There're 99 Arabic names of Allah. Each of these 99 names of Allah describe one beautiful characteristic of Allah. Similarly Allah's name in Farsi is Khuda which also describes one of His beautiful charcteristics. 'Khuda' means that Allah comes to help himself without making a formal request. He always helps those who help themselves. He never helps those who keep looking towrds Allahs help and make begging from Allah as a part of their habbits. It seen that such people make money mostly from cheating or unfair means. In contrast, people who trust in Allah and do their best have a lot of self respect. They try their best to fix their problems by themselves and eventually become successful, because Khuda himself comes to help to the people who care for their self esteem.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
'Khuda' though it may be a good title is not one of the names of Allaah which is taught to us from the Qur'an or from the Sunnah. We are to stick to the names with which Allaah named himself in the Qur'an and those that the Messenger mentioned in the authentic Sunnah.
“Do not argue with your Lord on behalf of your soul, rather argue with your soul on behalf of your Lord.” - Dhul-Nun
"It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness." - Victor Frankl
This topic is only about the names of Allah. The meanings from all of His different names make Him look great; But the meanings of Khuda make Him look the greatest. One who comes to help by himself. So please help others in need like He does without hurting the self respect of others. This will make you look great too. Give this a try, and you'll feel the difference.
Hmm you know what i don't quite get you now. Correct me if im wrong but khuda is not pne of the 99 names of Allah it's a referral like we say Allah.What i don't get is why the worry of self respect when we're talking about Allah?
I hope evidence from the Holy Quran and Hadeeth helps that the main part of getting things done is to ask Allah SWT for them.
“And your Lord has said: “Call to Me, I shall answer your
prayer.” Verily those who are too proud to worship Me, will
soon enter Hell despised and disgraced.”
Ghafir 60
“When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close
(to them): I listen to the prayer of every supplicant when he
calleth on Me: let them also, with a will, listen to My call, and
believe in Me: that they may walk in the right way.”
Al Baqarah 186
“He, Who responds to the cry of the distressed when he calls
to Him and (Who) removes the distress, and (Who) has made
you the successors (of the formers) in the earth? Is there any
Other god besides Allah? You reflect but very little.”
An Naml 62
The Prophet PBUH gave glad tidings to a man who was inspired with du’a
so that he would be among those who would receive the Mercy of
Allah SWT: He said,
“If the gate of du’a are opened before a man, the gates of mercy will
be opened before him. And the most beloved thing with which
Allah loves to be asked is safety.”
The supplicant also received glad tidings from the Prophet r that Allah
I would keep him safe and he would have a special patronage which
would be a weapon to fight the enemies and defend himself with:
“Du’a is a weapon of a Believer, a pillar of religion, and a light of the
heavens and the earth.”
The Prophet r said,
“Do not feel hopeless with du’a since nobody is to be perished with
du’a.” Ibn Hibban
The Prophet r also said,
“Would I guide you to what would protect you against your
enemies and bring you provision?” ‘Supplicate to Allah by day and
night for supplication is the weapon of a believer.”
The Prophet PBUH also gave glad tidings to the person who supplicates to
Allah SWT so that his supplication would be answered and that his
approach towards Allah SWT would be accepted:
“Allah is Ever-Merciful and Ever-Generous to the extent that when
man lifts his hands skyward (invoking Allah), He dislikes to reply
without rewarding Him.”
The Prophet PBUH explained also how the answer can be achieved. The
answer, whether simultaneously or delayed, is good for the supplicant.
Thus his affair, whether he knows or not, is altogether good for him.
The Prophet r said,
“If a Muslim invokes Allah SWT anything besides sin or severing
relations, Allah SWT in turn responds to his du’a in one of three cases;
either to accept it, delay his reward in the Hereafter or removes a
calamity from him that equals his du’a.
The Companions said, “We will then supplicate a lot.”
The Prophet r replied. “Allah will reward you greatly.”
Then the Prophet r illustrated how the answer of a du’a is good in all
its forms when a man sees the fruits of his du’a which he thought was
not answered.
In another ahadith Prophet PBUH said,
“On the Day of Judgement, Allah will call a believer until he
stands before Him. Allah will say, ‘O My servant, I have
commanded you to call upon Me and have promised to answer
you. Did you truly call upon Me?’ He (the servant) will say, ‘Yes, my
Lord.’ Allah will say, ‘Whenever you called upon Me I answered
you. Did you not call upon Me on the day of such and such to
relieve your calamity and I did?’ The servant will say, ‘Yes my Lord.’
Allah will say, ‘I gave it to you in worldly life, Allah will add,
‘Did you not call on Me on the day of such and such to relieve your
calamity but it seemed that I did not reply to you.’ The servant will
say, ‘Yes my Lord.’ Allah will say, ‘I compensated such and such
for you in Paradise.’ Allah will say, ‘Did you not call on Me to meet
your need and I did.’ The servant will say, ‘Yes my Lord,’ Allah will
add, “I gave it to you in worldly life.’ ‘Did you not call on Me on the
day of such and such to meet your need but it seemed that I did not
reply to you.’ The servant will say, ‘Yes my Lord.’ Allah will say, ‘I
compensated such and such for you in Paradise.” The Messenger of
Allah PBUH said, “Allah will never leave out any supplication of a
believer unless He will expound this for him through the following;
either He will give it to him in worldly life or delay it in the Hereafter.
Thereupon, the believer will say, ‘I wish I was given nothing of my
du’a in this world,”
As far as I know, 'Khuda' is just a Persian Name for 'God'. It is not in the 99 names of Allah swt so I think we should stick to the Sunnah and call upon Allah within those 99 names.
Hmm you know what i don't quite get you now. Correct me if im wrong but khuda is not pne of the 99 names of Allah it's a referral like we say Allah.What i don't get is why the worry of self respect when we're talking about Allah?
Self respect is the most important character for every person. A person who doesn't have any self respect have no respect for others, even for Allah.
The concept of Khuda is not new. When this concept was made popular in Muslims, Muslims became the most respected power on earth. Read the great Muslim scholars like Maulan Rumi, Hafiz Saadi Shirazi and others of their time. Muslims made great inventions and scientific developments only when they learnt how to uphold their self respect. Instead of begging and praying for everything, they worked hard to find new things for themselves.
Now let me explain when and how the movement against khuda was started. It was the time of the last Khilfat when the western powers wished to break Muslims into pieces. They found that there was a powerful group of dacoits and looters which protected their business of looting using the name of Allah. They did nothing but used to attack other Muslim tribes who were wealthy because of their hard work and use of developed sciences of that time. As you know the dacoits attack the self respect of their victims in order to supress any possible resistance. This was a group of Whabis which was headed by Saud at the time when western powers first tried to exploit them against the biggest Muslim Khilafat. Very soon they were successful in breaking the khilafat to bits and pieces. After that they used this group for their political victories every where in Muslims and even against their other rival including the USSR. Now most of the Muslim Madrisas are changing their teachings according to ****** concept. they wish to kill the self respect of Muslims. It is good for them and good for their masters but it not good for Muslims. Muslims who lost their self respect have become social criminals. They hate others, they hate everyone, they hate themsleves. They do all kinds of corruption but love to perform rituals and worships the way the exploiters of the name of Allah want them to. They can destroy anything in the name of Allah. Only thing they cannot do is develop their own resources. They line up in front of western embassies to get a visa into those countries which they hate most. They don't know what they're doing and where they're going. It's because they have lost their self respect.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
Akhi iqbal, since when did the prophets or the sahabah care about their respect in the sight of Allaah? It is Allaah, the One who raises and decreases our respect in the sight of others - so we should humble ourselves infront of Him, the All Powerful.
Don't you see that the prophets and righteous would do all that they had power over in this world, and then put their trust in Allaah through prayer/dua' etc? And they are the best among mankind so we follow their way. We don't interpret it according to our own understanding.
But we should pray to Allaah whenever we are in need of help The same way the prophets, and the righteous would do. Yes Allaah knows what is in our hearts and minds, but if the prophets called out to Allaah at times of distress, then we follow their example and do the same. We are in need of Allaah and He is not in need of us, so we show him our weakness in order that He will help us insha'Allaah.
First of all we must have full faith in Allah. He has already given us all kinds of blessings. He placed everything close to us. He has never added anything into the universe or taken anything out of it at least for the past many million years. He also gave us an extra ordinary brilliant brain with which we can use all his blessings for our benefit and for the benfit of others in this universe. It's our thanklessness if we always show him our weaknesses and incapabilities and beg for his mercy. Only some greedy or crinimal people would like not to use their brain or don't like to do some work to make something useful from the blessings of Allah. They try to fake in front of Allah to show their weaknesses or limitations in order not to work. But when the same people face other people, they show themselves to be very powerful and strong and want to grab lions share from other peoples' hard work. They use the name of Allah to kill and supress the self respect of others and to show their supermacy on others.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
Akhi iqbal, since when did the prophets or the sahabah care about their respect in the sight of Allaah? It is Allaah, the One who raises and decreases our respect in the sight of others - so we should humble ourselves infront of Him, the All Powerful.
Don't you see that the prophets and righteous would do all that they had power over in this world, and then put their trust in Allaah through prayer/dua' etc? And they are the best among mankind so we follow their way. We don't interpret it according to our own understanding.
Instead of indulging into an arguement like illiterate mullahs, I'd advise you to read the Muslim history. Try to know about the charchter of Muslims when they were respected by others. Try to learn about Muslims whose example the west followed and became powerful. Try to learn about the scholars who made Muslims into a big power not by sword but with the power of their inventions and developments. You'll find that the name of Khuda was very popularly used in the golden time of Muslim history. Now is the worst and most shameful time of Muslim history. It started with a strong propaganda against the use of the name of Khuda. More we are getting away from Khuda, more shameful and worse situation we're going into. Also you'd not find the use of the 99 names of Allah more in any period than in this one.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
Brother Iqbal, that has nothing to do with it. We have so much sects in islaam, and you know why that is? It's because we all have our own 'interpretations' of it. Shall i tell you who the saved sect is?
It's the one that the Messenger of Allaah (peace be upon him) explained himself:
"Indeed those from before you from the People of the Book divided into seventy-two groups. And, indeed, this group (Muslims) will divide into seventy-three. Seventy-two groups will be in the Hellfire and one of them will be in Paradise. And it is the Jamaa'ah (group)."
[A hasan hadeeth recorded by Imaam Ahmad and others.]
And in another narration, he said: "Everyone of them in the Hellfire, except for one group that which I and my companions are upon."
[ Sunan At-Tirmidhee; It was declared hasan by Shaikh Al-Albaanee in Saheeh Al-Jaami': no 5219.]
Now what did the Messenger of Allaah say? Did he say that we should follow the way of the muslims who influenced the west? Or did he say that we follow his way and the way of his companions? Because obviously they had the best understanding of it right?
These companions called Allaah by His names from the Qur'an and Sunnah as He himself has told us in the Qur'an:
“The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on Him by them…” (7: 180)
So why don't we simply do that and insha'Allaah we will be of the successful, the same way the companions of the Messenger of Allaah were - in this life and the hereafter. ameen.
What would your name be in Farsi? The same right? Then how can sufis say Allah's name is khuda? This is wrong. Unlike Allah, khuda can be applied to anything in the same way as you'd use the word god in English with a small g.
English - rock-god, s**-god
Urdu/Farsi - dharti ke khuda (gods of the land e.g. arrogant people who think they can do as they please)
Surah Al-Isra 17:110:
Say: “Call upon Allah, or Call upon Rahman; By whatever name ye call Upon Him, (it is well): For to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names”. [Al Qur’an 17:110]
The rules of Tawheed make it v. clear that one cannot call Allah (swt) with any new names or attributes which neither Allah (swt) nor His Messenger have used.
Beware!
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Instead of indulging into an arguement like illiterate mullahs, I'd advise you to read the Muslim history. Try to know about the charchter of Muslims when they were respected by others. Try to learn about Muslims whose example the west followed and became powerful. Try to learn about the scholars who made Muslims into a big power not by sword but with the power of their inventions and developments. You'll find that the name of Khuda was very popularly used in the golden time of Muslim history. Now is the worst and most shameful time of Muslim history. It started with a strong propaganda against the use of the name of Khuda. More we are getting away from Khuda, more shameful and worse situation we're going into. Also you'd not find the use of the 99 names of Allah more in any period than in this one.
Brother I see your point about hypocrites, but do you really think Allah SWT is unaware of an insincere person asking for something.
Yes a lot do use Islam and the name of Allah SWT as a tool to use, put down people or belittle their cause.
Dhikr (rememberance of Allah SWT) of Allah SWT's beautiful names is mentioned in Ahadith, a person who doesnt dhikr is like a dead person.
I feel empty and far from content, if I dont remember Allah SWT, I feel undeserving of blessings if I dont ask or thank Allah SWT for them. I feel my prayers are more sincere when I beg and cry to Allah SWT for forgiveness.
Allah SWT humiliates sinners, and raises the status of noble and pious people. So self respect is connected to our deeds, and now your topic has become very confusing, I dont see what point your trying to make. The ******s i dont know enough about that sect, although they are mentioned and criticised a lot. I watched a documentary called Vatican Assasins, about jesuits etc, they mention ****** is a western created and controlled sect.
i've read about this big controversy before about saying khuda hafiz vs. allah hafiz. to me it just seems silly.
doesn't "khud" actually mean "self"? (which ties in with your comments).
as a non-muslim, english speaking person i use "god" because it is natural. i'm aware that "god" = "allah", but it would be phony for me to say "allah".
does it matter what we call him as long as we call him?
each man thinks of his own fleas as gazelles
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i've read about this big controversy before about saying khuda hafiz vs. allah hafiz. to me it just seems silly.
doesn't "khud" actually mean "self"? (which ties in with your comments).
as a non-muslim, english speaking person i use "god" because it is natural. i'm aware that "god" = "allah", but it would be phony for me to say "allah".
does it matter what we call him as long as we call him?
i guess the problem is that we can designate him names of our preference. You can refer to him with his other 99 names but that's just his qulities under his name. only Allah is all knowing of all intentions and i guess when you refer to him, it's the intention that counts.
i've read about this big controversy before about saying khuda hafiz vs. allah hafiz. to me it just seems silly.
doesn't "khud" actually mean "self"? (which ties in with your comments).
as a non-muslim, english speaking person i use "god" because it is natural. i'm aware that "god" = "allah", but it would be phony for me to say "allah".
does it matter what we call him as long as we call him?
Khuda Hafiz is a Farsi term which have been used for centuries. It means, May Allah take care of you." As Khuda means Allah and Hafiz means protection or safety.
Allah Hafiz is a newly devised term which makes no sense. It is made to look like an Arabic version of Khuda Hafiz. It doesn't make sense because Hafiz in Arabic means the one who memorizes (Quran) by heart.
The name Khuda had been in use for many centuries in Muslims when they were making progress and developing. Now the mission is to stop them from making progress and keep them busy only in the fundamentals of Islam. This is in the interest of some Muslim rulers and outside powers.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
Khuda is a common name for anything that people worship, e.g. gods in Greek mythology, Hindu literature and anything else people believe is worthy of worship. Or Khuda is used as one would say God in English. It is certainly not the name of Allah swt.
Brother iqbaal, since when did islaam become weak just because people replaced khuda with Allaah? We've mentioned many times continuously throughout the thread that the name Allaah was used by the companions of the Messenger of Allaah, yet they were victorious.
Brother iqbaal, since when did islaam become weak just because people replaced khuda with Allaah? We've mentioned many times continuously throughout the thread that the name Allaah was used by the companions of the Messenger of Allaah, yet they were victorious.
yeh, that baffled me too.. but anyway according to Hadeeth,ALLAH has 99 Attributive names and word 'Khuda' is not part of that.
Allaah's names are limitless because if we were to say He has only 99 - that would be limiting Him. But yeah - He has revealed to us 99 in the Qur'an and Sunnah so we should stick to calling Him by them, and words in any other language are simply translations.
Allaah chose to reveal the Qur'an and Sunnah in the arabic tongue out of His eternal Wisdom. So we should be pleased with what He has ordained for us. And Allaah knows best.
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The same way the prophets, and the righteous would do. Yes Allaah knows what is in our hearts and minds, but if the prophets called out to Allaah at times of distress, then we follow their example and do the same. We are in need of Allaah and He is not in need of us, so we show him our weakness in order that He will help us insha'Allaah. 
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