ALLAH is neither begotten nor does he beget.
who/what is ALLAH? the repetition of definition in every verse in the Recitation is clear, and states as much - we have provided clear signs for those who will think... no one but One...
la ilaha illala
tawheed - the One-ness of ALLAH is central to this path of Surrender...
what does la illaha illala mean to you?
for some, i hear definitions that are popular in other religious thought - the Creator, and the created - a distinction between subject and object...this gives me the visual of a super-human like figure, who has created everything and just watches it, towering over his creation...
although this image seems simplistic, reductive, it is one that many seem to understand as they think of the day of judgement, and Allah as the Judge, presiding over the courtroom scenario, etc.
but if ALLAH, as described in the Recitation, is All-Knowing, All-Seeing, All-Being...if ALLAH, as described in the Recitation has no beginning no end...then...
...then how can the created be separated from the Creator...? then ALLAH is not restricted by space, the way countries, through demarcations are - that is, you can print God bless India, but there are no borders to ALLAH...ALLAH is not restricted to a room, a building, a house in the suburb, a hospital or mosque, or cup or bed or mountain top or river...thus, ALLAH is not bound by space...but space itself...
...nor is ALLAH bound by time - no beginning, no end - no born on june 29th 1981 and passed on september 20th 2016...no finite dates can contain ALLAH...thus ALLAH is not restricted by time...but time itself...
...in addition to time and space....ALLAH is not bound to an object...that is, ALLAH is not a table, nor a mountain, nor the sun, nor a lion, nor a tall or short or thin and muscular person...thus, ALLAH is not restricted to being a form...but is all form at once...
....the definitions of Brahma, as described by the upanishads, and understood by vedantists, is nearly identical to the understanding of la illaha illala, of tawheed, of ALLAH...
...vedantists, in making lucid this science of understanding, come to the scientific conclusion as expounded by the great islamic scholar, ibn arabi, the poet rumi, the mystic al hallaj - non-duality -
...ALLAH is known through letting go of our sense of duality, of our ego, of our sense of self, status, etc., as distinct from other beings...
...between You and me, there is only me...-al hallaj
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