Can Allah create a stone that He may not lift ?
IslamandQuran > Fatwas Date: Jan 9, 2012 Tavsiye Et Print

Question: Atheist people are objecting the existence of Allah with these kind of questions: “If Allah is Mighty, can he create a stone that he cannot  lift?”,”If you say He can create that kind of a stone.”, “That means He cannot lift it up so He is not all powerful”, “Isn’t this situation conflicting with mighty attribute of Allah?”, “If you say that he cannot do(create) it that makes Allah not be able to create everything.” They are trying to say that Allah is conflicting with his main attribute and that’s why he does not exist. What can we say to people who talk and question like this?

 

Answer: People like this, know that Allah exists for sure; but they try to compete with Allah. Allah, the Almighty says:

وَلَوْلَاۤ اَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا قَل۪يلًا

“Do not liken something to Allah. Allah knows, you do not know.” (Surat An-Naĥl 16/74)

  فَاطِرُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ اَزْوَاجًا يَذْرَؤُۨكُمْ ف۪يهِ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِه۪ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ

“There is nothing like Him; He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” (Surat Ash-Shūraá 42/11)

 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ

“There is nothing equal to Him.“ (Surat Al-’Ikhlāş 112/4)

 

Almighty(All-Powerful) attribute of Allah, indicates that He is giving or limiting the power of all entities.(1) Knowledge and power of a human being are limited. These verses clarifies: 

اَللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ اَلْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَاْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُۤ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُح۪يطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِه۪ۤ اِلَّا بِمَا شَاۤءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَلَا يَؤُۧدُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظ۪يمُ

…They cannot comprehend anything out of Allah`s knowledge except what He permits… (Surat Al-Baqarah 2/255)

 قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبّ۪ي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبّ۪ي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِه۪ مَدَدًا

Say (to them): If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord and we added more(sea) like of it; before the words of my Lord, seas were drained away. (Surat Al-Kahf 18/109)

وَلَوْ اَنَّ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ اَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ سَبْعَةُ اَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللّٰهِ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Even trees were pens, seas were ink on earth, adding seven seas behind to the sea, words of Allah would not drain away. Allah is Mighty(Exalted in Power), Wise (Renders right Judgment) (Surat Luqmān 31/27)

We hope that  these verses gave a valid explanation to your questions .

 

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  1. 1. Ibn Faris, Mu’camu’l- Maqayis Fi’l-Luga
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