Face Of Allah And Islam Study Guide

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"And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah . Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing" (SUREH AL-Baqra verse# 115)

QUESTION: IF THAT IS SO HOW DO WE THEN UNDERSTAND HATE,ENVY AND EVIL?

Related verses of Quran:::

East & West of Allah
"He is the Lord of the two easts and the two wests'." (sureh Al-Rehman verse#17)

Face of Allah:
All that is on earth is to perish.
And there is abiding for ever is the Face of your Lord Majestic and Venerable(Sureh Al-Rehman verse#36-37)
"And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no god but He. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back" (sureh Al-Qasas verse# 88)

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ALLAH said "And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah . Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing" (SUREH AL-Baqra verse# 115). that means before changing qiblah to kabah muslims and other aehl e kitab use to worship keeping there faces towards the bait ul muqaddas ( jeoroshilm) after the command of ALLAH that turn your faces towards kabah jews and christians made a propaganda that the Prophet (pbuh) has invented new qiblah by his own wish although we have been worshipping God towards bait ul muqaddas.
ALLAH gave the answer of there problems and propaganda that east and west all belongs to ALLAH whereever you turn your face you will find the face of GOD as he is limitless. and also said in quran
" Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face." and said his government is not only to one east and west but he is the God of two easts and wests which can not be understand by a human being unless he tell
"He is the Lord of the two easts and the two wests'." (sureh Al-Rehman

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