Characteristics Of Allah Vocab Flashcards

1
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immanent

A

existing or operating within (inherent)

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transcendent

A

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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4
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beneficent (al-rahman)

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generous or doing good

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5
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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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8
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al-qadeer

A

omnipotent

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9
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al-rahman

A

beneficent

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10
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al-rahim

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merciful

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11
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adalat in Shi’a

A

justice

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12
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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