Zakir Naik – Can Allah Create a Stone that He cannotLift

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.