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Who Is Almighty Allah? - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Who Is Almighty Allah? 2022-03-12 670 Views Allah , Almighty God There is no difference of opinion amongst the Muslims that the accepted religion before Allah is Islam and that the only way to know it is through the Book of Allah (i.e. Qur’an) and the practice (i.e. Sunnah) of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Contents THE ESSENCE OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH IS ALLAH VISIBLE?

ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH The present article aims to briefly explain the belief of the Shia Muslims concerning Almighty Allah and proves that the Supreme Being, worshiped by the Shia is the same Allah introduced and preached by the Glorious Qur’an and the noble Prophet of God. THE ESSENCE OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH Sunni Muslims say that Allah has a body, not like the bodies we know. There is a vast material which can be quoted here describing that belief. The Asharites (i.e.

the followers of Abul-Hassan Al-Ash’ari) have the following belief about Allah: “We confess that Allah is firmly seated on His Throne …; We confess that Allah has two hands, without asking how…; We confess that Allah has two eyes, without asking how…; We confess that Allah has a face We confirm that Allah has a knowledge ….We affirm hearing and sight, and do not deny that, as do the Mu’tazila, the Jahmiyya, and the Khawarij ….We affirm that Allah has a power…(1)” On the contrary, the Shia Muslims believe that Allah does not have a body.

We believe that Allah is One, unique, and there is nothing is like Him. He is Eternal; Hearing, Seeing, Omniscient, Living, Omnipotent, and above every need. He cannot be described in terms of substance, nor body, nor form, nor accident, nor surface, nor heaviness, nor lightness, nor color, nor movement, nor rest, nor time, nor space.

He is above all the descriptions which can be applied to His creatures (2).” “He is away from both extremes: Neither is He just a non-entity (as atheists), nor He is just like other things. He is Existent, not like other existing things”(3). Of course, there are some verses in the Qur’an which ascribe the words used for limbs to the divine essence. However, according to the explanations of our Imams (peace be upon them), those expressions are used in metaphorical, not literal, sense.

For example, the verse: “Everything is to perish except His Face” (4) means ‘except His Essence’.