I cannot comprehend the truth that Allah (SWT) has infinite Qudrah (omnipotence) power. Is my faith in danger because of these Questions?
Dear Brother / Sister,
You should not fear that your belief is imperiled because of these questions. You can feel comfortable. These questions show that you have belief.
The answer of to such Questions is the utterance of “Allah is Most Great!” That is Allah (SWT) is the greatest and have enough power for all things.
Badiuzzaman Said Nursi evaluated this subject as follows:
The way to silence this wile of Satan’s is “God is Most Great!” And its true answer is “God is Most Great!” Yes, “God is Most Great!” being the most frequently repeated of all the marks of Islam is in order to eliminate this wile. For it is through the light of “God is Most Great!” that man’s impotence and lack of power, weakness and lack of strength, and narrow thought see such infinitely vast truths and affirm them. And it is through the strength of “God is Most Great!” that man sustains those truths, and situates them within the sphere of “God is Most Great!” (The Thirteenth Flash)
One aspect of the meaning of God is Most Great! is that Divine power and knowledge are greater than everything; nothing at all can quit the bounds of God’s knowledge, nor escape or be saved from the disposals of His power. He is greater than the things we fear most. This means He is greater than bringing about the resurrection of the dead, saving us from non-existence, and bestowing eternal happiness. He is greater than any strange or unimaginable thing, so that, as explicitly stated by the verse,
“Your creation and your resurrection are but as a single soul,”(1) the resurrection of mankind is as easy for His power as the creation of a single soul. It is in connection with this meaning that when faced by serious disasters or important undertakings, everyone says: “God is Most Great! God is Most Great!”, making it a source of consolation, strength, and support for themselves. (The Eleventh Ray)
1- And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things). - Surah Luqman, 31:28.)
Questions on Islam
- Some circles put a question saying, Can God create an object greater than Himself. How are we supposed to respond to this question?
- As there is no counterpart of Allah (SWT) and gradation of His power, is there not any gradation in this verse: “What! are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:” (Surah An-Naziat, 79/27)
- Why did Allah (SWT) wait for four and half billion years to start human history? What is the rate of the possibility of the solar system to form new system coincidentally?
- Now that Allah Almighty has created this universe to make Himself known, so if there were not any kind of diseases and calamities in this worldly life, wouldnt our knowing Him come true all the same? Then what is the wisdom of such an ordaining?
- If one day the creation of universe is explained within physical laws and all questions are answered, do we not need to become atheists? If we need to deny the creator in such a situation, why should we not need to deny the creator?
- We know that God does not create any futile things. Then, what is the use of foot nails? Would it not be better if they did not grow and remain stable?
- In a verse of the Qur’an, it is said that the sky is withheld from falling on the earth. How can the sky fall off on us?
- Would you briefly mention the pillars of faith?
- Why we pray five times a day?
- “We already know how much of them the earth takes away: with Us is a Record guarding (the full account).” How should we understand this verse?
