Characteristics Of Allah Vocab Flashcards
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immanent
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existing or operating within (inherent)
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transcendent
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beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience
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omnipotent (al-qadeer)
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having unlimited power
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beneficent (al-rahman)
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generous or doing good
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merciful (al-rahim)
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showing our existing mercy
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fairness
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impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favoritism or discrimination
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justice (adalat in Shi’a)
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just behaviour or treatment
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al-qadeer
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omnipotent
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al-rahman
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beneficent
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al-rahim
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merciful
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adalat in Shi’a
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justice
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argument 1 for the transcendence of God
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- God created everything
- “the creator of all things”
- not not limited to physical world or His creation
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argument 2 for the transcendence of God
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- God is described as being above us
- “Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might”
- highly exalted, oversees is and grants blessings down to us
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argument 3 for the transcendence of God
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- God knows past, present, future
- “knower of the unseen and the witnessed
- implies God has seen the future, so he can’t be in time
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argument 1 against the transcendence of God
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- God is all aware and compassionate
- belief in God benevolence
- for God to be commissionate, He must walk through life with us
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argument 2 against the transcendence of God
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- God is reactive
- “call upon me, I will respond to you”
- God waits for us, to wait you must be in time with us
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argument 3 against the transcendence of God
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- God protects us
- “nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us :He is our protector” - in order to protect us, He must always be alert and by our side as we go through time
