In human history, the prevailing trend has never been to choose an option between God and no-God. The trend has generally been to choose between God and gods. The concept of no-God is, in fact, a sceptical category of reason in the garb of assertion. The overwhelming majority of humanity has been believing in God or associates gods and goddesses wi...

The Holy Qur’an is full of descriptions of Allah. However, verses from five places are noted hereunder to give an idea of how Allah is introduced in the Qur’an.(1)  There is nothing like Him. [The Qur’an 42:11](2)  Say, He is Allah, The One and Only; Allah, the Eternal Absolute; He begets not, nor was He begotten; And th...

Several inhabitants of Makkah enquired from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) about the ancestry of Allah. This was not any strange question in view of the religious concepts of the world at the time the Holy Prophet began to preach the message of the Qur’an. The idolatrous polytheists were worshiping gods made of ...

Unqualified Monotheism is the characteristic feature of Islam. Islam calls for an unshakable belief in the existence of God. Then, one must know the attributes of God. It is the knowledge of the attributes of Godwhich enables man to cultivate the noblest of human qualities and to fashion his life in virtueand godliness. If a man does not know that ...