A very important belief in understanding the names and attributes of God Almighty.

On this point, though, there is something very clear in the

Quran:

There is absolutely no hint of any form of anthropomorphism

in the Islamic beliefs about God. This is a point concerning which

many earlier peoples have strayed. The famous humorous but true

statement made by many in the West, “God created man in His own

image and man was quick to return the favor,” has no place within

Islamic beliefs. The Creator and the created are separate and

distinct.

The attributes of Allah are perfect attributes that are becoming of His

holiness and greatness. Even when there is some “common

concept”

between an attribute of Allah and an attribute of humans, there is

actually no similarity i n the quality of the two. Thus,

Muslims always realize Allah’s perfection while

never belittling Him by describing Him in unbecoming manners.

God does not have human-like attributes nor do humans have Divine

attributes. Any violation of this latter principle is clear disbelief and

associating of partners with Allah.

People before the coming of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

accepted the idea of Allah being the only Creator of the Universe.

However, they associated partners with Allah in different forms of

worship. Therefore, Islam came to purify this concept of Allah being

the Lord and gave it its proper understanding. Thus, the beginning

point is to have knowledge and correct understanding of Allah’s

names and attributes. If one has knowledge of and a correct

understanding of Allah’s names and attributes,

Furthermore, the knowledge and understanding of these

names and attributes should play a profound role in the development

and purification of the soul In reality, the knowledge of each of

Allah’s names should lead a person to greater love of Allah as well as

greater fear of Him, accompanied by attempting to get closer to Him

due to His wonderful attributes of perfection and greatness .

Additionally, a detailed knowledge about God is going to

have a greater effect on the individual than a general, vague

knowledge about God. Many o f the great scholars of Islam

emphasized this point. For example, Ibn Taimiyyah noted, “Whoever

knows the names of Allah and their meanings, while believing in

them, will have a more complete faith than the one who does not

know them but just believes in them in general. Ibn Saadi also

stated, “Whenever a person’s knowledge of Allah’s beautiful names

and attributes increases, his faith also increases and his certainty i s

further strengthened.

See you in the next blog to complete the book.

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"What is Islam?" by Jamaal Zarabozo