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CHAPTER ONE THE ISMANDMONO THEISM

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1 -THE OMNIPOTENT'S EXISTENCE

We Believe that the Almighty, and omnipotent Godexists as the Creator and Ruler of the universe; and that the traces and signs of His greatness, knowledge, and power is apparent through the different aspects of any thing that exists; i. e. in human, animals, vegetations as well as in the planets of the skies and the higher worlds.

WE BELIEVE that the more we think over andstudy the secrets of all being things, the more we shallget to know of God's greatness, and the extent of hisunlimited knowledge, and power.

The progress of scientific reaserches will open newdoors, extending the dimensions of our thoughts, whichserves to increase our love for HIM, and to take us

closer to HIS sacred essence. The approach will drawus to the immense light of God's glorious beauty. We do read in the Holy QURN:

" On the earth are signs for those of assured faith; asalso in your own selves. Will you not then see?"

THE HOLY

QURN S 15: 02- 12" BEHOLD! In the creation of the heavens and 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, who contemplatethe wonders of creation in the heavens and the earth;( with that thought they say:- )Our lord! Not fornaught has thou created all this! Glory to thee, give ussalvation from the penalty of the fire."

THE HOLY

QURN- S 3: 091- 191

2 -THE ATTRIBUTES OF HIS GLORY BEAUTY

We believe that His essence is void of any defect, clean of deficiencies, and adorned with all perfection that may exist. He is mere perfection, or in other word:

any perfection and beauty that may ever exist, has it'ssource in His Holy ESSENCE.

" Allah is He besides whom there is no other God. Thesovereign, the Holy one, the source of peace, the keeper of faith, the Gaurdian of safety,( the PROTECTOR )and the exalted in might, the IRRESISTIBLE, the SUPREME. Glory to Allahwho is above the partners that they attribute to HIM. He is Allah the creator, the originator, the Bestower offorms. To Him belongs the most beautiful names. Whatever is in the heavens and on the earth give gloryto Him, He is Almighty, the Wise one."

THE HOLY

QURN- S 95: 32- 42

3 -THE INFINITE ESSENCE OF GOD

WE BELIEVE that He is an infinite existence in allrespects, such as knowledge, power, everlasting. and pre- existence. Therefore He will not be contained in time and space, while He is in everywhere and at any time, for being above space/ Time.

" It is He who is Allah in heavens and Allah on earth,

and He is full of wisdom and knowledge ."

THE HOLY

QURN- S 34: 48

" And He is with you where ever you may be, and Allahsees all that you do."

THE HOLY QURN- S 75: 4 Yes, He is nearer to us than ourselves. He is withour soul, and He is everywhere, and in the meanwhile, He has not a certain place:

" It was we who created man, and We know thepromptings of his soul .... For We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."

THE HOLY QURN- S 05: 61

" He is the first and the last, the visible and theinvisible, and He has full knowledge of all things."

THE HOLY

QURN S 58: 51

Therefore if we read in the Holy QURN that: Heis the owner of ARSH'( which means either throne or empyrean )or He sat upon His throne'; or His throne does extend over the heaven and earth; ' none of these verses mean that He may have a certain place.) these are all metaphors (These are to express His

sovereignty over every thing and every place. If weconsider Him to have a certain place, we have limited Him by giving Him the attributes of His creatures, while we know that:- nothing is like Him'.( Q- S 24:

11 )And: there is none equal to Him!( Q- S 211: 4

(4 -GOD HAS NO MATERIAL BODY AND NO EYE CAN EVERSEE HIM

WE BELIEVE that God can never be seen by thephysical eyes; because the object of seeing by the eyes, is a material body that has to have place, colour, form and direction. These are all the qualifications of the creatures, and not that of the creator. God is really far from that. Therefore the belief that one may physically see God, is a sort of polytheism, and going astray in this field.

" No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all visions."

THE HOLY

QURN- S 6: 301

This is why when the Israelites objected, askingMoses to let them see God: he took them to the mount sinai, and as mentioned in HOLY QURN:

" And when Moses came to a place appointed by us,( ON THE MOUNT SINAI )his lord addressed him; and Moses said," o my lord! show thyself to me:) let me see you (that I may look upon You! Allah said," By no means can you see me; but look upon the mountain, if it abides in its place, then you may see me."

،.،،"!."THE HOLY QURN -S 7 :341

And by such incidents it was proved that God cannever be seen.

WE BELIEVE that our Islamic traditions denotingthe observance of God, aim at seeing Him by the mindand by the heart, and not by the sense of vision of theeyes at all. In one of his sermons collected in thefamous book: NAHJUL BALAGHA, Emam Ali says:-" Eyes can not see Him, but He can be seen by the.