Thus European Islamicists each with his deep view and...

Thus European Islamicists each with his deep view and research- have all acknowledged the omni-sideness of Islamic laws and its universality. Now let us investigate some aspects of this universality: The God of Islam and the Qur’an The God of Islam is the Preserver of all worldly things. He is not the god of a tribe, for some special group only.

At prayer we say: al-hamdu lillahi rabbil-alimin - 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the world.' (1;2) Every moment, in every place, whenever He wants, He brings into existence; there is no limitation on His Essence. He has authority over all existent things: ‘Blessed be He in Whose hand is the Kingdom - He is powerful over everything.” (67:1) He is aware of the manifest and the concealed, the past and the future, and everything, even what is in our hearts.

“He knoweth whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and He knoweth whatever you conceal and whatever you declare, and Allah knoweth whatever is in the breasts.” (64: 4&11) Being with Him is possible in every place; there is no need to travel or to pass by a doorman. He is nearer to us than anything.

“We are nearer to him (man) than his jugular vein.” (50:16) He is a reality without parallel, beyond all human attributes and likenesses; He is not like the gods of other altered religions who have become man-like or like something created. Therefore He has no place, for He created place. He is not contained in- time, for He is the phenomenaliser of time. He is not associated, nor has He any beginning or ending. Therefore, He has no like or similitude.

“Like him there is naught; He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.” (42: 11) His Essence is beyond sleep, tiredness, remorse and so forth. “Slumber seizes him not, neither sleep.” (2:254) “Say He is Allah One.” (122: 1) He is One without equal; He has no son or mother or Tawhid, neither partner nor associate. This is the reality in Surah Tawhid which Muslims recite many times each day in prayer so as to be far from the possibility of associating something with Him (shirk).

The God of Islam is a God with all the attributes assigned to the pure, sweet tongue of the Qur’an with an understanding wider, more magnificent, greater than can be conceived by created intelligences.