Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Does God have human-like appearance?

“It is mentioned in the Quran that God has made man in His image. Does this mean that God's physical appearance is like human beings? If this is not true, then why?”Asked by Ramesh, Chennai

He answers at 1:04:26 in The Existence of God-7th · 3 min 8 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:26
maulana, agla sawal chennai se aya hai mister ramesh ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "مولانا صاحب، It is mentioned in the Quran 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? dekhen, yeh quran mein nahi hai, yeh hadith mein hai.
1:04:52
dekhen, image ko aap literal matlab mein kyun le rahe hain? literal aap chunke literal matlab mein le rahe hain, is liye aap ko pareshani ho rahi hai. is ke matlab sirf yeh hain ke khuda ke jo attributes hain, woh diya insan ko Allah ne. yani sochne ki taqat, tajziya karne ki taqat, planning karne ki taqat, yeh sab kisi janwar ko nahi.
1:05:19
misal ke taur par, main bataoon aap ko, hamare ghar mein ek fakhta ne nest banaya hai, ghonsla. وہ کبوتر، کبوتر نے، کبوتر نے گھونسلہ بنایا، nest, N-E-S-T, nest کہ یہ لوگ گھونسلہ بناتے ہیں ke anday dein, phir us ko sek sek kar ke bachay paida hon. to tareeqa un ka by nature yeh hai ke jo female hoti hai, woh anday par baithti hai
1:05:46
aur male jo hai, woh bahar ja ja kar us ke liye jo khati hai, woh woh saman lata hai. to woh woh chhodti hai nahi anda, isi par baithi seeti rehti hai. is ko ab by chance kya hua ke is ka jo male jo pair tha, woh hamare haan kisi ne chala diya, woh exhaust fan, woh bechara is mein us ko samjha ke is mein enter
1:06:13
hone laga, us ke rastay se is mein phans ke 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 is anday mein, anday ko chhod kar jati hai nahi ke ab mujhe khud
1:06:40
ja kar ke bahar se kuch apne khane peene ka saman lana chahiye. to yeh hai insan ki soch. insan ko Allah taala ne zehan di, aqal di, planning di, sochne ka madah diya. isi liye to aisa hua ke is ne meter ko hawa jahaz mein aur aur car mein tabdeel
1:07:07
kiya, meter ko is ne mobile mein aur aur electronics mein tabdeel kiya. yeh matlab hai is ka. aap literal mani mein lein kyunke aap aap ko yeh sawal paida hua. literal mani mein koi cheez nahi hoti hai, koi bhi cheez nahi hoti.
1:07:34
literal mani mein agla sawal tamil nadu se hai Maulana Iqbal Umri sahib ka.
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