In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most
Merciful
Although the vast majority of mankind believe in a Creator
or Supreme Being, their concepts vary. Islam, in the Qur'an and Sunnah, affirms
the existence and Oneness of the Creator and describes Him as having the most
perfect attributes, thus enabling man to have the proper concept of Him and to
establish a strong bond with Him based on the understanding of His sublime
attributes. But the influence of philosophy and other ideas that are alien to
Islam led to the emergence of distorted concepts about Allah.
In this book, Dr ‘Umar Sulaiman al-Ashqar discusses the
wrong ideas that have crept into Muslims' minds concerning Allah and His
attributes, and highlights the fact that the only correct way to understand the
verses of the Qur'an and the ahaadeeth, which speak of Allah and His
attributes, is the way in which they were understood by the first generations
of this ummah (the salaf).
Shaikh ‘Umar Sulaiman al-Ashqar also examines modern
concepts, such as the theory of evolution, and proves that they are wrong and false.
Following the Qur'anic injunction to ponder the signs of Allah in the universe,
he also pays attention to the study of natural phenomena which clearly point to
the existence and Oneness of the Almighty Creator. Thus, Dr. Al-Ashqar affirms
the principle which lies as the heart of Islamic faith and practice, namely
Tawheed, the Absolute Oneness of the Divine.
Dr Shaikh ‘Umar Sulaiman al-Ashqar Originally from
Palestine, he graduated in Shariah from Medina Munawarrah and did his masters
and doctoral degrees at al-Azhar University, currently he is the Dean and of
the Faculty of Islamic Law, at al-Zarqa’ University in Zarqa, Jordan .
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