God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

God is somebody who is rightfully worshiped. This is what God really means. God is not an intellectual concept that people imagine.

It is easy to say God is the Creator الْخَالِقُ, God has Power, God is the Merciful الرَّحِیمُ, the Beneficent الرَّحْمَنُ, the All-Knowing العَاِیمُ, the One who hears all things السَّمِیعُ, the One who sees all things الْبَصِیرُ, the Embodiment of Peace السَّلاَمُ, the Eternal Lord الْمَلِكُ, the Mighty One, the Total Provider الرَّزَّاقُ, the Abaser المُذِلُّ, the Self-sufficient One الْغَنِيُّ, the Eternally Living One الْحَيُّ, the Self subsisting one الْقَیُّومُ, the Maintainer of life الْمُحْیِي, the Bountiful One الْكَرِیمُ, the Majestic One الْجَلِیلُ, the Sustaining One المُقیِت, the Sublime One الْعَلِيُّ, the Embodiment of the Truth الْحَقُّ, the Strong One الْقَوِيُّ, and the entire 99 glorious Names and Attributes of Allah that many of us know.

What do you do with this knowledge? This knowledge should drive you to worship Him and nothing besides Him.

Allah says,

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. Qur'an adh-Dhariyyat 51:56

Worship is a complete abasement of one self before somebody who is God. When can one worship someone? It is when the One who one is worshiping needs no one and everything needs Him.

Because Allah needs no one and everyone is in absolute and utter need of Him, we worship Allah. We humble ourselves before Him. We put our foreheads down on the ground before Him. We run to do His bidding. We give up everything to Him. We turn to him for all our needs. We see ourselves as completely incapable. We rely on our Master. Worship is the ultimate lowering of ourselves before somebody who we believe needs no one and everyone needs Him. This is what it means to worship Allah, the only One who deserves to be worshiped. La illaha illallah.

اللَّـهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah - there is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Qur'an al-Baqarah 2:255)

وَلِلَّـهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing. (Qur'an al-'Araf 7:180)

May Allah guide us. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam