Two Questions Every Muslim Should Know The Answer To!

Where is Allah (SWT)?

If you answered: Allah (SWT) is everywhere then your answer is wrong!

Answer: Allah (SWT) is on His 'Arsh, (Throne) which is over the heavens and the earth!

“...His Kursi (Footstool) doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. For He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).” Qur'an 2:255

“Verily your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then He established Himself on the 'Arsh (Throne) (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?” Qur'an 10:3

“He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between in six days, and is firmly established on the 'Arsh (Throne) (of authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any acquainted (with such things).” Qur'an 25:59

“It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all between them, in six Days, and then He established Himself on the 'Arsh (Throne) (of authority): ye have none besides Him, to protect or intercede (for you): will ye not then receive admonition?” Qur'an 32:4

Foot Note in “The Noble Qur'an” at 2:255

“Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: The Kursi compared to the 'Arsh is nothing but like a ring thrown out upon open space of the desert.” If the Kursi extents over the entire Universe, then how much greater is the 'Arsh. Indeed Allah (SWT), the Creator of both the Kursi and the 'Arsh, is the Most Great!

Fatawi ibn Taimya Vol. 5 Page 54-55: Ibn Taimya said:

(a) Chapter: To believe in the Kursi,
(b) Chapter: To believe in the 'Arsh (Throne). It is narrated from Muhammad bin Abdullah and from other religious scholars that the Kursi is in front of the 'Arsh (Throne) and it is at the level of the Feet!

Conclusion: Allah (SWT) is not in His creation! He (SWT) is over His Creation!

Is the Qur'an a creation of Allah (SWT)?

Answer: NO!

The Qur'an is Allah's (SWT) Speech; therefore, it is a part of Allah (SWT)!

Proof by Sheikh `Abd al-Rahmân al-Barrâk
The Qur’ân is the speech of Allah. He revealed it to Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is preserved in the hearts of people. Allah says: “Nay, here are signs self-evidence in the hearts of those endowed with knowledge.” [Sûrah al-`Ankabût: 49].
It was revealed by Allah. It was not created. Allah has already spoken it and transmitted it to Gabriel who is also referred to as al-Rûh al-Amîn and Rûh al-Qudus (The Holy Spirit).

It was revealed in the language of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Allah says: “With it came down the truthful spirit, to thy heart that thou mayest admonish, in the perspicuous Arabic tongue.” [Sûrah al-Shu`arâ’: 193-195] and says: “Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in truth” [Sûrah al-Nahl: 102].

The Qur’ân has a beginning and an end, and the Qur’ân is not the only speech of Allah to have been revealed. The Bible, the Torah, and the Psalms which were sent to Moses, Jesus and Dâwûd respectively (peace be upon them all) are also the speech of Allah. The speech of Allah cannot ever be enumerated. Allah say: “Say: If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid” [Sûrah al-Kahf: 109] and says: “And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink) with seven ocean behind it to add to its (supply), yet should not the words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing)” [Sûrah Luqmân: 27]

The sense of Allah’s speech has no end as it has no beginning. This means Allah is still speaking, if He wills, for whatever He wills and in the way He wills. The single instances of speech, such as when Allah spoke to Moses (peace be upon him), have a beginning and an end.

Note: Since the Qur'an is Allah's (SWT) Speech then the physical books are not the actual Qur'an; they are only physical representations of the Speech of Allah (SWT)! Therefore no one can destroy the Qur'an!

Compiled by: Imam Akmal M. Muhammad

Invocation of Idris (AS)

       O Allah, Praise be to You, there is no god but You, Lord and Heir of everything You have created!

O Lord of all lords highly Exalted!

O Allāh, Who is praised in everything He does!

You Are indeed Merciful and Compassionate to everything!

You are the Everlasting while nothing alive needs to sustain Your domain!

 O You Sustainer of everything from Whose knowledge nothing escapes, nor keeping it tires You!

O One Who remains when everything starts, then ceases to be!

O You Who is Everlasting without an end, nor does Your domain ever ceases to be!

O One Who is unlike any other!

O You Who starts the creation of everything, Who has no peer, nor can anyone truly describe Him!

O Great One! No mind can ever grasp Your greatness!

O Originator of everything without a peer, Unique!

O Pure and Purifier of every ill through His sanctity!

O You Who suffices everyone, Who gives His creation in abundance out of His bounty!

O Pure of any injustice which displeases Him, nor does injustice ever mingle with His doings!

O Compassionate One Whose mercy has encompassed everything!

O Giver Whose bounty has overwhelmed all His creation!

O One to Whom all servants owe everything, and through Whose power all are subdued!

O Creator of those in the heavens and those on earth, and to Whom all shall return!

O Helper of everyone who pleads to Him, everyone in distress, everyone who needs to be helped, and the One Who can be relied on!\

Lord! No tongues can ever do justice while attempting to describe the greatness and dignity of Your domain!

O Originator of everything that needs to be originated, without being in need of Your creation to originate anything You please!

O Knower of the unknown! Nothing that you safeguard can tire You!

 O You Who shall repeat the creation after its extinction, when the creation are raised again, responding to and fearing Him!

 O Clement One, Patient! Nothing in Your creation may be compared to You!

O You Whose deeds are praised, Who is ever-giving to His creation out of His Grace!

O Gracious One Who has nothing in existence to compare to Him!

O Vanquisher Whose Might is devastating, Whose revenge is unbearable!

O Lofty One Who is near despite His Loftiness!

O Powerful One Who makes everything easy through the might of His domain!

O You, Light of Everything! Your Light dispels every darkness!

O Holy and Pure One! There is nothing like You!

O near One Whose nearness is nearer than everything else!

O Sublime One in the heavens Whose loftiness is more sublime than anything else!

O Originator of everything! You repeat the creation of things even after their extinction through Your might!

O Great One Who is above everything! Justice is Your command; true is Your promise!

O Glorified One Whose Glory no minds can ever conceive!

O Generous One when Forgiving, Just! Your Justice has filled everything!

O Great One worthy of all the best praise and glory! Your Greatness never humiliates!

O Wonderful One! All tongues can never count Your Signs or utter the praise due to You! I pray You, on Whom I rely in every distress and with Whom I seek refuge in every calamity, by the greatness of these Attributes to grant me a security against the penalties of this life and the life to come, and I ask You to shun through them everything evil and everything I dread, and to divert the eyes of those wrong-doers who wish to inflict on me the wrong which You have prohibited of the evil of what they hide and change it into the goodness which they do not have and which none has other than You!

O Glorious One! Do not let me, Lord, rely on my own self so I become unable to bear it, nor on people so they might inflict harm on me! I pray You not to disappoint me while I have set my hopes on You, and do not torment me while I have invoked You! Lord! I plead to You as You have enjoined me to plead; so, answer my plea as You have promised! Fill my life-span with goodness and my fate too, and do not change the soundness of my body nor let my luck fail! I invoke You not to change my friend into a foe, and I seek refuge with You against all deadly illnesses, against poverty, humiliation, and bad company! Lord! Divert my heart from anything which does not benefit me on my journey to You, nor do I benefit from it on the Day when I meet You, be it permissible or prohibited, and grant me the ability to shun it and despise it seeking Your pleasure in its regard!

O You Who Has mercy more than all those who are merciful! Lord! Praise is due to You for all Your generous gifts, and praise is due to You for all Your successive boons whereby You shielded me against evil consequences, and my deeds did not dissuade You from forgiving me, and You protected me and endeared to me the blessings with which You have blessed me and even continued to grant me out of Your generosity and forgiven the ugly sins I have revealed to You which I have committed! Lord! I pray You in every Attribute which is Yours and which obliges You to answer the plea when invoked! I pray You in the right of everyone who has a right with You of those who are Your servants to send blessings unto Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, and unto his progeny, and to effect evil against anyone who plots evil schemes against me, to take away his hearing and sight from before him, from behind him, from his right side and from his left, and to keep him away from me through Your Might!

O You with Whom there is no other god to call on!

 O You besides Whom there is no creator to be feared!

And O You besides Whom there is no other god to be feared, nor a vizier to be approached, nor a care-taker to be bribed, nor a door-man to be called on!

O You Who does not topple His generosity of giving except by giving even more, nor does He follow up His forgiveness of the sins except with more forgiveness! I pray You, Lord, to send blessings unto Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and to deal with me in a way worthy of You, for You are worthy of all piety and of forgiving. Lord! This is my plea, and from You do I seek the favor of a favorable response. This is my endeavor and on You do I rely; and there is no power nor might except in Allāh, the Sublime, the Great. Amen!

Note this du’a has forty of Allah’s (SWT) attributes! After reciting this du’a say your personal du’a and say Amen after your du’a! Compiled by: Imam Akmal M. Muhammad