Did Allah Come?
- philhoraia
- May 10, 2022
- 5 min read
Updated: May 21, 2023
A number of passages suggest that Allah came to Earth.
S 3:38-41 There Zakariyya invoked his lord. He said: Lord, give me from your presence offspring. You are the hearer of invocation. Then the angels called him while he was standing, praying in the mihrab. Allah gives you good news of Yahya, confirming a word from Allah, and a chief and a continent man and a prophet among the righteous. He said: Lord, how can I have a boy and bulk has reached me and my woman is infertile? He said: Thus: Allah does what he wills. He said: Lord, make me a sign. He said: Your sign is not to speak to people for three days except with gesture. And mention your lord much and glorify in the evening and the early morning.
Who says? Is his 'lord' in front of him speaking?
S 3:42-47 And when the angels said: Maryam, Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you over the women of the ‘alamin. Maryam, be obedient to your lord and do sujud and bow with the bowers. That is from the news of the ghayb. We inspire you with it. And you were not in their presence when they threw their pens as to which of them takes charge of Maryam. And you were not in their presence when they dispute. When the angels said: Maryam, Allah gives you good news of a word from him. His name is the Messiah Isa son of Maryam, a dignitary in the dunya and the hereafter and among the Muqarrabun. And he speaks to people in the cradle and in middle age and is among the righteous. She said: Lord, how can I have a child when a man has not touched me? He said: Thus does Allah create what he wills. When he decides a matter he only says to it: Be and it is.
Who said? Is Maryam's 'lord' with the angels?
S 7:143 And when Musa came to our appointed time and his lord spoke to him. He said: Lord, show me that I may look at you. He said: You will not see me but look at the mountain. If its place abides you will see me. But when his lord manifested to the mountain he made it crushed and Musa fell stunned. And when he came to he said: Glory be to you! I have repented to you and I am the first of the believers.
Allah manifests itself to an unnamed mountain; from where? It would seem from Earth.
S 10:90 And we passed beyond the sea with the Banu Isra’il and Fir’awn and his troops followed them in rebellion and enmity until when the drowning came suddenly upon them, he said: I have believed that there is no god but the one whom the Banu Isra’il has believed in and I am of the Muslims.
Did Allah accompany the Israelites beyond 'the sea'? Is this a hazy recollection of something heard about the pillar of fire and of cloud that preceded them?
S 13:41 Have they not seen that we come to the Earth reducing it from its edges? And Allah judges. There is no returner for his judgment. And he is quick in account.
S 19:17-19 And she took from them a screen. Then we sent to her our spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a regular man. She said: I take refuge in Al-Rahman from you, if you are fearing. He said: I am only a messenger of your lord’s that I may give you a pure boy.
Allah's spirit, so Allah, turns up in Maryam's residence as a man and addresses her.
In S 3:47 we read:
She said: Lord, how can I have a child when a man has not touched me? He said: Thus does Allah create what he wills. When he decides a matter he only says to it: Be and it is.
Regarding the verse we read in Al-Tabari:
'And without a human being's touching me?' Then Allah said to her: Thus Allah creates what he wills. https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/tabary/sura3-aya47.html#tabary
S 20:9-14 And has the hadith of Musa come to you? When he saw a fire and said to his family: Stay. I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I can bring you therefrom a brand or find guidance on the fire. Then when he came to it he was called: Musa! I am your lord so remove your shoes. You are in the sacred valley of Tuwa. And I have chosen you so listen to what is inspired. I am Allah. There is no god but me. So worship me and perform salat for my remembrance.
S 21:44 Rather, we amused these and their fathers until age finally overcame them. So do they not see that we come to the Earth, we reduce it from its edges? So are they the victors?
S 27:7-9 When Musa said to his family: I have caught sight of a fire. I shall bring you news from it or bring you a torch, a firebrand; perhaps you will seek warmth. But when he came to it it was called: Blessed are those in the fire and those around it. And glory be to Allah lord of the ‘alamin. Musa, I am Allah, the mighty, the wise.
S 28:29-30 Then when Musa had completed the term and travelled with his family he caught sight of from the side of the Tur a fire. He said to his family: Stay. I have caught sight of a fire. Perhaps I shall bring you a report from it or a brand from the fire. Perhaps you will seek warmth. But when he came to it he was called from the right-hand side of the bank of the wadi in the blessed patch from the tree: Musa, I am Allah, lord of the ‘alamin.
On the different versions of this story in the Quran, see: An Examination of the Parallel Passages of the Quranic Text: CONCILIATION OR CONFLICT
S 23:90 Rather, we have come to them with the truth and they are lying.
S 25:33 And they do not bring you a similitude but we have brought you the truth and the best tafsir.
So did Allah bring the founder of Islam 'the truth' and the best tafsir?
S 28:88 And do not invoke another god with Allah. There is no god but him. Everything is perishing except his face. His is the judgment and to him you are returned.
S 55:26-27 Everyone on it is evanescent. But the face of your lord, the possessor of majesty and honour, remains.
Is/was Allah on Earth, and has perished/is perishing, leaving nothing but its face?
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