this is with regard to the question that
our brother had asked earlier regarding
the image and form of God um sorry image
and form of Allah and where is Allah
exactly so uh brother Yousef you had
answered uh the earlier part of the
question what is the image and form of
Allah but you had not answered the
second part of the question which was
where is Allah so the sisters would like
to be have that clarified the brother is
here with clarify it with
him was it was it is is the sister right
you wanted a clarification on that yes
alhamdulillah this question you say
where is Allah I want to caution the
Muslims on this subject for a
reason because there is a small group of
brothers scattered around the world and
sisters who seem to think that if this
question is asked and you don't get the
right answer back they'll quickly you
can declare certain Muslims to be
disbelievers okay so I want to before I
give the answer before I even talk about
it I want to say please let's don't do
that because this is not the idea we're
not here to give a a dipstick check to
see how is your belief I'm going to run
a a rod down there and say oh you're
about a qut low I don't want to do that
but the reason to ask the question is
really to ascertain do we consider that
Allah even exists and if he does was
where is it a physical existence if so
how do I understand it Islam has
provided the answer very very clear
unfortunately not all the Muslims have
taken the time to read study and spend
time with their
Scholars okay if they had then they
wouldn't have to ask the question but it
is a legitimate question and it was
asked by the prophet peace be upon him
about a woman to determine does she have
the right belief in God he said where is
God and she pointed up like that
and that was sufficient he said this is
a Believer you can get married to her or
whatever the the situation was the point
is that this was a legitimate question
and this was a legitimate answer but now
I found from some other Muslims
so-called anyway they called the Nation
of Islam they asked me after one of our
programs they said well if you said
Allah is up and you held your finger
like this okay 12 hours later the Earth
will rotate so you'll be pointing the
other way does that mean God went down
or how does that
work huh and right away you're going oh
I don't think and I'm talking about from
the Hindus the Christians Muslims
everybody I don't think anybody really
considers that a legitimate question
that's kind of stupid because what
you're saying is God is up above the
heavens wherever that is God is not not
here up there so let us look to the
Quran and see if we get some resolution
for this and Allah tells us in the Quran
that he does doesn't compare to anything
in the creation so if he was in it then
he would be compared to it therefore
conclusion is it's not the creation and
he tells
us that means he's not like his creation
he's not like it isn't anything like him
and he
says there isn't anything like him he is
unique and he uses the word
Ahad from the same derivative of the
root wad or one
meaning uniquely one that no two is
going to come after it so Allah is so
unique that even though he tells us he
has a face he tells us he has hands he
talks about himself but we don't say
it's going to be like my hand does he
have knuckles does he have fingerprint
what is that why do you is a got a face
he got
eyebrows why do you want to do that you
want to play okay this is not something
to play with this is you're talking
about your creator if he says something
in his book okay accept that and if you
don't understand it go to your Scholars
and ask them but please don't use this
word this phrase where is God in the
hopes of making somebody out to uh not
be Muslim anymore because they could say
and it happens all the time people say
God is everywhere now when Hindu says
that they mean one thing but when a
Muslim says it they might mean something
else because if a person for instance
the indigenous religion in the United
States American Indians they had a
belief a lot of them that God was was in
the creation but some of them didn't
some said he was out of it but for those
who said he's in it they said he's
everywhere permeating his Universe there
is nowhere except that God is there he
is in everything that is
pantheism this means that God is
literally everywhere but when a Muslim
says it they may not mean that what they
may mean is clearly that his hearing is
everywhere his sight is everywhere his
knowledge is everywhere and his Mercy is
everywhere his love Al dude is
everywhere his forgiveness is everywhere
but we don't put God like a physical
being in his creation I think that's the
best way to distinguish it there isn't
anything that's going to happen in his
universe that he's not going to be aware
of or that he doesn't know but at the
same time we're not saying he's in it
let me share with you this little thing
in closing on this subject someone could
come to you with an age-old question
that dates back to the times of the
Romans and Greeks in their philosophies
they used to ask the question do you
believe in God now these are atheists
asking Believers the believer says yes I
do well can God do
anything yeah anything yeah is there
anything God can't do no Okay can he
die
gotcha cuz if you say yes oh man you're
God died
sorry and they'll play with you can you
lie no I I thought you said he could do
anything can he cheat uh no I thought
you said he could do anything now when
they get you on Shaky Ground they come
with the one that they want to pull on
you which says now let me ask you you
said your God can do anything forget all
the other side just one question can he
make a rock sure he can make a rock can
he make a big rock sure can you make a
really big rock yeah can he make a rock
so big that nothing can move it sure
even he can't move it
uhoh uh let me get back let me ask the
chef what will you say because the
concept that you're talking about and
the concept that the atheist is talking
about he just playing with he doesn't
care we don't say God is in his creation
though and then we don't get into
trouble why because can make a can Allah
make this rock so big that nothing can
move it
sure even he can't move it excuse me you
were a referring to the creation the
rock is
creation so I answered you based on that
Allah can make a rock so big that
nothing in the creation can ever move it
but Allah is not in the creation and he
doesn't move things like that he told us
in the Bible and he told us in the Quran
the same thing whenever he wants
anything done he says
what be and it is that's how he works he
doesn't go get a lever and a fulcrum and
then H let me move that rock why did I
put that over there it's too big this is
not how God operates and when you
compare God to the creation then you
have brought this whole concept down to
something that people will easily
destroy and then all you have left is
your faith in what and then you're not
sure anymore you get doubt and then you
just have to run over by yourself and
you can't share your message anymore so
this is why it's important to stay on
this pure and pristine image of what we
believe about the almighty he is not
like his creation he is not in his
creation creation has a point of time
that was coming about whereas he is
eternal he's never having a beginning
nor an ending and this is what the Bible
teaches and this is what the Quran
teaches so we shouldn't compare him to
the creation so make this distinction
and it becomes a lot easier