Who is Allah?

Who is Allah is one of the most frequent questions non-Muslims ask us. The answer to this question is crucial because it forms the basis of the Islamic religion before discussing the origins of Islamic doctrine and principles. Adam and Hawa were fully aware of who Allah is and what their purpose in life was when He sent them down. However, as generations and a lot of time went by, people started to forget and stray. They began erecting statues of revered individuals and displaying them with religious fervor. Some people began to revere nature, including the sun, moon, stars, trees, and even animals. Others, conveniently, refused to acknowledge the possibility of God.

So Who is Allah?

Allah is also in charge of Judgment day or the Day of the Resurrection, when those who did good in this world and believed in Him will receive paradise as a reward, while those who disbelieved in Him and were involved in evil will be condemned to hellfire. Everything that occurs in this world does so with His approval because He is the Creator of destiny. Nothing is inconceivable to Him. All He has to say is "Be" and He can perform miracles.

Allah loves us more than anyone will ever be able to, which is more important than all of these descriptions. Allah loves us more than a mother could possibly love her child. He is the most forgiving, and He loves good deeds. He is without any flaws and is just. He allows both our blessings and our trials to shape us into the best versions of ourselves.

Additionally, Allah is the most merciful. No matter how many times you commit sins or make mistakes, if you turn to God in repentance and make a firm commitment never to make the same error again, He will pardon you.

The Quran, also known as the Koran, is the holy book of Muslims. When the last Prophet (S.A.W), was questioned about God, the following was the direct response declare that

''He is Allah the One and God the Eternal. He neither generate nor was generated. No one is commensurate to Him.’” [112:1-4]. 

This is a straightforward description of Allah to humanity that leaves no place for misunderstanding. Allah is One, elevated above all that he has made, and sovereign over all. some other verse states that;

''There is no other God besides Him because He is Allah. He is the Lord of compassion and the Mercy Giver; He is the One who is aware of both the hidden and the obvious. There is no other god besides Him; He is the Holy One, the Controller, the Peace Giver, the Security Provider, the Guardian of all, the accountable, the Almighty, and the actually Great. He is far superior to anything. He is the Originator, the Maker, and the Creator—God. He alone deserves the best names. He is the Almighty, the Wise, and everything in the heavens and on earth exalts Him.'' [Quran, 59:22–24]

Divine Nature

Allah is defined as being merciful and compassionate in the Quran. He is kind, loving and wise. Allah is one who heals, creates and sustains. He gives direction, forgiveness and protection. Muslims have generally used 99 names or attributes to describe the nature of Allah.

The character and names of Allah

In Qur'an Allah is mentioned as the Lord of all the Worlds. He doesn’t have any personal name and his 99 traditional names are actually descriptors. These include All-Seer, the Almighty, King, and the Creator. A common preface to texts includes two significant mentions of Allah: Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim (In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful).

The Day of Judgment is likewise under the control of the great Allah., when the right peoples, specially believers, will be send off to heaven for their reward and the disbelievers, will be sent to hellfire. The Qur'an describes Allah as sitting on a throne, speaking, and having a face and hands, in spite of the fact that Muslims claim to reject anthropomorphic descriptions of the divine.

Muslims commonly say Insha' Allah when making any kind of plans because nothing ever occurs unless Allah causes it or at the very least permits it. If every single thing goes according to plan, they says Masha Allah (as Allah wills), but one can also say Alhamdulillah (Thanks be to Allah). Muslims affirm that Allah is superior to everything else both during their battles and prayers and on other occasions (such on the streets) and says (Allahu akbar).

The unity of Allah

Concerns about Allah's unity are frequently contested and argued. Others worship multiple lesser deities in addition to the One who created everything. There are allegedly several gods. Allah truly is One, that much is true. There is no one like Him. He is sufficient, so He does not need a partner or a parallel. Worship is only appropriate for Him. No other noble being or statue can ever be of any use to us. People's differing religious beliefs are a result of monotheism because, despite holding to the idea that there is only one God, they erroneously equate Him with other beings.

Allah as creations of humans

Abraham probably prospered at the beginning of the second millennium BCE, assuming he lived at all, which is unlikely. However, skeptics of history and archaeologists contend that Israelite monotheism didn't emerge till after more than a thousand years, around the time of the Babylonian Exile. Different ideas about Allah and other gods are most definitely not the result of humans' willful deviation from the start of revelation. These ideas are actually human creations and re-creations that take our own perspectives justifications, expectations, anxieties, and desire.

The includes an effort by specific groups of peoples to uphold their dominance over others or even to defend their identity due to the fact that they have specially chosen by Allah with genuine revelation. Some Christians seem to reject the idea that Allah is simply another name for God for this reason. It also explains the efforts made by Muslims in Malaysia to stop that Christians should not refer to God as Allah, out of concern that doing so might endanger Islamic dominance in their nation.

There is nothing else deserving of worship besides God, according to the central tenet of Islamic doctrine. The biggest sin in Islam is thought to be equating God with others or giving Him attributes of lower creatures.