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AlKhaliq/AlKhalaaqClass5|November15,2015

“AlKhaliq/AlKhalaaq” Class5

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Introduction

ThemoreweknowthenamesofAllahthemoreweunderstandHisdecree.AsourknowledgeofAllah’snamesincreasesweunderstandthesituation/incidentsaroundusbetter.Itisobligatoryuponustohaveknowledge of Allah.Whenwe knowAllahwewill know about ourselves and our situations. KnowingAllahmakesourlifeeasy,asitiseasytoproject/seelifewhenweknowAllah.Ourreactiontoincidentsdependsonourfaith.Themorewehavefaiththemoreouractionsandreactionswillbebalanced.Weareaccountableforallourreactionsandweareallatestofeachother.Weneedtodothebestthatwecandoevenifothersarebadtous.

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AlKhaliq/AlKhalaaqTodaywewillstudythenameofAllahalKhaliqandAlKhalaaq.BoththesenamescamefromKha’la’qa.ThemeaningofKha’la’qainlanguageis

1. “tocreateor to initiate thecreationofanythingwithoutanexample”.Anything inventedby thehumans is imitationofAllah’s creation. Allah isAlKhaliq andHis creation isPerfect.Anythingmadebythehumansneedstomodifiedoverperiodoftime.NoahA.Screatedthefirstship.ItwasAllahwhoinspiredNoahA.S.tobuildtheship.

2. “isestimation”or“decree.”

AlKhaliqAlKhaliqis“Theonewhocreateswithoutanexamplebeforebutbasedonestimation”.Allahinitiatedthecreation and estimated it before our creation. Before Allah created the human being, Allahmade thedecreeandestimatedforallthecreationinthePreservedTablet.Thousandyearsbeforethecreationofthe heaven and earth Allah commanded the pen towrite the decree of all the creation till theDay ofJudgmentinthePreservedTablet.WearecreatedbecauseAllahdecreedforustobecreated.

AlKhalaaqAlKhalaaqisanexcessiveform.Itmeans“Theonewhocreatesfromonestagetoanotherstage,fromonetimetoanother”e.g.thecreationofmankindfromthedropofsementoababy;thenthebabychangestotoddlerthentoteenager,thencomesyouthandfinallyoldageetc.Allahgaveprovisiontothemanineachstage.

ItalsomeansthevastnessofAllah’screation.ThereiscreationofAllahthatwecannotseee.g.Jinn,angelsetc.AlsothereiscreationofAllahthatwedonotevenknowabout.

• WhenAllah created thehumanbeing;All the creation is created from themale and femalebuttherearethreeexceptions.

o Allah created Adam A.S. without any father or mother. Allah decreed for human to becreatedandthenhecommandedJibreelA.S.togototheearthandtakefromitsdifferentparts(rocks,sand,preciousstonesetc.)ThenAllahcreatedAdamA.S fromHishandasa

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picture.Ibleeswaswatchingfromtheside.IbleescametoAdamA.S.andknockedtofinditwashollow.ThenIbleeswentinandoutofAdamA.S.andheunderestimatedit.ThenAllahblewHis soul inAdamA.S. andAdamA.S. sneezedandsaid “ALhumdulillah”and itwassaid to him “YarhamukumAllah” ( first words said and heard by Adam A.S.) Then Allahtaught AdamA.S. all the languages, names of all the objects, names of all the offsprings,namesofalltheangelsandnamesofeverything.).Allahthenshowedsomeobjectstotheangelsandaskedthemthenamesbuttheangelsdidnotknow.AdamA.S.waselevatedduetoknowledge.AllahaskedAdamA.S.totellthenamesoftheobjects.AfterAdamA.S.toldthemthenamesthenAllahcommandedtheangelsandIbleestoprostratetoAdamA.S.ButIbleesrefusedtoprostrateashesaidhewasmadefromfirewhileAdamwasmadefromclay.ThenAllahcastedIbleesawayashedidnotdeservetolivewiththeangels.

o AdamA.SwasalonesoAllahcreatedhiscompanionHawaA.S.fromtheribofAdam.HawaA.S.iscreatedwithoutanymother.TheProphetSAWtoldthementotakecareofwomenandtoldthemtobelovingtothemastheyarefragile.

o TheotherpersonisIsaA.S.whoiscreatedwithoutanyfather.HismotherisMaryamA.S.whoisadevoteeHerheartwasconnectedwithAllah.Sheisthepurestofthewomenassheisolatedherselfforworship.ThenameMaryammeansworshipper.ThenAllahsentJibreelA.S.intheformofveryhandsomeman.AssoonasshesawhimshesaidIseekrefugefromArRahman. JibreelA.S. toldherhe ismessenger fromAllah and I came to give yougladtidingsofason.MaryamA.S.repliedthathowcanshehaveasonwhensheisnotmarriedandshe isnotabadwoman. JibreelA.S. toldherthematter isdecreed.MaryamA.S. isachastewomenandAllahprotectedher.AllahmadeJibreelA.StoblowthesoulofIsaA.S.inMaryamA.SandduetothisMaryamA.S.conceived.WhenIsaA.S.wasbornhespokeasababy.ThistoowasamiracleofAllah.

• Allahcreatedthemanners.Wethinkthemannersareacharacteristicsbutactuallyitsacreation.AllahcreatedthecreationandHecreatedthemanners.SoifwewanttohavemannersweneedtoaskAllah.Inlifeourphysicalcreationisnotimportantbutourmannersareimportant.

• Allahalsocreatedtheactions.Oneistheactionsinsideourbodye.g.ourheartbeat,functioningofeachbodypart.Theother isoutwardaction i.e.walking. Inordertodoanyactionweneedtwothings:

o 1.Intention/motive.

o 2.PowerBoththeabovearefromAllah.WeneedtohaveintentionandbetruthfulandneedtoaskAllah.AllahwillthenbringittousandHeisabletomakeustodoit.AllahtellsusintheQuranthatAllahcreatedusandHecreatedouractions.

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WhenweknowtheaboveitmakesustoworshipAllahalone.WeneedtoknowthatAllahcreatedustoworshiphim.ThenameAllah“ALKhaliq”leadustoworshipHimalone.WeneedtobelieveinHimalone.WhenweworshipAllahalone,Hewill create themeans forusandHewill create theprovision forus.WhenweworshipAllah,thenHecancreateanythingforus.

AllahgaveusthecreationaroundustoworshipHimalone.Everycreationaroundusleadsustolailahaillalla.Wehavesomuchevidencearoundus

ImpactonusWhenweknowAllahisAlKhaliqandAlKhalaaqthen

1. WeworshipAllahalone.2. WeknowthatnothingisimpossibleforAllah.Allahisabletocreateanything.