The Qur’an and Philosophy
The Qur’an and Philosophy
اَللّٰهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ اَلْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌؕ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِؕ مَنْ ذَا الَّذٖي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُٓ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِهٖؕ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدٖيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْۚ وَلَا يُحٖيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهٖٓ اِلَّا بِمَا شَٓاءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَۚ وَلَا يَؤُ۫دُهُ حِفْظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظٖيمُAllah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what lies before them and what lies behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not tire Him. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِWith Him are the keys of the unseen. – The Quran 6: 59.
قُلِ اللّٰهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِSay: ‘O Allah, Owner of all sovereignty'. – The Quran 3: 26.
يَاۤ اَرْضُ ابْلَعِى مَاۤءَ كِ وَيَا سَمَآءُ اَقْلِعِىO earth, swallow your water; and O sky, withhold your rain! – The Quran 11: 44.
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَاْلاَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّThe seven heavens, the earth, and all that is within them glorify Him. – The Quran 17: 44.
مَاخَلْقُكُمْ وَلاَ بَعْثُكُمْ اِلاَّ كَنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍYour creation and your resurrection are but as that of a single soul. – The Quran 31: 28.
اِنَّا عَرَضْنَا اْلاَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَاْلاَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِIndeed, We offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth, and the mountains... – The Quran 33: 72.
يَوْمَ نَطْوِى السَّمَاۤءَ كَطَىِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِOn the Day when We will roll up the heaven like the rolling up of a scroll for writings... – The Quran 21:104.
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَاْلاَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَالْقِيَامَةِThey have not esteemed Allah as He truly deserves. On the Day of Resurrection, the whole earth will be within His grasp. – The Quran 39: 67
لَوْ اَنْزَلْناَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ عَلٰى جَبَلٍ لَرَاَيْتَهُHad We sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and split apart from the fear of Allah. – The Quran 59: 21.