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CONCEPT OF GOD IN MAJOR RELIGIONS By Zakir Naik |
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The translation from Surah Al-Baqarah, Chapter 2 - verse
255. ‘I seek refuge with Allah from satan the accursed.
"In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Allah, there is no God but He,
the Living, the Self Subsisting, Eternal - No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His
are all the things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His
presence except as He permits. He knows what appears to His creatures, as before
or after, or behind Him. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge, except as
He wills.
His throne does extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in
the guarding and preserving them, for He is the most High, the Supreme in glory’.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. ‘Say: O people of the Book
come to common terms as between you and us. That we worship none but Allah,
that we associate no partners with Him. That we erect not from amongst
ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah.
If then they turn back, say: Bear witness that we at least are Muslims bowing to
the will of Allah. Verily Allah has spoken the truth’."
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(Dr. Zakir) (Arabic)…Respected Elders and my dear Brothers and Sisters, I welcome all of
you with the Islamic greetings, Assalmu Alikum Wa Rahmatullahi, Wa Barakathu. May
Peace, Blessings and Mercy of Almighty God be on all of you. The Non-Muslims may be
wondering that, what was I murmuring or uttering in the beginning of my talk. I was not
trying to mesmerize you, or hypnotize you, but I was reciting few verses of the Holy Qur’an
from Surah Taha, Ch. No. 20, verses No. 25 and 28. When Allah Subhana Wa Taala,
Almighty God asks Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) to deliver the message to the
Pharoah, Moses (peace be upon him), he prays to Almighty God, Allah Subhana Wa Taala,
and recites these verses. (Arabic)…. ‘Oh my Lord expand my breast for me, Expand my
center for me, (Arabic)… And make my task easy for me,(Arabic)… And remove the
impediment from my speech’. Since we know that Prophet Moses (peace be upon him)
was a stamerer, was a stuterer - So he prays to the Almighty God to remove the stamering,
to loosen his tongue, as well as remove the barrier, if there is any between him, and the
person to whom he is going to deliver the message. If a person is giving a talk, on other
religions, those people in the audience who do not belong to that religion, they may think
that this person is going to speak against their Religion. For example, if suppose, a Hindu is
giving a talk on other Religions, the Non-Hindus may feel that, he is going to speak against
my Religion. If a Christian is giving a talk on other Religions, the Non-Christians may feel
that, he is going to speak against my religion. Similarly, I being a Muslim, when I am giving
a talk on other Religions, the Non-Muslims may feel, that I am going to speak against their
Religion. That is the reason, I am praying to Allah Subhana Wa Taala, Almighty God, to
loosen my tongue as well as remove the impediment, the barrier - mental or otherwise, if
there is any, between me and you. The topic of this morning’s talk is… ‘Concept of God in
Major Religions’. ‘Religion’… according to the Oxford Dictionary means…‘A belief in a Super
Human controlling power, especially a personal God or gods, that deserve obedience and
worship’. The Qari, Brother Ashraf Muhamedy, he recited few verses of the Holy Qur’an
from Surah Al Imran, Ch. No.3, V. No. 64, which says…(Arabic)… ‘Say to the people of
the book’ (Arabic)… ‘that come to common terms as between us and you’ Which is
the first term? (Arabic)…‘that we worship none but Allah’. (Arabic)…‘that we
associate no partners with Him’. (Arabic)…‘that we erect not among ourselves,
Lords and Patrons, other than Allah’. (Arabic)…‘if then they turn back’. (Arabic)…‘say
we bear witness’. (Arabic)… ‘that we are Muslims bowing our will to Allah Subhana
Wa Taala’. This is a verse of the Holy Qur’an which shows you a way how to speak with
people of different communities. It says : (Arabic)…‘That came to common terms as
between us and you’. Which is the first term? (Arabic)….‘That we worship none but
Allah’ (Arabic)… ‘that we associate no partners with Him’. One thing common in all the
Major Religions of the world is, that the God they worship, they believe He is the same God
for them, as well as for the others. For eg… the God which the Hindus worship, they believe
He is the same God for the Hindus as well as for the Non-Hindus. The God which the
Christians worship, they believe He is the same God, for the Christians as well as for the
Non-Christians. Similarly the God…Allah Subhana Wa Taala which we Muslims worship, we
believe He is the same Allah Subhana Wa Taala for the Muslims, as well as for the Non-
Muslims. The Major Religions of the world can be broadly classified as : Semetic Religions
and Non Semetic Religions. The Non Semetic Religions are further divided into Aryan and
the Non Aryan Religions. The Semetic Religions are those Religions that are followed by the
Semites. Who are the Semites? The Semites are the descendents of ‘Shem’, who was the
son of Prophet Noah (Peace be upon him) which is mentioned in the Bible, in the book
Genesis, Ch. No. 5 and Ch.No. 11. So Semetic Religions are those Religions, that are
followed by the Jews, by the Arabs, by the Asyrians by the Ponysians - who speak Hebrew,
Aramaic, Arabic, Acadians, Ponysians, etc. The major amongst the Semetic Religions are,
Judaism, Christianity and Islam - all of which are Prophetic Religions. The Non Sematic
Religions are further divided into Aryan and Non-Aryan Religions. The Aryan Religions, are
the Religions followed by the Aryans - a group of Indo-European speaking community,
which spread in Iran and Northern India, in the 1st half of the 2nd millenium B.C, that is
2000 to 1500 B.C. The Aryan Religion is further divided into Vedic and Non - Vedic Religion.
The Vedic religion is ‘Brahaminism’ which has been given the misnomer of Hindusium. The
Non-Vedic Religions, are Sikhism, Buddism, Jainism, etc. Amongst the Non-Aryan Religions,
we have those of the Chinese origin like ‘Taoism’, ‘Confusism’, etc - those of the Japanese
origin, like ‘Shintuism’, etc. But most of these Religions, they do not have a concept of God.
Therefore they are preferably called as ethical systems, instead of Religions. As far as my
talk today will be concerned, I will be speaking about the Concept of God in Major Religions,
of ‘Semetic’ and ‘Aryan’ origin. To understand the concept of God, the best and the most
accurate way is to analyze their Religious Scriptures, and understand what it has to speak
about God. Trying to analyze the concept of God, by looking at the followers is not always
correct, because most of the followers they themselves do not know what their Scripture
speaks about God. So let us, analyze today, the concept of God in Major Religions by
analyzing their Religious Scriptures. First we will discuss the Aryan Religion. Hinduism is the
most popular of all the Aryan religions. And if you ask a common Hindu, that… How many
gods does he believe in? Some may say 3, some may say 33, some may say a 1000, while
the others may say, 33 crores, 330 million. But if you ask, a Hindu learned man, who knows
his Religious Scriptures, he will tell you that a Hindu should actually believe, only in God.
The major difference between the common Hindu and the Muslim is that, the common
Hindu believes in a Philosophy known as ‘Pantheism’ - that is, everything is god. The tree is
god, the sun is god, the moon is god, the snake is god, the monkey is god, the human
beings are god. The Muslim believes that everything is God’s - GOD with an Apostofy ‘S’,
everything belongs to God. The tree belongs to God, the sun belongs to God, the moon
belongs to God, the snake belongs to God, the monkey belongs to God, the human beings
belong to God. So the major difference between the common Hindu and the Muslim, is the
Apostofy ‘S’. The Hindus say, everything is God, and we Muslims say everything is God’s -
God with a Apostofy ‘S’. If we can solve this difference of Apostofy ‘S’, the Hindus and the
Muslims will be united. How do you do it? As the Qur’an says… (Arabic)….. ‘That come to
common terms as between us and you’. Which is the first term? (Arabic)…‘that we
worship none but Allah’, (Arabic)… ‘that we associate no partners with Him’. So let
us analyze the concept of God in Hinduisum, by analyzing their Religious Scriptures. The
most popular amongst all the Hindu Religious Scriptures, is the ‘Bhagwat Geeta’. This is a
copy of Bhagwat Geeta - In the IRF we have Alhamdulillah, more than 30 different
translations only of Bhagwat Geeta. The Bhagwat Geeta says in Ch. No. 7, V. No.20 ‘That
those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship the demi gods’ -
That means the materialistic people, they worship demi gods - That means not the true
Almighty God. The Upanishads are the other Sacred Scriptures of the Hindus. It is
mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad, Ch.No. 6, Section No. 2, Verse No.1. ‘God is one
only… ‘Akam Avidetuim’… not a second’ That means - There is only God, He doesn’t have
any partner, He is alone. Same as the Holy Qur’an which is mentioned in Surah Ikhlas, Ch.
No. 112, V. No.1, (Arabic)… ‘Say He is Allah, one and only’. It is mentioned in the Sweta
Sutara Upanishad, Ch. No. 6, Verse No.9, ‘Na Kasia Kasji Janita Nakadipa’, which
means….‘Of Him there is no parents, nor Lord’ He has got no parents, He has got no
masters - That means, He alone is sufficient, He is not dependent on anyone else. As the
Holy Qur’an says in Surah Ikhlas, Ch. No.112, V. No.3, (Arabic)…‘He begets not nor is He
begotten’ The quotation I gave from ‘Upanishads’, was translated by S. Radha Krishnan,
and we have other translations also in our foundation. Further, if you read in the Sweta
Sutara Upanishads, Ch. No. 4, V. No. 19, it says …‘Natastiya Pratima Asti’ ‘There is no
likeness of Him’.
Same as the Holy Qur’an, Surah Iklas, Ch. No. 112, Verse No. 4 (Arabic)… ‘There is nothing
like Him’. It is further mentioned in the next verse of the Sweta Sutara Upanishads, Ch.No.4
Verse No. 20, that… ‘His form cannot be seen, No one can see Him with the eyes’. Similar to
the message that is given in the Holy Qur’an in Surah Anam, Ch.No.6, V.No.103…‘No
vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision, He is beyond comprehension, yet He
is acquainted with all things’. Amongst all the Religious Scriptures of the Hindus, the
most sacred are the Vedas, and there are principally 4 Vedas - the Rigved, the Ajurved, the
Samved, and the Atharvaved. The Rigved deals with ‘Songs of praises’; the Ajurved deals
with ‘Sacrificial formulas’, the Samved with Melody, and the Atharvaved with Magical
formulas. It is mentioned in the Ajurved, Ch. No. 32, Verse No. 3…‘Natasti Pratima Asti’ -
There is no image of Him. And verse continues and says that ‘He is unborn, and He should
be worshipped’. It is mentioned in the Yasjurved, Ch. No. 40, V. No.8 that ‘God in bodyless
and Pure’. It is mentioned in the Ajurved, Ch.No. 40, V.No.9,… ‘Andasma Pravishanti Ya
Sambaiti Upaste’, which means – ‘They are entering darkness those who worship the
Asambuti’. The ‘Asambuti’ are the natural things like air, water, fire. And the verse
continues…“they are sinking more in darkness, those who worship the ‘Sambuti’ ”. The
‘Sambuti’ are the ‘created things’. The quotation I gave of Ajurved, was by Devichand as
well as by Ralfh.T. Grefith. The other Veda is the ‘Atharvaved’. It is mentioned in Atharveda,
Book No. 20, Ch. No. 58, Verse No. 3 - It says ‘Dev Maha Osi’… ‘God is verily great’. Same
as ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ - Allah is the Greatest. Amongst all the Vedas the most sacred and the
oldest, is the Rigveda. It is mentioned in the Rigved, Book. No. 1, Hymn No. 164, Verse No.
46…‘Sages call one God by many names’.
That means, there are various names given to this one God, and the Rigved alone gives no
less than 33 different attributes to Almighty God - most of which are mentioned in Rigved,
Book. 2, Hymn No. 1. And one of the beautiful attribute which is mentioned on Rigved of the
Almighty God is ‘Brahama’, which is mentioned in Rigved, Book No. 2, Hymn No.1, Verse
No.3. ‘Brahama’ means, ‘The Creator’. If you translate into Arabic, it means ‘Khalique’. We
Muslims have got no objection if anyone calls Almighty God, Allah Subhana Wa Taala as
‘Khalique’, or ‘Creator’ or ‘Brahama’. But if someone says that ‘Brahama’ is Almighty God,
who has got four heads, and on each head is a crown and he has got four arms, we Muslim
take strong objection to it. Moreover, it is even prohibited in the Ajurved, Ch. No. 32, Verse
No. 3, which says… ‘Natastya Pratima Asti’- There is no image of Him. Another beautiful
attribute, which is given in the Rigved, Book No. 2, Hymn No.1, Verse No. 3, is ‘Vishnu’.
‘Vishnu’ means ‘The Sustainer’. If you translate into Arabic, it means ‘Rab’. We Muslim have
got no objection of someone calls Almighty God as ‘Rab’ or ‘Cherisher’, ‘Sustainer’ or
‘Vishnu’. But if someone says that ‘Vishnu’ is Almighty God, who has got 4 hands, and one
of his right hand holds the ‘Chakra’ that is the diskettes, and one of his left hand holds the
conch and he is riding on a bird, or reclining on a couch of snakes, we Muslims take strong
objection to it. You are going against the Ajurved, Ch. No. 40, V.No.8, which says
‘God is bodyless’- as well as Upanishads, Ch. No. 4, Verse No. 19, of Sweta Satra
Upanishad, which says: ‘Natastya Pratima Asti’…‘There is no likeness of Him’. It is
mentioned in the Rigveda Book. No. 8, Hymn No. 1, Verse No. 1 ‘Maach dangadi Samshata’
- that means… ‘Do not worship anyone besides Him alone - Praise Him alone’. It is
mentioned in the Rigved, Book No. 5, Ch. No. 81, Verse No. 1, - it says ‘Verily great is the
glory of the Divine Creator’ Same as Surah Fatihah, Ch.No. 1, V.No.2…‘Alhamdulillah hi Rab
ul Alameen’… ‘Praise be to Allah (swt) the Lord of the worlds’. It is further mentioned in
Rigved, Book No. 3, Hymn No. 34, Verse No.1, - it says that… ‘He is the Bountiest Giver’. It
is further mentioned in the Ajurved, Ch.No.40, V.No. 16 - It says that… ‘Lead us to the
good path, and save us from the sin which makes us wander and go astray’.
Similar to the verse Holy Qur’an of Surah Fathiha Ch. No.1, Verse No.6 and 7, (Arabic…..)
That…‘Show us the straight path, the path of those who have earned thine favour,
And the path of those who go not astray’ It is mentioned in Rigved Book, No. 6, Hymn
No. 45, Verse No. 16… ‘Ya ekt it mustihi’ - ‘Praise Him who is Matchless and Alone’. The
quotation I gave from the RigVed was by Satya Prakash Narayan and Satyakam
Vidyalankar, as well as by Ralph.T.Grifith, Vol. I and Vol. II. We have various translations of
Religious Scriptures of various Religions. So whatever quotations we give, if any one wants
to verify that the speaker is pulling a fast one, they are most welcome to come to our
foundation and take a Photostat copy. And all these translations which I gave to you is not
done by Muslims – It is done by the people who follow that religion, as well as by
Orientalists. The ‘Brahma Sutra’ of Hinduism, of the Vedanta - the main cream is, ‘Akkum
Braham Dusta Nastim - Niya nastim Kincham’ ‘Bagwan Ek hi hai, dhusra nahi hai, nahi hai,
nahi hai, zara bhi nahi hai’. There is only one God, not a second one, not at all, not all, not
in the least bit. So if you read the Hindu Scriptures, you will understand the concept of God,
in Hinduism. Let us discuss the concept of God in Sikhism. Sikhism is a Non Semetic, Aryan
Non Vedic Religion. Though it has a small following, as compared to the other major
Religions, it is an offshoot of Hinduism. Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak Sahib, at the
end of the 15th century, and it originated from the area of Pakistan and North West India,
that is Punjab, the land of the five rivers. And this religion which was founded by Guru
Nanak Sahib - it is a Religion of 10 gurus. The first one who founded the Religion, is Guru
Nanak Sahib, and the last and the 10th one is Guru Govind Sahib. Guru Nanak Sahib was
born in a ‘Shatriya’ warrior caste family, but he was very much influenced by the Muslims.
‘Sikh’ is derived from the word ‘Sisya’ which means a ‘disciple’ or ‘follower’, and the sacred
book of the ‘Sikhs’, is Sri Guru Granth Sahib - this is a book ‘Sri Guru Granth Sahib’. And
the Sikh has to maintain his five ‘Ks’ . The first ‘K’ is the ‘Kash’, the uncut hair which all the
gurus kept, the second is the ‘Kanga’, the comb which is used to keep the hair clean, the
third is the ‘Kadha’, the metal or the steel bangel used for strength and for self restrain, the
fourth is the ‘Kripan’, the dagger which is used for self defence, and the fifth is the ‘Kacha’
the long under wear till knee length, or under dross which is used for agility - These 5 ‘Ks’
also help in identifying any Sikh. The best definition that any Sikh can give regarding the
concept of Almighty God in Sikhism, is quote the ‘Mul Mantra’ - the fundamental creed of
Sikhism, which occurs in the beginning of Shri Guru Granth Sahib…at the beginning, i.e. of
Shri Guru Granth Sahib, Volume No.1, Ch. No.1,Verse No.1. It is also called as ‘Japoji
Mulmatra’ - It says that… ‘Only one God exists’. And He is called by ‘Dadru’, - the ‘Creator’,
‘the One free from fear and hatred’, ‘the Immortal, ‘Not begotten’, ‘Self-Existing’ ‘Great and
Compassionate’. Sikhism strictly believes in Monotheism. And Almighty God, in the
unmanifest form is called as ‘Ek Omkara’ and in the manifest form, He is called as ‘Ek
Omkara’. And Guru Granth Sahib, he gave various attributes to this manifest form of
Almighty God, ‘Omkara’ - and called it also as ‘Kartar’… the Creator, ‘Akal’… the Eternal,
‘Satyanama’… the Holy One, ‘Sahib’… the Lord, ‘Parvadigar’…‘Cherisher’, ‘Rahim’… the
Merciful, ‘Karim’…‘the Benevolent’, and he also called Him as ‘Wahe Guru’… ‘One true Lord,
one true God’. Sikhism besides believing in Monotheism, it is also against ‘Avtarvada’- the
concept of incarnation of God. They are against that God can take human forms… can
incarnate - and they are also against idol worship. Guru Nanak, was very much influenced
by Sant Kabir - No wonder, if you read the ‘Guru Granth Sahib’, several chapters contain
many couplets… ‘Do has’ of Sant Kabir. And one the most famous ‘Dohas’ of Sant Kabir
is…‘Dukh mein sumren sab kare, Sukh mein kare na koi. Jo sukh mein sumren kare, to dukh
kahe hoi’. ‘Everyone remembers God during trouble - no one remembers Him during peace
and happiness. The one who remembers him during peace and happiness, why will he have
trouble?’ A similar message is given in the Holy Qur’an, in a Surah Ar Zumar, Ch. 39, Verse
No. 8…‘that Man, when trouble touches him, he cries out to the Lord and repents to Him,
and when the Lord bestows him from His mercy, the man forgets that he had prayed and
cried - and he associates rivals to Allah Subhana Wa Taala. Let us discuss the concept of
God, in ‘Zorastarnism’. ‘Zorastarnism’ is a Non Semetic, Aryan Non-Vedic Religion, which is
not associated with Hinduism, and it is a ‘Prophetic’ Religion. Zorastrianism is also called
as ‘Parisism’, and it was founded by Prophet Zoraster. It is an ancient religion of Persia
about 2 1/2 thousand years old, and their Sacred Scriptures are, the ‘Dasatir’ and ‘Awesta’.
The ‘Dasatir’ can be further divided into ‘Khurdadasateer’ or ‘Kalan Dasater’. And the
‘Awasta’ can be further divided into the ‘Kurdha Awasta’ or ‘Kalan Awesta’ - The Maha
Avesta or the ‘Zendth Awasta’. This is a copy of the ‘Awasta’ - One of the volumes of
‘Avasta’ and there are various other translations of the ‘Awasta’ present in Islamic Research
Foundation. The Zorastrians… the Parsis, they call Almighty God as ‘Ahora Mazda’. ‘Ahora’
means ‘the Lord’ … ‘God’, ‘Mazda’ means ‘Wise’. ‘Ahora Mazda’ means ‘the Wise Lord’ or ‘the
Wise God’, and He has been given several attributes and names in the ‘Dasatir’. For
example, - ‘He is the only One, He has no beginning, no origin, and no end - He has no
father, no mother, no wife, no son. He has got no image - He is beyond imagination. There
is nothing like Him - No vision can see Him. He is beyond comprehension. He is closer to
you than yourself’. There are also other attributes given to Almighty God, in the ‘Awastha’.
The other Sacred Scripture of the Parsis. It is mentioned in the ‘Awastha’, in the ‘Kathas’,
and the ‘Yasnas’, He is called as the Creator, in Yasna, Ch. No.31, Verse No.7 and 11, and
also in other places in Yasna, Ch. No. 44, Verse No.7, Ch. No. 50, Verse No.11, Ch.No. 51,
Verse No.7. In several places He is called as the ‘Creator’. He is also referred as ‘the
Mightiest’, ‘the Greatest’. In Yasna Ch. No. 33, Verse No.11, as well as in Ch.No. 45, Verse
No.6, He is referred to as the ‘Beneficent’. In the Yasna Ch. No. 33, Verse No.11, as well as
in Yasna, Ch.No.48, Verse No.3, He is referred to as the ‘Bountiest’. No less than seven
times only, in Yasna Ch. No. 43, Verse 4,5,7,9,11,13 and 15. He is also referred as the
‘Bountiest’. In other places of Yasna, Ch. No.44, Verse.No.2, Ch. No. 45, Verse No.5, Ch.
No. 46, Verse 9, as well as Ch. No. 48, Verse No.3, He is referred to as the ‘Bontiest’
several times. So if you read the Scriptures of the Parsis, you will understand the correct
concept of Almighty God in Parsism… in Zorastarism. Now let us discuss the Sematic
Religions. Major Sematic Religons are : Judaism, Christianity and Islam. First, we will
discuss about the concept of God, in Judaism. It is mentioned in the Old Testament - Moses
(pbuh) says in the book of Deuteronomy, Ch. No. 6, V.No. 4, ‘Shama Israelo Adna ilahaina
adna ikat’. It is a Hebrew quotation which means… ‘Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God, is one
Lord’. That means… ‘God is One and Only’. It is further mentioned in the book of Isaiah
Ch.No.43, V.No.11…‘I, even I, am Lord and besides Me there is no Savior’. In the book
Isaiah, Ch.No. 45, V.No.5…‘I am Lord, and there is none else, and I am God, besides Me,
who there is no one. In the book of Isaiah, Ch.No. 46, V.No 9, it says…‘I am Lord, and there
is none else - I am God, and there is nothing like Me’. It is further mentioned in the Book
‘Exodus’, Ch. No.20, V.No.3 to 5. It says that… God Almighty says in the scriptures - ‘Thou
shall have no other Gods besides Me’. Thou shall make unto thee no graven image of any
likeness, of anything that is in the heavens above, that is in the earth beneath, and that is
in the water under the earth. Thou shall not bow down to them, nor serve them, for I the
Lord, the God, is a jealous God.’ Same message is repeated in the book of Deuteronomy,
Ch.No. 5, V.No.7 to 9, that…‘Thou shall have no other gods besides Me. Thou shall not
make thee any graven image, of any likeness, of anything that is the heavens above, that is
in the earth beneath, and in the water beneath the earth. Thou shall not bow down thyself
to them, nor serve them for I the Lord, the God am a jealous God’. So if you read the Old
Testament, you will understand the concept of God in Judaism - it believes only in one God,
and is totally against idol worship. Before we discuss ‘the concept of God in Christianity’, I
would like to make a few points clear. Islam is the only Non-Christian faith, which makes it
an article of faith to believe in Jesus (peace be upon him). No Muslim, is ‘a Muslim’ if he
does not believe in Jesus (peace be upon him). We believe that he was one of the mightiest
messengers of Allah Subhana Wa Taalah - of Almighty God. We believe that he was born
miraculously, without any male intervention, which many modern day Christians do not
believe. We believe that he gave life to the dead with God’s permission. We believe that he
healed those born blind, and lepers with God’s permission. The Christians and Muslims, we
are going together hand in hand, but there are parting of ways. There are many Christians
who say that ‘Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), he was Almighty God, he himself claimed
Divinity’. Infact, if you read the Bible, there is not a single uneqvivocable statement in the
whole Bible, where Jesus (peace be upon him) himself says, that ‘I am God’, or where he
says ‘Worship me’. I would like to repeat that statement that there is not a single
uneqvivocable statement in the complete Bible, where Jesus (peace be upon him) himself
says that… ‘I am God’ or, where he says… ‘Worship me’. Infact if you read the Bible it is
mentioned in the Gospel of John, Ch.No. 14, V.No.28, Jesus (peace be upon him) said – ‘My
Father is greater than I’ In the Gospel of John, Ch. No.10, V.No. 29 ‘My father is greater
than all’. In the Gospel of Mathew Ch.No.12 V.No.28 “I cast out devil with Sprit of God’.
Gospel of Luke, Ch. No. 11 V.No.20 “I with the finger of God, cast out devils’. Gospel of
John, Ch.No.5 V.No.30 ‘I can of my own self do nothing - as I hear I judge, and my
judgement is just, because I seek not my will, but the will of thy Father, who has sent me’.
He never claimed Divinity. Infact he came to testify the pervious law. And he mentions in
the Gospel of Mathew Ch.5 V.17 to Verse No. 20, ‘Think not that I am come to destroy the
law and the Prophets - I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, till
the heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall not pass away from the law, untill all
be fulfilled. And whosoever therefore, shall break one of the least commandments and teach
men to do so, will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven. And whosoever shall keep
them, and teach them so, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For
verily, unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the Scribes and the
Pharasees, in no way shall you enter the Kingdom of Heaven. So Jesus Christ (peace be
upon him) said, ‘that If you people want to enter Heaven, you have to keep each and every
commandment of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him). You have to follow each and every
law given in the Old Testament, including the verses I quoted earlier that ‘there is one God,
and you should not do idol worship, you should not make any graven image of Him’. Jesus
(peace be upon him), he never said that he was God. Infact he said ‘He was sent by God.
He was a Prophet of God’. It is mentioned in the Gospel of John, Ch.No. 14, V.No.24, ‘The
words that you hear, are not mine, but it is my Father’s, who has sent me’. Gospel of John,
Ch.No. 17, V.No.3 ‘This is eternal life, so that you may know there is one true God, and
Jesus Christ, who Thou has sent’. And it is mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew, Ch.No.19,
V.No.16 and 17, that one of the persons approaches Jesus (pbuh), and says ‘Good Master,
what good things shall I do, that I shall attain eternal life’. Jesus (peace be upon him)
replies in V.No.17 of Gospel of Mathew, Ch.No.19 – ‘And Jesus said upto him, ‘Why thou
callest me good? For there is none good, except One, that is God - And if you want to enter
life, keep the commandments’. Jesus (peace be upon him) never said that if you want to go
to heaven, you consider me as Almighty God. He never said that you believe that I will die
for your sins – In fact he said, ‘You keep the commandments’. It is further mentioned in the
book of Acts, Ch.No. 2 V.No.22 “O men of Israel, hear this, Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved by God, amongst you, by miracles, and wonders and signs, which God did by him,
in your presence, and you were witness’. It says, ‘Jesus of Nazareth a man approved by
God, by miracles and wonders, which God did by him’. And when Jesus (peace be upon him)
was asked, that ‘which is the first of the commandments’? he repeated verbitem what was
said earlier by Moses (peace be upon him). It is mentioned in the Gospel of Mark, Ch. No.
12, V.No. 29, he said ‘Shama Israelo, Ada Ilahaino Ada Ihad’ It is a Hebrew quotation which
means, ‘Hear Oh Israel, the Lord our God, is in one lord’. So if you read the Bible, you will
understand the concept of God, in Christianity. It reminds me of an incident where Maulana
Rahmatullah Karanvi - he was having a discussion with a Christian missionary, who was
trying to prove to Maulana Shahib that ‘Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) is God Almighty,
and that Jesus (peace be upon him) died for the sins of human beings’. After a great deal of
time, without any results, the discussion was continued. Later on, the servant of Maulana
Shahib, he comes and whispers something in the Maulana’s ears. The Maulana’s face
becomes sad - he starts crying. The Christian missionary asks, ‘Maulana Shahib, ‘what is the
bad news?’. The Maulana Shahib said in a very sad tone, ‘My servant, he just gave me
information, - he brought news, that Arch Angel Gabriel - he died’. The Christian missionary
began to laugh loudly. ‘Maulana Shahib, you being such an intelligent person, how can you
believe in such absurd things - Can Angels die?’ The Maulana Shahib said, ‘When God can
die, why can’t Angels die?’ And the Christian missionary, without speaking a single word, he
left – It is a battle of wits. Lets discuss – ‘The Concept of Almighty God in Islam’. The best
answer that any one can give you, regarding ‘the Concept of Almighty God in Islam’, is
quote to you the Surah of the Holy Qur’an, Surah Ikhlas, Ch.No. 112, V.No. 1 to 4, which
says… (Arabic)…. ‘Say He is Allah, One and only’. (Arabic)… ‘Allah the Absolute and
Eternal’. ‘As-Samad’ is a bit difficult to translate - It means, that ‘He exists’, and ‘He has
created things, when nothing existed’. Everything and every person is dependent on Him,
but he is not dependent on any person, or anything. ‘As Samad’ – ‘The Absolute and
Eternal’ (Arabic….) ‘He begets not, nor is He begotten’,(Arabic….) ‘There is nothing
like Him’. This is a four line definition of Allah Subhana Wa Talaah, which is the touch stone
of Theology - Surah Iklas, is the touch stone of Theology. ‘Theo’ in greek means God –
‘Logy’ mean study. ‘Theology’ means study of God. Surah Ikhlas is the touchstone of
Theology. If anyone wants to purchase or sell any of their gold jeweleries, first they will
evaluate their gold jewellery - And for that, they will go to a goldsmith.And the goldsmith,
he takes your gold jewelry and he rubs it against a touchstone. And he compares the colour
with samples of gold which he has rubbed at the side, and then tells you, whether its 24
Karat gold, whether its 22 Karat gold, or whether it is not gold at all - It may be fake gold,
because all that glitters is not gold. Surah Ikhlas is the touchstone of Theology – It is a four
line definition, if you apply to any candidate, who says that ‘He is Almighty God’, and if he
fits in this definition, we Muslims have got no objection, in accepting that candidate as
Almighty God. It is a touchstone – It is the acid test to decipher, whether the person that
anyone claims - whether he is Almighty God or not – It is the acid test – It is the touchstone
- Four line definition. Arabic…. ‘Say He is Allah One and Only’. Arabic…. ‘Allah the
Absolute and Eternal’. Arabic….. ‘He begets not nor is He begotten’. Arabic…. ‘There
is nothing like Him’. It is a four line definition - Anyone claiming to be Almighty God - if
that candidate fits in this four line definition, we Muslims have got no objection in accepting
that candidate as Almighty God. For example, some people say, that Bhagwaan Rajnesh,
Osho Rajnesh - he is Almighty God. I would like to make it very clear, I said – ‘Some people
say Bhagwan Rajneesh is God - Not Hindus say Bhagwaan Rajneesh is God’. Because once
during question answer time, there was a Hindu gentlemen, who came and told me that we
Hindus don’t believe in Bhagwaan Rajneesh, as God. I have read the Hindu Scriptures - I
know that the Hindu Scriptures don’t call Bhagwaan Rajneesh as God. I said ‘Some people
call him God’ - and Rajnesh has got followers from various different Religions. Lets put him
to test of the touchstone of Theology - Surah Ikhlaas. The first is, Arabic…. ‘Say He is Allah
One and Only’. Is Rajneesh one and only? We know that there we have several such fake
godmen - especially in our country India. He is not one and only. But there may be some
people who are diciples of Rajneesh and say ‘No.. No... Rajneesh is one and only’. Okay,
lets go to the second test – (Arabic)…. ‘Allah, the Absolute and Eternal’. Is Rajneesh
Absolute and Eternal? We know from his biography, that he was suffering from Diabetics,
from Ashthama, from Chronic backache. And he alleged that the American government,
they gave him slow poisoning - Imagine, God being poisoned. The third test is ‘Arabic…. ‘He
begets not, nor is He begotten’. We know that Rajneesh had parents - He had a mother and
father. He was born in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, in India. But he was a very intelligent
person - Later on, his parents became his own diciples. And in the year 1981, Rajneesh - he
goes to America and in Oregon, he establishes his own town and calls it ‘Rajneeshpuram’ -
He took America for a ride. Later on the American government, they arrested him and put
him in jail, and later on kicked him out the country. In 1985 when he was kicked out from
America, he comes back to India, and in Poona, he starts ‘Rajneesh Neo Sanyaas
Commune’,. which later on he called it as ‘Osho Commune’. And when you go to Poona in
the ‘Osho Commune’, its mentioned on his tomb stone – ‘Osho - , never born, never died,
but visited the Earth, from the eleventh of December 1931, to the nineteenth of January
1990’. They forgot to mention, that he was not given visas to 21 different countries -
Imagine Almighty God visiting the Earth and he requires visas. And the Archbishop of
Greece said that ‘if you don’t deport Rajneesh, we will burn his house, and the house of his
disciples. And the last test … (Arabic)…It is so stringent - its impossible for anyone besides
Allah Subhana Wa Taala, the true Almighty God, to pass. It says ‘There is nothing like Him’.
The moment you can imagine, the moment you can draw a mental picture what God is, - he
is not God. We know that Rajneesh, he was a human being like you and me. He had one
head, two hands, two legs, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, long flowing beard, long hair -
So surely, he can’t be Almighty God. Arabic…. ‘There is nothing like Him’. And this test –
(Arabic)….is so stringent, that no one besides Allah Subhana Wa Taala, can pass.Suppose
someone says that Arnold Swarzneggar - You know Arnold Swarzneggar? - The person who
is known as the strongest man in the world - He was given the title – ‘Mr. Universe’. If
suppose, someone says that ‘Almighty God is a thousand times as strong as Arnold
Swarzeneggar’. The moment you can compare God to anyone, whether it be Arnold
Swarzeneggar, whether it be Dara Singh or King Kong, - whether it be a thousand times or
a million times, - the moment you can compare Almighty God to anyone, he is not Almighty
God. Arabic… ‘There is nothing like Him’. This is a four line definition given in the Holy
Qur’an – ‘Surah Ikhlas’, which is the touchstone of Theology. We Muslims, we prefer calling
Allah Subhana Wa Taala, by the Arabic name ‘Allah’, instead of the English word ‘God’ -
because, the Arabic word ‘Allah’ it is pure, Its unique. Where as the English word ‘God’, it
can be played around with, You can play around with that word. If you add a ‘s’ to ‘God’, it
becomes ‘Gods’ - plural of God. There is nothing ‘Plural Allah’, in Islam. Arabic… ‘Say: He is
Allah, One and Only.If you add a ‘dess’ to ‘God’, it becomes ‘goddess’ - a female God. There
is nothing like ‘Male Allah’, or ‘Female Allah’, in Islam. Allah is Unique, - He has got no
gender. If you add a ‘father’ to ‘God’, it becomes ‘Godfather’ - He’s my Godfather - he’s my
Guardian. There is nothing like ‘Allah Father’ in Islam, or ‘Allah Abba’ in Islam. If you add a
‘Mother’ to God, it becomes ‘Godmother’. There is nothing like ‘Allah Mother’ or ‘Allah Ammi’
in Islam. Allah is a Unique word - It’s a pure word. If you prefix a ‘tin’ before ‘God’, it
becomes ‘tin God’. There is nothing like ‘Tin Allah’ in Islam. That’s the reason we Muslims,
we prefer calling Allah Subhana Wa Taala by the Arabic word, ‘Allah’ instead of the English
word ‘God’. But if some Muslims, - if they use this word whilst speaking to Non – Muslims, I
have got no objections, because Non - Muslims may not know what’s the concept of ‘Allah’.
So if any one uses ‘God’ for ‘Allah’, I’ve got no objection - But the more appropriate word is
‘Allah’. Otherwise, the Holy Qu’ran says in Surah Isra, Ch. no. 17, Verse No. 110…
(Arabic)…‘Say: call upon him by Allah or by Rahmaan - By whichever name you call upon
Him, it is well - To him belongs the most beautiful names. You can call Allah Subhana Wa
Taala by any name - But it should be a beautiful name - It should not conjure up a mental
picture. And there are no less than 99 different attributes given of Allah Subhana Wa Taala,
in the Holy Qu’ran - No less than 99 different attributes of Allah Subhana Wa Taala are
given in the Holy Qur’an. For example ‘Ar-Rahmaan’, ‘Ar-Raheem’, ‘Al-Karrem’, - ‘Most
Gracious’, ‘Most Merciful’, ‘Most Benevolent’. He is called as ‘Rabb’, as ‘Raziq’, as ‘Lord’,
‘Cherisher’, ‘Sustainer’, ‘Provider’ - No less than 99 different attributes are given in the Holy
Qu’ran for Allah Subhana Wa Taala. And the same message is repeated besides Surah Isra,
Ch. No. 17, Verse no. 110, it is also mentioned in Surah Taha, Ch.No. 20, V. No. 8, in Surah
Araf, Ch. No. 7, Verse No. 180 as well as in Surah Hashr Ch.No. 59, V. No. 24, which says
‘To Allah belongs the most beautiful names’. But whatever attribute you give to ‘Allah
Subhana Wa Taala’ - to ‘Almighty God’, it should be a Unique attribute - It should only refer
to Him and to no one else. And if we reverse the order, it should yet point out to Allah
Subhana Wa Taala. For example, I am 5 feet 11 inches tall, I wear spectacles, I live in
Bombay. If someone says that ‘Dr. Zakir Naik, is 5 feet 11 inches tall’ - It’s a correct
characteristic. But if we reverse it,… ‘Who is 5 feet 11 inches tall?’- you will find more than a
1000 people, who are 5 feet 11 inches tall .It doesn’t point specifically to me - Its not
unique. If you say Dr. Zakir Naik wears spectacles, its correct, but its not unique. Because if
you reverse it, ‘who wear spectacles’? - there will be more than a thousand people who
wears spectacles’. If some one says ‘Dr. Zakir Naik lives in Bombay, - he is right, but its not
unique. ‘Who lives in Bombay?’ - More than a million people live in Bombay. So the attribute
that you give should be unique. For example, if some one says that ‘Dr. Zakir Naik is the
father of Fariq Zakir Naik, who was born on the 10th of July 1994, in Jahangir nursing home,
in Poona’ - that’s a unique attribute. Because if we reverse it, ‘Who is the father of Fariq
Zakir Naik, born on the 10th of July 1994, in Jahangir nursing home in Poona, the answer in
only one - Dr. Zakir Naik - No one else. It’s a unique attribute - It points out to only one but
one person. Similarly, let me give you another example - ‘that Dr. Zakir Naik is the founder
Chairman of IRF Educational Trust, which was established on the 6th of November 1992 in
Dongri, Mumbai’. If we reverse it, ‘Who is the founder Chairman of IRF Educational Trust,
which was established on 6th of November 1992 in Dongri, Mumbai’ - the answer in only one
- Dr. Zakir Naik. Similarly, if you call ‘Allah Subhanawataala’ by any attribute, by any name
- it should be Unique. You can’t say Allah Subhanawataala is the ‘Creator of a building’,
because even many builders can build buildings. You can call Him ‘the Creator of the
Universe’ ‘Khaliq’, ‘the Creator’. Who is the ‘Creator?’ - Only one - Who is the ‘Ultimate
Creator of the Universe?’ - Only one - Allah Subhana Wa Taala. ‘Ar Rahmaan’ - ‘Who is the
Most Gracious’ - the answer is Only One - Allah Subhana Wa Taala. ‘Ar-Raheem’ – ‘Who is
the Most Merciful?’ - The answer is Only One - Allah Subhana Wa Taala - So it should be a
Unique attribute. The example I gave of myself was Unique - but was nothing great. Being
the founder Chairman of IRF educational trust is nothing great - Its unique, fine - Its
nothing great. But Allah Subhana Wa Taala, besides the attribute being Unique, it is
something ultimate. Being the father of Fariq Zakir Naik is not ultimate - Its Unique - Its not
ultimate. But Allah Subhana Wa Taala’s attribute besides being Unique should be Ultimate.
You cannot give attributes which are just common - which you and I can also do. Secondly,
besides giving Unique attribute, it should not be combined with characteristics which do not
belong to Allah Subhana Wa Taala. For example if some one says that ‘Dr. Zakir Naik is the
father of Fariq Zakir Naik, who was born on the 10th of July 1994, Jahangir nursing home, in
Poona, and is 4 feet tall’. The attribute is correct - I am the father of the person who he said
- but I am not 4 feet tall - I am 5 feet 11 inches tall. So if someone says ‘Allah Subhana Wa
Taala’ - ‘Almighty God’ is a Creator - but he has got a human form like you and me - one
head, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, two hands – ‘the Creator’ attribute is correct, but the
characteristic of a human form is wrong.So besides the attributes being Unique, it should
not be mixed up with false attributes. And the third is that the attribute, - the various
attributes that you give to Allah Subhana Wa Taala should point only to one Allah Subhana
Wa Taala - not more than that - Because there is Only One (Arabic)...‘Say He is Allah, one
and only’. So if someone says that Dr. Zakir Naik is the father of Fariq Zakir Naik, born on
the 10th of July 1994 in Jahangir nursing home, Poona - And Abdullah Shaikh is the founder
Chairman of IRF Educational Trust, which was established on 6th of November 1992, in
Dongri, Mumbai - One attribute is correct of mine - But my attribute is given to another
person, who is not me. Abdullah Shaikh and Dr. Zakir Naik aren’t the same. So you cannot
say that ‘Khaliq’… ‘the Creator’ is one God, and ‘Ar-Raheem’… ‘the Merciful’ is another God.
If someone says that ‘Rain God’ is different…‘Cloud God’ is different, and … ‘Sun God’ is
different and – ‘Creator’ is different, and ‘Cherisher’ is different - Its totally wrong. The
attributes are correct, but it should point out only to one person and no one else. People
may ask me that ‘what is wrong in having more than one God?’ The Polytheists, they may
say – ‘Dr. Zakir Naik, what is the harm in having many gods’. If we have many gods, there
will be fighting between them, and each one will try to defeat the other, and try and
establish his rule. So people may say… ‘see we can divide - One is ‘a god of rain’, one is ‘a
god of Sun’, ‘one is a god who created’, ‘one is a god who is a ‘Cherisher’. If we divide in
such way, and have multiple gods, that means one god is unable to do the things of the
other god. He does not have knowledge of the other god. It means it’s a ‘deficient God’ - Its
not an ‘Ultimate God’ - and we don’t have to believe in a ‘deficient god’. We want to believe
in a God which is Ultimate - The Supreme! No wonder you find in the mythology, of certain
religions - gods fighting among themselves. And one god killing the other god, and one god
taking the help of the other god to defeat the third god - This is found in the mythology. The
Holy Qu’ran gives the answer, in Surah Al-Ambiya, Chapter 21, Verse. No. 22, that - it says
that … ‘if there were more gods besides Allah, there would surely be confusion’. And we
know that there is no confusion in the universe - The universe is running harmonously. Its
further mentioned in Surah Muminun, Chapter 23, Verse no. 91 that… ‘Allah Subhana Wa
Taala’ does not have any sons, neither does He have any partners. If there were many Gods
besides Allah, each God would have taken what they created, and would have a hoarded
over the other. So surely there has to be only one true God. If you analyze, all the religions
which speak about ‘Concept of God’ - all of them ultimately believe in ‘Monotheism’ - That is
they believe in one God. Any religion which believes in the concept of God, - ultimately that
religion believes only in one God - At a higher level. At the lower level there may be other
Gods but at the higher level it finally believes in one God only. If you analyze the Scriptures
of Almighty God - they spoke about the true concept of Almighty God. But later on - the
Scriptures, they got manipulated - they got interpolated - they got corrupted. Why? - By
people - for their own requirements - to fulfill their own material desires. And later on, you
have a religion which has been changed from Monotheism to Polytheism, or Pantheism. The
Holy Qu’ran says in Surah Baqrah, Chapter. No. 2, Verse. No. 79 (Arabic)… ‘Woe to those
who write the book with their own hands’. (Arabic)… ‘Woe to those who write book
with their own hands and then say this is from Allah to traffic with it for a miserable price.
Woe to those for what their hands do write and woe to those for what they earn’. The Holy
Qur’an says that people have changed the Scripture of Almighty God for their own material
desire - Woe to such people and woe to what they earn. There are certain Religions like
‘Buddhism’, ‘Confusiusnisn’, we have ‘Taoism’, which do not comment on God. Neither do
they confirm, nor deny the existence of Almighty God - Its called as an ‘Agnostic’ Religion.
We have other religions like ‘Jainism’, which are Atheistic - They deny the existence of
Almighty God. Regarding, how to prove to the Athiest, or the Agnostic, the existence of
Allah Subhana Wa Taala, you can refer to my Video cassette, “Is the Qu’ran God’s word”
part I and II. This talk was given about two years ago in the same auditorium. Two years
ago, in the same auditorium -Birla Mathushree - Where I have proved here, to an Atheist, to
an Agnostic, to a Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, whether he be a scientist - to all these
people - with reason, logic and science, on the basis of the Holy Qu’ran, the existence of
Allah Subhana Wa Taala. So all those who want to know, how to prove to an Atheist or an
Agnostic the existence of Allah Subhana Wa Taala, you can refer to my Video cassette. I
think it is available in the foyer outside - Its available for sale outside - Part I and Part II. In
Islam, we believe in ‘Tawheed’. Tawheed does not merely mean Monotheism, or merely
meaning ‘Believing in one God’ - It has much more to it. ‘Tawheed’ means ‘Unification’ -
Asserting Oneness. And its derived from the Arabic verb ‘Vahadah’ - which means to Unite,
‘to unify’. ‘to consolidate’ and there are three categories in ‘Tawheed’. The first is ‘Tawheed-
Ar-Rububiya’. Its derived from the verb – ‘Rabb’, which means Lord, Cherisher, Sustainer -
It means maintaining the unity of Lordship. And the basic concept here is, that Allah
Subhana Wa Taala is the Person, Who created all the things which exist. He is not
dependant on anything or any person, but all things and persons are dependant on Him. He
is Absolute, whereas all the other thing - they are relative, and they are temporary and they
are conditional. The second category is ‘Tawheed-al-Asma-Was-Sifaat’, Which means
maintaining the unity of Allah Subhana Wa Taala’s Names and Attributes’ - And there are
basically five points in this category. The first is, ‘Allah should be referred to according to
what Allah and His Messenger described Him’. Second is, ‘Allah should be referred to as He
has referred to Himself’. No one can call Allah Subhana Wa Taala, as ‘Al-Ghadir’ – ‘the
Angry One’. The Qu’ran says that He gets angry - but that’s a quality which you cannot say
‘The angry One’. Because Allah and His messenger didn’t give that Attribute to Allah
Subhana Wa Taala. The third is – ‘You cannot give human qualities to Allah Subhana Wa
Taala’. Like some Scripture says that God Almighty after creating the universe, He has
rested - He was tired. Some scriptures say that he repented. See, repenting, getting tired,
are acts which human beings require - Not Allah Subhana Wa Taala. And the criteria for this
category is, from Surah Ashuara, Ch. 42, V. No. 11 which says… (Arabic)... That…‘there is
nothing whatever like Him - There is nothing whatever like Him’. And the verse
continues, ‘He is the Seer and Hearer of all things’. But this Seeing and Hearing cannot be
compared with what we human beings see and hear - because for us to hear, we require
sound waves - we require a ear apparatus. God Almighty does not require all these things -
So Allah Subhana Wa Taala Sees and Hears in a different way, as compared to what we
human beings see and hear. The fourth point : is that Allah Subhana Wa Taala’s attribute
cannot be given to any of His creatures. Like you can’t call a human being – ‘Without a
beginning and without an end’. A person who will not die - he’s eternal. You can’t give this
attribute to any human being or any of the creation of Allah Subhana Wa Taala. And the last
point is : ‘You cannot give the name of Allah Subhana Wa Taala to any of his creatures,
without prefixing – ‘Abd’. Certain indefinite forms like ‘Rauf’, ‘Raheem’ can be given, but the
definite form, ultimate, without prefixing ‘Abd’- You cannot give like, ‘Abdur – Rehmaan’,
‘Abdur Raheem’. ‘Abd’ means slave - Slave of Rehman, Ar-Rahmaan, Slave of Ar-Raheem,
Abdullah, slave of Allah. Neither can you give this ‘Abd’ to anyone besides Allah Subhana
Wa Taala. You cannot say ‘Abdur-Rasool’ – ‘the slave of the messenger’. You cannot say
‘Abdul-Nabi’ – ‘the slave of the Prophet’. The third category of Tawheed, is ‘Tawheed – Al –
Ibada’. The ‘Ibada’ has been derived from the Arabic word ‘Abd’. which means slave,
servant. ‘Ibada’ means to ‘worship’. But many people have the misconception that ‘worship’
merely means ‘offering prayers’. Hah… prayer is one of the high form of worship, but that’s
not the only form of worship. As I said, “Ibada” is derived from ‘Abd’ meaning ‘slave’,
‘servitude’. So worship means any commandment you follow of Allah Subhana Wa Taala
you are doing worship. Anything which you do not do what Allah has asked you not to do -
that is ‘Ibada’. So ‘Ibada’ is not merely prayers - it has much more to it - Obeying the
commandments of Allah Subhana Wa Taala is ‘Ibada’. Without following the third category
of ‘Tawheed-al-Ibada’, which is maintaining the ‘Unity of Worship’ - following the first two
categories only, is useless. Because the Holy Quran says that there were pagans… Arabs at
the time of the Prophet, who believed in the first two categories - That is ‘Tawheed-al-
Ruboobiyah’ and ‘Tawheed-al-Asma-was-Sifat’, But not in the third category. And they were
referred as ‘Mushriks’ and ‘Kafirs’- idolators and rejecters of faith. The Holy Qu’ran says in
Surah Yunus Chapter No. 10, Verse. no. 31, ‘Say who is He that sustains life to you in the
sky and the earth, or Who is it that Hears and Sees all things? And Who is it that gives life
to things that are dead and gives death to things which are alive? Who is it that regulates
and controls the affairs? - Soon they will say, it is Allah. So why don’t you have piety
towards Him? - Why don’t you worship Him? A similar message is given in Surah Zukhruff,
Chapter 43, Verse. No. 87, ‘That when you ask them, who has created them, they will say,
‘Allah’ - But they are far deluded from the truth. So the pagan Arabs at the time of the
Prophet - even they had a concept of One Supreme Almighty God, which they called as
‘Allah’. But along with it they even had about 360 idols, which they worshipped. So if you
worship anyone besides Allah Subhana Wa Talla, then you are not following the third
category of ‘Taweed-al-Ibada’. And whether the first, second, or third category of ‘Tawhhed’
is missed by anyone, or if there is any deficiency in fulfilling any point of any of the three
categories, it is called as ‘Shirk’. ‘Shirk’ means ‘associating partners’ - It means ‘Sharing’ -
and in Islamic terms it means, ‘Associating partners with Allah Subhana Wa Taala’. The
biggest sin which is mentioned in the Holy Qu’ran in ‘Shirk’ - Associating partners with Allah
Subhana Wa Taala. It does not only mean that you worship some other god - but ‘Shirk’ -
that is not fulfilling any of the three categories of ‘Tawheed’, leads to ‘Shirk’. And the Holy
Qu’ran says in Surah Nisa, Chapter No. 4, Verse. no. 48, that ‘Allah Subhana Wa Taala’ will
never forgive - associating partners to Him. If He pleases, He may forgive anything else, but
the sin of associating partners with Allah - He shall never forgive’. The same message is
repeated in Surah Nisa, Chapter. No. 4, Verse no. 116, that ‘those who do the sin of joining
gods with Allah… Allah Subhana Wa Taala will never forgive them. Anything else if He
pleases He may forgive. But all those who join gods with Allah, they have strayed far away
from the truth. Its mentioned in Surah Maidah Chapter 5, Verse No. 72, (Arabic)... That
they are doing Kufr - those who say that ‘Allah is Christ the son of Mary’. (Arabic)...but said
Christ…(Arabic)...Oh! Children of Israel…(Arabic)… Worship Allah…(Arabic)...Who is my Lord
and your Lord. (Arabic)... Anyone who associates partners with Allah…(Arabic)...
Allah will make Jannat haram for them…(Arabic)... and fire shall be his dwelling
place, and he shall have no helper in the hereafter. The Holy Qu’ran Says that Jesus
Christ, peace be upon him, said - (Arabic)... anyone who associates partners with
Allah…(Arabic)... Allah will make Jannat Harram for him…(Arabic)... and fire shall be
his dwelling place, and he shall have no helper in the hereafter’. When I started my
talk, in the beginning of it - the Qari, he recited verses of Surah Al-Imran Chapter 3, Verse.
64, which says (Arabic)... ‘that come to common terms as between us and you’. Which is
the first term - (Arabic)... ‘that we worship none but Allah’. It doesn’t say, ‘we believe in
One and Only Allah’ - believing is not sufficient. It says (Arabic)... ‘that we worship none but
Allah’. (Arabic)... ‘that we associate no partners with Him’. So only believing in ‘One God’ is
not sufficient - You should even only worship Him - And no one else, and associate no
partners with Him. The Holy Qu’ran says in Surah Anam, Chapter 6, Verse. No. 108, ‘Revile
not ye those whom they worship besides Allah - best out of spite, they revile Allah
Subhana Wa Taala in their ignorance’. The Holy Qu’ran says in Surah Luqman, Chapter
31, Verse. No. 27, that ‘If all the trees on the earth were made into pens, and the ocean
into ink, and the ‘Seven oceans to back it up, yet the words of Allah Subahana Wa Taala will
not be exhausted in writing - Because ‘He is All powerful’, ‘Full of wisdom’. I would like to
end my talk by giving the quotation of the Holy Qu’ran, from Surah Al-Haj, Chapter 22,
Verse. No. 73 which says. – ‘Ye men, there’s a parable set forth for you - Listen to it.
Those whom you call upon, anyone besides Allah - they cannot even create a fly -
They cannot even create a fly. If all of them got together and if the fly took away
some thing from them, they cannot even relieve from it. Feeble are those who
petition, feeble are those on whom they petition’. Wa aakiru Dawana Anil Hamulillahi
Rabbil Aalameen.
(Dr. Mohammed) To analyze ‘The concept of God in Major Religions’ adequately, for all
present here today, in the limited time available, we would like the following rules to be
followed, during the question and answer session. Questions asked should be on the topic
‘Concept of God in Major Religions’ only. Questions not relevant to the topic, including any
general questions on religion, will not be allowed. Kindly state your questions briefly and to
the point - Only one question at a time may be asked. For your second question, you would
have to go at the back of the row again, and await your second chance, to ask your
question. Three mikes have been provided for the questions from the audience in the
auditorium – two in the front next to the stage on my right and left side, and one at the
back in the ladies section. Please stand in the queue at one of the mike, if you wish to put a
question to the speaker - And speak into the mike only when the mike handling assistants
hand the mike to you. We will allow one question on each of the mikes, in clockwise
rotation. Written questions on slip papers, which are available from our volunteers on the
sides and in the center aisle, would be given secondary preference, after the questions on
the mikes are answered by Dr. Zakir, and if time permits. Kindly state your name and
profession before putting forward your question. May we have the first question from the
ladies side please.
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION BY DR. ZAKIR NAIK
(Q). As Salaam Wa Alaikum - I am Saba Baqai from Delhi, and my question to Zakir uncle
is - the Christian concept of the God is the ‘trinity’… the father, the son and the holy ghost.
But these are one - does this mean that they believe in only one God?
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(Dr. Zakir). The sister has asked the question, that the Christians believe in ‘trinity’ - the
father the son and the holy ghost, and that they are one. Does it mean that they also
believe in one God? Sister, if you analyze, the word ‘trinity’ - it occurs, no where in the
Bible. If you search the full Bible, the word ‘trinity’ doesn’t exist anywhere in the Bible - Its
not there in the Bible. But the word ‘trinity’ is there in the Holy Qu’ran - But the word
‘trinity’ in there in the Holy Qu’ran. The Holy Qu’ran says in Surah Nisa, Ch. 4, V. No. 171,
it says…(Arabic)... ‘Don’t say trinity’. (Arabic)... ‘Desist, stop it, its better for you - For
God in one God’. It is again repeated in Surah Maidah, Chapter No. 5, Verse No. 73, it
says…(Arabic)... ‘They blaspheme, those who say that Allah is one of three, in a
‘trinity’- For there is no God, but Allah’. The word ‘trinity’ is not mentioned in the Bible
but it is there in the Qu’ran - and Qu’ran says…(Arabic)...‘Don’t say trinity’. The closest
verse that you can find in the Bible, which can be taken for ‘trinity’ is the first Epistle of
John, Chapter, No. 5, Verse No. 7 which says…‘For there are three which bears record in
heaven - the father, the word, and the holy Ghost - and these three are one’. This verse of
the Bible, 1st Epistle of John, Chapter 5, Verse No. 7, is the closest resemblance to ‘trinity’ in
the full Bible. But if you read the ‘Revised Standard Version’, which has been revised by 32
scholars of the highest eminence, backed by 50 different Christian co-operating
denominations - they have removed this verse from the Bible as an interpolation, as a
concoction, as a fabrication. It was not removed by Muslims or non-Christian scholars - but
it was removed by 32 Christian scholars of the highest eminence backed by 50 different co-
operative denominations as an interpolation, as a concoction, as a fabrication, because it
was not there in the original manuscript. We Muslims - we should thank the galaxies of
DDs, ‘the doctors of Divinity’, for getting the Bible one step closer to the Qu’ran - Closer to
Islam. As the Qu’ran says…(Arabic)...‘Don’t say trinity’. In fact if you analyze, as I said in
my talk, Jesus Christ, (peace be upon him), never spoke about ‘trinity’- that father, son and
Holy Ghost - they were one. In fact he said in the Gospel of John, Chapter 14, Verse No. 28,
‘My father is greater than I’, Gospel of John, Chapter No. 10, Verse No. 29, ‘My father is
greater than I’, Gospel of Mathew, Chapter No. 12, Verse No. 28, ‘I cast out devils with the
spirit of God’. Gospel of Luke, Chapter No. 11, Verse No. 20 ‘With the finger of God, I cast
out devil’, Gospel of John Chapter No. 5, Verse No. 30, ‘I can of my own self do nothing - As
I hear I judge and my judgement is just - Because I seek not my will but the will of the
Father who has sent me’- He never spoke about ‘trinity’. In fact when he was asked that,
‘which is the first of the commandments’ - he said - its mentioned in the Gospel of Mark,
Chapter No. 12, Verse. No. 29…(Hebrew)… Which means, ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God
is one Lord’. But if you ask the Christian Church - in the Catechism, they tell you that the
Father is a person, the Son is a person, and the Holy Ghost is a person - but they aren’t
three persons, - they are one person’. Person, person, person, but not three persons - one
person - What language is this? 1+1+1 is equal to 3, Its not equal to 1. 1 into 3 is 3…Not 1.
So when we ask them that suppose, there are three triplets, identical triplets - If one of
them commits murder, can you hang the other - they say… ‘No’. Then you ask them why? -
Because each one has a different personality - If one of the triplets commit murder you
cannot hang the other, because each one has a different personality. And when the
Christian, when they think of the Father in heaven, they think like an old man like ‘Santa
Clause’, sitting in the Heaven on one of the Planet with the earth as His foot stool. When
they think about the son, that Jesus Christ, (peace be upon him), they think if a tall man
who is fair, who has got blonde eyes like Jeffrey Hunter. You see in the movie ‘King of
Kings’. He did the acting of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) - Jeffery Hunter - they have a
certain mental picture. When they talk about Holy Ghost, they think of a ‘dove’ as the Bible
says… ‘which came upon Jesus Christ, peace be upon him when he was baptized’ - Or they
think it like a ‘spirit’ that came at the feast of Pentecost which is mentioned in the Bible. But
when you ask the Christian that when you speak about trinity, how many pictures do you
have in your mind - the Christian will tell you… ‘One’. Believe me he is lying to you, because
1+1+1 is three, it is not one. Hope that answer the question.
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Q. Assalaam wa Alaikum - My name is Mohammed Javed and my question is - why can God
not take a human form?
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(Dr. Zakir) The brother asked a question that why can God not take a human form. If God
wants, he can take a human form - But the moment He takes a human form, he ceases to
be God. Because God and man, they are two opposites - Man is mortal - God is immortal.
You can’t have a mortal and immortal person at the same time. Man has a beginning - God
has got no beginning - You can’t have a person who has a beginning and no beginning at
the same time. Man has an end - God has no end - So you can’t have a person, having an
end and no end at the same time - It doesn’t make sense. So you can’t have a God man -
You can either have God or you can have man - You can’t have a God man. So if God takes
human form, He ceases to be God… He becomes human being - Because man requires to
eat - God does not require to eat. The Qu’ran says in Surah Anam, Chapter 6, Verse No. 14,
that…‘He feedeth everyone, but doesn’t require to be fed’. The human beings, they
require rest - They require sleep. The Qu’ran says in Ayatul Qursi, Chapter. No. 2, Verse No.
255 which was also recited by the Qari, Brother Ashraf Mohammedy. (Arabic)... ‘Allah, He
is one and only, The Self Existing, the Eternal, no slumber can seize, nor does He
require sleep - To Him belongs everything in the heaven and the earth’. Therefore
God, when He takes the human form, He ceases to be God - You can’t have a god-man
together. And if a God becomes human being and gives up His quality, and becomes man -
why should we worship a human being? Because he has same powers as you and me -
People will want to worship you and me also then. What is the use of worshipping a person
who has same powers like you and me? And later on if someone tells me this same human
being became God, its not possible. If human beings can become God, even you and I
would become God tomorrow. Therefore if Allah wants He can become a human being, but
He ceases to be a God - Therefore Allah will never want to become a human being. Allah
can tell a lie if He wants - But He will never tell a lie - Because to lie is ungodly - The
moment He lies, he ceases to be God. Allah can do injustice if He wants, but He will not -
Because to do injustice is ungodly. As the Holy Qur’an says in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4, Verse
No. 40, that… ‘Allah Subhana Wa Taala is never unjust in the least degree’. So if He
does injustice, He ceases to be God. Allah Subhana Wa Taala, if He wants He can make a
mistake - But he will not make a mistake, because to make mistake is ungodly. The Qur’an
says in Surah Taha, Chapter No. 20 V.52… ‘That Allah does not make mistakes’ Allah does
not err. So if He makes a mistake He ceases to be God. Allah can forget if He wants - But
He will not forget, because forgetting is an ungodly act. The Qur’an says in Surah Taha,
Chapter 20, V.52… ‘Allah doesn’t make a mistake, neither does he forget’ -The
moment He forgets, He ceases to be God. Therefore the Holy Qur’an says…(Arabic)…
‘Verily Allah has power over all things’ - In several places in Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2,
V.No.106, In Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2, V.No.109, Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2 V.No.284,
Surah Al Imran, Chapter No. 3, V. 29, Surah Nahl, Chapter 16, V.77, Surah Fatir, Chapter
35, V. No.1. And Allah says…(Arabic)…‘For Verily, Allah has power over all things’ - But
Allah only does Godly things, he doesn’t do ungodly things. Because Qur’an says in Surah
Buruj, Chapter 85, V. No.16…‘Allah is the doer of all He intents’ - Whatever Allah intents
He can do - But He only intents Godly things. This theory of God becoming a human form, is
called as ‘Anthropomorphism’ - Almighty God taking a human form. And most of the major
Religions, sometime or the other, they have in their Philosophy, that God has taken a
human form - Some religion once, some several times. And they have a very beautiful logic
for that - they say that God Almighty, He is so Pure, He is so Holy, He doesn’t know
regarding the feelings of the human being - regarding the shortcomings, the difficulties the
human being can have. He is so Holy and Pure - And Allah Subhana Wa Taala doesn’t know
how does a human beings feel when he is hurt - How does he feel when he gets into
trouble. So therefore, God Almighty came in the form of a human being in this world to set
the rules for the human beings. On the face of it, very good logic - But I tell these people,
that if I manufacture a tape recorder, do I have to become a tape recorder, to know what is
good or what is bad for the tape recorder? No! I just write an instruction manual - that
when you want to play the audio cassette, put in the cassette, press the play button - When
you want to stop, press the stop button - When you want to fast forward, press the FF
button - Don’t drop it from a height it will get spoilt - Don’t immerse it in water, it will get
damaged. I write an instruction manual - I don’t have to became a tape recorder to know
what is good or what is bad for the tape recorder. Similarly, when Almighty God is our
Creator, He doesn’t have to become a human being to know what is good or what is bad for
the human being. He sends an instruction manual and the last and the final instruction
manual for the human being, is the holy Qur’an. The Holy Qur’an is the last and final
instruction manual for the human beings - The do’s and don’ts for the human beings. And
he need not come down in this world as a human being to give us the instructor manual -
What does he do? He chooses a man, amongst men to deliver His message - whom we call
as Messengers or Prophets with whom He communicates on a higher level, through the
‘Revelation’. It is so clear cut to any logical person, that God Almighty cannot take human
form - Any fool can also understand. That’s the reason the Holy Qur’an says in Surah
Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse No.18….(Arabic)… ‘The deaf, the dumb, the blind - they will not
come to the true path’. And the Bible gives the same message in the Gospel of Mathew,
Chapter No.13, Verse No.13… ‘Seeing they are see not, hearing they hear not, neither do
they understand. Rigveda also gives the same message in Book No. 10, Chapter No. 71,
Verse No. 4…‘That though they see the word, they see it not, though they hear the word,
they hear not’.
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(Q) Assalamwaalaikum, If all the major Religions and Scriptures speak about one God, then
does it imply that all these Religious Scriptures - that is Bible, Vedas, etc., are the word of
God - and does it further imply that which ever religion you follow, be it Islam, or
Hinduism, or Christianity, it is one and the same?
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(Dr. Zakir) The sister has asked the question, that I have quoted so many various
Scriptures and proved about the concept of Almighty God - that is Monotheism - does it
simply that all these religious Scriptures I quoted - they are the Word of Almighty God - and
does it imply that irrespective whether you follow, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam, it is
one and the same? Sister, many people have the misconception that Islam came into
existence, and the founder of the religion of Islam was Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon
him), 1400 years ago. In fact Islam is there in existence since time immemorial - since man
set foot on the earth. And the Holy Qur’an says in Surah Fatir, Chapter 35, Verse
No.24…(Arabic)…‘There is not a nation or a tribe to whom We have not sent a
warner’. The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Rad, Chapter No.13, Verse No.7…(Arabic)…. ‘And
to every nation have We sent a guide’. By name only 25 are mentioned in the Holy
Qur’an - But our Prophet Muhammed (Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam) - he said that there were
more than 124 thousand messengers sent on the face of the earth. By name we know only
25, mentioned in the Holy Qur’an - Adam, Moses, Jesus, Solomon, Muhammed, (Peace be
upon them all) - But there were more than one hundred and twenty four thousand
messengers sent. Similarly by name we know only four Revelations of Allah Subhana Wa
Taala, of Almighty God - the Torah, the Zabur, the Ingel and the Furqaan. The Torah is the
‘Wahee’, ‘the Revelation’ which was given to Moses (Peace be upon him), Zabur is the
‘Wahee’, ‘the Revelation’ which was given to David (peace be upon him), Ingel is the
‘Wahee’ ‘the Revelation’ which was given to Jesus (Peace be upon him), and Furqaan, that’s
‘the Holy Qur’an’ is the last and final revelation which was given to the last and final
messenger, Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him). But if you analyze that all the other
Scriptures, - whether are they the word of God or not - Bible, can I say it’s the word of God
or not? We believe in the Ingel, the ‘Wahee’ which was given to Isa Alaysalam - This Bible
that the Christians have today, is not the ‘Wahee’ which we believe in. This Bible does
contain the word of God - It also contains the word of Prophet, and also words of historians,
as well as pornography. It is totally not the word of God - No wonder the Christian scholars,
they are keeping on revising the Bible. We believe in the original ‘Wahee’ given to Isa
Alaysalam - But the present Bible is not the correct ‘Wahee’- It may contain part of the
‘Wahee’. How to check up, which part is true? - We have to check it with the ‘Furqaan’ - And
the Furqaan is the Holy Qur’an. Simlilarly, if you analyze all the messengers that were sent
before Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) - all the revelations that came before Holy
Qur’an… all of these revelations and these messengers were only sent for their people and
their message was supposed to be followed only for a particular limited time period. As the
Holy Qur’an Says in Surah Al-Imran, Chapter No.3, V.49, that… ‘Isa Alysalaam – He was
sent only for the Bani Israel’. The message is repeated in Surah Saff, Chapter No.61, Verse
No.6… ‘that Isa Alysalam, the son of Mary was sent only for the Bani Israel… the children of
Israel’. The same message is given in Bible in the Gospel of Mathew, Chapter No.10, Verse
No.5 to 6, that Jesus Christ (Peace be upon him) tells his disciples that ‘go ye not into the
way of the Gentiles’ Who are the Gentiles? The Non-Jews, the Hindus, the Muslims. ‘Go ye
not into the way of the Gentiles, but rather go to lost sheep of the house of Israel’ - that
means he was only sent for the house of Israel. Jesus Christ (Peace be upon him) said - It’s
mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew, Chapter No.15 Verse No.24 that ‘I have not been sent
but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel’. So all the messengers, and all the revelations -
by name only four revelations are given in the Holy Qur’an.
But there were several revelations of Allah Subhana Wa Taala, like ‘Sugfe Ibrahim’ and
various other Revelations. But all the revelations that came before the Holy Qur’an, and all
the messengers that came before Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) - they were
only sent for their people and for a particular time period. But our beloved Prophet
Muhammed (Peace be upon him), the Holy Qur’an says in Surah Anbiya, Chapter 21, Verse
No.107, it says… (Arabic)…. ‘That We have sent thee, not but as a mercy to the whole
of humankind, as a mercy to all the worlds, as a mercy to all the creatures’. The
Holy Qur’an says in Surah Saba, Chapter 34, Verse No.28 that …(Arabic)… That ‘We have
sent thee not but as a universal messenger, giving glad tidings and warning them
against sin - But most of the human kind yet do not know’. Similarly all the Religious
scriptures that were sent by Allah Subhana Wa Taala, that came before the Qur’an, were
only meant for that people, and for a particular time period. But the Holy Qur’an - it says in
Surah Ibrahim, Chapter 14, Verse 52, as well as Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2 Verse 185, and
Surah Al-Zumur, Chapter 39, Verse No.41, that it was sent for the whole of humanity.
Regarding your question - that are these Scriptures - the Vedas, the Bible, the Zend Avesta,
the Dasatir, the Upanishads - are they the word of Almighty God? What I can say – that we
believe in ‘Injil’ as the word of God - But the present Bible is not the word of God. Regarding
Veda, Upanishad, Geeta, Zend Avesta, Dasatir, I can say - may be they were the word of
God - May be. I cannot say for sure, since the Qur’an does not say that Vedas is the word of
God - I cannot say for sure. I can only say ‘may be’ they were word of God. But even if they
were the word of God, all the Scriptures besides the Holy Qur’an, have been changed by
human beings - they have been corrupted. As a famous critic of Islam, William Myore - He
said 2 centuries before, that ‘the only Religious Scripture which has maintained its purity, is
the Holy Qur’an for 12 centuries. William Myore, who is a very strong critic of Islam - he had
- to agree that this Qur’an has maintained its original purity for 12 centuries - He said this
200 years before. So regarding the messengers, whether Ram…whether Ram whether
Lakshman, all these, were they messengers of God or not? Jesus Christ (Peace be upon
him) - he was - Because the Qur’an says. But the name of Ram and Buddha and Zorastras
is not mentioned in the Qur’an - What I can say, ‘May be they were’ - I don’t know. But
even if they were, they were only meant for that time, and they were only supposed to be
followed by that particular people. The Scriptures that came before the Qur’an, they were
only meant for a particular group of people, and they were only meant to be followed till
that time. So even if they were words of God - Even if the previous messengers were
messengers of God - you only have to follow the last and final messenger - that is Prophet
Muhammed (Peace be upon him). Even if the other scriptures were the word of God, today
you have to follow the last and final message of Allah Subhana Wa Taala, - that is the Holy
Qur’an, and nothing else. Regarding - can you be a Christian, Hindu, Muslim, - is it the
same? No sister it is not the same. Why – Because if you analyze the Holy Qur’an says in
Surah Al Imran, Ch. 3 V. No. 52, that Jesus (Peace be upon him), he was a Muslim. Same
thing, as the Bible says in Gospel of John, Ch. 5, V. No. 30…‘I seek not my will, but the will
of my Father’. If you translate into Arabic, ‘Not my will…God’s will’… It is nothing but Islam
– He was a Muslim. Abraham (Peace be upon him) - the Holy Qur’an says in Surah Al
Imran, Ch.3, V. 67… ‘He was not a Jew or a Christian – He was a Muslim’. So today, if
you have to choose any Religion – the Holy Qur’an says in Surah Al Imran, Ch. 3, V.
19…(Arabic)... ‘The only Religion acceptable in the sight of Allah (swt), is Islam’.
Though the other religions speak about Monotheism – only Monotheism is not sufficient. You
have to believe in Tawheed – You have to do ‘Ibada’ of Allah (swt). That is why the Holy
Qur’an repeats the message in the Surah Al Imran Ch. 3, V.No.85, that… ‘If anyone
desires any other religion besides Islam… submitting will to Allah (swt) – it will
not be accepted of him. And in the Hereafter, he will be among the losers’. Hope
that answers the question.
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(Q) Assalamualaikum I am Adam Khan, I am a Mechanical Engineer by Profession. First, I
congratulate you for the beautiful speech you had delivered. Now my question is, ‘Water’ is
called by different names in different languages - Like in English as ‘Water’, the Hindi as
‘Pani’, in Tamil as ‘Tanni’ - Similarly if God is either called ‘Ram’ or ‘Jesus’ - it is not one and
the same ?
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(Dr. Zakir) The brother had posed a question that – ‘Water’ in different languages can be
called as ‘Water’ in English, ‘Pani’ in Hindi, ‘Tanni’ in Tamil - Similiarly God is one - Can we
not call him by ‘Ram’ or ‘Jesus’, etc. (Peace be upon him)? I mentioned in my talk, the Holy
Qur’an says, in Surah Isra, Chapter No. 17, Verse No. 110... (Arabic)…‘Say call upon Him by
‘Allah’ or by ‘Rehmaan’ by whichever name you call upon him, to Him belongs the most
beautiful names’ You can call Allah Subhana Wa Taala by any name, but it should be a
beautiful name, and it should not conjure a mental picture - It should contain the qualities
of Almighty God. And the same message in repeated in Surah Taha, Chapter No. 20, Verse
No. 8, in Surah Araf, Chapter No. 7, Verse No.180, as well as in Surah Al Hashr Chapter 59,
Verse No. 24 which says… ‘To Allah belongs the most beautiful names’. You can call him by
any name, but it should not conjure up a mental picture. Regarding your question that
‘Water’ is called by different names in different languages - and I know about it – In English
its called as ‘Water’ in Hindi as ‘Pani’, in Tamil as ‘Tanni’ in Arabic its called as ‘Mayae’, in
Surah Al Ambiya, Chapter 21, Verse No.30, In Sanskrit its called as ‘Apah’, - in Bhagwat
Gita, Chapter No. 7, Verse No. 4. In shudh Hindi it’s called as in ‘Jal’, In Gujrati as ‘Jal’ or
‘Pani’, in Marathi ‘Pani’, It’s called as in Kannad, its called as ‘Nir’, in Telugu as ‘Nirr’ and
Malayalam is ‘Vellum’. Various languages you can call. I gave you only 10 examples -
Qur’an gives 99 attributes to Allah Subhana Wa Taala. But there is no objection if you call
‘Water’ in any language, as long as it is water - in any language. But it should be water - it
should not be something else. For example, if suppose someone comes and tells me that… ‘I
have been advised by my friend that - every day in the morning, I should have one glass of
‘Pani’. I know ‘Pani’ means water So I understand what he saying. But then he continues…
‘But when I have that one glass of pani, I feel like vomiting’ I ask him why do you feel like
vomiting? So he tells me… ‘because the water stinks - It is yellowish in colour. Later I
realized that what he is talking is not ‘Paani’, it is ‘Urine’. So somebody told him that you
have one glass of urine - But the name he gave was ‘Pani’. So you now call water by ‘pani’,
‘tani’, ‘maya’ ‘apa’, ‘pani’ no problem - but it should be ‘water’. You can call ‘water’ by any
name - but anything else besides ‘water’, neither can you call it ‘water’, neither can you
call it ‘pani’, neither can you call it ‘tanni’, neither can you call it ‘Mayae’. ‘Water’ as ‘water’
you can call - But ‘something else’ as ‘water’, you can’t call. People may think that what an
‘illogical example - even an ignorant person can make out the difference between Urine and
water. Only a fool will not know the difference between urine and water. And I agree with
him, that ‘even an ignorant person knows the difference between urine and water’. Similarly
those people who know the concept of Almighty God, the correct concept - they say that
‘these people who worship false gods, they are not only ignorant, they are foolish. Can’t
they differentiate between a true God and a false God? You give it any name, but if it’s a
true God, you can give it the name of God. If its not a true God, you are giving false god,
the name of God - Aren’t they foolish?.- They are foolish. For example, if you want to buy
some gold – If there’s a person who comes and wants to sell his gold jewelry to you, and he
says, ‘this is 24 Carat Sona’. You know that ‘Sona’ in Hindi, means ‘Gold’ - In Arabic, it is
‘Zahaba’- You know it very well. But even after knowing that ‘Sona’ in Hindi is for ‘Gold’, yet
you will not just buy it like that - You will verify whether the ‘Sona’, what he is calling ‘24
Carat Sona’, - is it actually 24 Carat Gold or not? You will not just buy it off. What will you
do? You will go to a goldsmith, and verify whether it is actually ‘24 Carat Sona’ or not. And
after verifying with the ‘touchstone’ - you know I gave the example of ‘touchstone’ in my
talk - he tells you ‘it is fake’. Though the Jewelry was glittering - But all that glitters is not
gold. You will verify before buying the ‘Sona’, whether it is actually ‘Sona’ or not. Why? -
Because you have to pay money for it. You Know - You do not want to loose - Because you
know if you loose a thousand Rupees. …. or ten thousand Rupees. – It is precious. So why
don’t you do the same, when anyone says ‘this is God? - You check it up with the
touchstone. Which is the touchstone? - Surah Ikhlas, Chapter No. 112, Verse No. 1 to 4
which says… (Arabic)… ‘Say He is one and only’. (Arabic)…. Allah the Absolute and
Eternal. (Arabic)… He begets not nor is He begotten.(Arabic…..) There is nothing like
Him’. So anyone says ‘this is God’, you first check it up with the ‘touchstone’ whether
actually He is God or not. If he fits in that definition, we have got no objection, accepting
that person who they are calling as ‘Almighty God’. For example, suppose some lunatic - he
says that ‘Muhammed (Peace be upon him) - he is Almighty God’. - A lunatic, if he says
that. You know we Muslims we love our beloved Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) -
We love him - we will do anything for him - we obey him. Even the Non-Muslims - Michael
H. Hart when he wrote a book on “Hundred most influential people in the world, - No. 1 he
gave to the last and final messenger, Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him). Yet…. Yet-
inspite of that, we use the touch stone - Surah Ikhlas. Though we respect him maximum,
amongst all the human beings -yet, we check with the touchstone - ‘Surah Ikhlas’.
(Arabic)… ‘Say He is Allah, one and only’. Is Muhammed - one and only? (May Peace be
upon him). Allah has sent several messengers he is not the only messenger. We agree, he
is the last and final - But Qur’an says, we have to believe in all the messengers - do not
differentiate in the belief of the messengers. Second is …(Arabic)…. ‘Allah the Absolute the
Eternal’. We know that our beloved Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him), he was a
great human being - But he was not Absolute and Eternal. He toiled, he worked hard - His
biography tells us that, he was even stoned many times - he prayed to Almighty God. he
was not absolute the Eternal. Third test is (Arabic...) ‘He begets not, nor is He begotten’.
We know that he was born in Mecca, he had a father and mother, by the name of Abdullah
and Ameena - He had parents. He had children also - Fatima (may Allah be pleased with
her), Ibrahim (may Allah may pleased with him) - he had. He was begotten and he also
begetted. So he is not Allah Subhana Wa Taala for sure. Though we Muslims, we love our
Prophet, we respect our Prophet, No Muslim in his true senses will ever say that Prophet
Muhammed is Almighty God - Never! You know why? Because Allah Subhana Wa Taala has
seen to it, that the Islamic creed, the ‘Shahadah’ says…. (Arabic)… ‘There is no God but
Allah, and Prophet Muhammed is the messenger of Allah’. We say this 5 times a day,
minimum - In the ‘Adhan’, In the ‘Iqamah’, before ‘Salah’, we always say ‘There is no God
but Allah and Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him), is the messenger of Allah’ - He is
the servant of Allah. To see to it - No one however much you may love, he may not equate
him to Allah Subhana Wa Taala. So whoever you are saying is ‘Almighty God’, you use the
touchstone - Whether it be Jesus, whether it be Ram, whether it be Krishna, whether it be
Buddha, whether it be Mahavir - use the touchstone - I have given you the touchstone. On
the day of the judgement, I can give ‘Shahadah’ to Allah Subhana Wa Taala that the
thousands of people that were present here, I showed them how to use the touchstone.
Now the God that you worship… the God that you worship - you apply this formula of
‘touchstone’ to that God. If it passes the touchstone, even I agree, He is Almighty God. If it
does not pass, then you cannot call him God at all - Hope that answers the question.
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(Q) My name is M.D.Marathi - I am a technologist. Before I start, I just like to explain, that
I would like to take the audience from the sentimental plane to a more scientific and
rational plane - I hope I have your permission, please. Today’s school books present the
following information – ‘In the course of evolution - the animal – man, or Homo Erectus,
evolved 2 billion years ago with the brain size of 1000 cc, against the size of 400 cc of the
Apes. Evolution continued with the brain growing to 1400 cc, 200 thousand years ago, and
these animals were known as homosapians. The present form of man was evolved about
35,000 years ago, and is known as
HomoSepians...Sepians. And Propologist have estimated that man developed a speech
center in his brain 50,000 years ago. Now the question is… ‘In this record of development,
when did God originate? And for what purpose?’ No. 2… The progress of science has made it possible to clone all animals, including
man, to produce any number of animals having all desired characteristics. If God ever
existed… how much of the power attributed to God is now left with Him?
meant to say that If God is ever existed… how much of the power attributed to God is now left
with Him? 3rd one : God is described as ‘A Sea of Kindness and Mercy’ - Yet, all leaders of
all religions, when faced with the prospect of death, rush a hospital like the one to next
door - and never to a place of worship, where they preached all their life, - that man lives
and dies by the wish of God - Is there any explanation for this phenomenon?
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(Dr. Zakir) The brother has asked basically 3 questions - First he gave, according to him,
‘the theory of evolution of man’ and said… ‘where does God fit in? Secondly, after God has
created all these things, how much of His power has been reduced? Thirdly, that when you
get sick you run to the hospital, not to the Temple or Church or Masjid - 3 parts of the
question. He said the answer will be short - the question was long … so imagine to give a
detailed answer will take time. Brother, I will like to tell you that what you quoted about the
Homosapiens, etc. - You are talking about ‘The Theory of Evolution’, brother - theory of
Evolution. I am a medical doctor - I have not come across a single book in my life which
says… ‘The Fact of Evolution’. It is ‘Theory of Evolution’. And even I know about the ‘Theory
of Evolution’, and about the Darwin’s theory. Complete answer… refer to my video cassette,
‘Qur’an and Modern Science - Conflict or Conciliation?’ What Darwin said was only a theory.
He wrote a letter to his friend Thomas Thompton in 1881 – ‘That I believe in this theory of
natural selection because …I don’t have any proof…Only because it helps me in Natural
Selection, it helps me in ‘Embryology, in classification in Rudimentary Organ. There is no
book saying ‘the Fact of Evolution’ - All the books say ‘Theory of Evolution’. That’s why if we
have to say to a friend that – ‘if you were present at Darwin’s time - Darwin’s theory would
have been proved right. Trying to insinuate you look like an Ape. There were missing links -
Darwin himself said ‘there were missing links’. You spoke about the ‘Homonoids’- You only
spoke about one wave - I will tell you about all the four waves. The first wave was ‘Lucy’…
Lucy. Lucy was first wave, which name three and a half million years. You talk about 2
million years. I am telling you what Scientists have said 3 million years ago. Lucy - It died
of, by the Ices. The second came the ‘Homoerectus’… Homoerectus… about 500,000 years.
After that came the ‘Neanderthal Man’ - The 3rd wave about 40,000 years ago. And the last
was the ‘Cro-Magnon’. But brother, there is no link between all these stages – It is only a
hypothesis. According to P.P. Grashe… according to P.P. Grashe, who held the Chair of
Evolutionary Studies in Paris, in Shojorn University, in 1971 - he said, ‘it is letting our
imagination run too wild - Just based on vestiges, to say who our ancestors were? I do
know there are some people who speak about Darwin’s theory - I am a medical doctor, I
know about that - but do you know that there are hundreds of Scientists who speak against
it. A few scientists … few scientists speak in favour, - but there are more who speak against
it. For the complete answer refer to my video cassette, ‘Qur’an and Modern Science’. There
are few Scientists… because there is no ‘Fact of evolution’, they say… ‘Let us support a
theory’. Qur’an doesn’t support any theory or hypothesis - Qur’an speaks about facts. So
regarding your 2 million years - Allah Subhana Wa Taala – No beginning - when man came,
no one knows the exact date - no one knows, …assumptions…assumptions…assumptions.
But Qur’an says… ‘The first man was Adam (Alaysalam) and with it came Eve (may Allah be
pleased with her)’. Man hasn’t reached that stage. There is not a single statement in the
Holy Qur’an, which Science has proved wrong yet. Hypothesis go against the Qur’an -
theories go against the Qur’an. There is not a single scientific fact, which is mentioned in
the Holy Qur’an which goes against established science - It may go against theory. So
brother, your thing is only supported by a few people - Not by the majority. Regarding 2nd
part of the question, that… ‘If Allah has created all these things, how less His power has
become?’. You can’t understand Him completely. As the Qur’an says in Surah Anam,
Chapter No.6, Verse No.103… ‘He is beyond comprehension’. I can give you a simile -
Not exactly same. An ocean - If you take a drop out of the ocean, how much does the level
of the ocean go down? How much? How much? Yet…yet, inspite of this, the difference
between Allah becoming less when He creates things, and the difference between the level
of the ocean becoming less is infinite. The level of the ocean may become .000000
somewhere .00 somewhere it will end. But Allah Subhana Wa Taala not even, and not even
a bit, become less. He is ‘All Powerful’ – That is Allah Subhana Wa Taala. If such a God who
becomes less… you do not worship such God who become less. He goes on creating - He
will, sometime lose His power. So this God, He is Eternal, Absolute. As I said in my talk, He
is Absolute and Eternal. Everything depends on Him - He doesn’t depend on anything.
Where did Allah come? Allah was before the Universe was created - Does He fit in? Where
did He get created? - He is uncreated. You are asking me the question when did He came
into existence - He is uncreated. Its like you asking me - that when I tell that my friend - he
told me, ‘That my brother, Tom, he gave birth to a child - Is the child, girl or a boy? I being
a doctor, know very well that a man cannot give birth to a child - So where does the
question come - whether it’s a girl or a boy. So you are asking me when did Allah came
into the picture? Allah is uncreated - because He is uncreated, the question doesn’t arise -
When did He come? He is there - The question doesn’t arise. Regarding the third part of the
question - that when people get sick, they run to the hospital – they do not run to the
temple, they don’t run to the mosque, nor to the church. The brother, may not be knowing -
all the people - I am a doctor, I know, that when the doctors give up - the thing we
doctors say – we doctors say. …Arabic…. ‘It is He who cures’. That doesn’t mean, if a person
gets sick - only go the Temple. Because the Qur’an says in Surah Nahl, Chapter No.16,
Verse 43, as well as in Surah Furqaan Ch. 25, Verse. 59, ‘If you are in doubt, go to a person
who knows - who is an expert.
If you get sick, besides praying to Allah Subhana Wa Taala, go to a person who is an expert
in medicine - go to a doctor. Qur’an says that. But even after going to the doctor, have
faith in Allah, because He is the person who cures you. He can cure you with a doctor or
without a doctor. So Allah Subhana Wa Taala says. ‘We don’t believe in blind belief - No
Muslim scholar will ever say, ‘if you are sick, don’t go to a doctor’. Go to a doctor, but finally
the Person who cures is Allah Subhana Wa Taala. That is why all the doctors when all their
brain, all their science, and all the medicines fail, they say… ‘it is only Allah who can save
you’.
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(Q) Assalaamu Alaikum brother. I am Dr. Qamar Aara and my question - is Christians
explain the concept of ‘trinity’ as well as, ‘that God can take human form’ - by giving the
example that water can be present in 3 states - as ‘solid’ like ice, ‘liquid’ as water, and
‘gas’ as vapour - Yet it is one and the same water. Similarly a person can also be a father, a
brother, a business man at the same time - But yet he is one and the same person - So why
not the father, the son and the holy sprit?
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(Dr. Zakir) The sister has asked the question regarding ‘trinity’. The Christians have the
concept of ‘trinity’, - father, son, holy ghost. Her previous question was - I had proved it
from the Bible, that Jesus (peace be upon him) never believed in ‘trinity’. Now she gave an
example – She has given a human logic, asking a question, that if water can be present in
three states - as Solid, Liquid and Gas - as Ice, Water and Vapour - When water can be in 3
states, why can’t God be? Similarly, the Christian missionaries - they pose the question…
‘Even God Almighty can be present in three forms - the father, son, and holy ghost. But if
you analyze, I do agree matter can be in three states - Solid, Liquid and Gas. But you
should realize that if water is present in 3 states… solid, liquid, gas - as ice, water, and
vapour, in all the three states - the constituents, the component of water is the same...
H2O. Even if its ice, the constituent and component is H2O - Even when it is water it is
H2O - Even when it is vapour it is H2O - Even when it is ice… even when it is gas or liquid, it
is H2O - That’s very important. Now lets analyze the example they gave of ‘trinity’ - Father,
son and holy ghost. In 3 forms if you say… for the sake of argument, I agree - but are the
constituents of all these three things, - father, son, that is Jesus Christ (peace be upon him)
and holy ghost, the same? We know very well that human beings have got flesh and bones
- A spirit and God Almighty have got no flesh and bones. Human beings require to eat -God
Almighty does not require to eat. And the same message Jesus Christ (peace be upon him)
gave - Its mentioned in the Gospel of Luke Ch. No.24, V.No.39 to 43. That, ‘Behold my
hands and feet - Its I myself. Handle me and see - that a spirit has got no flesh and bones
as you see me have. And he gave his hands and feet - And they were overjoyed. To prove
what? that he was not a spirit - he was not God Almighty. And the verse continues ‘Do you
have meat to eat’ and the next verse says that he ate broiled fish and honey comb. To
prove what? - that he was God? To prove that he was not God! Jesus Christ (peace be upon
him) said, ‘A spirit has no flesh and bones, as I have proving that he was not a spirit - he
was not Almighty God. Regarding the second example - sister gave the example, that a
person can be a father, a brother and a businessman at the same time, - So why can’t God
be father, son and holy ghost. It’s a very good example, and I do agree that one person can
be a father, can be a brother, and can be a businessman at the same time. Many people out
here also may be father, brother and businessman at the same time. But if suppose, the
sister of that man tells a secret to the brother, but natural even the father and businessman
will know that secret, because he is one and the same person. If a sister tells a secret to the
brother, who is a father and a businessman at the same time - when the secret is told to
the brother, even the ‘father’ part of that man, and ‘businessman’ part of the man will know
the secret. But when you read in the Bible, in the Gospel of Mark, Ch. No. 13, Verse No.
32, it says ‘Of that day, of that hour, knoweth no man, - no, not even the angels in the
heaven, nor the son of man, but the father’. ‘The knowledge of the hour of that day - no
one knows. Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) said ‘Except the Father’ - not even the angels,
not even himself. If Father -, the God Almighty, and Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), were
one and the same - then if knowledge of hour is known to God Almighty, even Jesus should
know about it (peace be upon him). So this proves that they were not one. Further…
further, if the brother dies, even the man and the businessman will die… If the brother dies,
even man and businessman will die. So when Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), according
to the Bible… according to the Christians, he died on the Cross - do you mean to say even
God Almighty and the Holy ghost died?
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(Q) Assalmu alaikum, I am Riaz Wadgaonkar… and a businessman. Sir, my question is -
Allah is the most appropriate name for God - So besides Qur’an is it mentioned in any other
religions scriptures?
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(A) (Dr. Zakir) – The brother posed the question that ‘Allah Subhana Wa Taala’,as
explained in my talk… is an appropriate name for ‘Allah Subhana Wa Taala’ – ‘Almighty
God’.
Is this name ‘Allah’ mentioned anywhere else in the other Religious Scripture? If you
analyze, most of the Religious Scriptures which have concept of Almighty God - somewhere
or the other, most probably, one of the attributes of God Almighty is ‘Allah Subhana Wa
Taala’. For example, if you read the Bible - in the Hebrew language, they call ‘God
Almighty’ as ‘Elohim’. ‘Him’ is a sign of respect in the Semitic languages. So actually it is
‘Elo’. ‘Elo’ for God. And if you read the Bible Old Testament also, it says, for God, ‘Elo’, or
‘Ela’. And in the English Bible, revised by Reverend Scofield - he gives the spelling of ‘Ela’ as
alternatively, either as ‘El’ or ‘Elah’ or ‘Alah’. It is pronounced as ‘Elah’, ‘El’, ‘Elah’ or ‘Alah’.
We Muslims when we write in English ‘Allah’, - we write ‘Allah’ But Reverend Scofield wrote
‘Alah’. They pronounce ‘Elah’, we pronounce ‘Allah’. When I was in school, I was taught T-O
to, D-O… do, G-O… GO, is what? Not goo… it is go. I was taught B-U-T… but, C-U-T… Cut,
N-U-T… Nut, P-U-T… not Put…But. I said…‘What sort of a language is this?’ They said…‘No,
you have to say B-U-T… but… not boot’. And if I have to pass the examination, even I say
‘BUT’ – ‘but’. Go - is not goo - it is go. I have to, because its their language. Similarly we
know how to pronounce correctly – ‘Allah’. They say ‘Alah’- we say no problem. The right
pronunciation is ‘Allah’. Later on when Reverend Scofield realized what he had done - that
he is coming closer to the Qur’an - may be people took objection - In the Revised Edition
that thing is taken out – ‘Alah’ is taken out. So now when you get those copies… English
Bible - only ‘El’ and ‘Elah’ is there – ‘Alah’ is not there. But inspite of that, yet Alhamdulillah,
by the Grace of Allah Subhana Wa Taala in every Bible, yet the name of ‘Allah’ is there.
Because according to the Bible, when Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) allegedly he was
crucified - its mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew, Ch. No. 27, Verse No. 46, as well as the
Gospel of Mark, Ch. No. 15, V.No.34 - when he was put on the cross, he cried out ‘Elai Elai
Lama Sabac thani’- so as to say ‘Oh God, Oh God, why have thou forsaken me. ‘If you
analyze and ask them that - what is, ‘Elai, Elai Lama Sabacthani’. It is a Hebrew quotation,
but it has been maintained - even in the English Bible. It has been maintained. And then
they translate… ‘Elai Elai Lama Sabacthani’… ‘Oh God, Oh God, why have thou forsaken
me?’. Some people say… ‘the name of God is ‘Jehovah’. So I ask them, ‘does ‘Elai Elai Lama
Sabach thani’ - sound like ‘Jehovah ‘Jehovah’ why has thou forsaken me? They say… ‘No’.
Does it sound like ‘Jesus… Jesus (peace be upon him), why has thou forsaken me?’. They
say… ‘No’. Hebrew and Arabic language are sister languages. If you translate… ‘Elai Elai
Lama Sabactani’ into Arabic… it is ‘Allah Allah Lama Sabachtani’. Does it sound similar? -
Yes! Why? – Sister languages. And the best part of it is that, the Bible has been translated
into more than 2000 different languages - and in every language, this quotation is
verbatim… the same… ‘Elai Elai Lama Sabachtani’ Whether it is a Tamil Bible, Chinese Bible,
Hebrew Bible, any Bible - this Hebrew quotation has been maintained, and the word ‘Allah’
(Subhana Wa Taala) is there, in each and every translation of the Bible. This word ‘Allah’, -
the Guru Nanak, one of the attributes he gave to God, is ‘Rahim’- Also he gave ‘Allah’. If
you read the Hindu Scripture Upanishad - one of the Upanishad is called as the ‘Allo
Upanishad’, and God Almighty is called by ‘Allah’ several times. Even in Rigved…even if you
read the Rigved, the name of ‘Allah’ (Subhana Wa Taala) - one of the attributes is given in
Book No. 2, Hymn No.1, Verse No. 11 - the name - one of the attributes of God Almighty
as, ‘Allah’. They write it as ‘Ila’. But when you pronounce it, we have to tell them -
Pronounce it as Allah. Hope that answer your question.
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(Q) Assalaam Alaikum – My name is Haji Muhammed. Brother Zakir… Brother Zakir, you
mentioned in your talk that Jesus never claimed Divinity. But it is mentioned in the Bible
that Jesus said… ‘I and my father are one’ Does this not simply that he claimed Divinity?
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(Dr. Zakir) Brother has asked a question that I said in my talk, that nowhere does the
Bible say ‘that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) claimed Divinity’ - And he gave a quotation
of the Bible, that Jesus said ‘I and my father one’. What the brother is quoting is, a verse
from the Bible, in the Gospel of John, Ch. No.10, Verse No.30, which does say… ‘I and my
father are one’. But when you ask the Christian missionaries, that… ‘What is the context?’ I
have not yet met a Christian missionary, who can tell you the context without opening the
Bible. He knows ‘I and my father are one’, but he does not know the context. For example,
if I quote to someone, that the Qur’an says, ‘Does not pray’ - Most of the Muslims would be
shocked - what am I saying? And if you open it up, it says… ‘Do not pray’ - but its half the
verse. Surah Nisa Ch.4, Verse No.43, says ‘Do not pray with your mind befogged’ - Do not
pray when you are intoxicated. So if I only quote… Do not pray - It will mean Qur’an says,
‘Don’t pray’ – half the quotation. So for the context, ‘I and my father are one’ - you have to
go to the Gospel of John, Ch. No.10, Verse No. 23, and I am quoting from my memory, that
‘Jesus walked into the temple, in Solomon’s porch’. Verse No. 24 says, and the Jews came
around him and asked him. ‘How long does thou make us doubt? - If thou art the Christ, tell
us plainly’. Verse No.25 says, ‘I told you, but you believe me not - the works that I do in my
father’s name, - they bear witness of me. Verse No.26 says that, ‘you believe not because
you are not my sheep, as I said unto you’. The Jews, they are asking Jesus Christ (peace
be upon him) that ‘Why don’t you speak plainly?’. So he tells them that…‘Yes I am the
Messiah - I have told you clearly, but because you are not my sheep, you don’t believe in
me. Verse No.27 continues…Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) continues saying that… ‘My
sheep - they hear my voice, and I know them - and they follow me. Verse No.28, that… ‘I
give them eternal life - no man can pluck them out of my hand, and they shall not perish’.
Verse No.29 says ‘My father who giveth to me, He is greater than all - No man can pluck
them out of my father’s hand. Then Verse No. 30 says, ‘I and my father are one’ – ‘Any
person who has little bit sense can make out, ‘I and my father are one’ doesn’t mean one -
as one person. It means one is purpose. Verse No.28 says, ‘No man can pluck them out of
my hand – Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) says- ‘No man can pluck them out of my
hand’. Verse No.29 is saying. ‘No man can pluck them out of my father’s hand’. Verse No.30
says ‘I and my father are one’ -In purpose. Both Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) and
Almighty God - they are one in purpose. If I say that my father is a doctor… and he is a
doctor… Alhamdulillah - Even I am a medical doctor. If I say, ‘I and my father are one’ -
What does it mean? It means one in purpose - As medical profession, my father is a doctor
- Even I am a doctor. It doesn’t mean that ‘I and my father are one’. It means my father is
a medical doctor - even I am a medical doctor. But Christians say ‘No.. No – it means ‘one’ -
actual Unity. So we say… ‘Okay, you say actual unity… let us read further’. If you go ahead
in the Gospel of John, Ch. No.17, Verse No.21, it says that, Jesus Christ (peace be upon
him) said that… ‘Ye all of them are one - My father in me, and I in thee, we all are one’.
‘Does it mean that God Almighty, is in Jesus Christ… and Jesus Christ is in all his 12
disciples. So there will be 14 gods - Jesus Christ, God Almighty, and 12 disciples. The same
‘one’ is used there, and here. If you go to the source, the same word is used - If you go to
the Greek… the same word is used - So does it mean you have 14 gods? And among those
disiples, Judas was a traitor -. Even he is God? Thomas doubted Jesus Christ (peace be
upon him ) - is he God? - ‘Peter’ - Jesus Christ says … ‘is satanic?’- Is he also God? No, -
all of them, God Almighty - Jesus Christ and the Apostles, are one in purpose - they are
same. Again if you go 2 verses ahead - Gospel of John, Ch. 17, Verse 23, says that, ‘I am
in thee, and you are in me’… he tells the disciples. Does it make all them God? No! It means
one in purpose. But then Christians will say, ‘I have quoted the first part... why don’t you
quote after that... after Verse No.30 - Gospel of John Chapter 10. Lets go ahead - Gospel of
John, Ch. No. 10, Verse No.31. says, ‘And Jews picked up stones again, to stone at Jesus
(peace be upon him) Verse No. 32, says… ‘And Jesus (peace be upon him) asked them - for
which of the good works of my father, do you stone me?’ Verse No. 33, says that…‘We
don’t’ stone you for any good works, but because you blashpheme – being a man, you call
yourself God – that is why we stone you’. Verbatim…I am reading from my memory - Any
person who wants to check up, can check up. It is there in the Bible - Gospel of John, Ch.
10, Verse 23 onwards… I am quoting. So Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) gives the answer
- the Jews say that see he is trying to blaspheme, calling himself ‘God’. Good riddance -
they want to kill him - good riddance. The Christians say ooh! the Jews called him God
Almighty - See they understood him correctly - for redemption. One wants for redemption -
they are calling him God - the other group of people for good riddance. But the answer is
given in the next verse - Verse no. 34, of John Ch. 10, Gospel of John, Ch. 10, says that…‘Is
it not mentioned in your Scriptures that ye are gods? - and if the person to whom the word’
of God came … if he says… ‘god’ - the Scripture is not broken. If you check up in the Bible,
in the Psalms, Ch. No. 82, Verse No.6, does say that, ‘Ye are gods’. So Jesus Christ gave
the answer, that the person to whom the ‘Word’ of God came, if you call him ‘God’, it is not
blaspheme. It is meaning that… they are one in purpose. Hope that answers the question.
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(Q) Assalam Alaikum, - this is Yaseen Ahmed - I am a Software Engineer by profession.
My question is - the Hindu Pandits and Scholars, agree that the Vedas, and other Hindu
Religious Scriptures prohibit idol worship, but initially because the mind may not be
matured, therefore an idol is required for concentration while worshipping. After the mind
reaches higher consciousness, the idol is not required for concentration. What do you have
to say about it?
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The brother has asked the question, that the Hindu Pandits
and Scholars - they agree that the Vedas is against idol worship, against making an image
of Almighty God - but they give the logic that initially, because the mind is not matured, you
require ‘idol’ to concentrate. Later on, when you reach higher consciousness, ‘idol’ is not
required. If this is the logic, then I would like to say that we Muslims have already reached
the higher consciousness. We don’t require…We don’t require any ‘idols’ to concentrate on
Almighty God - We have already reached the higher consciousness - If this is the logic. But
now let us analyze. Once I was having a discussion with a Swami, from the ISKCON, ‘Hare
Rama Hare Krishna’ - you know its there in Bombay – ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’. He came
to IRF, and we were having a discussion on idol worship. So he gave me the example that
brother Zakir, see when your son asks you, ‘why does it thunder? ‘So you tell him that
‘Aayee maa chacki Peesti hai’. ‘Aayee maa chacki Peesti hai’ – ‘that is the Grand mother in
heaven, she is grinding flour. Why? Because the child is innocent - He can’t understand -
Therefore we give this. Similarly, human beings… because they are immature initially, - idol
is allowed - Later on when they get matured, idol is not allowed. So I tell them… and I told
this, Swami from ISKCON, ‘Hare Rama Hara Krishna’, that I will never tell my child, when
he asks me, ‘why does it thunder?… that ‘Aayee maa chakki peesti hai’ ‘Grandmother is
grinding flour’. You know why, - because to tell a lie, is ‘Haraam’ - Its wrong to tell a lie, in
Islam. You cannot tell…even if it’s a white lie - you can’t say. In extreme cases, certain
cases… when someone puts a gun, and you lie – that’s a different thing - Otherwise normal
circumstances, why should a person lie? Because, if I tell my son, ‘that Aayee Ma chakki
peesti hain’ ‘Grandmother is grinding flour in heaven’ - when he goes to school, and when
the teacher teaches him that the thundering after lightning, is due to expansion of rapidly
heated air - he will think, the teacher is lying And afterwards when he comes to know the
fact he will say ‘my father was a liar’. ‘Ayee Maa Chakki nahin peesti hai’. So this is the
problem. Then why should we say such wrong things? And this philosophy is there, common
amongst all human beings - Common most of them, if not all. And you know, we have… like
people who stay in a building… like, when they play with their children - you know they
throw the toy out – ‘Kawwa lekey gaya’ – ‘Crow has taken it’. - You know. You do the action
of throwing the toy out of the building –‘Kawwa lekey gaya’. Then you find even your child
is throwing out toys. And then when you ask these parents…‘Why are your children throwing
out toys? ‘Woo toh… everyone does - Sab log karte - Sab children phektain hai. The mother
will tell… ‘all the children throw out toys - So if my child throws… what is great?’ All the
children don’t throw - It is because most of the parents do this trick.- Kawa leke gaye. So
even he wants to do that trick - Even he throws it out. My son, Alhamdullillah we are
staying in 9th storey,…9th storey in Mazgaon. My son has never thrown out any toys. You
know why? I have never played that trick with him – ‘Kawwa leke gaya’. So you teach
wrong things and your child remains following wrong things. Best is to give the answer –
Simplify…Simplify and give the answer, to the best of the their understanding. I know the
child… many things, he doesn’t understand - Give the answer in a simple way. But if you
don’t know the answer, you should have the guts to tell the truth… ‘I don’t know’. But most
of the children specially nowadays, they won’t take the simple answer. If I tell my son ‘I
don’t know’ - he will tell me… ‘Abba, why don’t you know?’ So what happens, then we have
to do our homework - We have to go and find the answer - It educates us, as well as our
children. But never tell a lie -You can never let your child grow up on falsehood. There are
other Pandits, when I have discussions, they give me the example that, ‘See brother Zakir,
we don’t know that Vedas are against idol worship, and its wrong to do idol worship. But
initially, in standard one, because the mind is not matured, idol worship is fine - But when
they graduate, then idol worship is not required. So I tell them that if a person goes to
school in standard one, the fundamental, the basics, of any subject should be strong. If the
basics and fundamentals are strong… in future - even the structure will be strong. If the
basics are not strong, the structure may not be strong. So if a teacher teaches in Standard
One… in Mathematics, 2 + 2 = 4. Even after he goes to standard 3,4,5 and he passes
school, when he becomes a graduate, even if he does Ph.d in mathematics, yet 2 + 2 will
always remain 4. He may learn Trigonometry, Algebra, Logarithms…but the basics of
Arithmatics addition 2 + 2, will remain the same. If the teacher teaches wrong things, 2 + 2
is 5, or 2 + 2 is equal to 6, in Standard 1 - what will happen to the student when he
graduates?. Therefore the basics should always be strong - the fundamentals should always
be strong. And these Scholars, they know very well, the fundamentals of the Vedas are
regarding concept of God – ‘that God has no image’. You cannot make any idol of God –
that is the fundamental. I ask these people, that if you know that the followers of your
Religion are doing wrong things, it is your duty to correct them. If your son says 2+2=5,
will you keep quiet…In standard one? You will say – ‘NO’ ‘NO’, let him graduate, and then I
will tell him that 2+2 = 4 -Will you say that? You will correct him initially - you won’t wait
till he graduates. As much as you can explain, you explain. So if you know that the Vedas,
are against idol worship, it is their job to tell the people, that this is the fundamental of
faith. Even in the initial stages, you can worship Allah Subhana Wa Taala, without any idol.
Hope that answers the question.
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The question is, when all believe in one God, why people fight in the name of God,
and in the name of Religion?
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(Dr. Zakir) The person asked the question- that if all the people, all the human beings, or
most of them believe in one God… believe in one type of religion - why do they fight? - Why
are there so much of in fighting, riots, etc. No religion, which I know of, tells that people
should fight with each other unnecessarily - No religion says that. Neither the Qur’an,
neither the Veda, neither the Bible - Unnecessarily you should not. And the Holy Qur’an
says, in Surah Maidah, Ch.No. 5, Verse No. 32, if any one kills any human being, unless it
be for murder or creating mischief in the land, it is as though you have killed the whole of
humanity’. Qur’an doesn’t say, ‘if you kill a Muslim you have killed the whole of humanity -
If you kill any human being, unless it be for murder, or creating mischief in the land, it is as
though you have killed the whole of humanity. So no religion teaches, that people should
fight with each other unnecessarily. Suppose people are trying to oppress you, then most of
the Religions say that you should put that oppressor back in its place. Qur’an says that in
Surah Anfal, Surah Tawba, that if the people try to drive you out of your house, out of your
faith, out of your land, then… you can fight them for self defense. Even the Geeta…the
whole Bhagwad Geeta - it is known as the ‘Nectar’ of the Vedas – Lord Krishna, he is giving
advice to Arjun that… ‘See you fight for the truth - Even if the opposite people are relatives,
don’t stop… If they are in the wrong - you fight. The Qur’an says in Surah Isra, Ch. 17,
Verse 81….(Arabic)….. ‘That when truth is hurled against falsehood, falsehood perishes, for
falsehood in by its nature bound to perish’. The Qur’an is a ‘Healing’ and ‘Mercy’ for those
who believe - It was revealed in stages. But for those who are unbelievers it is nothing but
loss after loss. So basically no Religion tells you to fight, unless in self defense. Even the
police kills the robber, in self defense - Kills the criminals. But yet I do know that people
fight. Why?… Is the big question - You know what’s the reason? Why?… Is the big question -
You know what’s the reason? The reason is, people fight for power, for material things. The
politician - he wants ‘vote’. So what does he do? He instigates a riot…a riot and then you get
marginalized - And then Hindus vote Hindus, and Muslim vote Muslims -Politicians. If a
builder wants a land - You can’t acquire the land because there are 1000 huts there. What
does he do? He instigates a riot on the base of religion - the huts are burned down and then
he builds a big building on that land, for money. So these people, for power, for money, for
material requirements - these people, they instigate the riots. Otherwise, the common
Hindus, the common Muslims – Alhamdullillah, we love each other - We love our Non
Muslim brothers. Bombay… you know Bombay, even during partition, there was not such a
riot as we had a couple of years ago. Were engineered by whom? Politicians! Politicians
engineered it - All because, for power, for material desires. Otherwise, no religion says that
you should fight with one another. We do know - we have similarities - We agree with that -
We have differences also. But a politician, on front of everyone, he will say, ‘Ram bhi
Khuda, … Allah be Khuda’ - Front of you – And behind he goes and engineers riots. See we
don't believe in Pseudo secularism. If suppose two people are there - one person is saying
2+2 = 4, the other person is saying 2+2=5. That does not mean Oh! He is such a good
man, 2+2 is also equal to 4, 4, 2 + 2 is also equal to 5. I am very desh bakth… secular
person. What secular? Hypocrisy! I should have the guts to say-‘see what you are saying 2
+ 2 = 4 is right - what you are saying 2+2=5, is wrong… but I will not fight with you. I will
tell you the truth, I will not fight with you. Then the Qur’an says in Surah Kafirun, Ch. 109,
Verse No. 1 to 6. …(Arabic)…. ‘Say to those who reject faith - I will not worship
what you worship, nor will you worship what I worship. I will not be worshipping
that which you want me to worship, nor will you worship what I worship. To you is
your way, to me is mine’?- To you is your religion, to me is mine.
I will present the truth to him… ‘Bhai, don’t do idol worship... Don’t have wrong concept of
God’. Yet if you have…. (Arabic)… ‘To you is your way, to me is mine’ The Holy Qur’an
says in Surah Baqarah, Ch.2, Verse No. 256…(Arabic)...‘There is no compulsion in religion -
Truth stands out clear from error. If you hold the hand of Allah Subhana Wa Taala, He will
take you from darkness to light. If you hold the hand of the evil one… the devil, he will take
you from light to darkness. The choice is yours. But no Religion says that you should fight
with each other, unnecessarily. Hope that answers the question.
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(Q) My name is Sushil Karamgutkar - Official photographer, All India Radio Vivid Bharti
Service and Bombay Doordarshan Kendra. I have visited Holy country of Islam that is Saudi
Arabia 3 times and spent nearly four years in Saudi Arabia, and watched Islam from closer
distance. Now Dr. Zakir Naik, my question is… there is a Muslim blind person his one eye is
replaced by eye donated by a Hindu person, his kidney… one kidney is replaced by a kidney
donated by a Christian person, and his heart is replaced, by a heart donated by a Parsi
gentlemen. Such a Muslim person, will be allowed to perform prayers in the mosque?
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The brother has asked a question, that he has been to Saudi Arabia - and one person
his eye is from a Hindu, a heart from a Christian, and kidney from so and so various things.
So having eye from another Religion, heart from other Religion, - can you offer Salaah in
the Mosque? The answer is brother according to Islam Every human being is born as a
Muslim. Every heart is a Muslim, every kidney is a Muslim, every eye is a Muslim. What is
the meaning of Muslim? Muslim is a person who submits his will to Allah Subhana Wa Taala.
Every heart, submits its will to Allah Subhana Wa Taala - I am talking about the organic
heart… Organic heart. Organic heart… it pumps blood… the heart of the Christian pumps
blood. the heart of a Muslim pumps blood. The heart of a Hindu pumps blood. The heart is a
Muslim - talking about the organic heart. Eye…the organic eye is a Muslim. But you see
wrong things… I am sorry… I am not telling you. ‘You’… means - the human being see
wrong things. So human being is to be blamed - But the eyes ‘see’. The eye is following the
will of Allah Subuhana Wa Taala. The kidney is doing its job - Its purifying. It’s a Muslim. So
whether a heart taken from a person who is born in a Hindu family, or Christian family -
every heart is a Muslim, every eye is a Muslim, every kidney is a Muslim. He will be very
well allowed to pray in a Mosque. But even if a Non-Muslim wants to come to the Mosque,
he is most welcome. Our beloved Prophet - he had discussions about ‘Concept of God’.
Time didn’t permit me, - the Revelation of Surah Ikhlaas, ‘the Touch stone’, …The Touch
stone of Theology, which I gave to every one, was revealed… When?. When he was having a
discussion with the Christians in a Mosque… and they asked him ‘Who is Allah?’ Now what
can you think?. The Qur’an says ‘You convert all the trees into pens, all the ocean into ink’.
What will he say? – Rahman… Rahim - what answer can He give? The direct revelation
came… ‘Qul’ – ‘Tell them’. ….(Arabic)… ‘Say.. He is Allah the One and Only. (Arabic)…
Allah the Absolute the Eternal. (Arabic)… He begets not nor is He begotten
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As you mentioned in your talk, that Hindus say Sun, Moon, Snake and Monkey is, God.
Basically its not like that - we Hindus don’t believe that the above mentioned things are God
- But we believe that god is everywhere. God is in each and every thing, God is in goat, God
is in air, in fire. Does Islam believe the same? If not, then why? What’s wrong in this?
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The question posed was that they believe that the Moon the, Sun, the trees they
are’nt God… but God is present everywhere. Since God is present everywhere,…therefore
we worship it. What does Islam believe? The Holy Qur’an says that ‘wherever you turn yours
face, you will find Allah Subuhana Wa Taala - Allah is everywhere. But what does it mean?
Are you talking – ‘Allah is present physically?’ 1st question is- ‘Is Allah physical?’ When
Qur’an says Allah is everywhere - Do you mean to say physical? My question is… ‘What do
you mean Allah is everywhere? Is it physical?’.If physical – If you believe Allah is physical,
then you should be able to see Him. No eye can see Allah Subuhana Wa Taala - Its not
physical. The knowledge of Allah is everywhere…the knowledge of Allah is everywhere -
Allah has power over all things - But physically, He is not everywhere. First of all - is God
physical?. So therefore the Qur’an gives the logic in Surah Shura, Ch. 42, Verse No.11,
(Arabic)…. There is nothing unto Him - Nothing like whatever unto Him. So if you give
physical natures to God that’s the reason you worship the ‘idol’. So I am telling you - the
moment you worship the Sun, do you mean to say ‘God is only there, and nowhere else?’
So even if I agree with you – ‘OK, you say God is everywhere - For the sake of argument I
agree’. But then you are worshipping only a small part of God - The tree - very small in
the whole universe … speck.. That means in directly you are saying, ‘God is so small - Only
in the tree, only in the snake’. So therefore if you have to worship - Worship the true God
Almighty. Even though His knowledge is present everywhere, He is present everywhere -
not in the physical form. Hope that answers the question.
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(Q) Assalamualaikum – Dr. brother Zakir Naik - My question is regarding the form of
‘Allah’ -Surah No. 39, Zumar, Verse 67. The translation says… That ‘And on the day of
resurrection, the whole of the earth will be grasped by His hand, and the heavens will be
rolled up in His right hand’. There is also an Hadith in support of this ‘Sahih Al Bukhari,
Volume 6, Hadith No. 336 - Can we just imagine some form of Allah?
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The sister has asked a question – that in Surah Al Zumar, it says .. it
is correct, Qur’an does say, ‘that.. that on the day of Judgement, i.e Resurrection, Allah
Subuhana Wa Taala will hold all the creation’ and there are various verses in the Qur’an,
etc. But if you heard my talk sister, I gave you the keyword. The key… the key to this
concept, is Surah As Shura Ch.42, Verse No. 11 which says …(Arabic)… ‘There is nothing
whatever like Him’. So if Qur’an says, ‘Allah has hands’… people ask me that the Qur’an
says, ‘Allah holds the sky’. What do you mean,… ‘Holds like that?’ If I say, ‘I am holding my
family together’ - Do you mean to say 24 hours I am with my wife and my child?. I am not
holding my wife and child always… yet I am holding them - But I am not holding them, like
that - there are words used. And whenever as I said if Qur’an says – ‘Allah Sees and Hears’.
He Hears - That means Allah has ears like us? He hears - How He hears?… Allah Ho Aalam…
Allah knows. He has a hand - But not like yours and mine… five fingers with nail, and with
this… not like that. He has hands - Yes, He has hands - How He has a hand? …(Arabic)…
‘There is nothing like Him’ How will He do it? - Allah Hu Aalam - He will do it for sure.
Qur’an says He will hold it in the right hand - He will hold it in the right hand. How He will
hold it? With five fingers, or six fingers, - I don’t know. On the day of Judgement…
Inshallah, you and I will witness that.
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As Muslims, we believe that Allah Subhana Wa Taala is ‘Noor’- We cannot attribute any form
or gender to Him. Why then, when we speak of Almighty God, or as written in the Holy
Qur’an - Allah is always refered to as… ‘ He’..
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The sister has asked a very good question and
this question has troubled me for several years. And she asked the question – Allah is Noor,
He has got no form, no gender - So why is it written as ‘Hua’… as ‘He’. And this question, I
asked to various people… you know in India and other scholars - but never got a
satisfactory reply. Then I myself did a little research and then I checked it up with the
experts. That’s when I learned Arabic - The grammar… The Arabic grammar has got only
two genders - Male and Female. English language, three genders – Male, Female, Neutar.
So if you translate ‘Hua’ into English, it can translated as ‘he’ or as ‘it’ - Either ‘he’ or ‘it’
Same as ‘Heya’ -If you translate into English, it can be translated as ‘She’ or ‘It’. That’s
Arabic language… - two genders - English language … 3 genders. So ‘Hua’ if you translate,
you can translate as ‘He’ or ‘it. ‘Heya’ as ‘She’ or ‘it’. So ‘Hua’ in English, if you say – Allah
Subhana Wa Taala is beyond any gender - So why have they used ‘He’. Some people may
say that if ‘Hua’ means ‘He’ and ‘It’, and ‘Heya’ means ‘She’ and ‘It’ – both mean ‘It’. So
why did Allah use ‘Hua’ and not ‘Heya’. Because Qur’an says …(Arabic)…‘Say He is Allah one
and only’. When I learned in grammar… in Arabic grammer, I was told, that in the Arabic
grammar, there are certain rules and criterias for feminine gender… feminine gender, 1st, if
it is feminine in nature like ‘mother’… ‘Ummun’, it becomes a feminine gender. 2nd rule - if it
ends with ‘Toh’. ‘Toh’, - it is feminine gender… like Mirvahatun –fan ending with ‘toh’ it
becomes feminine gender. Allah Subhana Wa Taala is not a female… So it can’t be feminine
- It is not ending with ‘Toh’. Is it ending with ‘Toh?’ - No! So can’t be feminine. 3rd is - it
should end with ‘Bada Alif’… then it becomes feminine. Allah doesn’t end with ‘Bada Alif’…
So it can’t become feminine. And another one - if the pairs of the body – ‘twos’ like eyes…
einum feminine, ‘Yadun’… hand, feminine. Allah is …(Arabic)… Say He is Allah One and
only. ‘It is not fair… so therefore is defection, in default... since it can’t be used as ‘Heya’…
‘It’, that she ‘It’ – Allah uses ‘Hua’ ‘It’. Otherwise Allah Subuhana Wa Taala has got no
gender at all.
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Now in your talk you have mentioned that… and even in your earlier talks which I have
heard...you have mentioned that Jesus in Bible is no where claiming Divinity. I have gone
through a booklet, which was propagating Christianity… and implying that all the sufferings
are healed by Jesus (peace be upon him), and it gives the reference that Jesus is saying, ‘I
am the Lord who heals you’ and the reference was from Exodus Ch.15, Verse No. 26. And
even it went further, saying that in 1st John, Ch. 1 Verse No. 7… The blood of Jesus -
cleanses us from all sins. Now my emphasis is on the 1st reference, where he it is saying,
‘who heals you’. Now doesn’t this imply, or doesn’t it indicate that Jesus is claiming
Divinity?
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The brother is quoting Exodus, Ch.15, Verse 26, and is saying Jesus says… ‘that I
heal you’. Brother, ‘Exodus’ is a part of the old Testament… Old Testament. Jesus Christ
never spoke in ‘Exodus’ – Never I said in my talk – there is not a single unequivocal
statement in the whole Bible where Jesus (peace be upon him), himself says that ‘he is God’
or ‘Worship me’. This is the Bible I have got by the Christians - King James Version. Every
thing what Jesus Christ spoke, is in red - You check it up - This will never be in red. It is
not the words of Jesus - It is word of somebody else. And even if I agree with you, for
sake of argument, that Jesus did say … ‘that he heals’ And the Qur’an does agree with that
- and I said in my talk, we believe that he gave life to the dead, with God’s permission.
He healed those born deaf and blind with Gods Permission. So I have got no objection in
agreeing that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), did heal the people. Its our faith - Even we
believe in it. But whatever he did, as the Bible says in the Gospel of Mathew, Ch.12, Verse
No. 28... ‘He cast out devil by the Spirit of God. Gospel of Luke, Ch.11, Verse No.20 ‘With
the finger of God, he cast out devil. He did everything which bore witness of the Father. So
I have got no objection in agreeing, that Jesus did do miracles. But regarding Exodus, it is
not the word of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) Even if it is I have got no objection,
because whatever miracles he did, Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), said that… ‘This is
done by Allah Subuhana Wa Taala. And again Jesus Christ (peace be upon him ) said in the
Gospel of Mathew, Ch24 Verse No. 24. ‘For there shall arise many false Christs, and false
prophets… and if it is so possible, they shall deceive the very elect’ - Miracle is not the test .
Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) said - Its mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew, Ch. No. 11,
Verse No. 11… ‘Of those that are born of a woman, the greatest person is John the Baptist’ -
those that are born of a woman - the greatest person is John the Baptist. That means, he
was greater even than Jesus (peace be upon him)… because Jesus was born to Mother
Mary. So ‘Amongst all born of a women, the greatest is John the Baptist’ according to Jesus
(peace be upon him). Which miracle did he do? - Not a single. Therefore, miracle is not the
criteria to make him God. Hope that answer a question.
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