الْخَالِقُ
ᴀʟ-ᴋʜᴀᴀʟɪǫ
ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴋᴇʀ
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(ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ )
(ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴀʟʟᴀʜ, ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏʀᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢs. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ɴᴏ ɢᴏᴅ ˹ᴡᴏʀᴛʜʏ ᴏғ ᴡᴏʀsʜɪᴘ˺ ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛ ʜɪᴍ. ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇɴ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ ˹ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ˺? )
[𝟺𝟶:𝟼𝟸]
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Allah ﷻ calls Himself Al-Khaaliq— The Creator, or the Maker. He is the One who creates everything from nothing. Al-Khaaliq invents and perfects according to His will and with the knowledge of what will happen!
Linguistically, khalq refers to creating, making, and giving measurement. Al-Khaaliq is the One who created the material and time present in the universe, gave matter to its properties and set in motion its laws. He ﷻ has total control over everything and manages all its affairs but is independent of all that He created. Allah ﷻ alone is the creator and all the rest is creation.
Allah ﷻ mentions in the Quran that He is ahsaanul khaaliqeen, the best of creators. This is meant metaphorically— there are no other creators. When we look at tawheed— our belief in the oneness of Allah— we see two aspects:
➊ the unity of Allah ﷻ
➋ the unity of the creation.
They are not mixed in any way, the creation is the product of Allah Al-Khaaliq.
For example a chair: the cotton fabric comes from plants, the metal from rocks, and the wood from trees; all that people did is reassemble these sources into a piece of furniture. Human beings manipulate or reassemble that which already exists— we cannot and will never create anything.
Most ayaat of the Quran are a reminder for those who believe in Allah ﷻ , reminding them of Him as Creator and how to praise and be thankful to Him. In a few ayaat Al-Khaaliq powerfully presents the truth to atheists:
{أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ }
{ᴏʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴏʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀs [ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍsᴇʟᴠᴇs]? ᴏʀ ᴅɪᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ? ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ }
[𝟻𝟸:𝟹𝟻-𝟹𝟼]
The argument starts with Allah ﷻ giving the atheists a first option: if they don't believe in a creator then were they created from nothing? Nothing cannot produce something, that's the first option cancelled.
Allah ﷻ gives them a second option: then, did you create yourselves? If you didn't exist then you can't do any creating.
Allah ﷻ continues: did you create the heavens and the earth? Even if they claim to have created themselves, did they create the vast heavens and earth? Indeed, they are uncertain; somebody had to create them.
Al-Khaaliq leaves mankind with these two options to think about. That is the logic of belief in Allah ﷻ and the believers should be able to convey these ayaat or verses.
we learn from this that no evil eye, magic, or any force on earth can prevent what Al-Khaaliq has destined to come into existence. the Pharaoh tried his best to prevent Musa ﷺ from coming into being and growing up to destroy his kingdom, but when Al-Khaaliq decides to create something it will be! so ask Him for all your needs and wishes, and be certain of Allah's ability to make it happen or give you the strength to overcome whatever it is.
