God's image and human likeness
“It is mentioned that God has made man in his image. Does this mean that God's physical appearance is like a human being? If this is not true, then why is the word 'image' used and not any other word?”Asked by Mr. Ramesh, Chennai
He answers at 1:02:50 in The Existence of God · 2 min 41 sec
1:02:50molana, agla sawal chennai se aya hai mr ramesh ka. unhon ne likha hai: "molana sahib, it is mentioned that god has made man in his image. does this mean that god's physical appearance is like human being? if this is not true, then why is the word image used and not any other word?" dekhiye, yeh quran mein nahi hai, yeh hadith mein hai. dekhiye, image ko aap literal mani mein kyun le rahe hain? literal aap chuki literal mani mein le rahe hain, is liye aap ko pareshani ho rahi hai.
1:03:23is ke mani sirf yeh hain ke khuda ke jo attributes hain, woh diya insan ko allah ne, yaani sochne ki taqat, tajziya karne ki taqat, planning karne ki taqat. yeh sab kisi janwar ko nahi. misaal ke taur par, main bataoon aap ko, hamare ghar mein ek faakhta ne nest banaya, ghonsla. woh kabootar, kabootar ne, kabootar ne ghonsla banaya, nest, yaani yes ti nest. yeh log ghonsla banate hain ke ande dein, phir us ko sek sek kar ke bachche paida karein. to tareeqa un ka by nature yeh hai ke jo female hoti hai, woh ande par baithti hai aur male jo hai, woh bahar ja ja kar us ke liye jo khati hai, woh woh samaan lata hai.
1:04:20to woh woh chhodti hai nahi anda, isi par baithi seeti rehti hai. us ko ab by chance kya hua ke us ka jo male jo air tha, woh hamare haan kisi ne chala diya, woh exhaust fan, woh bechara us mein us ko samjha ke us mein enter hone laga, us ke raaste se us mein phans kar woh mar gaya. mujhe bara afsos hua. to ab is is is female ko pata nahi hai ke ab ne kya karna hai. woh phir bhi baithi hui hai isi ande par, ande ko chhod kar jati nahi ke ab mujhe khud ja kar ke bahar se kuch apne khane peene ka samaan lana chahiye. to yeh hai insan ki surat. insan ko allah ta'ala ne zehan di, aqal di, planning di, sochne ka maada diya.
1:05:05isi liye to aisa hua ke us ne meter ko hawai jahaz mein aur aur car mein tabdeel kiya. meter ko us ne mobile mein aur aur electronics mein tabdeel kiya. yeh matlab hai is ka ۔ aap literal mani mein lene ki wajah se aap aap ko yeh sawal paida hua. literal mani mein koi cheez nahi hoti hai, koi bhi cheez nahi hoti. literal mani mein.
1:05:31agla sawal tamil nadu se hai molana iqbal umri sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "mazhabi kitab mein universal references honge, yeh scientist kaise maan sakte hain?