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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ayisha: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr Egypt: [qb] [URL=http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/Allahname.htm]Allah’s Attributes & the Mistake of Changing Their Meanings[/URL] [/qb][/QUOTE]Thanks Mr Egypt. There is something in here that I am having difficulty with and would appreciate your input please. "To imagine Allah in a certain form is not correct. The safest way for a Muslim is to believe in all the attributes of Allah is without adding any interpretation. To negate the attributes of Allah altogether or to compare Him to someone is a deviation from the right path. Our Lord is unique and without any equal at all." So we are not to imagine Allah in any form, ok I get that. "Whosoever questions us and says, ‘Do you believe God has a face?’, the answer is: ‘We believe it contrarily to the belief of the innovators; and His words ‘And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will abide forever’ (Qur’an 55:27) are a proof of it.’" Here I am starting to get confused :confused: This is saying we believe He has a face but we believe that 'contrarily to the innovators', what does that mean? "If anybody says, ‘You do not deny that God’s words ‘from what Our hands have made’ and His words, ‘before him whom I have created with My two hands’ are metaphorical", the answer is: The rule of the Word of God is that it is to be interpreted [b]literally[/b] and truly, and a thing is not transferred from its literal meaning to a metaphorical one, except by proof." So we are to take hands and face as their 'literal' meaning, as hands and face that 'we know' of like humans "We therefore [b]affirm[/b] these attributes of Allah (swt) and realize that [b]"There is nothing like unto Him"[/b] (Qur’an 42:11), that [b]"There is none comparable to Him"[/b] (Qur’an 112:4)" Now based on what I have quoted so far that God has hands and face, the first sentence here 'affirms' that, but the following 2 say there is nothing like him etc. Something contradicts here as we are saying 'yes He has hands and face' but then we say 'there is nothing like Him', if He has hands and face then there IS something like him. :confused: [/QB][/QUOTE]
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