Islam Rediscovered
3. The Concept of God
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followers — all these questions remain unanswered.
These books are thus believed by their adherents to
be holy scriptures, without their having any
historical proof of this.
In this non-historical museum of “revealed”
scriptures, the Qur’an is the only divine book which
comes up to the standard of history in every
respect. The Qur’an has every kind of historical
credibility and authenticity, so that one may believe
in it with full confidence.
This means that if an individual wants to find out
the concept of God according to revealed
knowledge, he can trust only the Qur’an to be the
authentic source. It is a fact that, the Qur’an is the
only existing divine scripture which provides a
reliable source of learning the true concept of God.
When we refer to the Qur’an on this subject, we find
that, according to revealed knowledge, there is only
one true concept of God, and that is pure
monotheism. That is, God is only one. He has no
partner, no equal. He is eternal and beyond time
and space. He alone is the Creator and Sustainer of
all things. (2:255)
