AN ARTICLE ON CONCEPT OF GOD IN ISLAM BY SYED AZAM ALI SHAH

 Concept of God in Islam:

Lets discuss the concept of God in Islam and the best reply that any Muslim can give you regarding the concept of God in Islam is quote to you "Surah-Al-Akhlas" chp: 112 v: 1 - 4 says that;
Translation: Say, He is Allah one and only. Allah the absolute and eternal. He begets not nor is He begotten. There is nothing like Him.

So, this is the four line definition of Allah Almighty given in the glorious Quran. If any person says that so and so entity is God, if that entity fits in this four line definition of Almighty Allah so we Muslims have got no objections to accept that person as God. 

This Surah-al-Akhlas is the "Touchstone of theology". This word "theology" actually comes from Greek word "Theo" which means God, so theology means; study of God. On the other hand the word "Touchstone" is a tool used by a goldsmith. Like, if you want to buy a gold or you want to sell the gold so you go to the goldsmith and you want to check that how pure is that gold actually. The goldsmith rubs it using the touchstone to check how much purity does the gold contains and then he matches the color and all that and after doing his all experiments the goldsmith tells you that whether it is 24 karat gold or 22 karat gold or it may not be gold at all because everything that glitters is not Gold.

So, in same way "Surah-al-Akhlas" is also the touchstone of theology and if anyone say that so and so is God, you just simply put him into the test of Surah-al-Akhlas and you'll find whether she/he is worshipping a true God or a fake one.


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