Praise of Allah

Since man's mind has more to do with relative ideas, that is to say his ideas are of relative things, even in the understanding of those of His attributes which the Qur'an mentions, man is liable to go astray and fall into error. It is owing to this shortcoming of the human mind that there are many verses in the Koran which attribute to Allah's purity from imperfections which have their seat in the native deficiency of our thoughts.

Has Allah Any Children?

Among these erroneous ideas is the notion that Allah has children. There are people who believe that Jesus-peace be with him- is the son of Allah. There have also been people and perhaps there still are, who fancy that angels are Allah's daughters. In this respect the Holy Koran says:

.. And they falsely, having no knowledge, attributed to Him sons and daughters. Praise and glory to Him! He is far above whatever they attributed to Him. The Creator of the heavens and the earth, wherefrom could He have a child, when He has no consort? And He has created everything and knows everything. That is Allah , your Lord! There is no Allah but He, the Creator of all things. Then worship Him and He is the Guardian of all things. (Sura 6: verses 100-103) This also holds true of creation in general. A better understanding of the creatures is a real help towards better understanding of Allah, the Creator. On the other hand, any kind of deep-rooted error or unfounded fancy about man and universe, particularly Allah's relation to man, universe and to angels leads to an erroneous idea of Allah, the Maker because the knowledge of cause and effect are intimately related.

There are many verses in Koran inviting man to reflect upon himself and the universe in order to acquire a better understanding of Allah. Thus two pertinent verses of Koran read as follows: Sura 3: verses 190-191. It is easy to deduce from these verses the close correlation: Recognition of Allah/cognition (Shenakht, Edrak) of man and universe. The 91st verse of the 6th sura reads as follows: A group of Jews who had dealings with the Meccan's heard that a messenger had arisen from among the Koreish saying: `Allah has revealed to me so that I may rise up against those who take partners unto Him, and to rise up against ignorance and oppression. I have been ordained by Him to place within the reach of men the divine truths, so that all may know Allah and the right way of life, pleasing Him , and to deliver them from error'.

Accepting the truth that Mohammad was the prophet of Allah was for many reasons unpalatable to those Jews, so that they attempted to sabotage the progress and spread of Islam from many directions and eventually decided to fight Islam. They employed various methods in their struggle. One way was to cast doubt in the humble minds of the Arabs. Among other things, they said that it is impossible that Allah should reveal His message to a man and it has not been known of Allah that He has done so. In reply to this the Koran says: `What about the book brought by Moses? From where did it come to him? Is it not true that exactly like the Koran it was sent down as a revelation on one who had been chosen for prophecy, so that he may guide men'. Verily, Moses too was a man to whom a Holy Book had been revealed as well, and that illusory claim-'Allah never sent a revelation to man'- is based on ignorance. The unwise claim by the Jews was directly related to the problem of the revelation, but Koran has considered it as a result of their wrong conception of Allah.