Theos-Talk Archives (December 2004 Message tt00142)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "silva_cass" <silva_cass@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Dear Andrew
> I have read that the Quran is a moral and ethical guide for its 
> followers. How does the Quran explain Allah? Is Allah 
a "personal 
> god"?
> Cass
> 
Cass, Guru Nanak, who was both a Muslim and a Hindu (therefore a 
Sikh) wrote the following concerning Allah:

All things are manifestations of His Will, But His Will is beyond 
description. 
By His Will is matter quickened into life, 
By His Will is greatness obtained, 
By His Will some are born high and others low. 
By His Will are men's joys and sorrows ordained, 
By His Will (the pious) obtain Salvation, 
By His Will (the impious) wander in endless transmigration. 
All exist under His Will, And nothing stands outside. 
One attuned with His Will, O Nanak, is wholly freed from ego. 

III 

Some sing of His greatness, but only according to the power bestowed 
upon them, 
Some sing of His bounties, taking them as His signs, 
Some sing of Him as incomprehensible, 
Some sing of Him, as transmitting dust into life, and life 
into dust again:Creator and Destroyer, the Giver of life and its 
Withdrawer. 
Some sing of Him as at once the nearest, and the most remote, 
There is no end to His description. 
Countless have tried to describe Him, but He still stands beyond all 
description. 
His recipients may tire, but His bounty is untiring, 
Ages upon ages, Man has fed upon it. 
His Will directs the world, 
And yet, O Nanak, He dwells beyond concern or care. 

Andrew