From: hra2@Lehigh.EDU (Hibatur Rahman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 2)
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:14:11 GMT

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The following article is taken from a booklet title "The Light of Revelation
-A Glimpse of The Meanings of The Final Divine Revelation To Humankind- The
Quran" published by Islamic Outreach-ABIM 3402 Jalan Ampang Hilir 2, 55000
Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA.  Tel: 6-03-457-4608  There is NO COPYRIGHT for this
booklet.  Any organisation or individual wishing to reproduce the booklet may
do so freely.  An acknowledgement would be appreciated.
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FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 2)

                            Know Thy Lord

He is God,
There is no God but He,
He is the knower of the Unseen and the Visible
He is the All-merciful, the All-compassionate.

He is God
There is no God but He.
He is the King, the All-holy, the All-peaceable;
the All-faithful, the All-preserver
the All-mighty, the All-compeller,
the All-sublime.
Glory be to God, above that they associate!

He is God,
the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper.
To him belong the Names Most Beautiful.
All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies Him:
He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.
                                                    (Hashr 59: 22-24)

Say: He is God,
the One and Only;
God, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten
and there is none like unto Him
                                                    (Ikhlas 112: 1-4)

For ye do worship idols beside God,
and ye invent falsehood.
The things that ye worship besides God
have no power to give you sustenance:
Then seek ye sustenance from God,
serve Him and be grateful to Him,
To Him will be your return.
                                                    (Ankabut 29: 17)

They take their priests and their monks
to be their Lords in derogation of God,
and they take as their Lord,
Christ the son of Mary;
yet they were commanded to worship One God:

There is no god but He,
Praise and glory to Him:
Far is He from having the partners
they associate unto Him.
                                                    (Tauba 9: 31)

God!  There is no deity except Him,
the Living, the Eternal!
Slumber does not overtake Him, nor does sleep
What the Heavens hold and what Earth holds
belongs to Him.  Who is there
to intercede with Him except with His permission?
He knows what lies before them and what's behind them,
while they comprehend nothing of His knowledge
except what He may wish.
His seat extends over Heaven and Earth;
preserving them both does not overburden Him.
He is the Sublime, the Almighty!
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 255)

    From the beginning of mankind, the first of all revelations is the guidance
in the understanding of the ONE TRUE CREATOR GOD - Who He is and who He is not.
This knowledge forms the basis of true faith.  It is rational and frees man
from worshipping inanimate created objects which have no capability even to
create itself.  How then is it going to help those who worship it?

    In trying to understand God, we are told to look into our own existence and
the existence of this whole universe.  When we rationally think about the
methodical arrangement of this whole complex universe, we have to admit that
there is definitely a Creator.  Do you think it is rational to say that
nothing created us or can we ever created ourselves?

TO BE CONTINUED (God Willing)
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