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Bismi Allah (In the Name of Allah)

Part 1 (b)

Abul Kasem

Published on February 13, 2007

Allah is Anthropomorphic (ii)

Allahï¿½s two hands are outstretched.

After Muhammad had migrated to Medina, he remained in penury. Many of his followers went hungry for days and depended on peoplesï¿½ charity for their daily living. To placate his critics, especially the Jews, Muhammad insisted on the abundance supply form His Allah. This was not forthcoming; so the Jews said that Muhammadï¿½s Allah is, after all, not so rich On this, Muhammad claimed that the Jews had falsely said that "Allah's hand" is tied up; in reality both His hands are outstretched. This means that Allah does have two hands.

This claim of Allahï¿½s two physical hands has been recorded in the Qura 005.064

YUSUFALI: The Jews say: "Allah's hand is tied up." Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for the (blasphemy) they utter. Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched: He giveth and spendeth (of His bounty) as He pleaseth. But the revelation that cometh to thee from Allah increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. Amongst them we have placed enmity and hatred till the Day of Judgment. Every time they kindle the fire of war, Allah doth extinguish it; but they (ever) strive to do mischief on earth. And Allah loveth not those who do mischief.

With His own two outstretched hands Allah created Adam. Having done so, Allah was greatly dismayed that Iblis, the Satan, refrained from worshipping His own handsï¿½ creation, Adam. The holy Qurï¿½an confirms that Allah indeed created Adam with His own two hands.

Let us read verse 38:75:

PICKTHAL: He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted? [38:75]

Not only that the holy Qurï¿½an confirms the two physical hands for Allah, it also says that Allah will use His two outstretched hands to fold up the heavens (universe)ï¿½much like a person who folds a piece of mat or rug with his two hands. After folding up the heavens with His two outstretched hands, He will then hold them (the universe) in His right hand!

Here is the Qurï¿½an talking about Allahï¿½s Hand.

On the resurrection day, the whole earth will be within the fistful of Allah; He will fold up the heavens (universe) inside His right hand (39:67).

YUSUFALI: No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him! [039.067]

Allahï¿½s hand holds the balance of justice.

Muhammad insisted that His Allah has hands and with one of His hands, Allah holds the balance of justice. It is much like the picture or sketch one might have seen of a judge who holds a balance of justice in one of his/her hands and a sword in another. Muhammad wanted his followers to have a vivid picture of the uprightness of his Allah. So, he had to use this similarity, which he might have seen in some inscriptions of Roman justice system.

Let us read this hadith from Sahih Bukhari:

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 206:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, 'Spend (O man), and I shall spend on you." He also said, "Allah's Hand is full, and (its fullness) is not affected by the continuous spending night and day." He also said, "Do you see what He has spent since He created the Heavens and the Earth? Nevertheless, what is in His Hand is not decreased, and His Throne was over the water; and in His Hand there is the balance (of justice) whereby He raises and lowers (people)."

Sahih Bukhari also confirms that Allah has a right hand and a left hand. On His left hand is the balance of justice. Nothing is mentioned what Allah holds in His right hand. One may imagine what He holds in His right hand must be very hugeï¿½probably, the earthï¿½s population or a huge sack of money or a bounty. This hadith does not mention the content of Allahï¿½s right hand, except that it is full. Let us read this hadith:

Allah's right hand is full, on the other hand He holds the balance of justice, His throne is over the water...(Sahih Bukhari, 9.93.515)

Volume 9, Book 93, Number 515:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "The Right (Hand) of Allah Is full, and (Its fullness) is not affected by the continuous spending night and day. Do you see what He has spent since He created the Heavens and the Earth? Yet all that has not decreased what is in His Right Hand. His Throne is over the water and in His other Hand is the Bounty or the Power to bring about death, and He raises some people and brings others down." (See Hadith No. 508)

Allah has shin

Please do not laugh. We already read that Allah has legs, feet, eyes, hands. To confirm further that Allah is truly anthropomorphic, Muhammad insisted that not only Allah has feet, he even has shin. Verse 68:42 of the holy Qurï¿½an says that on the resurrection day Allah will lay bare His shin for the unbelievers to prostrate; but they will fail to do so.

Let us read verse 68:42

YUSUFALI: The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,- [068.042]

A hadith in Sahih Bukhari says that Allah will, indeed, open His Shin to the unbelievers. This hadith is very long; I shall quote only the relevant part:

Volume 9, Book 93, Number 532s:

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:

ï¿½Then the Almighty will come to them in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and He will say, 'I am your Lord,' and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.' And none will speak: to Him then but the Prophets, and then it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?' They will say. 'The Shin,' and so Allah will then uncover His Shin whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there will remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and for gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but their backs will be rigid like one piece of a wood (and they will not be able to prostrate). Then the bridge will be laid across Hell." We, the companions of the Prophet said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the bridge?...

The above hadith says quite unmistakably that on the Resurrection Day there will be no problem in seeing Allah in His physical form; He will be recognized by His shin.

Allah has a very noble, handsome face.

We might wonder: with stretched arms, legs feet, bared shin and protruding ears how will Allah look like. This is also described in the holy Qurï¿½an. Just like a handsome and dignified person, Allah also has a majestic, bountiful and honourable face.

Let us read verse 55:26ï¿½27.

YUSUFALI: All that is on earth will perish: [055.026]

YUSUFALI: But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour. [055.027]

Let us read another verse. This verse confirms that Allah holds His bounties in His hand.

YUSUFALI: "And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "True guidance is the Guidance of Allah: (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent to someone (else) Like unto that which was sent unto you? or that those (Receiving such revelation) should engage you in argument before your Lord?" Say: "All bounties are in the hand of Allah: He granteth them to whom He pleaseth: And Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things." [003.073]

Dr Takiuddin al-Hilali and Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan, the translators of The Noble Qurï¿½an, commenting on this verse, write:

All that has been revealed in Allahï¿½s Book (the Qurï¿½an) as regards the (Sifat) Qualities of Allah the Most high, like the face, eyes, hands, Shins (Legs), his coming, His rising over His Throne (Istawa) and others, or all that Allahï¿½s Messenger qualified Him in the true authentic Prophetï¿½s Ahadith (narrations) as regards His Qualities like (Nuzul), His descent or His laughing and others, the religious scholars of the Qurï¿½an and the Sunnah believe in these Qualities of Allah and they confirm that these are really His Qualities, without Tawil (interpreting their meanings into different) or Tashbih (giving resemblance) or similarity in any specific creatures) or (Taï¿½til) (i.e., completely ignoring or denying them, i.e., there is no Face, or Eyes or Hands, or Shins for Allah). These qualities befit or suit only for Allah Alone, and He does not resemble any of (His) creatures. As Allahï¿½s Statement (in the Qurï¿½an): (1) ï¿½There is nothing like him, and he is the All-Hearer, the All- Seer.ï¿½ (V.42:11).ï¿½ (2) ï¿½There is none comparable unto Him.ï¿½ (V.112-4) (Hilali and Khan, 1996, p. 91, foot notes 1 and 2).

I quoted those few words from two impeccable Islamic scholars to be fair. If anything we could conclude from the above comment it will be: the Qurï¿½an is a minefield of ambiguities, incoherence and contradictions. Those two scholars have simply confirmed this truth. You will learn more of Allahï¿½s contradictions in another part of this essay.

Allah shows His face only to the dead Muslims; the unbelievers will not see His face.

To confuse the faithful Muslims, Muhammadï¿½s Allah simply avoids to show His Handsome, Majestic Face to the unbelievers. Only the believers (i.e., the Muslims will see His face.

Let us read verse 83:13ï¿½16:

YUSUFALI:
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!" [083.013]

By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do! [083.014]
erily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled. [083.015]
Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell. [083.016]

The reason why Muhammad had to resort this marvellous trick to entice people to Islam is not difficult to fathom. This sura is an early Meccan sura, the time when Muhammad was very weak and just had about a score or so followers. The majority pagan Quraysh, when asked Muhammad to describe his Allah, he failed. It was because the pagans already had a version of Allah of their own (more on this in a separate part). They could not accept Muhammadï¿½s description of Allah. Angry and frustrated, Muhammad simply rebuked the pagans for not accepting his Allah and he resorted to cursing them with the denial of Allahï¿½s blessings. Please note in the previous section, we noted that Allah will show His Shin to the infidels. One might wonder why Allah has to hide His Face to the unbelievers when they could easily view Allahï¿½s naked Shin. This is, yet another enigma of the Qurï¿½an.

Allah speaks like a human

If we believe what the previous two impeccable Islamist scholars (Hilali and Khan) opined about the anthropomorphic nature of Allah, then the Qurï¿½an must be wrong. In several verses of the Qurï¿½an we read that Allah did talk like a human being. He, as a fire, spoke with Moses (27:9). On a spoken command from Allah, Mosesï¿½ stick turned into a snake. Frightened, Moses turned tail; but Allah called back Moses (27:9ï¿½10, 28:31). How was it possible for Moses to hear Allahï¿½s voice if Allah did not use the same language as a human would to communicate verbally with Moses? If this is not convincing enough, there is more surprises. The holy Qurï¿½an says that a fearful Moses heard a voice from a tree: it was Allah. Allah called Moses in His own voice. No angel or jinn was there to convey Allahï¿½s messages to Moses. Allah Himself spoke with Moses (28:30). On another occasion, the holy Qurï¿½an maintains, that Allah indeed called Moses in the valley of Tuwa (79:15ï¿½16).

Let us read those verses from the Qurï¿½an:

YUSUFALI: But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard: "Blessed are those in the fire and those around: and glory to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. [027.008]
YUSUFALI: "O Moses! verily, I am Allah, the exalted in might, the wise!.... [027.009]
YUSUFALI: "Now do thou throw thy rod!" But when he saw it moving (of its own accord)as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and retraced not his steps: "O Moses!" (it was said), "Fear not: truly, in My presence, those called as messengers have no fear,- [027.010]
YUSUFALI: But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard from the right bank of the valley, from a tree in hallowed ground: "O Moses! Verily I am Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.... [028.030]
YUSUFALI: "Now do thou throw thy rod!" but when he saw it moving (of its own accord) as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and retraced not his steps: O Moses!" (It was said), "Draw near, and fear not: for thou art of those who are secure. [028.031]
YUSUFALI: Has the story of Moses reached thee? [079.015]
YUSUFALI: Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:- [079.016]

Here is a hadith from Sunaan Abu Dawud, which tells us that Allah indeed spoke directly with Moses without any messengers between them. The funny part is: this was revealed by Adam to Moses when they were arguing in Paradise. Let us read this hilarious hadith:

Sunaan Abu Dawud, volume 3, hadith number 4685:

ï¿½Umar b. al-Khattab reported that Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: Moses said: My Lord, show us Adam who caused us and himself to come out from Paradise. So Allah showed him Adam. He asked: Are you our father, Adam? Adam said to him: Yes. He said: Are you the one into whom Allah breathed of His spirit, taught you all the names, and commanded angels (to prostrate) and they prostrated to you? He replied: Yes. He asked: Then what moved you to cause us and yourself to come out from Paradise? Adam asked him: And who are you? He said: I am Moses. He said: You are the Prophet of Banu Israiï¿½l to whom Allah spoke from behind a screen, appointing no messenger between you and Him. He said: Yes. He asked: Did you not find that that was decreed in the Book (records) of Allah before I was created? He replied: Yes. He asked: then why do you blame me about a thing for which Divine had already passed before me? The apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: So Adam got the better of Moses in argument (peace be upon them).

Allah had talked face to face to a jihadist.

As per the Islamic rule, when a suicide bomber gives up his life in a killing mission he goes straight to Paradise. He does not need to wait for the Judgment Day, linger for Allahï¿½s decision and then be sent to his rightful abode. After his death, the jihadist (in this case the suicide bomber) instantly meets Allah and Allah talks to him face to face. This proves that Allah speaks like a human being and accosts the diehard jihaditsts just the way we do in this world. Here is a hadith from Ibn Majah:

Sunaan ibn Majah, Vol I, Hadith number 190:

Talha b. Khirash is reported to have said, ï¿½I heard jabir b. ï¿½Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him) as saying: As Abdullah b. ï¿½Amr b. Haram was killed on the day of Uhud (battle), Allahï¿½s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) met me and said, ï¿½O Jabir should I not tell you what Allah said about your father?ï¿½ Yahya in his hadith has reported (these words): O Jabir, what is the matter that I see you broken‑heartedï¿½?ï¿½ He said, ï¿½I told him: Allahï¿½s Messenger, my father has been martyred and he left behind some dependants and a debt.ï¿½ He (the Holy Prophet) said, ï¿½Should I not give you the glad-tidings of that with which Allah met your father?ï¿½ He said, ï¿½Yes, Allahï¿½s Messenger.ï¿½ He (the Holy Prophet) said, ï¿½Allah has never talked with anyone but from behind a curtain, but he talked with your father face to face and said, ï¿½O My bondsman, desire from Me, I shall grant you.ï¿½ He said, ï¿½My Lord, (I wish) that You give a new life to me and I am killed for Thine sake for the second time. Upon this, the Lord, Hallowed be He said: It has already been decided by me that he will not return to it (a new life.ï¿½ He said, ï¿½My Lord, so convey (this) to those left behind me.ï¿½ The narrator said that Allah sent down (the verse): Never, they are living with their Lord, they are given provision (3:16).
As‑Samadi said, ï¿½This hadith has not singularly been transmitted by Ibn Majah: neither in text nor in isnad. Tirmidhi has transmitted it in at‑Tafsir (i.e. chapter concerning the interpretation of the Qurï¿½anic verses and suras and then has held it as a hasan gharib hadith. We do not know it except from the hadith of Musa b. Ibrahim from whom the eminent scholars of hadith have narrated it.

To reinforce the contention that Allah grants special audience to the jihaditsts, Allah meets them in person immediately after their holy death. Here is another hadith from Sahih Bukhari. This hadith tells us that those Muslims slaughtered at Bir Mauna met Allah; it was in the Qurï¿½an; later this verse was removed (Sahih Bukhari, 4.52.299)

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 299:

Narrated Anas:

The people of the tribes of Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usiya and Bani Lihyan came to the Prophet and claimed that they had embraced Islam, and they requested him to support them with some men to fight their own people. The Prophet supported them with seventy men from the Ansar whom we used to call Al-Qurra' (i.e. Scholars) who (out of piety) used to cut wood during the day and pray all the night. So, those people took the (seventy) men till they reached a place called Bi'r-Ma'ana where they betrayed and martyred them. So, the Prophet invoked evil on the tribe of Ril, Dhakwan and Bani Lihyan for one month in the prayer.

Narrated Qatada: Anas told us that they (i.e. Muslims) used to recite a Quranic Verse concerning those martyrs which was:-- "O Allah! Let our people be informed on our behalf that we have met our Lord Who has got pleased with us and made us pleased." Then the Verse was cancelled.

When those young jihaditsts died at Bir Mauna, Gabriel informed Muhammad that the jihaditsts met Allah, they were pleased with Him and Allah was pleased with them; a verse was released on this; later the verse was cancelled (Sahih Bukhari, 4.52.57)

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 57:

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet sent seventy men from the tribe of Bani Salim to the tribe of Bani Amir. When they reached there, my maternal uncle said to them, "I will go ahead of you, and if they allow me to convey the message of Allah's Apostle (it will be all right); otherwise you will remain close to me." So he went ahead of them and the pagans granted him security. But while he was reporting the message of the Prophet, they beckoned to one of their men who stabbed him to death. My maternal uncle said, "Allah is Greater! By the Lord of the Kaba, I am successful." After that they attached the rest of the party and killed them all except a lame man who went up to the top of the mountain. (Hammam, a sub-narrator said, "I think another man was saved along with him)." Gabriel informed the Prophet that they (i.e. the martyrs) met their Lord, and He was pleased with them and made them pleased. We used to recite, "Inform our people that we have met our Lord, He is pleased with us and He has made us pleasedï¿½ Later on this Quranic Verse was cancelled. The Prophet invoked Allah for forty days to curse the murderers from the tribe of Ral, Dhakwan, Bani Lihyan and Bam Usaiya who disobeyed Allah and his Apostle.

Those two ahadith tell us that the verse containing this episode was later removed from the Qurï¿½an. We might wonder why? Here is the reason: in this (I mean the cancelled verse) verse the martyrs are talking and not Allah. Read the hadith carefully. If the Qurï¿½an contained such a verse spoken by a human jihadist, the entire credibility of the Qurï¿½an as the Words of Allah and consequently, the entire edifice of Islam will tumble. Muhammad was astute enough to understand this truth. So he acted accordinglyï¿½expunged the offending and potentially damaging verse from the Qurï¿½an.

A similar, but a longer version of this hadith can be read in Sahih Bukhari 5.59.421.

Volume 5, Book 59, Number 421:

Narrated Anas bin Malik :

The Prophet invoked evil upon those (people) who killed his companions at Bir Mauna for 30 days (in the morning prayer). He invoked evil upon (tribes of) Ril, Lihyan and Usaiya who disobeyed Allah and His Apostle. Allah revealed a Quranic Verse to His Prophet regarding those who had been killed, i.e. the Muslims killed at Bir Ma'una, and we recited the Verse till later it was cancelled. (The Verse was :) 'Inform our people that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us, and we are pleased with Him."

Please note that to meet a physical Allah non-jihaditst Muslims have to die and wait till the Resurrection Day.

Here are a few Qurï¿½anic verses on this:

On the resurrection day Allah will descend with ranks (row after row) of

angels...89:22

YUSUFALI: And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank, [089.022]

When they meet Allah the believersï¿½ salutation will be ï¿½peaceï¿½...33:44

YUSUFALI: Their salutation on the Day they meet Him will be "Peace!"; and He has prepared for them a generous Reward. [033.044]

On the resurrection day, Allah Himself will reply all questions ï¿½40:16

YUSUFALI: The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that Day?" That of Allah, the One the Irresistible! [040.016]

Please reflect on verse 40:16: who do you think is talking hereï¿½Allah or Muhammad?

To dispel all the mumbo-jumbo of the apologist Islamic scholars, here is a hadith (sahih quoted partly because of its length) from Sahih Bukhari (8.76.577) which tells us unmistakably, that on the Resurrection Day the sun worshippers will follow the sun, the moon worshippers will follow the moon, the idol worshippers will follow their deities; Allah will appear to the Muslims in a shape and will lead them to cross the bridge over fire, then the wrong doers will be sent to hell and the true believers will be sent to Paradise

Volume 8, Book 76, Number 577:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

ï¿½Then Allah will come to then in a shape they know and will say, "I am your Lord.' They will say, '(No doubt) You are our Lord,' and they will follow Him. Then a bridge will be laid over the (Hell) Fire." Allah's Apostle added, "I will be the first to cross itï¿½

Here is another hadith which tells us that Allah is anthropomorphicï¿½He does posses a shape and will be an entityï¿½just like a fleshï¿½andï¿½blood being.

You will definitely see Allah with your own eyes...(Sahih Bukhari, 9.93.530, 531)

Allah is seated on a Throne with His angels guarding Him.

When we read the Qurï¿½an describing the attributes of Allah, we are amazed that Muhammad had taken extreme care to describe his Allah. He compared Allah to a human kingï¿½just like the kings in many countries, seated on a huge throne and conducting His affairs from this throne (more on Allahï¿½s throne in a later part of this essay). The Qurï¿½an even tells us that Allah created His throne and then He walked to it and rose over it to take His seat. Read the following verses from the Qurï¿½an.

Allah created the heavens (first) and (then) the earth in six days then he rose over His throne...7:54

YUSUFALI: Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds! [007.054]

Allah created the heavens (first) and (then) the earth in six days and (then) He firmly established himself on His throne (i.e. He moved to His throne from somewhere else)...57:4

YUSUFALI: He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is moreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah sees well all that ye do. [057.004]

The angels (eight) will be by the side of Allah's throne (octagonal in shape?) ...69:17

YUSUFALI: And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them. [069.017]

Like a security guard Allah watched Muhammad, Noah and other Prophets.

Allah watches Muhammad when he prays alone or in congregationsï¿½26:218-219

026.218
YUSUFALI: Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),
026.219
YUSUFALI: And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,

026.220
YUSUFALI: For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.

Those few verses will give us the impression that Allah really lives above us and glances over all His creationsï¿½similar to the astronauts in an orbit who, from their windows of their spacecraft, glance on the mother planet (earth). Here are few more verses from the holy Qurï¿½an on the visual glances of Allah high above from space.

Allah is like a guardian on a watch-towerï¿½always watchful...89:14

089.014
YUSUFALI: For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

Allah has two eyes; with His two eyes He saw Noahï¿½s arkï¿½54:13ï¿½14

054.013
YUSUFALI: But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:

054.014
YUSUFALI: She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

A hadith in Sunaan Ibn Majah tells us that Allah does indeed glance from above:

Sunaan Ibn Majah, Vol. I, Hadith Number 184:

Jabir b. ï¿½Abdullah (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that Allahï¿½s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ï¿½When the inmates of Paradise will (enter) into their blessings, a light will suddenly shine upon them. Upon this, they will raise their heads (and see) that their Lord is glancing them from above. He (the Lord) will say, ï¿½Assalamu ï¿½alaikum (peace be upon you), O the inmates of the Paradise!ï¿½ He said, ï¿½This refers to Allahï¿½s words: The word from the Merciful Lord is: Peace (36:58).ï¿½ He will look towards them and they will look towards Him and will not pay any attention to anything of the Divine favors as long as they will keep looking towards Him till He will hide (Himself) from them and His Light and His Blessings will last on them in their houses.

In a foot note, Ibn Majah casts some doubt on the authenticity of this hadith. I quoted this hadith just to demonstrate that Muhammad did try to convince his followers about the watchful nature of his Allah. Even without this hadith, there are a number of verses in the Qurï¿½an which unmistakably tell us that Allah has the ears to hear all conversations. Here is such a verse:

Allah heard the complain that a woman brought to Muhammad regarding her husband; Allah hears all conversationsï¿½58:1

058.001
YUSUFALI: Allah has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with thee concerning her husband and carries her complaint (in prayer) to Allah: and Allah (always) hears the arguments between both sides among you: for Allah hears and sees (all things).

Witnessing a physical Allah is as certain as the observation of the sun and the moon.

There are many ahadith which tell us very clearly that Allah is a visible being, though one has to die to see Allah. Here are summaries of a few such ahadith. Readers are requested to verify these ahadith either with the online version of these ahadith or with the print version. Please note that there is no online version of Ibn Majah (or at least, I am yet to see one) and not all ahadith of Sunaan Abu Dawud are available on line. These ahadith, I have quoted in full.

On the resurrection day you will see Allah like you see the sun or the moon on a clear sky ï¿½(Sahih Bukhari, 6.60.105)

People will see Allah like a moon...(Sahih Bukhari, 9.93.529)

Background to 50:39: when Muhammad looked at the full moon and said that you would see Allah just like you see the full moonï¿½(Sahih Bukhari, 1.10.529, 547)

You will see Allah as clearly as you see the moon and the sun; hooks will be used to punish the unbelievers; Muhammad, along with his followers will be the first to cross the bridge of hell; some sinners will stay in hell temporarily, some forever ... (Sahih Bukhari, 1.12.770)

Sunaan ibn Majah, volume 1, hadith number 178

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allahï¿½s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ï¿½Do you crowd (and push one another) to see the moon of the night of the full moon?ï¿½ they (the audience) said, ï¿½No,ï¿½ whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said, ï¿½Similarly, you will not crowd to see your Lord on the Day of Resurrection.ï¿½

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Abul Kasem writes from Sydney, Australia. Email : [email protected]

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