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Does your God have a gender?
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)?
Does Islam refer to God in the masculine as well?
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
Do a search, i believe a thread like this was created a week ago.
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
salaam
Allah is neither male nor female. Arabic has no neuter, and the use of the masculine is normal in Arabic for genderless nouns.
Say: He is Allah, the One and Only!
Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not nor is He begotten.
And there is none like unto Him. surah ikhlass
wa salaam
وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَاتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
i don't read any meaning in to the use of the word "he". i use it but definitely don't picture god as a little old man, or a young man either for that matter.
how can god have a gender when "he" has no form?
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
how can god have a gender when "he" has no form?
We don't know if He has a form our not. Speculating on His substance is not allowed.
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
i'm not speculating and i agree - of course, we don't know.
was only giving my concept.
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
"If you can imagine something....................................... That is not god"
In other words, any image that the Human Mind can create is not god. the 'shape and size' of god is beyond human imagination.
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
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well said! i agree with you SirZubair
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وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَاتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
salaam
Snakelegs do you believe in Allah? just curious
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وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَاتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
format_quote Originally Posted by
SirZubair
"If you can imagine something....................................... That is not god"
In other words, any image that the Human Mind can create is not god. the 'shape and size' of god is beyond human imagination.
Now I really like that.
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
format_quote Originally Posted by
SirZubair
"If you can imagine something....................................... That is not god"
Or indeed;
The Tao that can be told is not the universal Tao. The name that can be named is not the universal name.
We really are all looking for the same thing.
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salaam
It's great to see people of different faiths agreeing for once,
especially about god
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وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَاتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
format_quote Originally Posted by
SirZubair
"If you can imagine something....................................... That is not god"
In other words, any image that the Human Mind can create is not god. the 'shape and size' of god is beyond human imagination.
:ace: couldn't have said it better!
http://www.lastinglilies.wordpress.com
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
Argh... i hate days like these, when people agree with me. I like controversy !
( jokes )
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
lol very funny
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
format_quote Originally Posted by
sister-aisha
salaam
Snakelegs do you believe in Allah? just curious
wa salaam
yes. i only think of him as "god" just because i'm not a muslim and i'm used to that word.
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
"The description is not the described"
- j. krishnamurti
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
I note that the Bible and Quran both use in relation to the revealer:
I
We
Us
My
Our
His
Occupation : The term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Iraq 2003-2005
Liberation :when something or someone is freed: Operation Telic 2003
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Re: Does your God have a gender?
format_quote Originally Posted by
snakelegs
yes. i only think of him as "god" just because i'm not a muslim and i'm used to that word.
god can be gods, godesses and i heard the word has no divine origin. none of the true revelations ever mentioned the word god.
Whereas Allah is only Allah. Allahu Akbar!
and His name is mentioned in the Totah as Eloh or Elohim (plural for respect)
and the amazing one is that it is still mentioned in the new testament - When Jesus, peace be upon him, cries out
"Allai Allai la ma thabaktani" " o god o god why have u forsaken me"
Allahu Akbar!
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
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