Collecting the 99 Names

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When we say Allaah is the All-Aware, we don't ask how He see's and hear's all things. etc.


These are the attributes of Allaah, but we don't compare them to the creation. :)



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You are the Supreme Lord God, Limitless and Infinite. What Virtues of Yours can I speak of and describe?
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Even knowing God, I cannot describe Him; He cannot be described in words............


How can we describe Him with words? There is no end to the descriptions of Him.
 
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ultimate truth said:
You are the Supreme Lord God, Limitless and Infinite.
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You just described him with three words. :rolleyes:

We describe God only with the words that He used to describe Himself. Of course, we can never properly appreciate His attributes completely... He is beyond your comprehension.
 
^ yep, The only common thing between his attributes and ours are the name, the nature and implimentation of that attribute is known only to him.

e.g. cats have feet, so do humans, but human feet are not like cat ones. Similarly, Allah has hands and so do we, but Allah's hands are completely different to ours.

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lolwatever said:
^ yep, The only common thing between his attributes and ours are the name, the nature and implimentation of that attribute is known only to him.

e.g. cats have feet, so do humans, but human feet are not like cat ones. Similarly, Allah has hands and so do we, but Allah's hands are completely different to ours.

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allah has hands??? even if they're completely different than ours, i thought he was formless. (which of course doesn't mean that he doesn't have attritbutes), but hands?
 
snakelegs said:
allah has hands??? even if they're completely different than ours, i thought he was formless. (which of course doesn't mean that he doesn't have attritbutes), but hands?
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yep, Allah tells us that he does have hands, that in no way implies his hands are in any way, shape or form similar like our ones, hence why Allah also says "nothing is like him, and he is the all hearing, all seeing" (so even his hearing, seeing attributes are such that their nature is only known to him SWT)

tc all the best :)
 
snakelegs said:
allah has hands??? even if they're completely different than ours, i thought he was formless. (which of course doesn't mean that he doesn't have attritbutes), but hands?
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He even has a Face and a Shin. Subhanaallah! :D
 
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At-Tirmidhee writes in his Sunan (1/128-129):
"It has been said by more than one person from the People of Knowledge about such ahaadeeth that there is no resemblance to the Attributes of Allaah. And the Lord - the Blessed, the Most High - descends to the lowest heaven every night. So they say: Affirm these narrations, have faith in them and do not deny them, and do not ask how. The likes of this has been related from Maalik ibn Anas, Sufyaan ath-Thawree, ibn 'Uyaynah and 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubaarak, who all said about these ahaadeeth: 'Leave them as they are without asking how.' Such is the saying of the People of Knowledge from Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah. However, the Jahmiyyah oppose these narrations and say: This is making resemblance (tashbeeh)! However, Allaah - the Most High - has mentioned in various places in His Book the Attribute of Hand, Hearing and Seeing. So the Jahmiyyah make false interpolation (ta'weel) of these verses and explain them in a way other than that explained by the People of Knowledge. They say: Indeed, Allaah did not create Aadam with His own Hand. And they say that the meaning of Hand is: Power.

Ishaaq ibn Raahawaiah (one of the famous teachers of al-Bukhaaree) said: 'Resemblance is if it is said: Hand like my hand, or similar to my hand. Or Hearing like my hearing, or similar to my hearing. So when it is said: Hearing like my hearing, or similar to my hearing, then this is making resemblance. But if what is being said is what Allaah has said: Hand, Hearing, Seeing, and it is not asked how, nor is it said: like my hearing, or similar to my hearing, then this is not making resemblance. Allaah - the Most Blessed, Most High - said in His Book: There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.”​
 

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