1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

8 Questions

What is Islam's perspective on the essence of goodness? Is goodness inherent in individuals or is it acquired through consistent good actions?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Goodness does not necessarily inheritance but come through consistent good actions. Many prophets had bad children e.g. son of Prophet Noah while many bad persons had good children.

Wassalam.
Is mathematics the necessary cause for the universe? Can physical laws or mathematical laws in themselves be the cause of emergence of the universe given that they are always true and absolute in nature?
Amina Inloes

No, they still require a cause or designer (a "programmer", if you will); otherwise, something is still eternally pre-existing for no reason. 

We also can't be certain that, if there were a different universe, all of these things would be the same, even if it seems obvious to us here. (Whether or not they would necessarily be the same is, necessarily, speculative.) 

However, it is a good question!
I know in Islam there is the belief that Allah does not have a beginning or an end. So does that mean he cannot die? But could he cause himself to not exist anymore or does this go against the nature of God?
Hassanain Govani

Salaamun Alaykum

In addition to the previous reply, perhaps below might be useful:
Our understanding of concepts such as "life", "death" and "existence" is coloured by our experiences. Our frame of reference is the reality that we inhabit, and it cannot be any other way. Even when we use words such as "nature of God", it is our understanding of the words "nature" and "God".

Therefore, when we talk of God as being "Alive", "Everlasting", and such, our immediate frame of reference is our own lives and existence. When we see that we come from being non-existent into existence, that we live and die, we sometimes might think of God as being alive and existing in the same manner.

Some theologians and philosophers will explain that God, who is the "source" of all that exists, is existence Himself. Whereas our existence is contingent, meaning it's dependent and possible, God's existence (or perhaps God as existence) is necessary. 

I hope that the above discussion has shed some light. At the end of the day, all of our ruminations and musings are limited by our own limitations.

Always in need of your prayers
Hassanain
 

 
I know in Islam there is the belief that Allah does not have a beginning or an end. So does that mean he cannot die? But could he cause himself to not exist anymore or does this go against the nature of God?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Allah is The Everlasting Alive الحيّ ALHAYY and He never dies as He Created the life and death on all His creatures and He is above whatever He Created. 

We have no ability to know or even think about Him, but we should think about what He Created. The Hadeeth says: Don't think in Allah's Self but think in Allah's creatures.

Wassalam.