Its alway struck me funny that the Bible refers to God as a "he" and "father" yet Christians claim he is the only god and has always been the only god. If there is only one of him, how can the concept of gender apply to him (it)?
Thinking isn't wasting. It's like brain exercise. Anyways, I agree. Anything the human mind can imagine of G-d, isnt G-d. Im sure a scientist can agree that the human mind is limited
*Without Allah, without Islam, life would be meaningless. If I've ever learned patience, it's because of this. Alhamdulillah...*
Anything the human mind can imagine of G-d, isnt G-d.
The sole purpose of our existence is to contemplate over the beauty and geatness of Allah, 'Azzawajall. That is why he sent Prophets and Messengers who told us about Allah...So that we understand and realize His greatness. Now, we can never imagine him to begin with, but we know of His attributes Alhamdulillah...so we can live a life of obidience.
He is full of Noor. Thats all we need to know. Any doubts or questions or philosophies beyond that are Bida'a.
And When My servants ask you about Me, I am indeed close: I
listen to the prayer of every praying person when he calls on
Me: So let them also, listen to My call, and believe in Me, so
that they may walk straight.
Surat AlBaqarah 2:186
Allah has no gender. His name cannot be genderized or pluralized for the purpous of preserving tawheed (oneness).
Secondly, the word 'We' or 'Our' refers to Allah speaking on behalf of a group or using the word 'We' to demonstrate respectedness or gloriness to He who is speaking, in english its more defined as the "Royal We". If you notice in the Quran, Allah doesn't dualize himself as to show any pluralizm or division.
Thirdly, the word 'he' is not genderized. "He" is also a neutralized form, if you're familiar with more than one languages, you can see this put into practice.
Sis...I meant we cant create an image of Allah in our minds. What were u thinking?
dude...bro..its too complicated. lets drop it.
And When My servants ask you about Me, I am indeed close: I
listen to the prayer of every praying person when he calls on
Me: So let them also, listen to My call, and believe in Me, so
that they may walk straight.
Surat AlBaqarah 2:186
whats complicated? and why are u callin me a bro ffended:
i wonder why? u see u should be happy that i call u bro.
u know whats offensive...that u call a bro a sis. yeeeaaa. i dont think a lot of sis like to keep their name as moujahid
yea and i also have a feeling that all of this futile waste of LI board space will be deleted soon. SIS
And When My servants ask you about Me, I am indeed close: I
listen to the prayer of every praying person when he calls on
Me: So let them also, listen to My call, and believe in Me, so
that they may walk straight.
Surat AlBaqarah 2:186
Question: I am kindly soliciting your immediate advise concerning the following issue. In the Holy Qur’an (or in any Islamic teachings) there is no mention that Allah (swt) possess a gender. How can i respond to somebody who believes and claims the following: “The fact that 'gender' is not mentioned in the Qur’an does not mean that Allah does not have gender. We simply do not know. It is Allah alone who knows best.” Your kind and immediate answers/clarifications shall not pass unappreciated.
Answered by Sheikh Sulaymân al-Râshid, Aide to the Consultative Council
Allah clearly says in the Qur’ân: “Say, He is Allah the One, Allah the Self-Sustaining. He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him.” [Sûrah al-Ikhlâs]
Allah also says: “He created the pairs, male and female.” [Sûrah al-Najm: 45]
Attributes of gender are meanings that are dependent on a specific relationship to something else, specifically of a sexual nature. This is what gender literally means. There is no meaning to being “male” in the absence of something “female” and vice versa.
Gender, by definition, is a sexual orientation of something in relationship to some other gender. This will be the case, even if we entertain the possibility of genders other than male and female. Therefore, it is clear that Allah does not have a gender. He is the One. He begets not.
The same can be said for fatherhood and sonhood. There is no meaning to being a father except in relationship to a son or daughter. There is, likewise, no meaning to being a son except in relationship to the existence of a father.
Allah is the Creator of both sexes. We do not attribute being male or being female to Allah. We negate all attributes of deficiency. Allah begets not. He is one. We describe Allah as He describes himself and as His Prophet (peace be upon him) describes Him.
The word Allah, like the Judaic Elohim, does not literally translate as God, but describes an entity that is both masculine and feminine, singular and plural.
However, it is known that the genetic components of the female are contained in the male, but the reverse cannot be said to be true. The physical male can therefore also be described as an androgene. Gramatically speaking, the masculine gender has always been used to encompass both men and women.
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