The God of Islam is the Preserver of all worldly things. He is not the god of a tribe, for` some special group only. At prayer we say: `al-hamduli"llahi rabbi"l- alamin" praise be to Allah, the lord of the worlds." Every moment, in every place, whenever he wants, He brings into existence; there is no limitation on His Essence. He has authority over all existent things.
"Blessed be He in Whose hand is the kingdom. He is powerful over everything" (lxvll:1 ).
He is aware of the manifest and the concealed, the past and the future, and everything, even what is in our hearts.
"He knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows you conceal and what you declare, and Allah knows what is in the breasts" (LXIV:4 ).
Being with Him is possible in every place: there is no need to travel or to pass by a doorman. He is nearer to us than anything.
"We are nearer to him (man) than his jugular vein" (L:16 )
He is a reality without parallel, beyond all human attributes and likenesses; He is not like the gods of other altered religions who have become man-like or like something created. Therefore He has no place, for He created place. He is not contained in time, for He is the creator of time. He is not associated, nor has He any beginning or ending. therefore, He has no like or similitude.
"Like him there is naught; He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing." (XLII:11 ).
His Essence is beyond sleep, tiredness, remorse and so forth
"slumber seizes him not, neither sleep." (II:255 ).
"Say: He is Allah, one." (CXII:I).
He is one without equal: He has no son or mother or father, neither partner or associate. This is the reality in surah tawhid, which Muslims recite many times each day in prayer so as to be far from the possibility of associating something with Him (shirk). The god of Islam is a god with all the attributes assigned to by the pure, sweet tongue of the Qur"an, with an understanding wider, more magnificent greater than can be conceived by created intelligences, free from want, without partner, prevailing, close, supreme, compassionate, most compassionate, available to all so that anyone at any time may communicate with Him, bring his needs before Him, ask whatever he wishes of Him, that He may make available what is of benefit and what is expedient, as He Himself said:
"And verily, Allah is to you all-gentle, All-compassionate." (LVII:9).
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