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What is God?Who is God?Who Created God?, and Does God exist? are the main questions that humankind is asking since the dawn of time. Few concepts in human history have generated as much fascination, intense longing, rapturous devotion, somber contemplation, and endless debate as the topic of God. In the English language, the term God, when capitalized and singular (as a proper noun), is typically used to refer to the sole Divine Being in monotheistic religions, and more broadly to Ultimate Reality in many other faiths. An uncapitalized spelling (both singular and plural) has generally been used to refer to an individual deity found in a polytheistic or henotheistic pantheon (such as in ancient Vedic and Greco-Roman religion).

Frequently, God is conceived of as a personal being that can relate to all aspects of human experience and has attributes of goodness, justice, love, etc. In most religions, God is recognized to have the disposition of a parent, who watches over human beings—God’s children, protecting, educating, and disciplining them in an effort to raise them well. In addition to the conception of God as a divine Father, other depictions of God include Mother, friend, healer, child, judge, and even a lover.

You are in search of God. You want to know God. You want to know the function of God. You want to know the address of God, but most importantly, you want to be with God. You will find hundreds of articles about God from the world-known religious traditions in this category.

God in Religions

God’s existence

Arguments for God’s existence

Arguments against God’s existence

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Reaching God

General conceptions about God

Specific conceptions

Singular God

Other views

Trinitarianism

The Holy Spirit

Son of God

The Attributes of God

In the philosophy of religion

Attributes of God in Christianity

God’s communicable attributes

God’s incommunicable attributes

Attributes of God Judaism

Attributes of God Islam

The Attributes of Exemption

God Almighty is absolutely free or exempt from any:

  • need
  • defect
  • fault
  • shortcoming
  • impotence
  • poverty
  • neediness
  • the need to eat or drink
  • to beget or be begotten

Affirmative Attributes

  • Life (Hayah)
  • Knowledge (‘Ilm)
  • Hearing (Sam‘a)
  • Sight (Basar)
  • Will (Irada)
  • Power (Qudra)
  • Speech (Kalam)
  • Making Exist (Takwin)

The Essential Attributes

  • (The All-Holy, Self-) Existence (Wujud)
  • Oneness (Wahdaniyya)
  • Having No Beginning (Qidam)
  • Eternal Permanence (Baqa’)
  • Being Unlike the Created (Muhalafatun lil-hawadith)
  • Self-Subsistence (Qiyam bi-nafsihi)

The  Attributes of Action

  • Creation (Khalq)
  • Originating Uniquely (Ibda’)
  • Producing (Insha’)
  • Giving Life and Reviving, and Causing to Die (Ihya’ and Imata)
  • Providing (Tarziq)

God’s Figurative Attributes

  • Coming
  • Self-Establishment
  • Avoidance
  • Self
  • Wrath
  • Hand
  • Face
  • Saying
  • Speaking
  • All-Hearing, All-Seeing
  • Companionship
  • Footing
  • “Asking”
  • Ordering” and “Prohibiting
  • Witnessing
  • Moving Speedily
  • Approaching
  • Descending
  • Loving, Becoming Wrathful, the Best Form, Exhilaration, Smiling, Grasping, Contracting, Expanding, Struggling, Feeling Wonder, Showing Care, Heed and Sensitivity, Being with or Companionship
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Names of God

Articles on Names of God

Names of God in Judaism

Names of God in Christianity

Holy Name of Jesus
Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament
God in Catholicism

Names of God in Islam

Zoroastrianism

Indigenous Religions

Indian religions

Common Names

Hinduism

Jainism

Sikhism

Buddhism

East Asian Religions

Shinto

Historical religions

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Infinity

Atheism and Non-theistic Views

Main articles

General Atheism Concepts

History of atheism

Related positions

Experiences and Practices about God

God Related Topics

More articles about God

FAQ about God

God’s existence in Sufism