GOD WILL NOT AND DOES NOT TAKE HUMAN FORM:
a. God cannot do everything:
Some people may argue that God can do everything, then why can he not take
human form? If God were to take human form, then He would no longer remain
God because the qualities of God and the qualities of human beings are different.
(i) God is immortal. Human beings are mortal.
God is immortal; human beings are mortal. You cannot have a ‘God-man’ i.e.
an immortal and mortal being at the same time. It is meaningless.
God does not have a beginning. Human beings have a beginning. You cannot
have a person, who does not have a beginning and yet at the same time
having a beginning.
God has no end. Humans have an end. You can’t have an entity that has no
end and still have an end at the same time. It is meaningless.
(ii) God does not require to eat:
Almighty God does not require to eat. Human beings need to eat. The
Glorious Qur’an says in Surah Anam:
And He it is that
Feeds but is not fed.
(Al Qur’an 6:14)
(iii) God does not require rest and sleep:
God does not require rest. Human beings require rest. God does not require
sleep. Human beings require sleep. The Glorious Qur’an says in Ayatul Kursi:
Allah! There is no god
But He – the Living,
The Self-subsisting, Eternal.
No slumber can seize Him; nor sleep.
His are all things in the heavens and on earth.
(Al Qur’an 2:255)
b. Worshipping another human being is useless:
If God takes human form, he would cease to be god and it is useless to
worship a human being, e.g. suppose that I am a student of a very intelligent
teacher and I regularly take his guidance and help in my studies. If
unfortunately, my teacher meets with an accident and has amnesia i.e. an unrepairable
loss of memory, it will be foolish of me to yet seek guidance and
help in my studies from him. Because this person no longer has the expertise
after the transformation of his memory due to the accident. In a similar
fashion how can a human being worship and ask for divine help from a god
who has given up his divine qualities and has transformed himself into a
human being like you and I? If a person can worship a human being then why
not others worship you and also worship so many humans around us?
c. Human beings cannot become God:
So an entity cannot be both: God and a human at the same time. For if God
retains His divine powers then He is not a human because humans do not
have divine powers. And if God were to become a mortal which is a human
quality, then he is no longer God, for God is immortal.
Later on that same human being cannot become God, because it is not
possible for human beings to become God. If it was so, you and I too would
become God and attain divine powers.
That is the reason why God will never take or rather cannot take human form.
The Qur’an speaks against all forms of anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is
illogical.
d. God will not do ungodly things:
Islam does not say that God can do anything. Islam says that God has power
over all things. Let us understand this with the help of some examples of matters
that God cannot do simply because He is Divine.
(i) God will not tell a lie:
God only does Godly things; He does not do ungodly things. God cannot tell a
lie. He cannot even have a desire to lie or to make a false statement. God will
never, and can never tell a lie because to tell a lie is an ungodly act. The
moment God tells a lie, He will cease to be God.
(ii) God will not do any injustice:
God cannot do injustice nor can He even harbour a desire to do an unjust act or
take an unjust decision. He will not do it and He cannot do so because being
unjust is an ungodly act. The Qur’an says:
“Allah is never unjust in the least degree.”
(Al Qur’an 4:40)
The moment God does injustice He ceases to be God. Please realize that
God cannot be God and not-God at the same time!!! He cannot have divine
qualities as a Creator, and yet have the mortal qualities and attributes of His
Creation.
(iii) God will not make a mistake
Perfection is a quality only of the Creator. His creation can never ever achieve
this quality. We can only try to continually improve and excel but we can
never ever be perfect.
Hence, can God ever make a mistake? He will never make a mistake. He
cannot make a mistake. To err is human. Making a mistake is an ungodly act.
Qur’an says, “…My lord never errs.” (Al Qur’an 20:52)
Assuming without accepting that God was to commit a mistake, the moment
God makes a mistake He ceases to be God.
(iv) God will not forget:
God will not forget because forgetting is an ungodly act. Qur’an says, “…My
lord never errs, nor forgets.” (Al Qur’an 20:52)
The moment God forgets he ceases to be god.
e. God only does Godly things
i. Allah has power over all things
The Glorious Qur’an says in several places:
“for verily Allah has power over all things”
This same statement of Divine Wisdom is emphasized for our understanding in:
Surah Baqarah chapter 2 verse 106;
and again in:
In Surah Baqarah chapter 2 verse 109
In Surah Baqarah chapter 2 verse 284
In Surah Ale Imran chapter 3 verse 29
In Surah Nahl chapter 16 verse 77
In Surah Fatir chapter 35 verse 1
ii. Allah is the doer of all, all He intends :
The Glorious Qur’an says,
“Allah is the doer of all he intends.”
(Al Qur’an 85:16)
And by now I am sure you will yourself admit in all humility and sincerity that God
only intends Godly things – not unGodly things.
By ascribing human-like qualities of forgetting, of making mistakes, of getting
tired, of needing food, of getting jealous and the like – does one realize that one
is mocking God and committing blasphemy by ascribing such attributes to God?
Do you think we humans are in any way justified in attributing such human
qualities to God?
Is it not a better choice, and a truthful one at that, to state that our Creator is free
from all such blemishes that ignorant humans ascribe to Him?
For the Glorious Qur’an says:
Say: “Allah is free from all such things that they (unbelievers / polytheists)
ascribe to Him”.
Thus we have examined and highlighted similarities between the concept of
prophethood, and the attributes of God, in Islam and in Hinduism as mentioned in
their respective scriptures. In subsequent articles in the present series, we shall
study the similarities between the concept of life after death, fate & destiny and
worship in Islam and in Hinduism.
And all praises are for the One and Only God and Creator Allah, who alone is
worthy of devotion, complete submission and worship.
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