Zakir Naik – Can Allah Create a Stone that He cannotLift
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A customer from Bangladesh is asking a question about the meaning behind a common question asked by many digital criticized people. The customer explains that the question is illogical and self-ogenic, and that it is impossible for someone to create a stone and destroy anything. The customer also explains that the question is impossible for someone to create a medium man, and that Islam cannot create anything except stone.
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The next question on the WhatsApp, my name
is Rafsanul Haq.
I am a student from Bangladesh.
My question is many atheists claim that can
Allah create a stone that he cannot lift.
I generally answer them by saying that this
question is illogical and self-contradictory.
But they say that Allah is transcendent and
he is not bound by any contradictions.
Since he is not bound by any contradictions,
so why he can't create a stone that
he cannot lift?
So how to answer this question?
And this is a common question asked even
in the times of when I was in
school that can God create anything and everything?
And we say yes.
Can God destroy anything and everything?
And we say yes.
So can God create a stone which he
cannot destroy?
And you are stuck.
If you say yes, also you are wrong.
If you say no, also you are wrong.
And a similar question, can God create anything
and everything?
We say yes.
Can God lift anything and everything?
We say yes.
So can he create a stone which he
cannot lift?
So these questions actually, as you rightly said,
they are illogical.
Because, for example, if I say that there
is a tall short man, it doesn't have
any meaning.
You can either have a tall man or
a short man or you can have a
medium man.
You can't have a tall short man.
It's meaningless.
For example, if I say that there is
a fat thin man.
You either have a fat man or a
thin man.
You can't have a fat thin man because
it's meaningless.
So similarly, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala only
does godly things.
He does not do ungodly things like creating
a stone which he cannot lift.
Like Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he does
not lie.
Because to lie is against the concept of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Allah says in the Quran, he is never
unjust.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala cannot do injustice.
Allah says in Surah Nisa chapter 4 verse
number 40.
He is never unjust in the least degree.
Furthermore, Allah says that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala never forgets.
Allah says in Surah Ta chapter number 20
verse number 52.
Allah never forgets.
So Allah cannot forget.
It is against the benevolence of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to forget.
So here we say that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is all powerful.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala cannot do
ungodly things.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala only does godly
things.
He doesn't do ungodly things.
That's the reason Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is the highest.
And we learn from the seerah of the
Prophet and the incidences which increases our Iman.
Hope that answers the question.