Allah ﷻ in Islam: Piece 1

 

Allah ﷻ in Islam

As I mentioned in the Preface, I started this journey with many questions.
The first one was simple:

Does God have a name?

In the Islamic tradition, every Muslim knows that God has “99 beautiful names,” and there are hundreds of books written about them. So what, exactly, was I looking for?

To be honest, I’ve always struggled with the idea.

It felt easier to think of God as having one name—and the rest were attributes or descriptions. That made sense to me as a child… and, to my surprise, it still does.

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So I went back to the Qur’ān.

And as expected, the answer is there.

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If this reflection resonated with you, the full version continues here: [Piece 1]

 


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