مَالِك Allah is Malik. In the first Chapter (Surah Al-Fatehah), Allah T’ala says that He is: مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ The Master of the Day of Recompense. (1:4) God will be the Lord of the Day when all generations of mankind gather together on order to render an account of their conduct, and when each person… Continue reading Malik (Master)
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Concept of Lord God in Islam
The Message of the Qur’an The foregoing detailed exposition of the misguided conceptions of various pre-Islamic people make it patently clear that from earliest times to the revelation of the Qur’an, none of those whom it mentions as the transgressors, the misguided, and the astray, actually denied the existence of God, or His being the… Continue reading Concept of Lord God in Islam
Concept of Lord God by The Meccan Pagans
Last of all, we come to the Meccans, to whom Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him), was sent as God’s Messenger and to whom therefore the Qur’an’s message was immediately addressed. What was the nature of their error? Were they ignorant of God, or did they deny His existence, and was the Holy Prophet… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by The Meccan Pagans
Concept of Lord God by the Jews and Christians
Concept of Lord God by the Jews and Christians After Pharaoh’s people, the next in historical order are the Israelites and those people who adopted the Jewish religion or Christianity. In their case, there can obviously be no question about their either not acknowledging the existence of God or not believing in His being… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by the Jews and Christians
Concept of Lord God by the Pharaoh and his People
Concept of Lord God by the Pharaoh and his People Next, we come to the Pharaoh and his people, regarding whom there are even greater misconceptions than in the case of Namrud and his people. The view generally held is that the Pharaoh not only denied the existence of God but himself claimed to… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by the Pharaoh and his People
Concept of Lord God by people of Madyan and Aika
Next after the people of Lot (p.b.u.h.) come the people of Madyan and of Aika (the ancient name of Tabuk), to whom Hazrat Shu’aib (peace be upon him) was sent as prophet. We know that these people were descendants of Hazrat Ibrahim (on whom be peace) and so there can be no question of… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by people of Madyan and Aika
Concept of Lord God by People of Sodom
The next in historical order after the people of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be on him) are the people of Sodom, the task of whose reformation was entrusted to Hazrat Ibrahim’s nephew, Lot (may peace be upon both). From the Qur’an we know about these people too that while they neither denied the existence of… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by People of Sodom
Concept of Lord God by Nation of Abraham
The People of Hazrat Ibrahim and Namrud Next in importance after Thamud are the people of Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham, may peace be upon him), and the significance of their case is that it is commonly thought that their King, Namrud (Nimrod), did not believe in God but claimed himself to be God instead. The fact,… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by Nation of Abraham
Concept of Lord God by Thamud People
The nation of Thamud comes after the ‘Aad people as the worst transgressors. Basically, their deviation was the same as of the people of Hazrat Nuh and the ‘Aad. They also believed in the existence of Allah and His being the Ilah and the Rabb but they did not agree that He was the only ilah,… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by Thamud People
Concept of Lord God by Aad People
The next in line after the nation of Prophet Noah were the ‘Aad. They too did not deny the existence of God, or His being the Ilah but at the same time they too believed in Him as the Rabb to the same extent and in the same sense as had Prophet Nuh’s people. And… Continue reading Concept of Lord God by Aad People