Bismi Allah : The Capricious Mind of Allah, Part I

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Bismi Allah: The Capricious Mind of Allah, Part I
Bismi Allah: The Capricious Mind of Allah, Part I
by Abul Kasem
24 Feb, 2007
[A note of caution: The contents of this essay might offend some readers.]
This lengthy essay contains plenty of information about various aspects of Allah, such as: His appearance, His idiosyncrasies, His likes and dislikes, His temperament, His activities and even about His whereabouts. Nevertheless, Allah is so fascinating that this treatise will not be complete if we do not learn about a few more strange characteristics and behaviour of Allah.
This last part (part 11) is about Allah’s absolute crazy mind and His eccentric actions•at times, simply childish, outlandish, at times pretty illogical, at times utterly implausible, contradictory, and at times just mad and insane.
Let us proceed to examine this capricious mind of Allah.
On the resurrection day, Allah will make the idols come alive
We may find this simply mind…#39;boggling. Nevertheless, the Qur’an tells us that on the resurrection day, Allah will bring the idols of the pagans come alive•filled with life, energy, and ability to talk, see, and listen. This means that those despicable idolaters had always been correct•they insisted that their idols were not lifeless; those idols had the ability to intercede with Allah. Their idols had the ability to communicate with Allah, the supreme god of the pagans. So, where did the pagans go wrong? Why Muhammad had to destroy each idol which existed in the then Arabia? We should know the answer if we had read the previous episode of this series•Muhammad was Allah. He (Muhammad = Allah) only wanted to be worshipped by the pagans. Nowhere in the Qur’an had Allah ever instructed Muhammad to destroy all those idols of the pagan Arabs, even though Allah vehemently loathed them.
Why did not Allah command Muhammad to destroy the idols of the pagans?
Here is the answer.
The readers might recall that in a previous episode we noted that Allah Himself admitted that those idols of the pagans were His own creation. So, how could Allah ask anyone to destroy His creation (the idols)? Allah simply did not like that pagans should worship His idols along with Him, and instructed Muhammad to exhort the pagans to desist from idolatry. Allah wanted them to worship Him (= Muhammad) and only HIM.
However, Muhammad was not satisfied with Allah’s disposition vis-à-vis the pagan idols. He became Allah and unilaterally decided to destroy completely all the idols in Mecca, and later from all parts of Peninsular Arabia.
Let us read the following verses to gauge the incredibly complex mind of Allah. These verses also prove that one of the activities of Allah is to make idols (read part 8 of this series).
The creatures (idols) worshipped by the unbelievers themselves did not want to be worshipped; they (the idols) themselves worshipped Allah (on the resurrection day the idols will be alive will and talk with Allah)…25:18
025.018 YUSUFALI: They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."
Because of the testimony of the idols (i.e., idols are not lifeless), the unbelievers cannot avert penalty; Allah will let them taste a grievous punishment…25:19
025.019 YUSUFALI: (Allah will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.
On the resurrection day Allah will gather the idols as troops to testify against their worshippers (i.e. idols will become alive to testify)…36:75
036.075 YUSUFALI: They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up (before Our Judgment-seat) as a troop (to be condemned).
The idolaters’ idols will disown them on the resurrection day; the idols will be of no benefit to the idolaters…41:48
041.048 YUSUFALI: The (deities) they used to invoke aforetime will leave them in the lurch, and they will perceive that they have no way of escape.
The above verse tells us that the idols have the ability to decide•they are quite similar to human or living objects, having the faculty of decision…#39;making. After all, Allah created them.
Allah can show miracles, Muhammad could not
When the pagans challenged Muhammad to show them a few miracles to prove his claim of Allah’s Apostleship, Muhammad was agitated, nervous and taciturn. So Allah (= Muhammad) quickly admitted that only Allah could perform miracles, Muhammad could not. Here is a verse on this.
Muhammad is incapable of performing any miracle; only Allah can show miracles; even then the infidels will not believe in Muhammad…6:109
006.109 YUSUFALI: They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a (special) sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly (all) signs are in the power of Allah: but what will make you (Muslims) realise that (even) if (special) signs came, they will not believe."?
The Qur’an had made Muhammad a mad man
The Almighty, All•powerful, All•knowing Allah was really fearful of the pagans, because when Muhammad was callow and started out raw Allah was fearful of his success. Therefore, He warned Muhammad that if he reminds the pagans of Allah and the Qur’an they would reject him.
When Muhammad reminds the unbelievers of the Qur’an, they would surely label him as a lunatic…68:51
068.051 YUSUFALI: And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
Allah let Satan temporarily dethrone Solomon
Yes, that is right. Allah intentionally let Satan win. This means Allah, at times, is not that powerful.
Allah tested Solomon with vast material wealth; he temporarily lost his throne through the scheme of devil (Allah intentionally allowed a devil, taking the form of a body of Solomon to sit on Solomon’s throne)…38:34
038.034 YUSUFALI: And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):
Allah let loose Iblis, the Satan; He did not want to control Iblis
This is indeed strange, Allah wilfully let Satan do whatever havoc he (Satan) wants to perpetrate. The funny part is that Satan invokes Allah’s name to carry on with his nefarious acts. Allah has little power to subdue Satan’s reprehensible actions.
Iblis (Satan) vowed (by swearing the name of Allah) to lead astray all human except the true believers of Allah…38:82-83
038.082 YUSUFALI: (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,-
038.083 YUSUFALI: "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
Allah let Satan confuse Muhammad: Satan is more powerful than Allah (= Muhammad)
If a discord made by Satan makes Muhammad confused then he must seek refuge in Allah...41:36
041.036 YUSUFALI: And if (at any time) an incitement to discord is made to thee by the Evil One, seek refuge in Allah. He is the One Who hears and knows all things.
Allah loves to sow discord about His Books
No doubt, this must be the epitome of Allah’s capriciousness.
Dispute arose on the book given to Moses; it was Allah’s desire; if willed He could have solved the discord but He did not…41:45
041.045 YUSUFALI: We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but disputes arose therein. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their differences) would have been settled between them: but they remained in suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.
Could this not be true for the Qur’an? Is not Allah responsible for the often-conflicting interpretations of His words in it?
Gabriel is Allah’s announcer for His love to a person
Allah is very shy to announce his love for a person. He must have a chaperon to disclose his inner feelings. His chaperon is Gabriel. Read this hadith from Sahih Bukhari. Bizarrely, we note in hadith that Muhammad was a very shy person, shier than a virgin girl.
If Allah loves a person He tells this to Gabriel to announce it to his people… (Sahih Bukhari, 4.54.431)

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 431:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel saying, 'Allah loves so and-so; O Gabriel! Love him.' Gabriel would love him and make an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the Heaven. 'Allah loves so-and-so, therefore you should love him also,' and so all the inhabitants of the Heaven would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth."
Muhammad was shier than a veined girl...(Sahih Bukhari, 4.56.762)
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 762:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet was shier than a veined virgin girl.
Muhammad was shier than a veiled virgin girl...(Sahih Bukhari, 8.73.140)
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 140:
Narrated Abu Said:
The Prophet was shier than a veiled virgin girl. (See Hadith No. 762, Vol. 4)
Allah does not like nakedness on earth, but on the resurrection day, He will make everyone naked and uncircumcised
Sahih Bukhari tells us this:
People will be gathered to Allah bare footed, uncircumcised; Abraham will be the first person to be dressed... (Sahih Bukhari, 6.60.149)
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 149:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle delivered a sermon and said, "O people! You will be gathered before Allah bare-footed, naked and not circumcised." Then (quoting Quran) he said:--
"As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. A promise We have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.." (21.104)
The Prophet then said, "The first of the human beings to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection will be Abraham. Lo! Some men from my followers will be brought and then (the angels) will drive them to the left side (Hell-Fire). I will say. 'O my Lord! (They are) my companions!' Then a reply will come (from Almighty), 'You do not know what they did after you.' I will say as the pious slave (the Prophet Jesus) said: And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up. You were the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things.' (5.117) Then it will be said, "These people have continued to be apostates since you left them."
You will meet Allah barefooted, naked, walking on feet and uncircumcised...(Sahih Bukhari, 8.76.531, 532)
On the resurrection day, people will be gathered bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised; the first to be dressed will be Abraham… (Sahih Bukhari, 4.55..568)
Allah will hold the earth on His hand and the mountains on His finger
Allah will take the whole world in His hand and will roll up heaven in his right hand... (Sahih Bukhari, 8.76.526)
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 76, Number 526:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Allah will take the whole earth (in His Hand) and will roll up the Heaven in His right Hand, and then He will say, "I am King! Where are the kings of the earth ? "
Allah will carry the heavens in one finger and the earths upon one finger and the mountains and trees upon one finger and the oceans upon one finger i.e. the whole of creation upon one finger; then Allah will stir them… (Sahih Muslim, 39.6699, 6700)
Sahih Muslim, Book 039, Number 6699:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that a Jew scholar came to Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) and said. Muhammad, or Abu al-Qasim, verily, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. would carry the Heavens on the Day of Judgment upon one finger and earths upon one finger and the mountains and trees upor (sic) one finger and the ocean and moist earth upon one finger-in fact the whole of the creation upon one finger, and then He would stir them and say: I am your Lord, I am your Lord. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled testifying what that scholar had said. He then recited this verse:" And they honour not Allah with the honour due to Him; and the whole earth will be in His grip on the Day of Resurrection and the heaven* r*Utd (sic) up in His right hand. Glory be to Him I and highly Exalted is Re above what they associate (with Him)" (xxxix. 67).
Allah will fold the heavens on the Day of Judgment and then He would place them on His right hand. He will then fold the earth on His left hand… (Sahih Muslim, 39.6704, 6705, 6706)
Allah might change His mind about the inevitability of the resurrection day
This means: if we could understand the capriciousness of Allah,•there might be no resurrection day, after all.
Resurrection would not come so long as Allah is worshipped in the world… (Sahih Muslim, 1.0273)
Book 001, Number 0273:
It is narrated on the authority of Anas that verily the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: The Hour (Resurrection) would not come so long as Allah is supplicated in the world.
Continued in part 11(ii)
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