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(The verse expresses a different point of view—that acts are not predetermined, but their outcome is—than the later theological position that God knows/determines everything that happens.) [18] The Qurʾān also speaks specifically of the supply of rizq, or provision being in God control:
Allāh is the Arabic word referring to God in Abrahamic religions. [25] [26] [27] In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam.The Arabic word Allāh is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ʾilāh, which means "the god", [1] (i.e., the only god) and is related to El and Elah, the Hebrew and Aramaic words for God.
Tajalli literally means "manifestation", "revelation", "disclosure" or "epiphany / theophany".Mystics use the term to refer to the manifestation of divine truth in the microcosm of the human heart and the macrocosm of the universe, interrelated in God's creation and constituting a reflection of the majesty of his Tawhid or indivisible oneness.
Examples of Islamic calligraphy using this technique include the name of Muhammad, the Hilya (a tablet that embodies the description of Muhammad’s physical appearance), multiple names of God in Islam, and the tughra (a calligraphic version of the name of an Ottoman sultan). [42] [43]
God, according to Islam, is a universal God, rather than a local, tribal, or parochial one, and is an absolute who integrates all affirmative values. [6] Islamic intellectual history can be understood as a gradual unfolding of the manner in which successive generations of believers have understood the meaning and implications of professing ...
3- Khalq can also mean making something up or lying. This meaning is not believed to be attributable to God by Muslims. For example, the Quran mentions what the polytheists were saying about Muhammad's message and his creed of monotheism and that all that Muhammad is saying is fabrication (Arabic: ٱخۡتِلَٰقٌ, which comes from the root Khalq).
The name of God according to Islam. Also used as the Arabic word for God in general. Allāhumma (اللَّهُمَّ) "O Allah, my Lord" - used in a phrase or salutation, invocations or supplications . Allāhu ʾAkbar (أكبر) "Allah is [the] greatest". Greater than anything or anyone, imaginable or unimaginable. ʿĀlim (عالِم) lit.
'intellect') is an Arabic term used in Islamic philosophy and theology for the intellect or the rational faculty of the soul that connects humans to God. According to Islamic beliefs, ' aql is what guides humans towards the right path (sirat al-mustaqim) and prevents them from deviating.