Attention all muslims. I have a question regarding the Holy Quran.?

Question

In many places in the Holy Quran, Allah addresses himself as WE did this We did that. Like in surah Al Qadar the very first ayah is...verily WE have sent the quran in the night of Al Qadr. Why does Allah use WE. What does it mean? Though Allah is the supreme authority. There is no God but Allah. Please explain the concept of WE in quran.

Jazak Allah kher

Answer 1

It's a variation of the royal 'we'. Like when God in the OT says 'Now let us create...'

Answer 2

Hi ~


I've attended a religious boarding school in my state -- and I've learned not so long time ago that, this matter has led into few confusions about the true state and special characteristics and existence of Allah S.W.T.

Well, our teacher has explained this to us ~ Allah the almighty is one, not born or give birth or have spouse as well. In fact, addressing Allah S.W.T as "HE" is actually forbidden in Islam because it's like you're equalizing Allah with a male and any other creatures... which is not true. By the way, we have to follow it as the manner of language (and never intended to regard Allah as male) since there's no female or male form in our God.


As Holy Al-Quran a.k.a Koran is written in Arabic language, it's very obvious here that a clear misinterpretation will be regarded as right. Strictly speaking, in the Arabic, when you say a great holy God, it'll be stated as "WE" because of the greatness in Allah.


In the meantime, sometimes you'll see Him stated Himself as "I".

Well, it's just a matter of language ~ you could actually further this discussion with the Arabians... I know a little bit of Arabic but surely my knowledge of it won't adequate enough to explain and give details of this... Sorry.



P/S: Anyway, if you ask me about the specialties being a Muslim, I'll say, the equality of rights; brotherhood and justice. However, there are few qroups of Moslem who claimed on being true of their wrong actions --- our religion is indeed love peace and living together and mix well with other people...

Answer 3

In the Bible, God also addresses Himself as We. Have a look at the first several stories in Genesis. We is used to emphasise the grandeur of God. Similarly, God is refer to in the plural as Elohim in the book of Genesis, rather than El. El, by the way, is etymologically related to Allah.

Answer 4

We is used as a single plural in the Quranic language and it means Allah only and nothing else

Answer 5

Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim - in the call of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah I consider the posters who say we could continually pontificate in the appropriate way, with wisdom, kindness, and persistence. I continually attempt to present day Islam in an identical way it became into provided to me while i became into gaining wisdom of. If I have been rebuffed by ability of harsh people who have been conceited and vicious, utilising insulting words and calling me names, i'd have run from Islam thinking it a faith of advise and erroneous human beings. yet Allah blessed me by ability of sending variety, gentle, affected person human beings into my existence. They provided the message of Islam and by them Allah guided me. it incredibly is how I concepts-set others. Fi Aman Allah, Nancy Umm Abdel Hamid

Answer 6

Oh.. you mean like the following in the Bible:
Genesis 1:26 says, “Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.'” Genesis 3:22 states, "And the LORD God said, 'The man has now become like one of us...'" There are other Scriptures in the Old Testament that refer to God using the plural. It is also interesting to note that "Elohim," one of the primary titles of God in the Old Testament (occurring over 2500 times), is in the plural.

The mote in the other's eye ..huh?

Answer 7

Use of Plural for God
Does It Mean More Gods than One

Question: Does Islam believe in several Gods because the Qur'an uses the word 'We' when God speaks in the Qur'an?


Answer: Islam is a strictly monotheistic religion. It believes in and adheres to uncompromising monotheism. It believes that God is one, and unique in His attributes. In the Qur’an, God often refers to Himself using the word ‘We’. But this does not mean that Islam believes in the existence of more than one God.

Two types of plural

In several languages, there are two types of plurals, one is a plural of numbers to refer to something that occurs in a quantity of more than one. The other plural is a plural of respect.
a. In the English language, the Queen of England refers to herself as ‘We’ instead of ‘I’. This is known as the ‘royal plural’.
b. Rajiv Gandhi, the ex-Prime Minister of India used to say in Hindi ‘Hum dekhna chahte hain’. ‘Hum’ means ‘We’ which is again a royal plural in Hindi.
c. Similarly in Arabic, when Allah refers to Himself in the Qur’an, often He uses ‘Nahnu’ meaning ‘We’. It does not indicate plural of number, but plural of respect.

‘Tawheed’ or monotheism is one of the pillars of Islam. The existence and uniqueness of one and only one God is mentioned several times in the Qur’an. For instance in Surah Ikhlas, it says: “Say He is Allah the one and only.” [Al-Qur’an 112: 1]

Answer 8

yes
it's about glorify
i agree with the balck hole answer
yes it's about knowing arabic
there are many kings talking in plural
as
we decide that
that happen when the one who talk is great peason
and allah is great
the greatest
so he can use
we
as he want (sw)

Answer 9

Islam is a strictly monotheistic religion. It believes in and adheres to uncompromising monotheism. It believes that God is one, and unique in His attributes. In the Qur’an, God often refers to Himself using the word ‘We’. But this does not mean that Islam believes in the existence of more than one God.

Two types of plural

In several languages, there are two types of plurals, one is a plural of numbers to refer to something that occurs in a quantity of more than one. The other plural is a plural of respect.

a. In the English language, the Queen of England refers to herself as ‘We’ instead of ‘I’. This is known as the ‘royal plural’.
b. Rajiv Gandhi, the ex-Prime Minister of India used to say in Hindi "Hum dekhna chahte hain". "We want to see." ‘Hum’ means ‘We’ which is again a royal plural in Hindi.
c. Similarly in Arabic, when Allah refers to Himself in the Qur’an, He often uses Arabic word 'Nahnu' meaning ‘We’. It does not indicate plural of number but plural of respect.
Tawheed or monotheism is one of the pillars of Islam. The existence and uniqueness of one and only one God is mentioned several times in the Qur’an. For instance in Surah Ikhlas, it says :

"Say He is Allah the One and Only."
[Al-Qur’an 112: 1]

Answer 10

If you know Arabic, it's called (The Plural of Majesty) or (Greatness), It's a sign of respect.

Answer 11

ALLAH is the one and only GOD, and as ALLAH is so gr8 and powerful he may addresses himself as we, for reasons of respect, to make us understand how gr8 ALLAH is.

I hope u got it.