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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. Session Six. Islamic Belief [in Allah] In the Light of the Qur’an and the Sunnah. العقيدة الاسلامية في ضوء القرآن والسنة. Allah’s names (99) Allah’s names are beautiful The greatest name Obligation of belief in Allah’s names Effects of Allah’s names
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Session Six Islamic Belief [in Allah] In the Light of the Qur’an and the Sunnah العقيدة الاسلامية في ضوء القرآن والسنة
Allah’s names (99) • Allah’s names are beautiful • The greatest name • Obligation of belief in Allah’s names • Effects of Allah’s names • Benefit of knowing Allah’s names • Knowing Allah • Closeness to Allah The names of allah
Way to correct understanding of Allah’s attributes • Knowing that Allah is completely unlike anything we know • Allah is as He described Himself • Knowing we can never understand their true nature How to understand allah’s names
Mushrikeen: distortion and rejection • Mushabbiha: anthropomorphism – took Allah to level of creation (opposite of mushrikeen) • Mu’attileen (Deniers): • Jahmiya: denied the names and their meanings • Mu’tazila: accepted names, denied attributes • Ash’ariya: accepted only 7, denied all others • Ahlul-Kalaam: Mushabbiha at heart, denied Those who violated these principles
Accept only 7, but as “there but not there” • All of them have been attributed to Allah and also to His creation • How to understand that • Negating attributes • Ancient eternity, everlastingness, different from His creation, oneness, absolute independence • Invented terminology: ancient, everlasting ahlul-kalaam & allah’s attributes
Same name, but completely different Provision (rizq) Action, doing (‘amal) Teaching (ta’leem) Informing (inbaa’) Giving (eetaa’) Allah’s attributes of action
Highness, greatness Sovereignty Compelling power Might Strength All-encompassing attributes
Kindness (ra’fah) and mercy (rahma) Forebearance (hilm) Forgiveness Dangerous position of rejecting Allah’s attributes which he attributed to Himself In-depth look at Allah’s being upon the throne as an example. Attributes of essence they disputed
What applies to any applies to all Speaking about Allah’s attributes is like speaking about His essence Same names not equal to same reality Allah cannot be described by negation alone Whose words are known to be true? Most denial originates from tashbeeh Verses about attributes are not ambiguous Taking the apparent meaning does not equal tashbeeh Meaning of ta’weel Important principles re: attributes