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Showing posts with label The Fashioner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Fashioner. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 April 2019

99 Attributes of Allah: Al Musawwir ( The Fashioner )

In the series of posts on 99 attributes of Allah, today we take out the attribute Al Musawwir from the three attributes of the Allah come together in the 24th verse of 59th Surah of the Holy Quran "Surah Al Hashr":


هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ

We have already deliberated upon these three attributes, Al Khaliq, Al Bāri' (The Inventor) and al Musawwir (The Fashioner) which are synonymous to one an other. Allah the Almighty has created the universe from nothing, thus He is rightly attributed Himself as the sole Khaliq, the Creator of the universe. However, the two other attributes of Al Bāri' (The Inventor) and Al Musawwir (The Fashioner) augment the qualities of Al Khaliq.

However, today we exclusively discuss the attribute Al Musawwir ( المُصَوِّر ) - The Fashioner

Every creation has a shape, drawn very deliberately and critically. Al Musawwir is thus the one who has given everything a special form and a special manner whereby it is distinguished. Our faces, hands, toes and every part of our body has be designed in such an artistic completeness that no being other than Allah, the Al Musawwir, has the ability to do so. 

The brush strokes of the Nature are unique and awesome, leave us spellbound when we look at beautifully shaped meadows, vast stretches of lush green lands, the mountains with each peak designed entirely from the other. The colours and hues are unimaginably diverse and different. In fact no human or computer can bring out so many colour combinations that exist in the Nature. The Fashioner or the Shaper has given each creation with a unique beauty different from the other.

 
If one has a flare for underwater photography, one would be amazed to find the fish, each different from the other in colour and shape. The coral reefs under the seas are another creations, shaped and coloured so magnificently that even the best of the painters find them unable even to imitate or copy.

Look at the animals: the lions, the leopards, cheetah, the gazelles, the impalas, the giraffe, the elephants, rhinos, horses and lot others. How beautifully these have been shaped with entirely different attributes. And these shapes never existed before till crafted, fashioned and drawn by none other the Allah Almighty, the best of the Fashioners and Artists - The Al Musawwir, the Shaper of the Beauty !!

You may refer to our post "99 Attributes of Allah" for complete list of 99 attributes of Allah Almighty with meaning and explanation.

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Wednesday, 30 January 2019

The Fathomless Universe: Expressed in Seconds


When we travel in land, we are amazed of its awesome vastness as it takes more than a day to reach from one point to the other extreme on the other other side.Although, today, the distances have been compressed dramatically due to ever increasing speeds of the modes of transportation, the distance remain the same, only time has been compressed. 

But ever wondered the vastness of the Universe the Almighty Allah has created? From our naked eye we can visibly see only he moon and the sun, while all other planets of even our own solar system looks like tiny dots, amid countless tiny other stars that are many many light years away from us. The Hubble Telescope is unfolding the realities and the fathomless vastness of the extent of the Universe.
"The heavens, We have built them with power. And verily, We are expanding it" (The Holy Qur'an, Surah Az Zariat 51:47)
The above quoted verse from the Holy Qur'an explains the vastness of universe, saying the universe has been created by Allah and it is being expanding, something the cosmologists and agronomists have recently started to acknowledge. And imagine that this all has been created in matter of days:
And we have created the Heavens and Earth and everything in between in six days and We were not touched by fatigue. [Holy Quran Surah Qaf 50.38]
This is the mighty power of creation of Allah, that still bewilders the modern science. Its sheer vastness makes it impossible to explore thoroughly and the presence of dark matter and dark energy keep 95.1% of the universe hidden from us. Therefore, the universe that we see and understand so far is only about 4.9% of the entire picture.[1]




I am sharing a video below just to give you an idea how the universe looks starting from an individual seen on the ground resting and then going up into a fathom less extent of the universe above us. And those who still deny that this universe came just by itself should now scratch their imagination and ponder that there has to be some Diving power who is responsible for its birth, just like a child is born from nothing in the mother's womb. If Allah could create this fathomless universe in just six days, was it difficult for Him to take His most beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from earth tho seven heavens in a twinkle of an eye and then bring him back to earth??
He (Allah) has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: Far is He above having the partners they ascribe to Him! (The Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl, 3)

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Saturday, 26 January 2019

99 Attributes of Allah: Al Khaliq (The Creator) Al Bari (The Inventor ) Al Musawwir ( The Fashioner )


In the series of posts on 99 attributes of Allah, our last post was on the Attribute Al Khaliq (The Creator). In fact in the Holy Qur'an, three attributes of the Allah come together in the 24th verse of 59th Surah of the Holy Quran "Surah Al Hashr":


هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ

These three attributes, Al Khaliq, Al Bāri' (The Inventor) and al Musawwir (The Fashioner) are synonymous to one an other. Allah the Almighty has created the universe from nothing, thus He is rightly attributed Himself as the sole Khaliq, the Creator of the universe. However, the two other attributes of Al Bāri' (The Inventor) and Al Musawwir (The Fashioner) augment the qualities of Al Khaliq.

We have already deliberated in detail about the attribute Al Khaliq in our earlier post. So in this post we will dwell on the latter two attributes of Al Bari and Al Musawwir.

Al Bāri'البارِئُ ) - The Inventor / The Originator:

In Arabic, the word Bari has many different meanings. Allah has bara'a, created or initiated the creation without a model; bariyyah means those whom He has created. Another meaning is curing or healing. A wise saying state that one who is cured should express gratitude to the One Who cured him. Al-Baari’ is also the One Who made man from al-baraa, i.e., clay.

In fact Allah has created everything (Al Khaliq), but He gave each a form which was unique and distinctive, that is the attribute Al Bāri'. If we look around each creation is different from each other. Even the most identical twins are not the same genetically or biologically. Imagine the living beings, man, animals, fish, fish, flowers and all other living organism, a large number of which exist or existed, but none is exactly alike. 

We humans alone are entirely different from each other - even no two humans have the same finger prose, which otherwise look so similar to naked eye. Our bone structure is unique that bears the weight of mass over it. Ever cared to compare the bone structure of different animals and humans - how diverse these are and how articulately these have been joined together?

This vast deviations could only be ensured by Allah Almighty, who is Al Khaliq and Al Bāri' too.
Allâh, it is He Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape and made your shapes good (looking) and has provided you with good things. That is Allâh, your Lord, so Blessed is Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists). [Holy Qur'an, Surah Al Ghafir 40:64]
Needless to say that it is He who has made everything that is in perfect harmony and proportion, without blemish or fault. Bāri' denotes the way the One works with substances, often creating from existing matter, making and evolving that which is free and clear of any other thing, free and clear of imperfections. Beside physical appearances, beauty and grandeur, Allah has given man and all other creations with special aptitudes, faculties and capacities.

The human animal and plant anatomy is something that best of the scientists and doctors have yet to understand it and create something similar to it. We may make robots that can assist us in assembling cars or even assisting us in our daily housed chores, these can never be a true replica of man. Even if we make something closer to it, could we ever be able to give it a mind just like us?

Al Musawwir ( المُصَوِّر ) - The Fashioner

Every creation has a shape, drawn very deliberately and critically. Al Musawwir is thus the one who has given everything a special form and a special manner whereby it is distinguished. Our faces, hands, toes and every part of our body has be designed in such an artistic completeness that no being other than Allah, the Al Musawwir, has the ability to do so. 

The brush strokes of the Nature are unique and awesome, leave us spellbound when we look at beautifully shaped meadows, vast stretches of lush green lands, the mountains with each peak designed entirely from the other. The colours and hues are unimaginably diverse and different. In fact no human or computer can bring out so many colour combinations that exist in the Nature. The Fashioner or the Shaper has given each creation with a unique beauty different from the other.

 
If one has a flare for underwater photography, one would be amazed to find the fish, each different from the other in colour and shape. The coral reefs under the seas are another creations, shaped and coloured so magnificently that even the best of the painters find them unable even to imitate or copy.

Look at the animals: the lions, the leopards, cheetah, the gazelles, the impalas, the giraffe, the elephants, rhinos, horses and lot others. How beautifully these have been shaped with entirely different attributes. 

One can go on and on explaining these three attributes Al Khaliq, Al Bāri' (The Inventor) and al Musawwir (The Fashioner), but the explanations and details are never ending. Rather sometimes, some attributes are unexplainable. Then why do not we acknowledge Allah as the sole Creator of the universe, and why do we still include others to be His equal or even partner. May Allah grant us the wisdom to bow in front of Him as much as we can to thank Him for everything that He created fro us. 

So when talking of the Creation and the Creator, al-Khaaliq is a general word, al-Baari’ is more specific and al-Musawwir is even more specific.

Please watch the video below and listen to an enlightening commentary on the meaning of these three attributes of Allah:

You may refer to our post "99 Attributes of Allah" for complete list of 99 attributes of Allah Almighty with meaning and explanation.

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Thursday, 10 January 2019

99 Attributes of Allah: Al Khaliq (The Creator)


This is our third post on the 99 attributes of Allah, the Almighty. The five attributes mentioned in this post appear in the 24th verse of 59th Surah of the Holy Quran "Surah Al Hashr":


هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.


The Creator  الْخَالِقُ 
The first of the five attributes mentioned in the Surah Al Hashr is The Creator (Al Khaliq). And there seems no need actually to further explain this attribute as we are the bare witnesses ourselves to see the creations of Allah all around us. But what we see is only a very small fraction of Allah's creations as one cannot even fathom the vastness of the universe Allah has created.

It is revealed in 62nd verse of Surah Az-Zumar (The Companies) سورة الزمر:


ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.

The attribute "Khaliq" is from the root word "kh-l-q" which describe this attribute of Allah the best in the classical Arabic connotations:
  • To bring a thing into existence from non-existence 
  • To create something based on a pattern or model which one has devised
  • To measure accurately
  • To determine the proper measure or proportion for something
  • To proportion one thing according to another
Now in view of the definition and meaning of the word Kh-l-q above, look around once more and see for yourself how every thing has been precisely created with no deformity or mis-measurement. Our solar system is an excellent example of harmonious movement of planets that revolve around the sun, never being late even for a nano second. The winds and the weather changes that bring in seasons like spring with abundant multi coloured flowers adorning the earth  canvas with pleasing aroma that the flowers fill the environment around us. 

Ever noticed how many shades of green are around us? Trees and shrubs and grass are all green yet in one vicinity, there are many shades of green. Even if man had tried to do this, he would never have been able to.  No doubt, this is all by Allah; the Creator, the Maker, the Designer.
Triangulum Galaxy [Photo: NASA]
Just a few days back I came across a few photos of taken by the Hubble Telescope which had showed the Triangulum Galaxy, a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. This is one of the farthest galaxies, but who knows what is even beyond this galaxy. And now just imagine how many billions and trillions of stars that are between us and the Triangulum Galaxy - this amply exhibits the Creation attribute of Allah.

And do you know Man is the best creation of the Almighty Allah. Just imagine who a fetus is conceived, nurtured and nourished in a protective seven layered mother's womb. The milk that is produced by the cows and sheep from green grass. The mountains that hold the earth in place and the oceans that are the birth place of clouds by evaporation of water that make raining making clouds. We have abundance of vegetable and animals that provide us food and from the green grass fodder is produced for the animals. Even a bee or an ant has a function to perform and ever wondered how this tiniest of creatures still have all the living organs for them to be living.

Wandering around one comes across so much creations by One and Only Allah which leave him in awe and bewilderedness. That is why Allah reminds the man much too often: So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? [Surah Ar Rehman 55 th Chapter]

We have here in this post touched only one attribute of Allah as mentioned in the opening verse mentioned. Although the second and third attributes mentioned above are correlated with the first attribute, we thought to take the Creator attribute separately for its is so powerful that it had to be narrated separately and individually. The remaining will be mentioned in posts to follow.
You may refer to our post "99 Attributes of Allah" for complete list of 99 attributes with meaning and explanations

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