Does Allah Enter Creation?
- philhoraia
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 24, 2024
Many Muslims will deny that it does. But if we look at a number of passages and ahadith:
S 11:74 And when the terror had gone from Ibrahim and the good news had come to him he argues with us concerning Lut’s people.
This suggests that one of Ibrahim's guests was Allah.
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.
Musa's lord manifested itself to a mountain.
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.
This suggests that Allah appeared in a tree.
S 25:33 And they do not bring you a similitude but we have brought you the truth and the best tafsir.
Allah appears to have brought its best tafsir to the founder of Islam.
S 19:17 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.
Allah's spirit turns up at Maryam's place as a man.
In non-Quranic hadith we read:
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, descends when one third of the night remains, every night and He says: ‘Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who will ask My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’ until dawn comes.” Hence they used to prefer voluntary prayers at the end of the night rather than at the beginning.
Allah descends in order to hear prayer. There are 24 time zones and it is always night somewhere on Earth, so how could Allah ever be at home? And why bother praying during the day?
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.
'It' refers to Earth. Is/was Allah on Earth and is perishing/has perished?
Further reading: The Annihilation of Allah
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