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The Great 'Thoughts of Islam 21
contact with both during his early Syrian
journeys.
The Idea had become familiar
to him long before.
But, the God of Muhammad's con- The God
templations was not the God of Judaism, hammad
nor the God of Christianity he
; deliberately
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rejected both Faiths. True, God is Spirit,
God is one, God is alone, God is Creator ;
He is the al-knowing, al-present, algoverning
One. High
attributes are
ascribed to Him, as in the ninety-nine
Names which the pious Mussulman reverently
repeats with the aid of his string of
beads ;
but neither these, nor the various
attributes ascribed to Him in the Quran
itself, largely affect the Muslim conception
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of God.
The God of Muhammad is a Being of
two supreme characteristics. He is the
supreme Will, and His Will is carried
into effect by His supreme Power.
Will :
absolute, eternal, unchanging ;
far above such human distinctions as right