Zakir Naik – Concept of God in Islam
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The speaker discusses various tests and tests in India, including a man claiming to be "how much," but denies this. They also mention a man who claims to be "how much," but the speaker denies it. The importance of the test in shaping people to become aware of the presence of God and the potential consequences of doing so is emphasized. The speaker also discusses the definition of Islam, including the use of "naught" in English to describe God as "naught," and the use of "naught" in Arabic to describe God as "naught."
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The concept of God in Islam.
The best reply that any Muslim can give
you regarding the concept of God in Islam
is quote to you Surah Ikhlas, chapter 112,
verse 1 to 4, which says Say, He
is Allah one and only.
Allah be absolute and eternal.
He begets not, nor is He begotten.
There is nothing like Him.
This is a four line definition given in
the Quran, in Surah Ikhlas, chapter 112, verse
1 to 4, which is the litmus test
for theology.
Theo means God.
Logy means study.
Theology means study of God.
Surah Ikhlas is the litmus test for theology.
Anyone says that so and so candidate is
God, if that candidate fits in the four
line definition, we Muslims have got no objection
in accepting that candidate as God.
The first is, Say, He is Allah one
and only.
Allah be absolute and eternal.
He begets not, nor is He begotten.
There is nothing like Him.
This is a four line definition given in
the glorious Quran.
Any person says so and so candidate is
God, we Muslims have got no objection in
accepting that candidate as God.
This is the touchstone of theology.
Let's analyze regarding Bhagwan Rajneesh.
There are some human beings who claim Bhagwan
Rajneesh is God.
One question at the time, one of our
Hindu brothers, he told me, the brother Zakir,
we Hindus don't consider Bhagwan Rajneesh to be
God.
I said, I never said Hindus consider Bhagwan
Rajneesh to be God.
I've read the Hindu scriptures, nowhere in the
Hindu scriptures it says that Bhagwan Rajneesh is
God.
I said some human beings consider him to
be God.
So let us put this Bhagwan Rajneesh to
the test of Surya class.
The first is, Say, He is Allah one
and only.
Was Bhagwan Rajneesh one and only?
Was He the only human being who claimed
to be God?
There are thousands of people who have claimed
to be God, especially the country where I
come from, there are tens of thousands of
men who have claimed to be God.
You know India?
You know India?
It has a very rich heritage for many
centuries and I come from that country and
I am proud to be a citizen of
India.
But in that country, but in that country,
we have many human beings in the past
and even today, even today, who claim to
be God.
Rajneesh is not the only one.
The next test, Allahus Samad.
Allah, the absolute and eternal.
Was Rajneesh absolute and eternal?
We know from his autobiography, he was suffering
from chronic backache, from asthma, from diabetes mellitus.
Imagine almighty God suffering from chronic backache, asthma,
diabetes mellitus.
And the third test is, He begets not,
nor is he begotten.
We know from his autobiography, he was born
in a place in Madhya Pradesh.
He had a mother and father who later
on became his disciples.
And in 1981, he goes to America and
he takes thousands of Americans for a ride.
And in the state of Oregon, he starts
his village known as Rajneeshpuram.
And he takes thousands of Americans for a
ride.
Later on, the American government arrests him and
puts him behind bars.
And then he claims, the American government gave
me slow poisoning.
Imagine almighty God me slow poisoned.
In 1985, they kick him out of the
country and he comes back to India.
And in the city of Pune, he starts
his center.
He goes back to where he had started
earlier, which is recalled as Osho Commune.
And he goes back to Pune and I've
been to his center, Osho Commune.
I like visiting such places.
It gives a new dimension for Vrindavan.
And if you go to Pune and the
Osho Commune, you'll find there is Samadhi.
It's mentioned on a Samadhi, a stone is
there which says, Osho, never born, never died,
but visited the earth from the 11th of
December, 1931 to the 19th of January, 1990.
Never born, never died, but visited the earth
from the 11th of December, 1931 to the
19th of January, 1990.
They forgot to mention in the Samadhi stone
that he was not given visas to 21
different countries of the world.
Imagine almighty God coming to this earth to
visit the earth and requires visas.
And the Archbishop of Greece said, if you
don't remove Rajneesh out of this country, we'll
burn his house and the house of his
disciples.
And the last test, There's nothing like him.
It's so stringent that no one besides true
Allah can pass.
It says, the moment you can compare anything
in this world to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala, he's not Allah.
There's nothing like him.
For example, if someone says, almighty God is
thousand times stronger than Arnold Schwarzenegger.
You might have heard the name of Arnold
Schwarzenegger, the person who got the title Mr.
World, Mr. Universe, the strongest man in the
world, the strongest man in the universe.
The moment you can compare God to anything
in this world, whether it be Arnold Schwarzenegger,
whether it be Dara Singh, whether it be
King Kong, whether it be a thousand times
or a million times, the moment you can
compare God to anything in this world, he's
not God.
There is nothing like him.
This is a four line definition of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala which is given in
the Quran.
And I request all the human beings in
this auditorium, in Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, in
the full world who will be watching this
on Peace TV, that whichever God you're worshipping,
put him to the test of surah Ikhlas.
If he passes the test, the God you're
worshipping is correct.
If he does not pass this test, it's
a false God.
Allah says in the Quran, in surah Isra,
chapter number 17, verse number 110, Say call
upon him by Allah or by Rahman.
By whichever name you call upon him, to
him belong the most beautiful names.
You can call Allah by any name, but
it should be a name given by him.
It should be a beautiful name.
It should not conjure up a mental picture.
And this message that to Allah belongs the
most beautiful names, besides surah Isra, chapter 17,
verse number 110, is even given in surah
Araf, chapter number 7, verse number 180, surah
Ta'a, chapter number 20, verse number 8,
and surah Hashar, chapter number 15, verse number
24, that to Allah subhana wa ta'ala
belong the most beautiful names.
But, we Muslims, we prefer calling Allah by
the Arabic word Allah instead of the English
word God.
The reason is, a person can play mischief
with the English word God.
The Arabic word Allah is unique.
The English word God, if you add S
to God, it becomes God's, plural of God.
There's nothing like plural Allah.
If you add D-E-S-S to
God, it becomes a female God.
There's nothing like female Allah or male Allah
in Islam.
Allah subhana wa ta'ala is a unique
word.
If you add father to God, it becomes
Godfather, he's my Godfather, he's my guardian.
There's nothing like Allahfather in Islam.
If you add mother to God, it becomes
Godmother.
If you prefix tin before God, it becomes
tin God, meaning a fake God.
There's nothing like tin Allah in Islam.
That's the reason we Muslims, we prefer calling
Allah by the Arabic word Allah instead of
the English word God.
When Muslims use God instead of Allah, while
they speak with non-Muslims, I've got no
objection.
Because the non-Muslim may not know the
concept of Allah.
So when a Muslim is speaking to a
non-Muslim and translates Allah into God, I've
got no objection.
But I have to remind them that God
is not the appropriate translation of the word
Allah.