Why Should there be Only One God? - Dr Zakir Naik

Why Should there be Only One God? - Dr Zakir Naik

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Some people may say that why there should be one God. Why cant there be many God’s. If there would have been many God’s surely these God’s would have fought among them and we find this in the mythology of some of the religions. One God fighting with the other God, one God helping the other God to fight the third God. Can you believe in such a God who can be defeated? Who can be killed? And some people say that why can’t there be different God? One God for Sun. One God for Cloud. One God for Wind. Now imagine if there were one God for each, each one blonging….having power over his own little thing. It’s logical to have one God who has power over all things rather than each different… different god fighting among themselves. It’s illogical.

That’s the reason the Qur’an says in Surah Ambiya, Chapter No. 21 Verse No. 22, that

“If there would have been God’s besides Allah surely there would have been confusion in the universe.”

It’s mentioned in Surah Mu’minoon, Chapter No. 23, Verse No. 91, that,

“Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) does not beget a son. If there were gods besides Allah each god would have taken things what they have created and loaded on the other.”

Surely there would have been in fighting amongst them. That’s what we see in the mythology. The best and most logical is only one God. One and only, all powerful. Having power over all things. That’s the reason if you read the scriptures of the major world religions all the scriptures of the major world religions they say that Almighty God is one. He has got no images, he’s not begotten, he’s one and only, absolute and eternal, nothing like him and by the passage of time many of the scriptures almost all besides the Qur’an these scriptures have changed.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Baqarah, Chapter No. 2, Verse No. 79,

“Fawaylun Lilladhina Yaktubunal-Kitaaba Bi'aydihim Thumma Yaquluna Hadha Min `Indillahi Liyashtaru Bihi Thamanan Qalila Fawaylulahum Mimma Katabat 'Aydihim Wa Wayluahum Mimma Yaksibuna”

That

“Woe to those who write the book with their own hands and then say this is from Allah, to traffic for it with a miserable price. Woe to those for what they earn woe to those for what they write.”

So here it’s mentioned in the Qur’an that people write the scripture with their own hand and then say this is from Allah. So by the passage of time all the scriptures that came before the Qur’an they have been changed and since they were not the last and final revelation Almighty God did not think it fit to be preserved. Because those were the previous revelations. But inspite of this corruption, inspite of the manipulation, inspite of the change yet in the remnants of all the world religions, in their scriptures you will find the mention of monotheism, the oneness of Almighty God, that he has got no images, he’s not begotten, he’s one and only, there’s nothing like him. So if you believe in a concept of God it should be according to your scriptures.

There are some religions which are agnostics, you may not call them religions like Buddhism, they don’t comment on God they are silent as far as God is concerned and many ethical systems which I mentioned earlier like Confucianism, Taosim they are more of ethical systems than having a concept of God...