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Who Is Almighty Allah? - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Who Is Almighty Allah? 2021-06-15 491 Views There is no difference of opinion amongst Muslims that the Religion of Allah is Islam that the only way to know Islam is through the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of The Holy Prophet (pbuh&hf).

The present article aims to deliver the opinion of Shia Islam concerning Almighty Allah briefly and proves that the Allah that Shia Muslims worship is the same Allah that The Glorious Quran and the Prophet introduced us to pray. Contents PERSON OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH IS ALLAH VISIBLE? ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH PLACE OF REASON IN RELIGION LUTF: GRACE ALLAH’S PROMISES WHY BELIEVE IN ALLAH? PERSON 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. But as all the Sunnis nowadays are Asharitc (followers of Abull-Hassan Al-Ash’ari), It would note down his belief on this subject. He says: “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) but We, the Shia Muslims believe that Allah does NOT have a body.

“Verily, Allah is One, unique, nothing is like Him, He is Eternal; Hearing, Seeing, Omniscient, Living, Omnipotent, above every need, He cannot be describe in terms of substance, nor body, nor form, nor accident, nor line, 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 He is just a non-entity (as atheists and in a lesser degree Mu’tazilites implied), 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 person of Allah. However, according to the interpretation of our Imams, they are used in metaphorical, not literal, sense.

For example, the verse: “Everything is mortal except His Face”(4) means ‘except His Person’. Surely, even the Sunnis cannot say that only the Face of Allah will remain, while all His so-called limbs will die!