Why does Quran use 'We' and 'He' for God?
“In the Quran, God Almighty is referred to as 'We' and sometimes as 'He'. Non-Muslims often ask why the gender is sometimes plural and sometimes male for God. Please guide us on how to address this question during our dawah interaction.”Asked by Fawad, Muradabad
He answers at 48:23 in Message of The Quran · 4 min 11 sec
48:23Maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai Muradabad se Fawad Sahab ka. aur unhon ne likha hai ke: "Maulana, In the Quran, God Almighty is being referred as 'We' and sometimes as 'He'. Non-Muslims often ask us why the gender is sometimes plural and sometimes male for God. Please guide us how to address this question during our dawah interaction." yeh koi sawal hi nahin hai. yeh to insani zaban mein yeh ka usloob ki baat hai. insani zaban ka usloob hai. yani jab tak aap yani ginti mein na hon ke Quran mein kahin likha hua hai Khuda ek hai, kahin likha hua hai Khuda kai hai.
49:14to sirf is tarah ki baaton se aap koi to shosha hai, is se koi masla nahin paida hota. yeh usloob-e-kalam hai. kabhi hum kehte hain main, kabhi hum kehte hain hum, kabhi hum kehte hain hum log. yeh usloob-e-kalam hai. jo cheez aap sabit karna chahte hain us ke liye us ko yani ginti ke zaban mein hona chahiye. yani kahin Quran mein yeh ho ke Khuda ek hai, kahin yeh ho ke Khuda kai hai. tab yeh sawal paida hota hai. warna yeh usloob-e-kalam kaha jayega is ko aur kuch nahin. Maulana, agla ek Comment hai aur sawal hai. jo Tauseef Sahab ne kiya hai Pune se. aur un ka pehle Comment parhte hain.
49:54unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, Today's talk was wonderful. Many ulemas don't let us think or question the understanding behind verses of the Quran. Whereas you explain Quran as a book which wants mankind to think, contemplate and question. This is the right way and fits in the framework. Maulana, my question is: Can these ulemas be changed so that they stop promoting closed-mindedness? Should we all take it as a task to give all the madrasas and the so-called leaders your books including 'Al-Risalah' and 'Spirit of Islam'?" dekhiye, main bhi ek aalim hoon.
50:38main bhi madrasay ka Product hoon. to yeh main samajhta hoon ke har har aalim isi tarah se samajh sakta hai baaton ko jaise ke maine samjha. to aap hamari kitabon logon ko pahunchaiye. aur logon ke liye duayen ki jiye. aur bahut se ulama hamare mission mein lage hue hain. aisa nahin ke ulama nahin lage hue hain. bahut se ulama lage hue hain jinhon ne mutala kiya.
51:12asal cheez kya hai ke madrason mein sirf mazi ki baat padhai jati hai. aaj ki baat nahin padhai jati. Hadees mein aata hai ke: "An yakuna basiran bizamanih." yani apne zamanay se apne zamanay ko janna. to main madrasay walon se kehta hoon ke aap ne yani qadeem ko bharpoor taur par jaan liya madrasay mein. ab daur-e-jadeed ko samajhne ke liye hamari kitaben padhen. dono mein koi takrao nahin hai. madrasa aap ko qadeem se ba-khabar karta hai. aur hamari kitaben jo hain woh jadeed se ba-khabar karti hain.
51:57aur yeh wohi Hadees ki ta'meel hai is mein ke: "An yakuna basiran bizamanih." to aap pure yani Hope ke sath. logon ke parhwaiye kitaben. kyunke madrason mein fanniyat paai jati hain. dursiyat paai jati hain. daur-e-jadeed wahan nahin padhaya jata. to yeh un ko alag se aap batana padega ke daur-e-jadeed kiya hai. yahi hum kar rahe hain. aur inshallah bohat se ulma hamare mission mein jud chuke hain.
52:34molana, agla sawal kya hai mumbai se shakeel sahab ne. aur unhon ne likha hai: "molana, Belief in God is also a need of every human being just like any other thing.