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Refutation of the Allegations Made Against Islam 27 The next question that he has raised is that the God of Islam is such that reason does not accept it. In fact, the God of Islam is such that He invites men to reason to convince them of His Existence. If everyone has this concept, that God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and that He is its Proprietor, then this must also be conceded that He is the Lord of all powers. Instead of flouting Islam’s concept of God, serious contemplation and reflection is needed. The Promised Messiah as says: The God of Islam is the same God who is visible in the mirror of the law of nature and is discernible in the book of nature. Islam has not presented a new God but has pre- sented the same God Who is presented by the light of man’s heart, by the conscience of man, and by heaven and earth. ( Majm u ‘ah Ishtih a r a t, vol. 2, p. 310–311, ed. 1972) He writes: The attributes of God, to which the Holy Quran calls us are set out as follows: Allah is He beside whom there is no god. Knower of the unseen and the seen, He is the Most Gracious, the Ever- Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of peace, the Bestower of secu- rity, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted. He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and