deviant etc. This is for the scholars of islaam and those endowed with the
blessings of Knowledge. I am just here to highlight some of the errors.
Harun Yahya introduces to the reader to "WHERE IS GOD" (page: 175)
"The basic mistake of those who deny God is shared by many people who in
fact do not really deny the existence of God but have a wrong perception of
Him. They do not deny creation, but have superstitious beliefs about
"where" God is. Most of them think that God is up in the "sky". They
tacitly imagine that God is behind a very distant planet and interferes
with "worldly affairs" once in a while. Or perhaps that He does not
intervene at all: He created the universe and then left it to itself and
people are left to determine their fates for themselves. Still others have
heard that in the Qur'an it is written that God is everywhere" but they
cannot perceive what this exactly means. They tacitly think that God
surrounds everything like radio waves or like an invisible, intangible gas.
However, this notion and other beliefs that are unable to make clear
"where" God is (and maybe deny Him because of that) are all based on a
common mistake. They hold a prejudice without any grounds and then are
moved to wrong opinions of God. What is this prejudice?"
Then he breaks into his Kalaam (rhetoric philosophy), some relevant
extracts are below:
page 189 (3/4 way down) he writes
"Consequently it is impossible to conceive Allah as a separate being
outside this whole mass of matter (i.e the world) Allah is surely
"everywhere" and encompasses all.
This is clearly the Kallam of the Sufiya, more specifically the concept of
Wahdatul-Wajud. (The unity of existence i.e that the Creation and the
Creator are inseperable)
For surely is Allah is above the heavens over his throne (alal-Arsh).
And Allah(Swt) is seperate from his creation. And this is the understanding
of Ahlus-Sunnah.
Again he Harun Yahya writes on page 190 - Allah (swt) is "Infinately close"
to them with the verse:
"When my servants ask you concerning me, I am indeed close to them".
(Baqarah: 186) He quotes further: (Surah Al-Isra, 60), (al-Waqia 83-85)
These verses deal with the Closeness of Allah to man during states such as
death e.g.
".. Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat , and you
at the time look on, We are nearer to him than you, but you see not.."
(Waqia -83-85)
In no place 'till now does Harun Yahya quote Ahlus-Sunnah's understanding
that this means: " in Allah(swt) KNOWLEDGE.." and Sufyan ath-Thawree $B!G (Bs
understanding:
Sufyaan ath-Thawree (one of the early salaf) was asked about the verse,
"and He is with you whosesoever you are". He said, $B!F (BThese means in His
Knowledge. $B!G (B
Harun Yahya is slowly trying to break the reader into his DEVIANT
understanding of Allah's presence..
He continues at the bottom of page 190
"On the other hand, it is impossible for man, who is nothing but a shadow
being, to have power and will independent of Allah. The verse "But Allah
has created you and your handiwork" (Safaat 96) shows
that everything takes place under Allah (swt) control"
THE CRUNCH...
He Harun comes to fruition with his DEVIANT understanding of TAWHEED
".. Whereby it is emphasised that no act is independant of Allah. Since a
human is a shadow being, it cannot be itself which performs the act of
throwing. However Allah gives the Shadow being the feeling of the self."
Compare this again with his Kalaam (top of page 190 )
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