Allah: the only real truth
- Updated On Friday, 15 August 2014
- Written by A group of writers
- Editor Kawther Rahmani
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Monday, 01 November 2010
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If we look into the question deeply, we come to the conclusion that there is nothing but Allah and that His glory is not but He himself. However, to illustrate this truth we cannot conceive of any example which may fit precisely. The simile of a shadow and the thing which casts a shadow is unfortunately defective. The relation between Allah and His glory can best be illustrated by the example of the sea and its waves; perhaps this is the closest similitude. As we know, the waves of the sea are not separate from the sea itself; the sea is not the waves, although the waves are the sea. When the sea vibrates, the waves rise in the water. The sea and its waves appear to us to be separate from each other, but the waves are a temporary phenomenon. They are again merged into the sea. In fact, the waves do not exist independently. This world is also like a wave. Yet even this similitude is not perfect, for no similitude can properly illustrate the relation between Allah and His creation. We can only articulate something only as far as we can perceive it. There are two aspects to this question. On the one hand, there are a number of general conceptions like the names of Allah, the names of His attributes and His actions and various stages and stations. These are the conceptions we can perceive. The second stage is that of adducing arguments to prove that Allah and His glory are not separate from each other. To prove this it is said that Allah is pure and absolute existence that can in no way be qualified or limited and undoubtably the unqualified and unlimited existent is absolute. The absolute existence must be perfect, unlimited and free from all restrictions and deficiencies. The attributes of Absolute Existence must also be absolute and unspecified. Neither Allah's mercifulness is specified or limited nor is His compassionateness nor is His divinity.