Fariq Naik – Quranic Definition of Allah

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			Allah clearly says in the glorious Qur'an
		

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			in surah Ikhlas, chapter 112, verse number 1
		

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			to 4 قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌۢ Say, He
		

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			is Allah, the One and Only.
		

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			اللَّهُ السَّمَدُ Allah, the Absolute, the Eternal.
		

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			لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُلَدْ He begets not, nor
		

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			is He begotten.
		

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			وَلَمْ يَكُلَّهُ كُفَىٰ لَهَدٌۢ And there is nothing
		

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			like unto Him.
		

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			This is a four-line definition.
		

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			And if anyone says that so and so
		

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			candidate is God, and if that candidate fits
		

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			in this four-line definition, we Muslims have
		

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			got no objection in accepting that candidate as
		

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			God.
		

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			The first is قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌۢ Say,
		

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			He is Allah, the One and Only.
		

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			Second, اللَّهُ السَّمَدُ Allah, the Absolute, the Eternal.
		

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			لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُلَدْ He begets not, nor
		

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			is He begotten.
		

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			وَلَمْ يَكُلَّهُ كُفَىٰ لَهَدٌۢ And there is nothing
		

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			like unto Him.
		

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			This surah Ikhlas is a touchstone of theology.
		

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			Theo means God, and logi means study.
		

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			Thus, theology means study of God.
		

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			And if anyone believes in any God, and
		

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			if that God fits in this four-line
		

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			definition, we Muslims have got no objection in
		

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			accepting that candidate as God.