Page 23 - Basic Tenets of Islam

HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

being can recognize his own existence only as it exists in
time. Allah, however, is not bound by time, for it is He Who
created it. In other words, Allah is independent of the flow of
time; Allah does not need to wait to see what will happen in
the future. Allah is truly exalted above all such deficiencies.

Allah knows of a future event (future for us) before it
happens, because Allah, the First and the Last, is not bound
by time, and because He is the Absolute and the Infinite. Not
bound by time, Allah is aware of an event which, from our
perspective, will take place thousands of years later. In fact,
it is He Who willed, determined and created it. This truth is
revealed in a verse as follows:
Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves,
without its being in a Book before We make it happen.
That is something easy for Allah. (Surat al-Hadid: 22)

ALLAH HAS POWER OVER EVERYTHING

Allah, the Creator of everything, is the sole possessor of
all beings. It is Allah Who heaps up the heavy clouds, heats
and brightens the earth, varies the direction of the winds,
holds birds suspended up in the sky, splits the seed, makes a
man's heart beat, ordains photosynthesis in plants, and keeps
planets in their separate orbits. People generally surmise that
such phenomena occur according to "the laws of physics,"
"gravity," "aerodynamics," or other physical factors;
however, there is one significant truth these people ignore:

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