The concept of God (Allah) in Islam. (Post 18)

God has no gender, nor shape, nor form that we can comprehend. He is One, Alone, Single, Eternal, Everlasting, Knowing, Living, Hearing, Seeing, Majestic, Clement, Merciful, Compassionate, without resembling creation in any respect; that His Essence does not resemble the essences of created beings, that He is not contained by space, nor affected by time.

One of the great scholar said in a discourse: "'Before' does not outstrip Him, 'after' does not interrupt Him, to' does not join with Him, 'in' does not inhabit Him, 'when' does not stop Him, 'over' does not overshadow Him, 'under' does not support Him, 'opposite' does not face Him, 'behind' does not take hold of Him, 'before' does not limit Him, His pre-existence preceded time, His eternity preceded limit. before is after Him...

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Shahi Qila decorative work in Lahore Paklistan (297)

Shahi Qila Lahore Pakistan. Decorative work.

Sufism and Islamic sprituality by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr. (Post 154)

A link to a talk on Islamic spirituality and Sufism by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr of George Washington University. He is regarded as an authority on Islam and Sufism. His under graduate degree is in physics and mathematics from MIT. Masters from Harvard in earth sciences and a PhD in history of science and philosophy also from Harvard in 1958. He has published about 50 books and several hundred articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VB5-l299Ikc&t=298s

Sorces that I have used for my blog. (Post 167)

Sources that I have found useful in preparing material for my blog. I hope it will assist others to access information. It is a good practice to consult more than one reliable source.The sources are; Oxford encyclopedia of Islamic world. at , http://www.oxfordreference.com /view/10.1093/acref/9780195305 135.001.0001/acref-97801953051 35 .. It is an excellent but it costs $199 a year. University of Georgia. www.uga.edu/islam by Dr Alan Godlas. It is a comprehensive site on Islam and Sufism. All material on Islam is in one place and it us free. Princeton University. https://www.princeton.edu/~hum comp/scholars.html . It has all Muslim scholars of the Golden age of Islam in one place. Fordham University. internet Islamic history source book at; https://sourcebooks.fordham.ed u/islam/islamsbook.asp Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy at; www.plato.stanford.edu/entries /omar-khayyam . Ibn Sina, Ibn Arabi , Al Kindi a...

Islam and Sufism an introduction

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