Life #25 Oh Allah, are you actually there

How do I know Allah

is really there?

Yes, believe it or not this is an

important question.

Every single Muslim out there should be able

to answer

this. How do we know Allah is there?

We can't speak to him because we don't

hear a voice in return. We can't touch

him, we can't see him.

So how do we know he's actually there

and Allah exists?

So in the Quran

there are dozens of Ayat that indicate and

tell us Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is there.

Here's the first.

Allah

in the second Surah Surat Al Baqarah

in the second verse Allah says

In this book, there is absolutely no doubt

which human being on the face of this

planet can make that claim.

Who can author anything and say in this

book it's absolutely perfect. So La Rui Bafi

also mean perfection.

Like there's nothing in the Quran that's going

to confuse you. There's nothing in the Quran

that contradicts itself. And yes, I know what

you're thinking, but I heard this debate. I

heard other people say there's contradictions

in aya. Some things don't make sense. Some

things aren't as clear. That is not a

problem with the Quran.

That is a problem with us.

We are the ones that may lack the

understanding,

but the Quran itself

actually challenges mankind. So here's another way that

you know,

the author is not you and me. It's

not an actual human being. But this author

has to be something above and beyond, an

entity above and beyond.

Because in the Quran, several places Allah

challenges

mankind

to make something similar to it.

Who would do that?

Who would put such a challenge to mankind

and say look I've authored

a book,

here it is, I challenge the world to

author something similar to it or better. Because

this book, there's no doubt in it, it's

absolutely

perfect.

No human being can make such a claim.

But the Quran at the very beginning starts

to speak to you, starts to reinforce

that this Quran is not from the Prophet

alaihis salatu wasalam but something beyond.

So that's the first thing. It's just the

existence of the Quran and the way the

Quran is structured.

Number 2, the Ayat of Allah.

The complexity

in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's creation. So what

do I mean by that?

Take some time if you haven't done this

and just watch an animal documentary

of any animal. It could be on insects,

the ants, the ladybug.

Watch a documentary on sea creatures

and you'll notice right away

just how complex

the animal kingdom truly is.

Right now it's said that we've only explored

maybe 2 to 3 percent of ocean life

on the planet. Think about that.

Millions of creatures

have been found floating and living

in oceans across the world, but that's only

been

2 to 3%.

So there is life deep within our oceans

we've never seen, we don't even know exist.

So the fact that that level of complexity

in the animal kingdom,

think about how animals live, how they survive,

how they live amongst each other, the communities

that they live in, the habitat in which

they live in, all of that it synchronizes

to perfection.

So the animal kingdom in general is a

great way for you to know

there has to be an entity above and

beyond that controls all of this, that designs

all of this. And the last and final,

Ayah. Amongst many ayah that proves Allah's existence,

just look in the mirror.

Look at the human body.

The human body, and look at how complicated,

how precise,

how every

single cell and every single part of our

entire structure is so meticulous and so perfect.

If you literally remove one part of your

body, it affects the entire function. If you

have a headache, if you get sick, it

affects your ability to perform. It affects your

ability for the entire day. Something so simple,

something that goes off just the slightest bit.

How does this happen?

We can't even repair it. We can't

do something to our bodies that stops it

from aging, that stops it from becoming weak,

that stops it from becoming sick.

So when you put this entire package together,

you realize that the heart is dependent on

something else for it to continue beating.

When somebody's heart stops they pass away. We

can't stop that process.

We would want our loved ones to be

with us forever,

but that process comes to an end which

common sense will tell us

something else is in charge here

because I have no control

over myself.

I may think that I do but I

really don't.

These are just some of the things brothers

and sisters for you to think about. There

are literally dozens upon dozens of ways

that we can see and know that Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala is really there. And so

I guess the last thing I'll leave you

with is this,

the people who have a connection with Allah,

you and me, the people who strive to

pray and worship a creator,

does this make sense if I say to

you,

we just know he's there. You just know

it.

That's what iman that's what true iman does.

It puts you in a place where you're

convinced,

you're confident and you know a 100%

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is out there. Some

things we just can't explain.

This perhaps could be part of that conversation

but I hope these few points insha'Allah

can reemphasize and reinforce.

Feel confident,

feel positive and know with certainty Allah subhanahu

keep us close to him. Allahummen.

keep us close to him. Allahummen.