[1]Answer To Ignorant Muslims:
]It is not possible to answer questions about Allah’s nature. This territory is a slippery slope into the abyss of Kufr. We have been warned against exploring it and told to say that we believe in Allah and what He has revealed to us through His messengers, and to wait patiently for the Day of Judgement for all our questions to be answered.
Human beings have limited abilities of sight, sound, hearing, experience and intellect. It is a fact of life that we are not all-powerful. For example, out of the whole electromagnetic spectrum all that human beings can see are the wavelengths between 400 and 700 nm. This we call “visible” light. Bees on the other hand are able to see ultraviolet radiation markings on flowers, which guide them to nectarines. Snakes are able to see the infrared radiation that warm bodies give off. This allows them to see animals in what is pitch dark to us. As for our audible abilities, we can hear sounds in the range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. We cannot hear sounds that are above or below this range. While dogs, cats, bats, and dolphins have an unusual ability to detect ultrasound, an elephant possesses the ability to detect infrasound of a frequency as low as 5 Hz. Similar is the case of the limitations of our sense of smell as well as other senses. It is no wonder that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) says: “He knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind - the Great One, the One far above anything that is or could ever be!” [Al-Quran 13:9].
Earlier nations used to pester their prophets to ask Allah (subhana wata'ala) all kinds of questions. Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) says that this resulted in their getting answers that they were not capable of understanding with their limited experience and intelligence. As a result, they turned to disbelief after having experienced belief.
We too should accept our limitiations and not deny ourselves belief in Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) just because our current abilities do not allow us to fully comprehend His Existence.
[2] Answer To Atheists/Polytheists:
Many people ask: “Where is God or Allah? What Image does God or Allah have?” These questions cannot be easily answered, but let’s see how Imam Abu Hanifah responded when he was asked such questions by nonbelievers.
The atheists asked Abu Hanifah:
“When was your Lord born?”
Abu Hanifah replied:
“Allah existed first - before history and before time.
He added: “What comes before three?”
They replied: “Two.”
He asked: “What comes before two?”
They replied: “One.”
Abu Hanifah said: “What comes before one?”
They replied: “Nothing.”
He said: “If the number ‘one’ is not preceded by anything, then how can the True One and Only God
(Allah) be preceded by anything. Allah is Eternal. Nothing precedes Him.”
They asked: “In which direction does your Lord move?”
He asked: “If you bring a lantern into a dark place, in which direction will its light move?”
They replied: “In every direction.”
Abu Hanifah said: “If this is how the lantern’s light radiates, then how about Allah’s Light -the Light of the Heavens and the Earth?”
They said: “Define your Lord’s entity. Is your Lord solid like iron; liquid like water; or gaseous like smoke or
vapor?”
He asked: “Have you ever sat beside a dying patient?”
They said: “Yes, we have.
He added: "Did he speak to you after he was pronounced dead?"
They said: "No."
Abu Hanifah asked: “Before he died, did he not talk and move?”
They said: “Yes.”
He said: “What changed him?”
They said: “His soul departed.”
He said: “Then isn’t it true that his soul left his body?
They said: “Yes.”
Abu Hanifah asked: “Could you describe his soul? Is it solid like iron; liquid like water; or gaseous like smoke or vapor?”
They replied: “We know nothing about it.”
He said: “If you cannot define the entity of this created soul, then how can you expect me to describe the
Divine Entity.”
أشهدُ أنَّ لا إله إلا الله وأشهدُ أنَّ محمداً عبدهُ ورسوله
