RE: What is a proof?
March 12, 2013 at 1:53 am
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2013 at 1:55 am by Muslim Scholar.)
One last comment before the proof
What to proof about God
In Islam God has many names, each name is reflecting a characteristic about God, those names can be categorized into:
1- Assigned names
Which are names that God asked us to call him by, (e.g. Allah)
These names cannot be proved they are just assigned by God
2-Defining names
Which are names that define God himself, even God doesn't have a choice about them, they are the same as God himself
for example "The only God", "The First", "The Eternal"
Those names can be proved by Logic
3- Action Names
Those names are assigned to God because of his actions (e.g. merciful, creator, Justice, etc.)
Those names reflect God's actions in the Universe
You can agree or disagree with them based on your understanding
So proving God, means proving the existence of a being that has type 2 of the names above.
I hope that I explained it well for you.
What to proof about God
In Islam God has many names, each name is reflecting a characteristic about God, those names can be categorized into:
1- Assigned names
Which are names that God asked us to call him by, (e.g. Allah)
These names cannot be proved they are just assigned by God
2-Defining names
Which are names that define God himself, even God doesn't have a choice about them, they are the same as God himself
for example "The only God", "The First", "The Eternal"
Those names can be proved by Logic
3- Action Names
Those names are assigned to God because of his actions (e.g. merciful, creator, Justice, etc.)
Those names reflect God's actions in the Universe
You can agree or disagree with them based on your understanding
So proving God, means proving the existence of a being that has type 2 of the names above.
I hope that I explained it well for you.
