This article starts with a short etymological discussion about the proper name "Allah" and then goes on to discuss the attributes of Allah as described in the Qur'an. Each of the four basic attributes is associated with a divine grace. The text will in the future be extended by further paragraphs about other, less frequently mentioned attributes. The article is extremely valuable for understanding the God of the Holy Qur'an since most of the information in the attributes is lost in translations. more...

Divine Revelation is an indispensable element of Islam. The prophets were not just wise men with intellectual insight but received their messages directly from God. A world without divine revelation would mean that God hides himself from his subjects, leaving them devoid of guidance out of ill-will or lack of power. Islam does not have such weak conception of God, on the contrary, different degrees of divine revelations exist, the lower of which is even experienced by ordinary people or animals. more...