Who is Allah/God? (7)

"Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names." Quraan 20:8

اللَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ لَهُ الأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى
طه : ٢٠

Who is Allah/God? (6)

"He is Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah, the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible. He is the Beneficent, Merciful.

He is Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him).

He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise." Quraan 59:22-24

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

الحشر : ٢٢-٢٤

Who is Allah/God? (5)

"He, is the Hearer, the Knower." Quraan 8:61

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
الأنفال : ٦١

He hears everything and knows about all things.

Does Allah have ears?
We need ears to hear because we are made of materials unlike Him, He is beyond materials and laws of physics, He can hear everything but without ears; If you don't have something how can you give it?! He gave us the capability of hearing but our capability is limited where His is the ultimate.

Who is Allah/God? (4)

"Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful." Quraan 2:37

إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
البقرة : ٣٧

Relenting means that Allah will keep relenting and forgiving the repentant as long as he is alive and honest with his repentance and has no intentions at all to recommit the sin, this approach towards the sinner shows how Merciful He is.

Allah does not love to punish/torture us! He doesn't even need to!

"What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for His mercies) and believe (in Him)? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware. " Quraan 4:147

مَّا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَآمَنتُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا
النساء : ١٤٧

Who is Allah/God? (3)

"He is knower of all things." Quraan 2:29

وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
البقرة - الآية ٢٩

Isn't He the Creator of all things?

Who is Allah/God? (2)

"Allah is able to do all things." Quraan 1:20

إِنَّ اللَّه عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
البقرة - الآية ٢٠

Isn't he the creator of everything?

Who is Allah/God? (1)

"...., the Beneficent, the Merciful,
...., Lord of the Worlds,
The Beneficent, the Merciful,
Master of the Day of Judgment." Quraan 1:1-4

١..... الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

.... رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

الفاتحة - الآيات ١-٤

Those verses are all from the first Surah (chapter) in Quraan which is called 'Al Fatiha' which means 'The Opening'. This Surah has to be recited by Muslims twice in each prayer, there's five prayers a day, means it has to be recited ten times a day, the word 'merciful' is mentioned four times in two forms (merciful & beneficent) so that's forty times.

Forty times a day Muslims remind themselves of how Merciful the Creator is and how we should be merciful among ourselves non-Muslims in general & Muslims in particular. The word 'Beneficent' is believed to be covering all the living beings and the word 'Merciful' is believed to be covering Muslims in particular.

The question is, do I practice what I recite? or I talk the talk and don't walk the walk? As a Muslim I need to evaluate my mercy between now and then to see how merciful I'm with people/things around me. I think the lowest level of mercy is not to be ruthless, if my mercy is below that level then something is fundamentally wrong with me!