Love and Allah...

Shazia_Arif · May 28, 2010, 7:46am

Many people believes that love is conserned with beauty that’s why many of us believes on love at first sight.
If that is really true then why we love Allah? no body ofcourse seen Him before death then why we love Him?

Sannan · May 28, 2010, 9:36am

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The peoples who believes on Allah don’t prefer the beauty of faces but beauty of character.

Basim_Ali · May 29, 2010, 11:55am

Salam,

A misconception. You shall not worship a God, which thy can not see!
Here’s something relevant, and a must_read for everyone, according to me (sorry for the length):

Abu Abdallah related as follows: the Commander of the Faithful was speaking from the pulpit at Kufa when a man called Dhi’lib stood up before him. He was sharp-tongued, eloquent and courageous. He said, “O Commander of the Faithful! Hast thou seen thy Lord ?”

He said, “Woe unto thee, O Dhi’lib! I would not be worshipping a lord whom I have not seen.”

He said, “O Commander of the Faithful! How didst thou see Him ?”

He answered, "O Dhilib! Eyes see Him not through sight’s observation, but hearts see Him through the verities of faith (haqaiq al-iman). Woe to thee, O Dhilib! Verily, my Lord is subtle in subtlety (latif al-latafah), but He is not described by subtleness (lutf); tremendous in tremendousness (azim al-azamah), but not described by tremendousness (izam); grand in grandeur (kabir al-kibriya’), but not described by grandness (kibr); and majestic in majesty (jalil al-jalalah), but not described by greatness (ghilaz). Before all things He was; it is not said that anything was before Him. After all things He will be; it is not said that He possesses an ‘after’. He willed (all) things, not through resolution (himmah). He is all-perceiving (darrak), not through any artifice (khadiah). He is in all things, but not mixed (muta-mazij) with them, nor separate (ba’in) from them. He is Outward (zahir), not according to the explanation of being immediate (to the senses: mubasharah); Manifest (mutajallin), not through the appearance of a vision (of Him: istihlal ru’yah); Separate, not through distance (masafah); Near (qarib), not through approach (mudanah); Subtle, not through corporealization (tajassum); Existent (mawfud), not after nonexistence (adam); Active (fa’il) not through coercion (idtirar); Determining (muqaddir), not through movement (harakah); Desiring (murid), not through resolution (hamamah); Hearing (sami), not through means (alah); and Seeing (basir), not through organs (adah).

Spaces (amakin) encompass Him not, times (awqat) accompany Him not, attributes (sifat) delimit Him not and slumbers (sinat) seize Him not.

By His giving sense (tashir) to sense organs (mashair) it is known that He has no sense organs. By His giving substance (tajhir) to substances (jawahir) it is known that He has no substance. By His causing opposition (mudaddah) among things it is known that He has no opposite (didd). By His causing affiliation (muqaranah) among affairs it is known that He has no affiliate (qarin). He opposed darkness to light, obscurity to clarity, moisture to solidity, and heat to cold. He joins together those things which are hostile to one another, and separates those which are near. They prove (the existence of) their Separator (mufarriq) by their separation and their Joiner (mu’allif ) by their junction. This is (the meaning of) His words-He is the Mighty and Majestic- ‘And of everything created We two kinds; haply you will remember’ (LI 49)."

“So through them He separated ‘before’ and ‘after’ that it might be known that He has no before and after. They testify with their temperaments (ghara’iz) that He who gave them temperaments has no temperament. They announce through their subjection to time (tawqit) that He who has subjected them to time is not subject to it Himself.”

“He veiled some of them from others so that it might be known that there is no veil between Him and His creation other than His creation. He was a Lord when there was none over whom He was Lord (marbub); a God when there was none for whom to be a God (ma’luh); a Knower (alim) when there was nothing to be known (malum); and a Hearer when there was nothing to be heard (masmu).”

Then Ali composed the following verses extemporaneously:

“My Lord is ever known by praise, my Lord is ever described by generosity.”

“He was, when there was no light by which to seek illumination, and no darkness bent over the horizons.”

“So our Lord is counter to creatures, all of them, and to all that is described in imaginations.”

“Whoso desires Him portrayed through comparison returns beleagured, shackled by his incapacity,”

“And in the Ascending Stairways the wave of His power casts a wave which blinds the eye of the spirit.”

“So abandon the quarreler in religion lost in the depths, for in him doubt has corrupted his view.”

“And become the companion of that reliable one who is the beloved of his Master and surrounded by the favors of his Protector: Smiling, he became in the earth the waymark of guidance (dalil al-huda) and in Heaven the adorned and acknowledged.”

After this Dhi’lib fell to the ground in a faint. When he recovered he said, "I have never heard such words. I will not return to any of that (which I believed before).

… and no, this is not metaphoric. You either see your God this way, or you don’t see Him at all. Forget that you’re going to see Him on a throne, putting his leg into the screaming Hell-Fire and revealing His shin to the ‘believers’. (Allah’s refuge - Nauzubillah).

Wa-assalam Alaykum

Shazia_Arif · May 29, 2010, 2:54pm

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pile of thanks Basim,you made me satisfied. your way of teaching is just like professional teachers.
Allhamdolillah i do believe on Him but sometimes this question made me mad. thanks again & thank you too Sannaan.

ramesha · June 1, 2010, 4:57am

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Salaam Basim Ali, thank you so much for sharing these such beautiful words of wisdom of Imam Ali (as)

lil_ash · June 1, 2010, 5:00am

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I personally dont believe in love at first sight. But I think we all have some kind of image of Allah in our minds no? maybe its just me. I always imagine Allah as like always smiling =/
im wierd

FairyTale · June 1, 2010, 5:16am

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Basim that was a nice post. thanks for sharing with us.

LIL ash yes we do have His image in minds. In my imagination He is Light. I had a dream long long back, and I think I saw Him in my dream. What i saw was light in the sky like sun, and then as someone whispered in my ear, that its Him. I believed it.

Shazia_Arif · June 1, 2010, 7:30am

not weird ash every one has His own image as i feel Him like a fragrance and light and some time ago i was a teacher in K.G and kids use to sing a poem “Allah hai bas pyar he pyar”.

Shazia_Arif · June 1, 2010, 7:33am

F.T i have the same image like you that He is light but you had a prophesy so is that good to share any kind of prophesy with others?

FairyTale · June 1, 2010, 10:33am

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hmmm i dont know. May be not ??? :-X

Fbi786 · June 1, 2010, 1:39pm

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Nice Topic

Well to get rid of your misconception. i just want to make it simple for you as to why we love Allah Almighty.

we wudnt have been muslims nor wud we have known about islam if it hadnt been for the Holy Messenger SAW. Now Allah Almighty sent Hazrat Muhammad SAW with the message of Islam. So we do believ in Rusool SAW…and because of him we love Allah. Reason for this is that Rusool SAW is the MOST beloved of Allahs creation and Allah SWT invited him SAW to meet on the night of Mira’aj. We believe in Allah and LOVE Allah because the messenger SAW told us to love Allah as HE SAW has seen Allah Almighty in all aspects physical or character.

therefore, we love Allah because the rusool SAW loves Allah Alighty as He SAW has seen him SWT.

Conclusion I derive from this is that Love for the Messenger SAW is the Love for Allah Almighty as the verse of Quraan translates as following the messenger SAW is the following of Allah Almighty.

Hope it helps.

Obama · June 2, 2010, 7:14am

We Love Allah…because Allah is Wadud!

Alama Iqbal explained it eloquently in this verse:

Manaa kay Teri deed kay Qabil nahin houn main

tu mera shouq dekh mera Intezar dekh!

Shazia_Arif · June 2, 2010, 7:51am

Provoked - A True Story

Nice Topic

Well to get rid of your misconception. i just want to make it simple for you as to why we love Allah Almighty.

we wudnt have been muslims nor wud we have known about islam if it hadnt been for the Holy Messenger SAW. Now Allah Almighty sent Hazrat Muhammad SAW with the message of Islam. So we do believ in Rusool SAW…and because of him we love Allah. Reason for this is that Rusool SAW is the MOST beloved of Allahs creation and Allah SWT invited him SAW to meet on the night of Mira’aj. We believe in Allah and LOVE Allah because the messenger SAW told us to love Allah as HE SAW has seen Allah Almighty in all aspects physical or character.

therefore, we love Allah because the rusool SAW loves Allah Alighty as He SAW has seen him SWT.

Conclusion I derive from this is that Love for the Messenger SAW is the Love for Allah Almighty as the verse of Quraan translates as following the messenger SAW is the following of Allah Almighty.

Hope it helps.

yeah you are right! if we believe on Mahammad(SAW) then we have to belive on what he said.

Shazia_Arif · June 2, 2010, 7:55am

darya ko kooze main band ker dia:lajawab:

FairyTale · June 2, 2010, 10:17am

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Manaan = ??? matlab? did you mean Maana? as in “I agree” ?

Shazia_Arif · June 2, 2010, 3:43pm

sorry haven’t get your point.

Obama · June 2, 2010, 4:05pm

I stand corrected,

“Manaa”

Obama · June 2, 2010, 4:07pm

Fairytale correcting my mistake!..:k: