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Justice of God

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The Positive and Negative Attributes of God

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The attributes of God have been grouped into “positive” and “negative”: the former reflects the attributes that exist in Him, whereas the latter reflect the attributes that cannot be found in Him...

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The Oneness of God

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Our faith in monotheism, the Unity or Oneness of God, is the purest in the world. We have given countless proofs for our belief in the last fourteen centuries. Now science has opened a new path, which, also leads to the belief in the Unity of God. It may be described briefly, in these words: “The uniform pattern of the universe is an indisputable proof that all this has been made by one, and only ...

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Let's know more about God!

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The supremacy and glory of Islam can be seen when we compare the way it presents God with the belief that God is on a level with man, having a body, children and other such attributes and appendages. In fact, we might say that many materialists reject God because the true God has not been made known to them, and what they have considered is not the real God.

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Knowing God Through His Creation

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The mysteries of man's existence are without number, so much so that the world's scientists, after years of research and study, have not yet been able to fathom all the wonders of it. After many years of study, Dr. Alexis Carel wrote a book called L'homme, cet inconnue (Man, the Unknown). He confessed that biology and other sciences were still unable to discover the facts about the working of the ...

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Ways of Knowing God

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From time immemorial, man has found different ways of knowing God. Human beings of various intellectual levels have found their own ways to God. Common people have found simple ways; whereas thinkers and philosophers reached the same conclusion on a higher plane of thought. The two most common ways of knowing the Creator are: The inner way (which is also the closest way). The outer way (which is a...

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Man and Free Will

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If the free will of the individuals were non-existent, the dictates of religion would be vain and futile. For if each individual were helpless in regard to his life, he would be compelled to continue to follow the course of life that had been established for him previously, and thus unable to deviate by even an inch from that path; in such a case, the religious commands and prohibitions, promises ...

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What is the meaning of Divine Decree (Qada) and Measure (Qadar) in Islamic terminology?

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The term qadar in the Arabic language means 'measure' and 'portion'; and qada pertains to that which is definite and decided. The eighth Imam, Imam Rida, said by way of commentary upon these two terms: Qadar is to be understood as the measuring out of a thing in relation to its subsistence (baqa') and its extinction (fana'); and qada' is the bestowal upon a given entity of its definitive capacity ...

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Types of God's Justice

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There are various ways in which Divine Justice is expressed as regards the three domains of (a) creation, (b) religious dispensation, and (c) heavenly recompense. We shall explain some of these below, taking each of these domains in turn.

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