The evil God hypothesis posits the existence of, instead of an all-good creator deity, an all-evil creator deity. This is mostly done to point out that a creator being all-good does not need to “logically follow” from being a “maximally great being”. The argument comes from Anselm of Canterbury, who saw the Christian God as a "maximally great being" with all “great making” positive attributes "maxed out". Key examples include omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, and of course necessary existence. The argument have a lot of potential problems, one being what “great” means and why it would be “better (greater) for things to exist in reality than not”. In this context, the evil God hypothesis (EGH) is usually raised: the existence of a maximally great being whose moral character is maximally evil rather than maximally good. The EGH states that morally relevant great-making property is instantiated at its “worst” (maximally malevolent) level rather than its “best” (maximally benevolent) level. It is powerful because it forces symmetric thinking, nothing is changed except for the “direction” of maximality. Now, I would admit, the EGH is not without its problems either. Academic criticism usually takes the angle of breaking the symmetry between the EGH and the GGH in some way. For example, some have argued that abundant suffering would be better evidence for an evil creator (thus breaking the symmetry, and making the EGH less of a challenge). Others have pointed out that humans have moral intuitions that generally treat goodness as *prima facie* value. When I have brought up the argument to Christians, many believers have a hard time even entertaining the idea of God being evil. In many denominations, God being all-good is a fundamental dogma to the faith. Maximal or infinite goodness is built into the core theological picture of God in virtually every major Christian tradition. In such a framework, any evil per dogma cannot be the fault of or due to God. Evil is either solely to blame on humans (and other spiritual beings), or viewed as the lack of the presence of God. Thus, I wonder about how the Islamic response differs from the Christian one. As I understand Islamic theology, Allah is not universally or unconditionally loving to all (as in most Christian theology). Allah’s love is instead related to qualities such as obedience, repentance and justice. There are multiple suras proclaiming that Allah does not love the transgressors (*al-Baqarah* 2:190), the disbelievers (*Ali ʿImrān* 3:32), the wrongdoers (*Ali ʿImrān* 3:57), the deceitful, sinful (*An-Nisāʼ* 4:10) or the corrupt (*al-Māʾidah* 5:64). In this context, **would a Muslim theologian be more sympathetic or more willing to entertain the EGH? Is the Islamic response, in essence, different to a Christian one? Would the EGH approached differently by Muslim thinkers than by Christian theologians?** Does the EGH even make sense in an Islamic framework? I would imagine that differences in how the attributes of God/Allah is conceived and conceptualized between the Christian and Islamic traditions would hypostatize into different approaches. **The question is therefore about how fitting the EGH is in an Islamic framework and how a muslim theologian would respond (in contrast with a Christian theologian).** I must admit that I am not well-versed on the metaphysical and ontological status of Allah (and the divine attributes of Allah), especially not between Islamic denominations. Hence this question.

Asking because someone said in a philosophy discussion "God should be able to defy logic". I am still learning about Islam and I hope that Allah may guide the person who disbelieves in Him. I want to know the answer to this question so that Allah, the Most Merciful, may increase me in knowledge.

For example when we call someone pretty we say you look divine. Is it considered a shirk?

Can I come back home from a long day, pray isha and after tasleem I put my hand up like dua hands and talk to Allah. Talking to Allah in a way like "Dear Allah, you know everything that I did and feel today but I would like to tell you how my day went anyway because you are the best at listening to me like a best friend. Today this ... and that ... happened, and something funny also happened * laugh *..., and at the end say thank you to Allah and end the conversation.

If in the beginning there was only god and god is boundless and without end, then this means "nothing" didn't exist. Only finite things have boundaries outside of which that thing ceases to be. Even if we assume that God is separate from his being somehow it would be more like panentheism like god is a pregnant mother. And remember that god can't do logically contradictory things. This problem is talked about in sufism and I think tzimzum of isaac of luria. What is the orthodox Islamic perspective on this, how do the theologians handle this one ?

Salam, Why Allah is not interfering & helping specifically less than 3-year-old children affected by war in Gaza? Why is Allah testing less than three years old? I'm not able to digest it. I'm afraid to make Dua nowadays because I'm not getting if Allah not helping less than three years old then how Allah will help me? Feeling troublesome.

Ibliss he was very truthful to God before Adam. My question does Ibliss still pray to Allah or has he stopped?

Assalamu alaikum, so at the beginning of 2024 i made a promise that if i do a sin (which i regularly did) again in 2024 (only in that year) i would fast for 5 days straight and if i skip one day i would have to start the fasting again. I made this promise because how addictive the sin was but i couldn't hold myself from committing the sin multiple times in 2024 and now i have to fast too many days which is actually too hard or even impossible for me to do. It has been almost a year and yet I'm regretting that promise. In high school i learned about making promises with Allah (i think it is like shard in arabic) and the only way to break is to fast 3 days or free certain number of slaves or feed certain number of poor people. So can i just break the promise by just fasting only 3 days ? Or are there any other ways to break the promise ?

I can't stop thinking about that question since i first has been asked it from an atheist. I am a Muslim and I believe none has a 100% belief in Allah s.w.t even me, and that is because the logical questions that come to our minds from time to time. Then I decided to try atheists' questions, and see their answers or try to answer it in order to clear all these questions to me to reach 100% certainty in Allah.

I was watching *The beautiful names and attributes (3) - Assim al hakeem* on youtube. here he says: > and scholars of akida, when they speak about the name Allah they > expand, they go beyond identifying what Allah means and where it it > comes from, they speak about Allah with majesty. and here he says: > this is why when scholars talk about the name Allah they expand not to > make you bored or to write many pages that nobody is going to read > rather to cement the glorification of Allah in your heart... > he created the whole universe and you are > nothing compared to this... Allah provided for you, Allah facilitated > your affairs. you cannot inhale a breath without his permission and if > you inhale that you cannot exhale it without his permission. the blood > runs in your veins without your control, you don't even think about > it. and when a blood clot stops, you don't even know about it, it's > all by his creation In this lecture, Shaykh Assim al-Hakeem refers to books by scholars of ʿaqīdah that discuss the Name “Allah” in depth — not just linguistically, but to build awe and glorification (taʿẓīm) in the believer’s heart. Unfortunately, he doesn’t mention the specific titles. **I am looking for books** that attempt to write about Allah’s greatness, majesty, and countless blessings — works that describe Him as our Rabb (Lord), Ar-Razzāq (The Provider), Al-Khāliq (The Creator), Al-Malik (The Sovereign), and beyond — covering all His names, attributes, and aspects of His greatness, and showing how all of these relate to us. I am not looking for books on fiqh or sharīʿah rulings, but rather works that focus solely on Allah Himself — His Being, His names and attributes, His signs, His might, His mercy, and all aspects of His greatness.

I told a lie about being a victim of sexual abuse to a person that makes harsh comments about sexual abuse. However, I did this to stop them from making these comments as they were affecting the girls around me, due to some of them actually being a victim of such abuse. Is what I did unlawful, after telling him my lie I felt a sense of guilt, built ultimately said it stop him harsh comments. Is what I said unlawful?

I have committed major sins in the past but now want to achive forgiveness please tell me is there any zikr that can help me from erasing major sins? I will also do tauba

Is sunnah prayer from Allah or from muhammad (saw), because it is called sunnah and sunnah is related to muhammad ( saw).

Why did Allah(swt) not talk to other prophets like he did to musa (as) why did he send an angel i.e jibreel (as).

What was Allah doing before the creation? Is there a Hadith for this? Was God making other words before our own?

Assalamualaikum is the word يَدَاهُ in Quran 5:64 a dual or plural in the Arabic language someone told me thats its more than two.

Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people will be thrown into the (Hell) Fire and it will say: 'Are there any more (to come)?' (50.30) till Allah puts His Foot over it and it will say, 'Qati! Qati! (Enough Enough!)'" Sahih al-Bukhari 4848 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4848 ---------------- The Kursi is the place of the feet of Allah, and the size of Throne cannot be known.” This was narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah in at-Tawhid, 1/248, no. 154 and Hakim in Mustadrak. He classed it as authentic according to the conditions of Bukhari and Muslim and Dhahabi has agreed with him. Question: second hadith mentions a pair of foot, first mentions only one foot.. does the second foot stay on Kursiy?

So i have been having bad thoughts about allah since a month now it became worse i started tp think about bad duas for example like (god dont forgive me forever) but i dont want that dua to happen even though its stuck into my mind and i cant stop thinking about it every day i always do bad duas because of my intrusive thoughts i dont want that dua to be granted im scared and i cant control my thoughts i tried to read quran but nothing is working,i always get interrupted by these bad dua thoughts.Will allah accept these bad duas or no because i have intrusive thoughts?

The first Shaitan (Iblis) knows Allah is real and makes humans and jinns disbelieve in Allah. When we say verses like Ayatul Kursi, the shayateen will go away from our house for a couple of days. If they know why they can't enter our houses when we say verses like Ayatul Kursi, do they know Allah is real? If so why do the choose to not and can they become Muslim jinn?

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إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا > أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا > تَسْلِيمًا

> > Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! > Send ye blessings on him and salute him with all respect. **Surah Ahzaab verse 56** I have to think about this from a long time why Allah has to send his blessing toward Muhammad (saw). I mean Allah have All the power of the world and he accepts all blessing of mankind and every other living thing, then why He have to send his blessing?
I am sorry if I did not get the proper translation cause I don't know how to speak Arabic.