RENAISSANCE MAY 2022

Faith & Beliefs 39 Monthly Renaissance May 2022 they fill it up with anything they find even if it is unsuitable. In contrast, the Qur’ ā nic reasoning produces proof of a God Who possesses all good attributes; Who has created the world by His Will and is nourishing and sustaining the evolution of the world through His wisdom and mercy. It is not as if just as the earth is receiving involuntary light from the sun, the earth too came into existence through an involuntary act of God and receives involuntary benefit from Him. It is also not as if He has become indifferent from the daily happenings in the world after creating it, to the extent that if He disappears, the world would not suffer in any way, as was the view of Greek philosophers. Instead, He controls the planning and operating system of the entire universe; His knowledge encompasses the minutiae and the whole, simultaneously; He is aware of everything that enters the earth and all that descends from the skies. All good and evil is in His hands; He is the One who gives existence to light and darkness. Without His command, no particle can move from its place and no leaf can fall from its branch. He is omnipotent and omnipresent. When there was nothing, He was and when there will be nothing, He will be. He is the Creator; the Sublime; the Artist; the Giver of sustenance; the Wise and Powerful; the Merciful and Compassionate; the Magnificent and Possessor of absolute knowledge; the Dominant and Wrathful; the Giver of Peace and the Protector; the Great Forgiver and the One Who covers sins; the Holy and the Source of Peace; the Sovereign and the Lord; the Merciful and the Loving; The Guide and the Generous One. He is free of want and is the refuge for all. He is father of no one and the son of no one. There is no one who is of His race or community. c. The third point we have understood is that the attributes of God have certain requirements. Just as He is unique and without any associates in these attributes, there is no one who shares these requirements. For example, if He is the Creator, He should be accepted as the Lord; His instructions should be followed; He should be obeyed and served in every aspect of life. If He is the Giver of sustenance, He has to be the centre of true gratitude and true love: all other gratitude and other loves are subject to gratitude and love for Him. If he is the Giver of Peace and the Protector, He should be relied upon completely and help should be sought only from Him. He only should be prayed to. If He is