reading time ~5 mins

Allah is the one and only God

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1. Allah in the Quran
2. Attributes of Allah
3. Creator vs Creation
   1. Creator
   2. Creation
4. Description of Allah in Sunnah
5. Allah knows you better than you
6. Additional Reading

Allah in the Quran

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺; Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺.He has never had offspring, nor was He born. And there is none comparable to Him.” (Quran 112)

There is nothing like unto Him (Quran 42:11)

Your God is ˹only˺ One God. There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. (Quran 2:163)

He is the First and the Last, the Most High and Most Near, and He has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things. (Quran 57:3)

So do not set up equals to Allah, for Allah certainly knows and you do not know. (Quran 16:74)

He is Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him: Knower of the seen and unseen. He is the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. He is Allah—there is no god except Him: the King, the Most Holy, the All-Perfect, the Source of Serenity, the Watcher ˹of all˺, the Almighty, the Supreme in Might, the Majestic. Glorified is Allah far above what they associate with Him ˹in worship˺! He is Allah: the Creator, the Inventor, the Shaper. He ˹alone˺ has the Most Beautiful Names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth ˹constantly˺ glorifies Him. And He is the Almighty, All-Wise. (Quran 59:22-24)

“If you should disbelieve, you and whoever is on the earth entirely – indeed, Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.” (Quran 14:8)

Say [Prophet], ‘My Lord only forbids disgraceful deeds- whether they be open or hidden- and sin and unjustified aggression, and that you, without His sanction, associate things with Him, and that you say things about Him without knowledge.’ (Quran 7:33)

Attributes of Allah

Attributes of Allah
One Unique No partners or equals Begets not, nor begotten	Most Merciful Most Compassionate	Master of all creation King of kings Sustainer of all things
Ever accessible via sincere calling (must be called upon as One God without partners)	All-Knowing All-Wise Never unaware Ever Living Never sleepy or tired	No imperfection Free of need
No image Beyond limitations of human Beyond construct of imagination	All-Powerful Omnipotent In control of all things	Creator of the heavens, the earth & everything in between

Creator vs Creation

There is a clear difference in Islam between ‘The Creator’ and ‘creation’. We do not believe that God is part of or comparable to anything

Creator

The Creator is perfect, ever living, all powerful, independent, all knowing, all wise, sees and hears everything. Has no partners or equals. No creation can comprehend ‘The Creator’ fully

Creation

The creation has a beginning, is contingent, has weaknesses 

Description of Allah in Sunnah

• The Prophet ﷺ said, “The most truthful word ever spoken by an Arab poet is the saying of Labid: Everything besides Allah is in vain.” (muslim 2256)
• Whenever the Prophet ﷺ offered his Tahajjud prayer, he would say, “O Allah, our Lord! All the praises are for You; You are the Keeper (Establisher or the One Who looks after) of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is therein. You are the Truth, and Your saying is the Truth, and Your promise is the Truth, and the meeting with You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth. O Allah! I surrender myself to You, and believe in You, and I put my trust in You (solely depend upon). And to You I complain of my opponents and with Your Evidence I argue. So please forgive the sins which I have done in the past or I will do in the future, and also those (sins) which I did in secret or in public, and that which You know better than I. None has the right to be worshipped but You.” (bukhari 7442)

Allah knows you better than you

1. “Whether you speak openly ˹or not˺, He certainly knows what is secret and what is even more hidden.” (Quran 20:7)
   1. Even more hidden is part of yourself that Allah knows better than you
2. “And do not be like those who forgot Allah, so He made them forget themselves. It is they who are ˹truly˺ rebellious.” (Quran 59:19)
   1. Those who remember Allah and are close to Allah – will be more aware of themselves 
3. The one who got to know his Master truly got to know himself. Arabic Saying

Additional Reading

1. Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah in English and Arabic (Describing who is Allah)
2. Whoever knows himself
3. Who is God (by Dr. Omar Suleiman)