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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Part of a series on Islam Allah (God in Islam) Allah Jalla Jalālah in Arabic calligraphy Theology Allah Names Attributes Phrases and expressions Islam (religion) Throne of God Sufi metaphysics Theology Schools of Islamic theology Oneness Kalam Anthropomorphism and corporealism ...
Islamic debates about the ontological reality of divine attributes post-date Quranic theology [9] and find their background in Christian debates and discussions about the nature of the Trinity, in a manner asserted explicitly by Mu'tazilites as well as earlier Jewish sources, who often mention the two subjects in conjunction with one another.
Muslims believe that Allah is the same God worshipped by the members of the Abrahamic religions that preceded Islam, i.e. Judaism and Christianity . [55] Creation and ordering of the universe is seen as an act of prime mercy for which all creatures sing his glories and bear witness to his unity and lordship.
God is depicted as living, eternal, omniscient and omnipotent (see, e.g., Quran ). God's omnipotence appears above all in his power to create. He is the creator of everything, of the heavens and the earth and what is between them (see, e.g., Quran , etc.). All human beings are equal in their utter dependence upon God, and their well-being ...
The Quran refers to God's Most Beautiful Names (al-ʾasmāʾ al-ḥusná) in several Surahs. [9] According to Islamic belief, the names of God must be established by evidence and direct reference in the Qur'an and hadiths (the concept of tawqif).
"Every being which begins has a cause for its beginning; now the world is a being which begins; therefore, it possesses a cause for its beginning." The argument developed as a concept within Islamic theology between the 9th and 12th centuries, refined in the 11th century by Al-Ghazali ( The Incoherence of the Philosophers ) and in the 12th by ...
Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to the deity of their faith. In the monotheistic religious philosophy of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence is often listed as one of God's characteristics, along with omniscience, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence.
Religious responses to the problem of evil are concerned with reconciling the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. [1] [2] The problem of evil is acute for monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism whose religion is based on such a God.