The Quran (Koran) speaks at length about the attributes of God (Allah in Arabic). In fact, serving God alone and “associating none with Him” is the primary teaching of Islam and the most recurring theme of the Quran. Yet, one might ask, “Who – or what – really is God?” Here are five key facts about God from the Quran that address this fundamental question and explain the concept of God in Islam.
1. God is the Creator of the Universe
God formed the universe and all that exists, including ourselves, while He is the uncreated, the eternal. He is the originator (Al-Khaliq), the evolver (Al-Baari), the shaper of beauty (Al-Musawwir).
“Have those who rejected [the word of God] not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We [i.e. God] separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?” (Quran 21:30)
2. God is Incomparable
God is unique in the degree of His attributes, and none has a share in His divinity. He is free from any deficiencies and is far beyond human weaknesses and desires.
“Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.” (Quran 112:1-4)
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3. God is Near
God knows what is in our hearts and hears all our pleas. We do not require any intermediary to reach Him; we have a direct, one-to-one relationship with Him, activated by praying to Him personally. He is, in fact, closer to us than we might be able to perceive.
“And We [i.e. God] have already created the human and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.” (Quran 50:16)
4. God is Not in Need of our Worship
God does not require worship from anyone – it neither benefits nor hurts Him. Yet, He commands us to serve Him so that we may be rightly guided and become better human beings.
“O people, serve your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous.” (Quran 2:21)
“O people, you are the ones in need of God, while God is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.” (Quran 35:15)
5. God is the Light of the Heavens and Earth
While the nature of God (“What God looks like”) is beyond human perception, He has described Himself as the light of the heavens and the earth – an abundance of pure and perfect Light!
“God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. God guides to His light whom He wills. And God presents examples for the people, and God is Knowing of all things.” (Quran 24:35)
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Thank you Ammar for the knowledge I didn’t know that.
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Jazakillah khair for your comment, Saba. In English, it is perfectly acceptable to refer to oneself as “we”. This is known as the “royal we”. Allah sometimes refers to Himself as “We” in the Quran’s Arabic text, and if that is changed in the translation, it would be equivalent to changing the Quran. I have used the Quran translation by Saheeh International in this article. However, other English translations also use the “royal we”, which you can easily check by typing “Quran 21:30” on Google and seeing the various translations that appear. Hope that helps.
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Read your article once again.
Could you please correct the pronoun in translations in 1st and 3rd attribute.
It might have been taken from Urdu translation in which “hum” refers to single person also. In Urdu speaking one can use ‘hum’ for more graceful speaking but in English speaking ‘I’ and ‘I am’ is good enough.
I hope you edit the lines.
May Allah bless you and make your way easier, Ameen.
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Thanks for your comment, Bijbelvorsers.
I agree with you that many people fail to grasp the perfect attributes of God or just do not believe in them. The Quran is full of His divine attributes, and it sums up the most important of them in the following verses, which Prophet Muhammad described as being equivalent to one-third of the entire Quran in meaning:
“Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.” (Quran 112:1-4)
Peace and regards
Ammar
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Too many people who say they worship God, adhere a wrong god.
People may not forget the most important quality of God, namely that He is an eternal Spirit Being, no man see, and Who is the Source of everything. God has no beginning (no birth) and no end (no death) and is the Responsible One (hence Allah having no plural form) Who is the Only One Who created the universe and knows everything, being incompatible to any other living being.
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