another god like Himself?" or "Can He create something so heavy that
He cannot lift it?".
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The atheist needs someone who will call him to Allaah and remind him
of the blessing and signs of Allaah which point to Hisexistence,
Oneness and might.
The entire universe points to Allaah, may He be exalted, how can anyone deny it?
How could anyone disobey God or how could anyone deny Him
When God has a sign in everything that exists to point to His Oneness?
No attention should be paid to the specious arguments of the atheists
and those who have gone astray, exceptby the one who is qualified to
refute them.So we must be very cautious, because a specious argument
may become settled in the heart, after which it is difficult to get
rid of it.
Secondly:
This argument is one of the oldest specious arguments offered by the
atheists, and the scholars have a well known answer to it, which may
be summed up in two points:
1 – This matter is impossible, because if the other one was a god,it
would not be possible to create him. To assumethat he can be a god
andbe created is impossible.
It says in al-Durar al-Saniyyah min al-Ajwabah al-Najdiyyah (3/265): A
story discussing a different issue was narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas,
which is that the devils said to Iblees, O our master, whydo we see
you rejoicing over the death of a scholar in a way that youdo not
rejoice over the death of a worshipper? For we cannot influence the
scholar but we can influence the worshipper. He said: Go a worshipper,
go to him when he is worshipping.They said: We want to ask you. He
turned to them and Iblees said: Can your Lord create another like
Himself? He said: I do not know. He said: Don't you see that his
worship cannot benefit him when he is so ignorant?
They asked a scholar about that and he said: That is impossible,
because if he were like Him, he could not have been created, and the
idea that he is created and is like Him is impossible. If he is
created he is not like Him, rather he is just oneof His slaves. He
said: Don't you see that this man can destroy in an hour what it took
years to build? And Allaah knows best. End quote.
2 – The idea of another god existing alongside Allaah is inherently
impossible. There is a great deal of evidence tosuggest that it is
impossible, the least of which is the existence ofthis organized
universe. If there were another god, the system of the universe would
be spoiled because they would compete with one another and each ofthem
would want to prevail over the other, asAllaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
"Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) aalihah (gods)
besides Allaah, then verily, both would have been ruined. Glorified be
Allaah, the Lord of theThrone, (High is He) above all that (evil) they
associate with Him!"
[al-Anbiya' 21:22]
"No son (or offspring) did Allaah beget, nor is there any ilaah (god)
along with Him. (If there had been many gods), then each god would
have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to
overcome others! Glorified be Allaah aboveall that they attribute to
Him!"
[al-Mu'minoon 23:91]
Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his Tafseer: i.e.,
if there was a number of gods, each one of them would have taken away
that which he created and the universe would be in disarray. What we
see is that the universe isorganized and orderly, and each realm,
upper and lower, is connected to the other in the most perfect manner.
"you can see no fault in the creation of the Most Gracious" [al-Mulk
67:3]. And each of them would seek to dominate the others and some of
themwould prevail over others.
The same applies to the creation of an object so heavy that Allaah
could not lift it. It is impossible,because Allaah is the Onewho
creates it, and He is able to destroy it at any moment, so how can He
be unable to lift it?
The atheist only wants tocast aspersions on the general meaning of the
words of Allaah, "Allaah has power over all things" [al-Talaaq 65:12].
So he says, if He has power over all things, why does He not have the
power to do this?
The answer is: Because itis impossible, it is nothing.
That which is impossible does not exist, because itcannot exist, so it
is nothing, even if the mind can imagine it. It isknown that the mind
can assume and imaginethe impossible, the mindcan imagine two
opposites, such as something existing and not existing, at the same
time.
The verse states that Allaah has power over "things" but that does not
include things that are inherently impossible, because theyare not
things, rather they do not exist and they cannot be brought into
existence.
Hence more than one of the scholars have stated that the power of
Allaah has to do with that which is possible, for thereason that we
have mentioned, which is thatthat which is non-existent and impossible
is not a "thing".
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:As
for Ahl al-Sunnah, in their view Allaah, may He be exalted, has power
over all things, and everything that is possible is included in that.
As for that which is inherently impossible, such as a thing both
existing and being non-existent, there is no reality in it and its
existence cannot be imagined, so it cannot be called a "thing"
according to the consensus of the wise. This includes the idea of
creating another like Himself, and so on. End quote from Manhaaj
al-Sunnah (2/294).
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Shifa' al-'Aleel
(p. 374): Because that which is impossible is not a "thing", so His
Power hasnothing to do with it. Allaah has power over allthings and no
possible thing is beyond His power. End quote.
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