Do you believe in Allah ... just prove it to yourself first!

[Haroundb]

How you think you can prove to yourself that you believe in Allah? Did you ever ask yourself this question? Just I think that this is the time to do so.

What answer do you have to yourself for such a question? Don't say I don't need to ask such a question, or simply you are saying that you don't know anything about your creator.

Are we having an unstable belief in Allah? How strong we are to defend our belief to ourselves? What would you do if your son or your daughter asked you one day What is Allah? Or Where he is? Or how he looks like? Are you going to shout on her like they shouted on you when you asked this question when you were young? Or are you going to just pretend that you don't understand the question. Or you are going to pretend that it is forbidden to speak about this subject? Are you going to slip quietly and change the subject? Is your son or daughter going to ask someone else? Do you know what is the source they are asking? Are we weak to speak or we are waiting for non-Muslims to speak for us? In other words ...

Do you believe in Allah?

If you really need some answers, sit with yourself for a while and think. Think ... and think, use your gift, and search for the truth. If you don't need it, sure it needs you.

The conclusion is, If you are weak in this part don't think you will be strong in the rest of it. All the prophets searched for Allah. From the Prophet Ibrahim, to the Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon them). Yes you have to strength this part in you because you are going to be asked this question: "Who is your God?" and IF YOU DON'T KNOW NOW YOU WILL NOT KNOW LATER IN THE DARK GRAVE.

Just this a request to identify your God, Prophet, religion and your Book? Don't say : "Which God?" ... "Which Prophet?" ... "Which Religion?" ... "Which Book?", because at that time you no one will give you any answer, you must have the answers inside you. I suggest that we can write it on a peace of paper and hang it around our neck. Or better keep it in our mind because this is the only thing that will remain with us when you will be asked down there... And don't ask where!

I think it is the proper time to ask myself and you ...

Who is my/your/our God? Do we really know?

[Najah]

nice thoughts Hdb,

we all should prepare for the day when we will be asked.

you want us to discuss about this or you just wanted to share the thought?

Allah can be seen in everything. you name it,in the tree (kayfiyat khalq al-ashjar), in the sea in every single thing.. In how human function?...etc

[Haroundb]

you want us to discuss about this or you just wanted to share the thought?


I wanted to see how is our belief look like. Is it just something negotiable? Or something hard fixed deep inside us. The problem is that now in these days lots of new ideas and difficult tests for us Muslims can really (or already did) shake some of our belief. Or even worse when it made us think again, since we didn't think before, so I find that it is suitable to do it here to be prepared in some cases where we will be alone and some thoughts may brakes us apart. We can talk to each other because we trust each other and know that every one here is just searching for the benefit for him and the others.

Many people “think” they have strong belief but they really don’t, they are just aggressively fighting their own doubts and winning that by closing their eyes ears and pretending that they have it deep but they really don’t. have but more question marks.

Just it is about to say what you do feel before someone else ask you about it. Let us put our beliefs and thoughts on test, let us do it ourselves before someone else do it for us and don’t say this will not happen because nothing now is impossible. Let us know Allah (SWT) let us ask Him to help us to know him better than before, because as much as you need something is as much as you search for it, and as I said, All the Prophets did search for Allah and they found Him.

This is not very difficult thing to happen but just let us admit it … we don’t know anything about it.

Do you know what I am talking about?

[Najah]

you are talking deep, thats what i know.

I have things related to say and maybe Um-albanin thread in member lounge had lots too that i think is somehow related here. but something stricked me in your post and i want you to elaborate more in it:

"Many people “think” they have strong belief but they really don’t"

Talk more about this, and tell me how do you know that they 'think' while they dont.

[Haroundb]

Some questions will really help you to get it:

-Why we don’t see Allah? Wasn’t it more strong to have him seen? Isn’t many nations tried to symbolize him materially, and then worshiped stones and trees … etc?

-Why our Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) did go to “Ghar Heraa”? Did he knew that there is Allah befire, or was he searcing for him? Wasn’t it easier to have him born a Prophet? Why the search?

-Why are you going to have “Fetnat Al-Massh Al-Dajjal”, “The Big Trial of the Antichrist” , we all know that he will say that he is our God, “From what came from the famous Hadeeth of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Why do Allah want to put us in such test?

-After we die and go to the grave, are we going to be asked “Who is your God”? why?

-In Quran, when some of the new Muslims said that they are believers of Allah, why did Allah ordered his Prophet Mohammed to tell those people that they didn’t reach still the level of believers and they are just Muslims?

“قالت الاعراب آمنا قل لم تومنوا ولکن قولوا اسلمنا ولما یدخل الایمان فی قلوبکم ,وان تطیعوا الله ورسوله لا یلتکم من اعمالکم شیئا ان الله غفور رحیم”

"The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but ye (only)say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has Faith entered your hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not belittle aught of your deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Al-Hujurat -verse14

Just we were born Muslims, it is in our birth certificate, and in our ID card, it was not a choice, so are we “Believers” or “We have submitted our wills to Allah”?

[Najah]

ok now comes:

how about you tell us your search?

[Haroundb]

ok now comes:

how about you tell us your search?
My search is all these question marks you notice in this thread.
We are all in the same boat, if someone has a vision this is good news for us all. God bless Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) who led us in this deep dark sea of confusion.

I think we have to get more of what he said and analyze it more carefully, because we need the simplest ray of light, yes we really need it …

[EarThQuaKe]

How you think you can prove to yourself that you believe in Allah? Did you ever ask yourself this question? Just I think that this is the time to do so.
Alhamd LeAllah I dont need to prove it anymore.


What answer do you have to yourself for such a question? Don't say I don't need to ask such a question, or simply you are saying that you don't know anything about your creator.
If god did not create me & the rest of the universe who did?


Are we having an unstable belief in Allah? How strong we are to defend our belief to ourselves? What would you do if your son or your daughter asked you one day What is Allah? Or Where he is? Or how he looks like? Are you going to shout on her like they shouted on you when you asked this question when you were young? Or are you going to just pretend that you don't understand the question. Or you are going to pretend that it is forbidden to speak about this subject? Are you going to slip quietly and change the subject? Is your son or daughter going to ask someone else? Do you know what is the source they are asking? Are we weak to speak or we are waiting for non-Muslims to speak for us? In other words ...
Who are the we . If my daughter asked me, I'll tell her god is who created everything. He is everwhere you could imagine because he was here before time & space and will always be. Then we will go further in the explanation.


Do you believe in Allah?
YES


The conclusion is, If you are weak in this part don't think you will be strong in the rest of it. All the prophets searched for Allah. From the Prophet Ibrahim, to the Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon them). Yes you have to strength this part in you because you are going to be asked this question: "Who is your God?" and IF YOU DON'T KNOW NOW YOU WILL NOT KNOW LATER IN THE DARK GRAVE.
Are you sure they all looked & searched for allah. They new that the society are wrong and they need to worship the one who is mysterious.


Just this a request to identify your God, Prophet, religion and your Book? Don't say : "Which God?" ... "Which Prophet?" ... "Which Religion?" ... "Which Book?", because at that time you no one will give you any answer, you must have the answers inside you. I suggest that we can write it on a peace of paper and hang it around our neck. Or better keep it in our mind because this is the only thing that will remain with us when you will be asked down there... And don't ask where!
I agree in most of this paragraph except with the notes.


I think it is the proper time to ask myself and you ...

Who is my/your/our God? Do we really know?

My god is Allah, the one and only who created everything and no one created him. No one is like him & he is like no one. Was here before time & space and will always be. I dont want to write essays so I'll stop here.

[Haroundb]

My god is Allah, the one and only who created everything and no one created him. No one is like him & he is like no one. Was here before time & space and will always be. I dont want to write essays so I'll stop here.

That is the reason I opened this thread, to get this answer.

[Haroundb]

Who are the we . If my daughter asked me, I'll tell her god is who created everything. He is everwhere you could imagine because he was here before time & space and will always be. Then we will go further in the explanation.

Mama ... what do you mean he is everywhere? is he like air?
Mama ... How come he will be before time & space?

Just explain these.

Note: If you think that these are not possible questions that a 10 years old kid may ask just inform me.

[EarThQuaKe]

Some questions will really help you to get it:

-Why we don’t see Allah? Wasn’t it more strong to have him seen? Isn’t many nations tried to symbolize him materially, and then worshiped stones and trees … etc?
Allah created matter. If we could see him, then he would be made of matter. A question arises. Did Allah create himself. Many nations materialised allah, even muslims did, but to me it does not make any sense. Allah is the one who you'll never know what exactly is he becuase you have not get the knowledge to do so.


-Why our Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) did go to “Ghar Heraa”? Did he knew that there is Allah befire, or was he searcing for him? Wasn’t it easier to have him born a Prophet? Why the search?
He went to "Ghar Heraa'" to worship allah as his father (prophet Ibrahim) did. He new about allah before, but he did not know anything else except the fact that allah existed or so I think.


-Why are you going to have “Fetnat Al-Massh Al-Dajjal”, “The Big Trial of the Antichrist” , we all know that he will say that he is our God, “From what came from the famous Hadeeth of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Why do Allah want to put us in such test?
“Fetnat Al-Massh Al-Dajjal” is a myth. A fabricated story, just like the coming of prophet Jesus and the long awaited "Mahdi" who will never show up. Those ahadeeths were proved to be inaccurate.


-After we die and go to the grave, are we going to be asked “Who is your God”? why?
I think so. I dont need to know because it does not matter. What matters is to stay out of what he prohibited and do what he asked for. This is my role in life. What is going to happen after life is not for me to choose nor to have a say in.


-In Quran, when some of the new Muslims said that they are believers of Allah, why did Allah ordered his Prophet Mohammed to tell those people that they didn’t reach still the level of believers and they are just Muslims?

“قالت الاعراب آمنا قل لم تومنوا ولکن قولوا اسلمنا ولما یدخل الایمان فی قلوبکم ,وان تطیعوا الله ورسوله لا یلتکم من اعمالکم شیئا ان الله غفور رحیم”

"The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but ye (only)say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has Faith entered your hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not belittle aught of your deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Al-Hujurat -verse14


This verse was said to "A'arab bni assad bin khazeemah" when they just entered islam.
Islam according to "Ibn Katheer tafseer and A'ttabari" is the believe in saying. Iman is saying that u believe & doing what proves that you believed. Those men mentioned in the verse did not do anything to prove their loyalty & worshipness, they just said they did believe, but are they really mu'min.

According to "Tafseer Aljalalyn" its said that Iman is the believe in the heart & soul, not like islam which is just a word that you say.

According to "Tafseer Alqurtubi" the verse was said to people who do all sort of sins, then they came to the prophet asking for saddaqah because they are muslims.

Iman is a very high rank, you dont get it because you think you are one, but you get it due to what good things that you do and the sins that you dont commit. Islam is only a word anyone can say it.



Just we were born Muslims, it is in our birth certificate, and in our ID card, it was not a choice, so are we “Believers” or “We have submitted our wills to Allah”?
We sure are muslims because we said we are muslims. Iman is for allah to decide. If you did Kaba'er (real bad sins) then you are definitely not Mu'min thats for sure. If you dont do what you were asked to by allah, then you are mu'min.

[EarThQuaKe]

Mama ... what do you mean he is everywhere? is he like air?
Is mama an insult?. Anyway. Is air everywhere :think: . ask yourself. Where was allah before he created everything? He created space so you cannot restrict him to a place that he created, Can you?


Mama ... How come he will be before time & space?
Allah created time & space. He existed before they were created and will never sieze to exist whether there is space and time or not.

[Haroundb]

“Fetnat Al-Massh Al-Dajjal” is a myth. A fabricated story, just like the coming of prophet Jesus and the long awaited "Mahdi" who will never show up. Those ahadeeths were proved to be inaccurate.

Lots to be said on your comment but this one is a must.
http://etori.tripod.com/on-antichrist.html (http://etori.tripod.com/on-antichrist.html)

[Haroundb]

Is mama an insult?
No I am just extracting the words from your daughter's mouth (Don't take it personally).
Just I want to tell you that I don't have doubts... it is simply that I am discussing something that we don't really discuss, or you can say making a point.

Allah knows what is inside me for opening this thread ... And as I said we all in critical point in the history of Islam, where we are exposed totally to the "Others" who really want to breake us apart. so insted of a non-Muslim ask such questions, I just ask it myself. And who don't like what I say let him stay away from it. I am here to build not to destroy!

[EarThQuaKe]

Lots to be said on your comment but this one is a must.
http://etori.tripod.com/on-antichrist.html (http://etori.tripod.com/on-antichrist.html)

Most of this ahadeeths, i'll ask you to (as egyptions said), put them in water and drink the ink.

Whats the dajjal, who is he?

If he is a something that tries to get you to unbelieve in allah, then America is the dajjal, Saddam is the dajjal, Bush is the dajjal, the western society is the dajjal.

Who would be stupid enough to believe in a person who has a word in his forehead saying he is a kafir.

The dajjal was made so the other silly story of the return of jesus who is dead and so decomposed right now can be proven. Do you know why these people want Jesus ressurected? A simple answer is, so the Mahdi superman will come and he prays immam for jesus. Do you know what that means? It means that the superman has a higher rank than prophet Jesus. Do you know what this means? It means that Allah & the prophet are lying when they said Prophet Mohammed is the last prophet because in what all of this it can be concluded that the superman is the one who is the last prophet.

[EarThQuaKe]

No I am just extracting the words from your daughter's mouth (Don't take it personally).
Just I want to tell you that I don't have doubts... it is simply that I am discussing something that we don't really discuss, or you can say making a point.

Allah knows what is inside me for opening this thread ... And as I said we all in critical point in the history of Islam, where we are exposed totally to the "Others" who really want to breake us apart. so insted of a non-Muslim ask such questions, I just ask it myself. And who don't like what I say let him stay away from it. I am here to build not to destroy!

I respect that and feel that you are doing the right thing. :)

[PhaHaDde]

Salam,

Good thread Haroundb, & nice replies from EQ.
This is sn old topic that has many different thought derived from different explanation from islamc scholars. But they all agreed that Allah is our god. He was there before time & will be there to the very extreme forever & he is everywhere. Going too deep on this will not do any good as its beyoned our little knowlege "وما أوتيتم من العلم إلإ قليلاً"

Since EQ has said almost everything. I wanted to comment on the reponse of human in grave towards questions asked.Who is your God? Who is your prophet? What is your book?
As we know, grave is the begining of the end. Your answers on these questions in grave will determine whether you are a winner -To Heaven or a loser -To Hell-Fire.

اللهم اجعلنا من أهل اليمين

Almost all if not all moslims know how to answer those questions now without any difficulty. But situation is different in grave. How strong is your Eiman will determine your ability to answer those questions.
اللهم ثبتنا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة
We should ask Allah to grant us the ability to answer when we are asked.

"لقنوا موتاكم لا اله إلإ الله"
حديث شريف
The prophet is asking us to let those who are dying say (La ilaha illa Allah).

Same thing when the person dies, the prophet said who was before death his last words were (La ilaha illa Allah) will enter heaven.
"من كان آخر كلامه لا إله إلا الله دخل الجنة"

Though not every muslim is able to pronounce those few words before death. You know why? Lack of faith (Eiman). A moslem has to maintain a strong faith & practice his religion in the right way as has been asked by Allah & the prophet. Those words he should say them during his life time (doxology), for him to be able to pronounce them when dying. The explantion why some moslem can't say those words when dying though they know them is because of the Satan is holding them not to say them. While he was with full energy during his life time & didn't bother to say them as Iblees was holding him not to, where he will have the ability to say them when dying & he's at the weakest condition of his life & at that stage Iblees makes sure he passes-away without saying thoe words.
Iblees has been like this with human beings since the creation of Adam. When Allah cursed him & took away his mercy from him, he asked Allah to make him live till the day of judgement & Allah granted him his wish. Then he promised Allah that he is going to take as many humans as he can with him to hell-fire.


Cheers..

[Storm]

as i read ,, EQ mashallah said almost all what i wana say ,, but still i have to say something ,, couldnt pass without say nothing ,,,

Allah is the one who created everything in this world ,, every single thing ,,,and he know every thing about everything ,,, and know what human mind cant imagin ,,, you can see him in every thing around you ,,, and he is ever where ,,,
its something deep inside me ,, and deeply belive in it ,,,

and if any ask me about him ,, and how do i belive in him ,, i will let him/her just to think about the world around him/her and they know how does it work ,, then they do belive in Allah and they will for sure know him as i do

by the way ,,, nice one Haroundb ,, keep it up

[Haroundb]

Most of this ahadeeths, i'll ask you to (as egyptions said), put them in water and drink the ink.

You mean to say "بلها واشرب ميتها" :D

[Pineapple Thief]

Heres a slightly unrelated question. When examining religion, when examining our beliefs, when examining ourselves, to what extent does hadith come into it? Is reading the quran enough? As we all know not all hadiths are reliable, and thus it seems that it may be complicating matters by going into them.

PS - Great thread Haroun

PPS - I want to say that I accept Islam because all the questions I have asked myself about Islam have been answered satisfactorily. Any moral qualms I had have been answered by a great teacher who understood that ISLAM is HUMANITY.

[ToomuchaT]

How you think you can prove to yourself that you believe in Allah?

..that i can say it confidently with no fear or doubt: I bare witness that there is no god but only one god and Mohammed PBUH is his messenger!


Did you ever ask yourself this question?

.. i never coz i never ever doubt the presence of Alah.

[Bimzoori]

Al-Salamu 3alaikum,

Excellent thread and well thought out answers from brother EarthQuake..

Allah Sub7anahu wa ta3ala, to Him belongs the most beautiful Names ,

"Allah! There is no God save Him. His are the most beautiful names" [Surat Taha, verse 8]

He is Al-Awal wal Akhir (The First and The Last), He was not created, and He is not like any of His creation.. He does not need us, but we are in need of Him.. Everything that has been created or will be created, will be gone some day, but He is Al-7ayyu Al-Qayyoom.. He is perfectly alive and Is ever-living..

"All that is on earth will perish. But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour" [Surat Al-Ra7man, verses 26/27]


As Muslims, we know that Allah is unseen, and has never been seen by any of His creations, not even His chosen prophets, and we've been given an example of Sayidna Musa (May peace be upon him), when he asked to see Allah, and the answer was:

"And when Musa came at the time and place appointed by Us, and his Lord spoke to him, he said: "O my Lord! Show me (Yourself), that I may look upon You." Allah said: "You cannot see Me, but look upon the mountain if it stands still in its place then you shall see Me." So when his Lord appeared to the mountain , He made it collapse to dust, and Musa fell down unconscious. Then when he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to You, I turn to You in repentance and I am the first of the believers." [Surat Al-A3raf, verse 143]..


None of our senses can actually contact Allah in any way (see/hear/touch).. however, we can use these senses to realize that there exists a creator.. The Creator of all creators... By looking at the beauty of the creation around us, how the universe has been made in harmony.. how this life continues to move on, one generation after the other from millions of years ago.. could all of this be some sort of accident?! Accidents does not create harmony.. If the Creator was one of us, how would he have created the past and will continue to create the future, and we are very limited creatures?! we are limited in our life spans and in our realization.. we dont even know what will happen to us the next minute!! A creator cannot be a creator with these limitations...

A creator cannot be part of His creation, because creation is limited.. He is above everything.. Al3atheemu Al-Muta3al... Hi is Hight above His creations.. but how high is high?! We cannot say, it is part of our limitation as human beings! we cannot measure it using our own scales that we use in daily life..

Some people think He is sitting on His throne, ruling from above the sky! Sub7anahu wa ta3ala 3amma yasifoon... Allah does not require space and time just like we do.. it's beyond our capacities to think of how He is..

Despite our limitations, we have been granted with our senses which we are encouraged to use to realize that He exists.. and to believe in Him in the FULLEST sense of the word.. and to live according to what He Has decreed that is good for us as humans...



In the Name of Allah,

"Say: Praise be to Allah and peace on His servants whom He has chosen: is Allah better, or what they associate (with Him)? Nay, He Who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down for you water from the cloud; then We cause to grow thereby beautiful gardens; it is not possible for you that you should make the trees thereof to grow. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! they are people who deviate.


Or, Who made the earth a restingplace, and made in it rivers, and raised on it mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! most of them do not know!


Or, Who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes the evil, and He will make you successors in the earth. Is there a god with Allah? Little is it that you mind!


Or, Who guides you in utter darkness of the land and the sea, and Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy. Is there a god with Allah? Exalted by Allah above what they associate (with Him).


Or, Who originates the creation, then reproduces it and Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth. Is there a god With Allah? Say: Bring your proof if you are truthful." [Surat Al-Naml, verses 59-64]


And Allah knows best.

[ToomuchaT]

.. masha alah Bimzoori.. xcellentooo ..more of u nedded around the place beside Earthquacke .. both doing just great :)

[Haroundb]

Al–Hamdullela that we do have such amount of faith in Allah, I am very happy that we do think and analysis what is around us to reach the truth of this world and its creator (SWT).

Just to give more strength to the idea, I want to do some analysis on how are we favored by Allah, upon other nations to be the best:

“Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.”

The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran/110

The “best of people” is linked directly to “believing in Allah”. So us being favored by Allah to be the best of all other nations is because we do believe in Allah. So believing in Allah is not an easy thing that anyone can reach it and anyone have the abilities to bare its complications. Only those who are created with the inner ability to believe. Here I don’t mean good brain, because we can’t say that the other Non-Muslim nations are not having brain like us, some of them have better brains than us. The idea, which I am trying to pass to you, is that it is not simply a matter of thinking just to reach to believe in Allah! It is something inside you, some good inside you that made you live inside the bones of your ancestors till you reach this life and be favored to be a believer of Allah”. Yes you were kept safe in the bones of your ancestors; your grand grand grand grand father was the one who killed his brother. Don’t you know that many people were supposed to be out of that killed brother offspring! After that, your grand grand grand father survived the first Noah’s flood, then your grand grand father survived the WWW, and then your grand father survived the plague, then your father was save a killing accident till he met your mother so you come to this life and say “LA ELAAH ILLA ALLAH, MOHAMMED RASOOL ALLAH”… Yes you are saved to be favored to believe in Allah.

Us being easily thinking of trees rivers and the sky how are these things built, is simply because we are ready to believe it. You will find many others who will give you 1000 explanations on how trees first come out, and how rivers originally built, and how sky formed. So Al–Hamdullela that we have it inside us … and don’t ask me what is it because I don’t have a name for it...

[sophis^catrina]

This is such a beautiful thread and God Bless you my Muslim brother.

The only reason why I am a Muslim now is because I found God. I am not a Muslim, coz my parents and society are of the Islamic faith. Believe me, if I didn't see the real reason of being Muslim or that if I saw that the only reason was to avoid going to hell if there was a hell, then I would still not be one.

But did I really find God? Was he ever hidden? As far as I remember I didn't go searching for him, he picked me up. He was there for me, always. Even when I was bad, and my deeds went down rock bottom, he kept reminding me of himself. He never ever forgot me. It's like he remembers me, more than I do him. It's like he protects me from harm, even though I may not ask for it.

He is true beauty. What can never be found on this earth. What is so pure and has so much beauty, that does not look down on you, even though you may have done bad deeds.

He says, "ask God for forgiveness, and He will forgive". He greets sinners who repent with an open heart and gives them hope. He reminds them of their sins, encourages them to come back to him, and when they do, they cry for his kindness. He is truly kind and merciful.

He is loving and compassionate. If you truly love him, he is your most loyal friend. He is your protector, continually watching over you. Preventing harm from reaching you even when u don't realise it. When you seek refuge in him, he gives you tranquility. He opens the solution to all problems and eliminates obstacles.

He is the majestic, the compeller, the subduer; the magnificant king of all the universe; that can hear all your problems and gives you hope and protection. Although with all his greatness and might, he still has the time to listen to his helpless servant. To treat him not as a servant, but to treat him as a friend that he has all the time for to support and look after. Although with all his greatness, he is still appreciative and grateful for whatever good we have done, even though we can never repay him. With all his greatness, he asks you to think for yourself abt who/what God really is and contemplate, rather than follow blindly with no knowledge.

The praiseworthy noble protecting friend has always been there for me the day I was born. I do not remember ever thinking "Can there really be a God? Just one?"- never. He was there. It was a firm belief in me.

He is beautiful. True beauty can only be felt in the heart. It is like love. You cannot see it, touch it- but you feel it. Loving this compassionate friend is what we shall all seek for.

The main/only reason I am a Muslim is because I believe Allah is real, that he is the one and only true Creator. Although I am human, and have commited many bad deeds that I regret and still do what he does not approve of, even though at my worst, my faith was never shaky. And my dearest wish is that when I die is that I see my dearest. He is like the dearest friend, who is mysterious and hidden, yet you feel his presence so strongly.

As for my children, I can only assist them into seeing his true beauty. I will try my best to assist them, and when they wish to see his beauty and call for him- he will show himself in one of the several mysterious ways that he has shown all believers.