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- Introduction
- Section 1: Knowing Allah
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- Muslims Start Everything in the Name of Allah
- How Prophet Muhammad Praised His Lord
- Commonly Asked Questions About "Allah"
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- 1. How can you describe Him?
- 2. Can you define Him?
- 3. Can one ask: "What is He?"
- 4. Is He one or more?
- 5. Is He confined to any place?
- 6. When did He begin to exist?
- 7. Over what does He rule?
- 8. What is [the extent of] His knowledge?
- 9. What is His speech?
- 10. How is He?
- 11. Why is He the Praised One?
- 12. What is His will?
- 13. Why is He the all-Knowing, the Omnipotent?
- 14. Does He have sons, daughters, parents, or any family members or relatives?!
- 15. Does He forgive?
- 16. What about His creation?
- 17. Can He be seen?
- 18. How does He command?
- The Ninety Nine Attributes of Allah
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- Explanation and derivation of the word "Allah"
- The Attributes of Allah
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- 1. "Allah"
- 2. "Al-Rahman"
- 3. "Al-Rahim"
- 4. "Al-Malik"
- 5. "Al-Quddoos"
- 6. "Al-Salam"
- 7. "Al-Mu'min"
- 8. "Al-Muhaimin"
- 9. "Al-`Aziz"
- 10. "Al-Jabbar"
- 11. "Al-Mutakabbir"
- 12. "Al-Khaliq"
- 13. "Al-Bari"
- 14. "Al-Musawwir"
- 15. "Al-Ghaffar"
- 16. "Al-Qahhar"
- 17. "Al-Wahhab"
- 18. "Al-Razzaq"
- 19. "Al-Fattah"
- 20. "Al-`Aleem"
- 21. "Al-Qabid"
- 22. "Al-Basit"
- 23. "Al-Khafid"
- 24. "Al-Rafi`"
- 25. "Al-Mu`izz"
- 26. "Al-Muthill"
- 27. "Al-Samee`"
- 28. "Al-Baseer"
- 29. "Al-Hakam"
- 30. "Al-`Adl"
- 31. "Al-Lateef"
- 32. "Al-Khabeer"
- 33. "Al-Haleem"
- 34. "Al-`Azeem"
- 35. "Al-Ghafoor"
- 36. "Al-Shakoor"
- 37. "Al-`Aliyy"
- 38. "Al-Kabeer"
- 39. "Al-Hafeez"
- 40. "Al-Muqeet"
- 41. "Al-Haseeb"
- 42. "Al-Jaleel"
- 43. "Al-Kareem"
- 44. "Al-Raqeeb"
- 45. "Al-Mujeeb"
- 46. "Al-Wasi`"
- 47. "Al-Hakeem"
- 48. "Al-Wadood"
- 49. "Al-Majeed"
- 50. "Al-Ba`ith"
- 51. "Al-Shaheed"
- 52. "Al-Haqq"
- 53. "Al-Wakeel"
- 54. "Al-Qawiyy" and 55. "Al-Mateen"
- 56. "Al-Waliyy"
- 57. "Al-Hameed"
- 58. "Al-Muhsi"
- 59. "Al-Mubdi"
- 60. "Al-Mu`eed"
- 61. "Al-Muhyi"
- 62. "Al-Mumeet"
- 63. "Al-Hayy"
- 64. "Al-Qayyum"
- 65. "Al-Wajid"
- 66. "Al-Majid"
- 67. "Al-Wahid"
- 68. "Al-Samad"
- 69. "Al-Qadir"
- 70. "Al-Muqtadir"
- 71. "Al-Muqaddim"
- 72. "Al-Mu'akhkhir"
- 73. "Al-Awwal"
- 74. "Al-Akhir"
- 75. "Al-Zahir"
- 76. "Al-Batin"
- 77. "Al-Wali"
- 78. "Al-Muta`ali"
- 79. "Al-Barr"
- 80. "Al-Tawwab"
- 81. "Al-Muntaqim"
- 82. "Al-`Afuww"
- 83. "Al-Ra'oof"
- 84. "Malikul-Mulk"
- 85. "Thul-Jalali wal Ikram"
- 86. "Al-Muqsit"
- 87. "Al-Jami`"
- 88. "Al-Ghaniyy"
- 89. "Al-Mughni"
- 90. "Al-Mani`"
- 91. "Al-Darr"
- 92. "Al-Nafi`"
- 93. "Al-Noor"
- 94. "Al-Hadi"
- 95. "Al-Badee`"
- 96. "Al-Baqi"
- 97. "Al-Warith"
- 98. "Al-Rasheed"
- 99. "Al-Saboor"
- Unity of Allah (Tawhid)
- How to Supplicate to Allah
Allah
BOOK ID
Author(s): Yasin T. Al-Jibouri
Publisher(s): Ansariyan Publications - Qum
Category: God His Attributes
Topic Tags: Existence of God Attributes
Person Tags: Allah God
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The Concept of God in Islam (a selection)Knowing God, His 99 attributes, the Unity of God, and supplicating to Him
Introduction
In any theistic religion, the concept of God rests at the core of its beliefs, tenets and practices, and it determines what its adherents regard as admissible or otherwise. It shapes their attitudes towards others whom they label as "unbelievers." It inspires their perceptions, formulating how they conceive their role in life, how they should treat one another, what they should do when they sin or fall into error. It determines the extent of their humanity and provides them with a yardstick to measure that of others.
It dictates to them ways to treat other living beings around them: animals, plants, the environment at large, how they look at nature and how they envision their responsibility to protect and preserve it. It paves their path to worldly happiness and to salvation in the hereafter. No words can over-estimate the significance of such a concept in any given faith based on the belief in a Supreme Deity, God Almighty, Creator of everything and everyone. This book is written primarily for open-minded non-Muslims.
This is why I have refrained from using the usual salutation of "peace be upon him and his family" whenever the name of Prophet Muhammad is mentioned, or "peace be upon him" whenever
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