The permeation of Hindu concepts in Islam
I will periodically write topics of interest on Hinduism and Islam.
Info. gathered from various sources.
*Allah is the First, the Last, the Internal and has neither beginning and nor an end.
Hinduism said the same things way back God knows when, before Islam came into existence. By "Internal", it is meant that He is the nearest.
Allah does not dwell in any of his creatures nor do they dwell in Him. All beings other than Him are created by His will and are obedient to His will.
(Sarva-bhutani), all beings, from Brahma to a clump of grass; (matsthani), exist in Me, are established in Me in that unmanifest form. I Myself am the Self of those created things. Consequently, it appears to people of little
understanding that I dwell in them. Hence I say: (Na ca aham), but I am not; (avasthitah), contained; (tesu), in them, in the created things. --Sankaracharya's Bhasya Bhagavad Gita 9.4
*Allah: There is no one like Him. He is the hearer and the Seer. He is One and indivisible. Nothing gets done without Him. He is neither born nor begotten.
Hinduism: Brahman is One and second to none. He has no ears but hears; He has no legs but He walks; He has no eyes, but He sees; He is here but He is everywhere. Not even the blade of grass moves without his consent or His knowledge. He is One but appears as many in His manifestations.
Allah lives for ever. He is the sustainer. He created the heavens and the earth, which cannot function without Him, but he doesn't need them to function.
In Hinduism, these concepts are nothing new. He created the cosmic law RTA which keeps the cosmos in balance. The sustainer is Lord Vishnu; the creator is Brahmah and the destroyer is Siva. All three are one God holding three portfolios depending upon the need of the individual self. |
