Islamic Beliefs and Thoughts, A Beacon for Children (Part One)
Islamic Beliefs and Thoughts:
Rational Proof of Allah’s Uniqueness:
This section, up to the question-and-answer part, is only for scholars or those with prior study.
Allah is an entity whose existence is absolute, and His power is tangible. He is not a mere imaginary concept in people’s minds.
Many people around the world, especially in the West, believe in Allah. However, their faith and belief are based on the idea that Allah is a concept, not a reality. They assume that believing in Allah means believing in a theological idea, which they consider noble and beautiful. They claim that this noble and beautiful concept motivates people to avoid evil and pursue goodness as long as they adhere to this idea and submit to its influence. They believe it acts as an internal motivation or “religious deterrent,” whose effects surpass external influences. Therefore, they argue that believing in Allah is obligatory and that encouraging others to believe in Him is essential, so that people, driven by this internal motivation, become more inclined toward goodness.
Such beliefs can easily lead people to atheism. When reason attempts to comprehend the existence of this concept, faith is often abandoned. This happens because when reason fails to perceive and find evidence of this existence, it denies Allah’s existence and turns to disbelief. Furthermore, believing that Allah is merely a concept, not a reality, renders goodness and evil as mere concepts devoid of any truth. Consequently, human actions are guided only to the extent that one believes in the idea of goodness and avoids evil to the degree that one perceives it as bad.
What leads such people to this kind of belief is their failure to use reason to attain faith in Allah. They cannot find a rational answer to the profound questions surrounding existence, such as: What is life? What existed before this worldly life? Where do we go after life? How is all this connected to what came before and what follows? Instead, a solution is imposed on them—one they did not consciously choose but to which they submit without truly feeling a sense of belief. Many of them try to use reason but are told that religion is beyond reason’s grasp and are thus silenced.
The truth is that Allah is a reality whose power and existence are tangible and perceptible, not merely an abstract idea. Although understanding His essence is impossible, the evidence of His existence is tangible and perceptible. For example, when a person hears the sound of an airplane flying in the sky while sitting in their room without seeing it, they firmly believe in the existence of the airplane. They affirm its existence based on the sound they perceive, even though they do not see its essence. Thus, understanding the existence of the airplane is distinct from comprehending its essence. Similarly, while one may not perceive the essence of the airplane due to a lack of sensory contact, its existence is undeniably established through hearing its sound. Therefore, the airplane’s existence is a reality, not a figment of imagination.
Likewise, all perceptible and tangible objects exist undeniably because they are observable and tangible. Their existence is dependent on something else, which is a definite fact. For instance, celestial bodies rely on an order, fire depends on someone to ignite it, and every perceptible object depends on something else. Something that is dependent cannot be eternal because if it were eternal, it would be independent. Thus, its dependence indicates it is not eternal. Therefore, it is certain that all tangible and perceptible things are creations. Their non-eternity implies they have a creator.
The perception of these creations, like hearing the sound of an airplane, is definitive. The existence of a creator for these creations, from whom they originate, is as certain as the existence of the airplane that emits sound. Hence, the existence of a creator is definite and undeniable. This creator is a tangible reality, not an idea conceived in the human mind.
This creator must be eternal because, if He were not, He would also be dependent and thus a creation. Nature itself is not eternal, as it depends on specific relationships and conditions for its existence and cannot transcend them. Similarly, matter is not eternal because it is dependent on specific states and proportions. It cannot change from one state to another without adhering to specific relationships and proportions. Therefore, nature and matter are not eternal and cannot be creators.
The only possibility that remains is that Allah is the creator. He is the eternal entity that people refer to as “Allah,” “God,” “Him,” or similar names, all of which signify the same being—Allah, the eternal creator.
Therefore, Allah is a reality whose existence is perceptible through the existence of His creations. When a person fears Allah, they fear a truly existing being whose presence is perceptible. When they worship Allah, they worship an entity whose existence is tangible and perceptible. When they seek Allah’s pleasure, they seek the satisfaction of a being whose existence is certain. Thus, a person who fears, worships, and seeks Allah’s pleasure does so with absolute certainty, leaving no room for doubt.
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