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Up To Date Understanding of ISLAM
Ahmed Hulusi
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The Idea Of GOD Turned Into A Cancer

Allah made me in this way aware of the reason why I had such a hard time to make people of our day understand this important fact:

A very large portion of mankind believes that everything in this realm of life they perceive was created by a Creator and they give this Creator the name of “GOD.”

This “God” is constructed in their minds as their knowledge acquired by way of their environment’s conditioning allows them, rather than by inquiring and reflecting, on the quality and quantity of this creator which they describe as being outside of themselves and of entire existence.

Then, if the name used commonly in the society they live in is “Allah”, they conform to the language of their environment by naming the “god” image they have in their heads “Allah,” and begin talking about it.

This is where the problem starts...

When you explain the characteristics of the absolute being referred to as “Allah” to a person who does not understand that there is no basis or fact in the concept of “god”, that person injects all that information given to him about Allah into the concept of “God” already in his head and makes his version of “god” grow into and look like “Allah.” Whereas, what he ought to do is to cleanse himself of his concept of “god” and comprehend the absolute reality that the noun “Allah” denotes.

So, injecting the meanings that the noun “Allah” denotes, into the existing concept of god in our heads makes that idea and the thought of “god” become like a cancerous cell, and thus, such a concept of “god” decorated with the attributes of “Allah” develops, grows and spreads day by day.

Therefore, that “god” in our brains is gradually grown into and looks like “Allah”. Just as the cancerous body cells exhaust a person's worldly life, in the same way the concept of god turned into cancer and the inability to conceive of the meaning that the noun “Allah” denotes destroy the person’s eternal life in the end.

We are obliged to learn properly and without delay what the concepts of “GOD” and “godhead” are as well as to make those around us who are capable of thinking aware of them!

If we want to learn and understand authentically the Being referred to as “ALLAH” that was revealed by Hazrat Mohammed (peace be upon him) based on the Koran al Karim, before anything we must purify ourselves of the thoughts with supposition of a “God” beyond, above or outside us.

How can we bring about this purification?

By trying to read this universe created by Allah, in which we live, and the effective system [that operates] within it!

We should first of all be aware and observe that:

Everything that we can perceive is created through the wisdom (ilm), will and power of Allah. Outside of Hu's will, no entity can wish for anything. Allah being Haaqim, brings about every event perfectly ordered and based on a “hiqmah,” (reason of wisdom) even if we judge it to be unsuitable or mistaken.

What is the murad (will) of Allah? Secondly, we must understand this very well.

The Essence (zhat) that is referred to as “Allah” and that rules the worlds, makes Hu’s desire manifest at every moment in all beings as Hu wills, and there is not a separate entity apart from Allah that would question Allah.

In the universal constitution effective in the system created by Allah, one of the first laws is, “the strong shall prevail.” The strong shall continue to prevail until it encounters someone stronger. It is because Allah has the quality of “power” (qudrat), not that of “weakness” (ajz).

The power of every being comes from its knowledge (ilm). Every being possesses knowledge as much as his intellect (aql) allows him. Because every species has a different level of intelligence for itself, each species thinks that the other species is mindless. Every mind finds the other as “mindless,” regardless of whether the other is inside or outside its own scope.

Whereas, Allah, in order to make Hu’s desires manifest, bestows on every entity whatever they deserve according to the purpose for which Hu has created them, [in order to make Hu’s desires manifest, Allah provides each and every entity with whatever is required for them to carry out Hu’s will, as this is the purpose in their existence for which Allah has created them], and that is precisely the justice (adalat) of Allah!

This is why there has not been and there shall not be any injustice in the universe in a real sense. Everyone and every entity receive at every moment what they require for the purpose in their existence for which they were created.

Thus, if we want to purify ourselves from the idea of “God” that we have created in our imagination and come to know the Essence (zhat) referred to by the name of “Allah,” we must try to READ the universes and the System which Allah made to exist within Hu’s own being... That is, by way of knowing the Creator through Hu’s works.

So that the path of knowing “Allah” may open up for us.

Otherwise, we will embark on the eternal journey to live in the context of that verse of the Koran, “Have you seen those who made gods of their own fancies?”

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