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Abdul Alzaid

Dr. Juliette Williams

God and The Human Experience

What Does God Feel like

The most sacred religious figure in the world is Jesus Christ referred to as God in Christianity. He is not only honored in Christianity, which is the largest religion in the world, but also respected in other religions, such as, Islam. Additionally, I am a Muslim person, and therefore God (Allah) in my own belief feels and perceived somehow differently from what God is in Christianity or other religions.

According to Islam, Jesus’ fundamental role was not only to multiply magic bread or to test our innocence, but to set off the legalism of the Torah with leavening compassion rarely expressed in the older testament. Monotheism was greatly affected by His words and actions. Furthermore, Muslims regard Jesus as one of the world’s great teachers. Moreover, in Islam Jesus is a special type of prophet, a messenger empowered to communicate divinity not only in words but by miracles as well.

In Islam, Allah is the description of the “One God” of monotheism, and it is an Arabic word that refers to God whether in Christianity or Judaism (Abrahamic religions.) Therefore, the usage of the word Allah or God holds the same meaning for me, which refers to the one and only God. In addition, Allah for me and most Muslims feel like the Being Who comprises all the attributes of perfection.

Allah for me feels like the Being Who is perfect in every way possible. Allah is perfect in His knowledge, power, love, understanding, compassion, and many more attributes. Allah possesses the best, holiest, and noblest qualities imaginable in the highest degree. Furthermore, Allah in Islam has ninety-nine names in which we believe represent him in the best descriptive way possible.

For me here are the names that represent what God feels like. First of all, God feels like the only Merciful, the Beneficent, the Absolute Ruler, the Pure One, the Source of Peace, the Inspirer of Faith, the Guardian, the Victorious, the compeller, the Greatest, the Creator, the Maker of Order, the Shaper of Beauty, the Forgiving, the Giver of All, the Sustainer, the Judge, the Hearer of All, the Seer of All and many more.

Moreover, I believe God existence cannot be felt directly, but can perceived by the mind and the heart. Since God is not like anything of His creation I believe it is not possible to see God or hear Him. People who believe they heard God talking to them or had any sort of direct communication with Him, is just false imaginations to me. In addition, I feel like I can perceive and feel His mercy and blessings, which causes the heart and mind to be at peace, and causes the feeling of security.

Since Allah has 99 attributes, and we mentioned some of them above, I believe that I can understand some of His attributes, but His essence cannot be comprehended by a human’s limited mental and physical capacity. Therefore, I believe that Allah created us primarily so that we may know Him through his creations and miracles. On the other hand, some believes which I fully respect, in their views have restricted God by creating a physical image of him, which I believe should not happen, because for me God feels unique and superior to his Creation.

Allah, the Almighty, the Just and the One Judge allow us to do what we please to test our actions. Allah, judges fairly and by doing so He punishes those who do evil and forgive those who ask for forgiveness and honor those who do good. I feel like we are accountable for our own actions, and that we ought to do the best in life. However, we are all sinners and we always sin, and that does not mean God will punish us immediately, but if we don’t ask for forgiveness and continue doing evil then He will. Also, God knows our intentions, and therefore judges us for what we intent to do and do it.

God for me feels around all the time, no matter what I do I always ask myself if I am upsetting God or not because I believe He is watching everything we do. I feel that God is around and listening to my prayers every time I ask him something, I feel His blessing and gifts around me, and that He is so generous to me. God perception for me is felt greatly through his creations around me, from animals, planets, oceans, skies, and mankind I can see the greatness He Possesses.

In conclusion, I have mentioned that Allah is the same as God when I read it or write it. However, as I come from Muslim background the perception of God is different from what others in different religions perceive or feel. I believe that Allah can be perceived from his creations around us, from His amazing creations to the uncountable blessing that made us comfortable living. Allah has so many attributes that describe how I perceive Him, and one of them previously mentioned is the Merciful, in which my name in Arabic refers to, as the Servant of the Merciful (Abdulrahman.)