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Before God?

Sahih Bukhari
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 496:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Satan comes to one of you and says, 'Who created so-and-so? 'till he says, 'Who has created your Lord?' So, when he inspires such a question, one should seek refuge with Allah and give up such thoughts."

Dear readers, in light of the above saying of the prophet I seek refuge in God from all such thoughts. And I advice the same to you( considering you're Muslims). Since this is a common argument, I have compiled what I learnt on the matter. I however re-stress the above saying. And know that, most things, our mind cannot understand. "Imagine trying to explain 3D to someone that has lived their whole life in 2D ?" ( I can't remember who said that). Just like there is a limit for how much we can drink or eat, there is a limit for the capabilities of our mind.
This is purely to help you give up such thoughts, if ever you have them.

What was before God?
I have never been asked this question, but fact is, I stumbled across an answer for this I definitely had to share.- but I don't remember where I read it or who said it. So I'm sorry, but whoever it is, all credit goes to him/her/them for this ...

Now, the answer.
If I say there's nothing behind this curtain, there's nothing behind it. But. But- what if I say, there is no behind for this curtain. What?
See something?
See, it's not "there is nothing before God". It's more like, there is no before for God.
God, as the creator of everything, also created time.
Words like beginning, end, before, after, etc, all depict time. As time doesn't apply to God, so don't all aspects of time (like those mentioned above).
This is an answer posted on the 13th of March 2014 by user1784668 in Islam.stackexchange.com ;
" The very nature we have to begin, or to end, only exists because God created the concept. Before God created it, the concept of 'beginning' never existed"
"He doesn't experience time like you do. Time is something he created for you. You experience past, present and future. He doesn't. He is outside of time as you know it because he created time"

And there is also one more thing I'd like to say ;
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"Many years ago, during the time of the Taabi'een (the generation of Muslims after the Sahabah), Baghdad was a great city of Islam. In fact, it was the capital of the Islamic Empire and because of the great number of scholars who lived there, it was the center of Islamic knowledge. One day, the ruler of Rome at that time sent an envoy to Baghdad with three challenges for the Muslims. When the messenger reached the city, he informed the Khalifah that he had three questions which he challenged the Muslims to answer.

The Khalifah gathered together all the scholars of the city and the Roman messenger climbed upon a high platform and said, "I have come with three questions. If you answer them, then I will leave with you a great amount of wealth which I have brought from the king of Rome.
As for the questions, they were:

'What was there before Allah?'

'In which direction does Allah face?'

'What is Allah engaged in at this moment?'"

The great assembly of people were silent. (Can you think of answers to these questions?) In the midst of these brilliant scholars and students of Islam, there was a man looking on with his young son. "O my dear father! I will answer him and silence him!" said the youth.

So the boy sought the permission of the Khalifah to give the answers and he was given the permission to do so.
The Roman addressed the young Muslim and repeated his first question, "What was there before Allah?" The boy asked, "Do you know how to count?"
"Yes," said the man.
"Then count down from ten!" So the Roman counted down, "ten, nine, eight, ..." until he reached "one" and he stopped counting. "But what comes before 'one'?" asked the boy.
"There is nothing before one- that is it!" said the man. "Well then, if there obviously is nothing before the arithmetic 'one', then how do you expect that there should be anything before the 'One' who is Absolute truth, All-Eternal, Everlasting the First, the Last, the Manifest, the Hidden?"

Now the man was surprised by this direct answer which he could not dispute.

So he asked, "Then tell me, in which direction is Allah facing?"
"Bring a candle and light it," said the boy, "and tell me in which direction the flame is facing."
"But the flame is just light- it spreads in each of the four directions, North, South, East and West. It does not face any one direction only," said the man in wonderment.
The boy cried, "Then if this physical light spreads in all four directions such that you cannot tell me which way it faces, then what do you expect of the Nur-us-Samawati-wal-'Ard: Allah - the Light of the Heavens and the Earth!? Light upon Light, Allah faces all directions at all times."

The Roman was stupefied and astounded that here was a young child answering his challenges in such a way that he could not argue against the proofs.

So, he desperately wanted to try his final question. But before doing so, the boy said, "Wait! You are the one who is asking the questions and I am the one who is giving the answers to these challenges. It is only fair that you should come down to where I am standing and that I should go up where you are right now, in order that the answers may be heard as clearly as the questions.

"This seemed reasonable to the Roman, so he came down from where he was standing and the boy ascended the platform. Then the man repeated his final challenge, "Tell me, what is Allah doing at this moment?" The boy proudly answered, "At this moment, when Allah found upon this high platform a liar and mocker of Islam, He caused him to descend and brought him low. And as for the one who believed in the Oneness of Allah, He raised him up and established the Truth. Every day He exercises (universal) power (Surah 55 ar-Rahman, Verse 29)."

The Roman had nothing to say except to leave and return back to his country, defeated. Meanwhile, this young boy grew up to become one of the most famous scholars of Islam. Allah, the Exalted, blessed him with special wisdom and knowledge of the Deen (religion). His name was Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayhi- May Allah have mercy on him) and he is known today as Imam Abu Hanifah (Imam-e-Azam), the Great Imam and scholar of Islam."

By: Imam Muwaffaq Ibn Ahmad al-Makki
Source: rahmah.net
islamicfinder.org
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And Allah knows best.

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