspired it [with conscience of] what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it. Truly he succeeds who purifies it; and he fails who corrupts it!) (Ash-Shams 91:710)

As stated in the above verse, Almighty Allah also inspires human beings to avoid the evil of their own selves. This inspiration is provided through the conscience. Therefore, conscience can be deemed, in a sense, the voice of Almighty Allah that summons believers to what is good and right. For this reason, the conscience is a key to true faith.

True believers unceasingly give ear to this voice. They have a quite different understanding of conscience from that prevalent in society. Helping the needy and old people or making contributions to aid organizations is generally regarded as a sign of a good conscience. Apart from such few examples, however, conscience is excluded from almost all other fields of life. People generally do not feel the need to employ their conscience, and they lead their lives in compliance with their own lower selves. ...

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aymen amir · Feb 6, 2010

MAY Allah reward you brother for the great effort we need more people like you on this forum

Cordoba · Feb 8, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Art of Navigating the Road of Life[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]1. In navigating the road of life, do not to be a victim of what happens to you; but rather to be an architect of the road and do your best to make things happen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Reflect on the admonition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) As you do, so shall you be rewarded.  (Authenticated by Al-Albani)[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]2. Do not be of those who end up saying I should have, I could have, I would have, I must have . but didn't.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]3. The art of positive thinking is to realize that life is a roller coaster ride with ups and downs, and to focus on the positive rather than the negative.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]4. Positive thinkers have a winning attitude; though they recognize their limitations, they focus on their strengths. ...[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Feb 15, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Dr. Idris Tawfik Radio Show: Let's Talk[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]This is the second episode of the IOL weekly Radio program Let's Talk, which included an interview with American brother Omar Dunlop from Tenessee who works with Huda TV yalking about his experience as a Muslim[/FONT]

http://www.islamonline.net/English/Radio/programs/topic_17/2010/02/01.shtml

Cordoba · Feb 16, 2010

Arrogance and God Consciousness (Taqwa)

A talk by Sheikh Hamza Yusuf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3p7bG0ZdYY&feature=related

(Audio - Part 1/3 - 10 minutes)

Cordoba · Feb 18, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Truthful, the Trustworthy[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was known as a truthful and trustworthy person long before Islam. He was known throughout Makkah as "Al-Sadiq Al-Amin": the Truthful, Trustworthy one, a title he retained even by those who disbelieved in him after he declared his prophethood ...[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Through his truthfulness, trustworthiness, and other laudable virtues, the Prophet left an indelible mark on people of all ages. His every word and deed proclaimed that he was sent to guide people to the truth, to bring them out of the darkness of ignorance and savagery, slavery and immorality, into the light of knowledge, high morality, love, compassion and true freedom.[/FONT]

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Cordoba · Feb 20, 2010

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Understanding God's Attributes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]God is the focus of the Islamic faith. Muslims believe not only in the existence of One True God, but also that He is the source of all good; and He is perfect. Muslims believe that God is the Creator, Sustainer, and Cherisher of this universe and everything in it.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]He is not like anything of creation, otherwise, He would not be the Creator of creation. God is not part of creation; and therefore, He is different from it. The Quran, which Muslims believe is the word of God, confirms this fact as it goes,[/FONT]

[there is nothing whatever like unto Him.] (Ash-Shura 42:11)

[FONT=Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif]Because God is the Creator of the whole universe and everything in it, we cannot grasp Him with our minds, or conceptualize Him in our limited brains, or find His truth with our senses[/FONT]

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