Initial Discussion:
Knowing how the Creator is, is life’s most important necessity. That’s because the best impact of Creator’s best attributes is produced on human life. That’s why knowing and believing them is absolutely essential. And the Creator ought to be embellished with such attributes.
Power, Mercy, Love And Wisdom
1) The Creator should be the epitome of safety and safety giving. He should always stay safe. He shouldn’t be afflicted with any pain and none should be able to hurt Him. He should be over and above any calamity, weakness or flaw. He should always stay safe from all these things. He should always remain safe and perfect. Nothing should make a difference to His safety and perfection. Such a being alone could be God. He should be peace a loving being and whatever He does should be in the broader interest of His creation. His laws too, which are meant for human beings, should have peace and safety for humanity. They should provide mental and emotional comfort. His teachings should keep human beings safe from mental, psychological, moral and physical sicknesses. He and His work should be blessed.
His works should provide multifold and multi-directional benefits to His creation.
He should be majestic as well as kind.
There is an expression of balance in the Creator’s step and decisions through His attributes, telling us that He takes one to task, but also forgives, that He gets angry but is also kind.
2) The Creator should be free from all weaknesses and be above the limitations of life and action:
Man invents many things and utilizes power and sources of energy to operate them. Some are electrically operated like fan and Air conditioner, some are battery operated like toys for instance, while some run on petrol and gas. But we ourselves do not derive our energy and power from petrol, electricity or battery but from a totally different source – food, which is totally different from those things rom which our own inventions derive power.
Similarly, the Creator should not derive His own power from the system which He created for His creation to derive its own power. We derive our power from food, sleep and rest. But the Creator should be above from any such system which He made to meet our needs. That’s why He should be above and independent of sleep, rest and food. The universe’s constant and heavy duty management should neither tire Him nor should He be in need of deriving His strength from sleep and food which are human needs & weaknesses from which the Creator should be free and independent. Rather He alone is the fountain head of all powers and energies found in the universe and beyond.
3) The Creator should be self – sustaining:
Self – Sustaining is not only the one who sustains Himself but also others. How could one who is himself dependent on others for his survival be able to sustain others?
He alone is able to sustain, who neither sleeps nor yawns. Yawns and sleep are signs of powerlessness which are produced out of tiredness. Sleep is a form of negligence, a weakness that doesn’t conform to the sustaining constant administration of the universe. How could one who cannot sustain himself being overwhelmed by sleep be able to sustain the universe?
The self-sustaining one should be free from all such weaknesses and powerlessness.
Life alone can give life. The other life can sustain itself as along as the first life want to sustain it. That’s why the Creator should be self-sustaining only then can the universe and the life present in it could survive and sustain.
4) The Creator should be self – living:
The Creator should live and sustain on His own i.e. He was there when there was nothing. He is in existence from the time which is beyond the stretch of imagination. Initially, before the existence of anything, there has to be a life which could give life to another, grant existence to the non-existent, create and sustain universe and He alone could sustain it who’s capable of sustaining Himself. Such a being alone is called self-living. In contrast to man, whose life is neither his nor could he extend it to as long as he wants. Rather his life is dependent on the Life Giver. Therefore, the self-living should be free from all such weaknesses and powerlessness like tiredness, sleep, disease and death.
5) The Creator should be Lord of all the worlds too:
Lord denotes the sustainers, the Nourishes, Guardian, Caretaker, Protector and guide.
He should be the Lord of every world: the world of ants, humans, seas, birds, galaxies. There should be one and only Lord of all these worlds not different ones. That’s because the whole universe is one unit. Hence it should be under the administration of one. Only then can there be mutual coordination and cooperation between all the creations, just as there’s only one principal of a school.
6) The Creator should be Most Compassionate and Most Merciful too:
The Creator should be extremely benevolent and merciful. This attribute is necessary and correlative to the attribute of Lord. Without this attribute, it’s difficult to be Lord. Therefore, the Creator alone should be Lord and He should definitely be compassionate and merciful. And the one who’s extremely benevolent deserves to be God.
7) The Creator should keep an eye on everything at every moment which is necessary for the proper administration of the universe.
The Creator, the Master of the universe should be so well-aware of that He should know where everything is. Only then can the universe function properly.
8) Only the One who has knowledge can rule and this is how the Creator should be:
The one who has knowledge can alone be the sovereign and God. The Creator alone has the knowledge of everything in the universe. Won’t the one who created know?
9) The extent of the Creator’s Knowledge:
Nothing in heaven and earth should remain hidden from the Creator’s view. Everything should be in his view at every moment. Only the one who created has all the information about His creation – living and non-living. Only then can the universe function correctly.
10) Everything should be transparent and obvious to the Creator all the time. Nothing should be hidden from Him:
Past, present and future shouldn’t matter to Him. Every part of the length of time should be like past and present to Him. Millions of years of past and present should be in the Creator’s view at a single and simultaneous instant.
From our viewpoint, something’s are related to past and some to the present. But for the Creator, everything is related to the present and the obvious. Nothing should be hidden from Him.
We don’t have knowledge of so many things. Science hasn’t unlocked all the secrets. But the Creator should know everything then alone it can be said with confidence and certainty that He’s ruling the universe in the light of total knowledge. Only then can there be no mistake in His decision and rule.
11) Awareness of the Creator:
If the Creator isn’t aware of what’s happening in the universe then how can He administer it? And if He isn’t aware of who’s doing what then how can He give reward and punishment? If He isn’t aware of emotions, intentions and decisions then how can He help? If He doesn’t listen to the prayers made in silence, then how can He answer them?
12) The Creator should have sovereignty over the universe :
That’s because everyone in His creation and are certainly powerless before Him; none has any choice. When the Creator wants to seize someone for His disobedience and oppression, then no body could stand in His way and the Creator just does whatever He wants.
13) Only the one who created should have the right to rule :
When the Creator of the entire universe is one and only then naturally He alone will be its Master. That’s why everything should be done by His sanction and order. Because He alone has the power to cause profit or loss to the slave.
14) The Creator alone should be the Ruler of the entire universe and rule requires power :
Praise belongs to the king alone. And He alone can be king who has power over everything. And Creator alone has power over everything. That’s why the Creator alone should rule the whole universe.
15) Just a command of the Creator should be enough:
Creator is He who creates whatever and however He wants without any means. He isn’t in need of means and resources. He doesn’t have to toil to do anything. Everything is His creation and property and most certainly is under His command. Everything should be awaiting His command for His service and obedience. One command of His should enough to make it obey, be it living or non – living, everything after all is a creation for the Creator.
16) The Creator alone should be the King of the Universe:
The Creator shouldn’t be the king of just one territory or one kind of creation or world but rather of all the worlds and the entire universe for everything is His creation and allof it combined is a unit and compensate and balance out each other. That’s why everything should be under the command, rule and authority of one being only who created them all. Such a king alone could be God. God is He who’s worshiped, obeyed, bowed to, to whom prostrations are due, prayed to, trusted and on whom hope is pinned.
17) The Creator alone should be the King of the universe and the king should be free from all weaknesses:
When a king gets old or weak or sick, then he abdicates in favor of his son. Because weakness and sovereignty are incompatible with each other. The government will fall. System will breakdown. There will be unrest and rebellion. That’s why the king of the universe should be free from all such weaknesses otherwise the administration of the universe will get severely affected.
He should neither suffer from any king of tiredness, nor sleep nor yawn. He should neither age nor fall sick so that the Creator alone stays the king forever. He keep on ruling His creation. Since its His dominion, then to Him belong the kingship and rule.
18) The Creator should be the Master :
He should be a full-fledged Master. Master of every created thing. Master forever. Not with limited power and time. Nobody could make Him lose His ownership of thee universe or prevent Him from managing what belongs to Him. He can keep anyone in whichever state He likes or grant or deprive whoever He wants. None could dare question or protest against it.
19) The Creator should be dominant and powerful over everything:
He should be dominant and powerful over everything, only then can He rule over the entire universe. And only then can He be trusted. Trust, hope and conviction get shaken with regards to a weak and dependent being.
20) The Creator should have power over everything :
A thing can be done without any means or resource, even though the circumstances are unfavorable, something hard to fathom for man – and get the Creator could do it all with His power. He isn’t dependent on means and resources but rather is their Creator.
21) The Creator alone should rule over everything :
The Creator should be the final authority of the universe and man. Nothing should ever happen without His command or permission, otherwise they would be interference in His rule. Man tries but creating means for him or creating obstacles in his way or failing all his efforts … from all these aspects, a man feels his powerlessness and ultimately the command of the Creator appears to be prevailing.
22) Everyone should be powerless before Him and He alone should be dominant :
The Creator is He who can make ineffective or nullify man’s plan against another person or rather turn his own scheme against him. He should be able to do all this and in any case, the Creator’s plan alone should prevail.
23) The Creator alone should plan and implement :
Creation, planning and implementation ….these are all part of the same process and they are interconnected and interdependent. All these things together achieve the purpose. They cannot be separated.
In order for the thing to be done perfectly and conclusively, it is imperative for the these things to be in the hands of one being only. The one who creates, who kick starts the process and executes it, can alone sustain it. Therefore Creator alone should be the Maker and the bestower of forms.
24) The Creator is He whose decision cannot be stopped by anyone from being implemented. Nothing could paralyze His decision. He has power over all things.
25) The Creator shouldn’t suffer from tiredness :
The One who gets tired cannot be the Creator. Tiredness is weakness. A weak being cannot be worthy of worship.
26) The Creator should be Mighty too :
The Creator should be so mighty and irresistible that nobody in the world could stop His decision from being implemented. Such a supreme being that none could be able to raise their heads against Him. None could resist His decisions. Before whom, everyone’s powerless and helpless.
27) Besides being mighty, He should be wise too so that His unchallenged power is put to right and beneficial use :
Besides being irresistible, powerful and absolute, He should be wise too that He does anything with wisdom. Only then can He be proved to be beneficial to the creation. There shouldn’t be an iota of silliness and ignorance in anything He does. Otherwise there would be great disruption and oppression for on one hand He is all powerful and on the other hand there’s no one to stop Him, That there are no checks and balances to His power and neither is He answerable to anyone, and on top of that He is bereft of wisdom!!!
28) Besides being powerful, He should be wise too so that no oppression occurs:
If the Creator is powerful, unchallenged and unquestionable but isn’t merciful, the world will end soon and man won’t get much respite.
29) The Creator should be Holy too:
The Creator should be free and pure from all bad attributes. No flaw, defect or any ugly attribute should be found in Him, rather He should be the holiest being about Him nothing bad could even be imagined and such a pure and pure being alone should be God.
30) The Creator should be above accountability for He is free from committing tyranny, oppression and mistakes:
Only He should be the Creator, Master, Ruler and God who isn’t accountable to anyone and everyone is accountable to Him. Accountable is he whose choices and resources are not His own but are given to Him. They are given to him as trust. Whose bounties are his own but bestowed on him by someone else. Who is weak. Can make mistakes, misuse the favors and bounties, violate rights and commit injustice. The Creator should be free from all such faults and be the Final Authority. All the choices are His own not given. therefore, there’s no question of His accountability.
31) The Creator should be wise too for wisdom and power are prerequisites for Godhead:
What’s the use of believing in a God who is weak, powerless and silly? What’s the use of believing in a God who neither knows human affairs, emotions, sentiments and need nor feels them and nor take steps to address them nor has the power to do so.
32) The Creator and the creation cannot be equal:
Knowledge and power of the Creator cannot be the same as the creation. If the Creator is in need of any creation then it means that the Creator is weak and weak being cannot be God. It’s amazing how people equate the Creator and the created by associating the creation in the godhead of the Creator. This is how they elevate the creation to the level of the Creator, and degrade, weaken and insult Him by equating the two. The creation/created cannot be associate in godhead with the Creator just because man said so. We don’t have that kind of power to associate the creation with the Creator. Since He has no associates, the Creator is one and He alone should be God.
33) How the Creator should be ?
The Creator should be All powerful only then He can do anything He wants – neither there will be anyone to stop Him or interfere and nor will He be in need of anyone.
He should be All knowing, only then He wouldn’t be in need of anyone for consultation.
He should be Most loving towards everyone, only then His decision would be based on love in which will be goodness.
He should be Most Generous, only then His actions will have mercy and goodness in them.
Based on these qualities and attributes, the Creator’s decision would be wise, and for a long period of time, these decision would be good not just for one individual but for many people and for other creatures as well.
[This article is the translation of the Fifth chapter of a book “Realistic Concept of The Creator of The Universe (In The Light Of Logical Arguments)” Written by: Dr. Muhammad Muazzam Ali (MBBS, DCH) in Urdu
Translation by: Dr. Maaz Amjad Warsi (MBBS) ]
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