Do you ever use the expression, "Father in Heaven?" Do you refer to Allah in the male gender - he?

Answer 1

Muhammed, the Messenger of Allah, has said, "One among you who knows Allah best is the one who fears Him most, and I fear Him even more than him." Ibn `Abbas [1] says that a bedouin once came to the Messenger of Allah and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Teach me of the most unusual of knowledge!" He asked him, "What have you done with the peak of knowledge so that you now ask about its most unusual things?!" The man asked him, "O Messenger of Allah! What is this peak of knowledge?!" He said, "It is knowing Allah as He deserves to be known." The bedouin then said, "And how can He be known as He ought to be?" The Messenger of Allah answered, "It is that you know Him as having no model, no peer, no antithesis, and that He is One and only: He is the One Who is Apparent yet Hidden, the First and the Last, having no peer nor a similitude; this is the true knowledge about Him."
Accurately knowing Allah is the pillar whereupon Islam in its entirety hinges. Without such knowledge, any action in Islam does not have any real value whatsoever: it has neither essence nor value. The Question is: "How can we get to know Allah, and what is the venue for attaining such knowledge?" The answer is crucially conditional: If we do not know the right course, we can never reach our destination. Any erroneous approach to knowing Allah is a major contributor to distancing a large number of people from accurately getting to believe in Allah. The Holy Qura'n narrates to us stories about those who disbelieved in Allah in every age and time, depicting for us how they insisted, in order to believe in Him, on hearing or seeing Him, relying on their senses. Following are only a few examples: Allah Almighty has said,


And those who have no knowledge say: Why does not Allah speak to us or a sign come to us? Even thus did those before them say; (they said) the like of what such people say; their hearts are all alike. Indeed, We have made the signs (leading to belief in Him) clear for people who are sure. (2:118)

And those who do not hope for Our meeting say: Why have no angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Certainly they themselves are too proud and have revolted in great revolt. On the day they see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty... (25:21-22)

Answer 2

I never use the expression Father in Heaven.
But in my language everything, and every body, living or non-living has to spoken with a gender. So we use the masculine gender for God.
I think in the days when the concept of God evolved, the world was not like today, and when they thought of anything with feminine gender, they tended to think of sex. For that reason, probably, the religious leaders did not want to give the concept of a female God.
Also the male was considered the head of a family. So a female could not be God.
People refer to Allah in the masculine gender. They do that for God too. They do that in every religion.
You will be surprised to know that among the Hindus (India), there are as many female Gods as male.

Answer 3

My mother tongue isn't English and I never use that phrase in any other language. Allah doesn't have a gender but He (this is just a matter of reference) has 99 beautiful names. If you look at the Arabic language you'll see that some of His names denote female and some male attributes.

Answer 4

definately. god (theoretically, i'm an atheist) is definately a man. thats if he has a gender, i think that gender would be a limiting concept for a god, although greek and norse gods certainly had gender and so do indian gods, etc. but the monotheistic interpretation of god seems to be beyond gender. can't remember precisely in the koran (i read it years ago) whether a gender is applied to allah but i would apply the male to him too. this thing about god being a woman is just feminism seeking to take all male things and make them into female things. but if god is a woman than he is equally limited to the female gender. so there. :) but who really cares, its all academic anyway...

Answer 5

In the 6000 year history of man, father was head of the family and tribe. So the head of higher realm is naturally conceived as father too. But God the Creator is far from man's concept concerning existence, gender, nature...Our understanding and imagination can never reach His reality. We learn to know His names and attributes from His Divine Messengers who came with eternal Holy Books.

Answer 6

i do no longer think that the Holy Spirit is the female metaphor of God nor do i think that for the duration of the Jewish faith God has no gender. Why could God the daddy have chosen Mary to be the mummy of Jesus if the Holy Spirit became the mummy? I do have faith that God is a "He" yet i will't be indignant in case you consult with Him as a "She" - the significant ingredient is which you settle for Jesus by using fact the Son of God and strengthen a dating with God. And if God is a "He" as i think and you call Him a "She", do no longer hardship, he will forgive you!

Answer 7

No to both of them. God is not the Father or Man. He is genderless."He begetteth not , nor He is begotten.[The Holy Qur'an] "He" is just an expression in english. We say Allah as Muslims.

Answer 8

hello, no muslims don't refer allah is a male or female we never talk about that we just love n respect allah n thats why we are happy n prode to be muslim

Answer 9

ALLAH IS THE MAN ON THE MOON WHO MOCKS AT MUSLIMS

Answer 10

Yes but of course I am an Atheist so I wouldn't know. xx