The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 64
64. Essence of Islam-1. God not been All-Powerful, possessing the capacity of creating from nothing, He would have been compelled either to have recourse to tyranny or to adhere to justice and be deprived of His Godhead. The vessel of God carries on with full power and justice. . Then He says: which means that He is Himself secure against all defects and misfortunes and hardships and bestows security upon His creation. Had he been subject to misfortunes, for instance, had He been subject to being killed by people or by being frustrated in His designs, how would anyone's heart feel secure that God would save him from misfortunes? The false gods are described in the Holy Qur'ān as follows: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا له، و ان يَسْلُبُهُمُ الذُّبابُ شَيْئًا لا يَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ و المطلُوبُ مَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقٌّ قَدْرِهِ اِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزُ 260. Those whom you call gods instead of Allāh, cannot create even a fly, even if they were all to join hands to do so; and if a fly were to take away something from them, they do not have the power to recover it therefrom. Ignorant are those who worship them and helpless are those whom they worship. . Can gods be like this? God has all power above every other powerful one and He overcomes all. No one can seize Him or beat Him. Those who fall into such mistakes do not rightly estimate God and do not know what. He should be. . Then God is the Bestower of peace and sets forth reasons in support of His excellences and His Unity. This is an 26 ' al-Hajj, 22:74-75 [Publisher]