The nature of Allah described in the Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10. The Opulence of the Absolute
Chapter 10, Verse 1.
The Supreme Lord said My dear friend, mighty-armed Arjuna, listen again to My supreme word, which I shall impart to you for your benefit and which will give you great joy.Chapter 10, Verse 2.
Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and the sages.Chapter 10, Verse 3.
He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds--he, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.Chapter 10, Verse 4-5.
Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, pleasure and pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy are created by Me alone.Chapter 10, Verse 6.
The seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and the Manus are born out of My mind, and all creatures in these planets descend from them.Chapter 10, Verse 7.
He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is no doubt.Chapter 10, Verse 8.
I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.Chapter 10, Verse 9.
The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me.Chapter 10, Verse 10.
To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.Chapter 10, Verse 11.
Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.Chapter 10, Verse 12-13.
Arjuna said You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.Chapter 10, Verse 14.
O Krsna, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality.Chapter 10, Verse 15.
Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, O Supreme Person, Lord of the universe!Chapter 10, Verse 16.
Please tell me in detail of Your divine powers by which You pervade all these worlds and abide in them.Chapter 10, Verse 17.
How should I meditate on You? In what various forms are You to be contemplated, O Blessed Lord?Chapter 10, Verse 18.
Tell me again in detail, O Janardana , of Your mighty potencies and glories, for I never tire of hearing Your ambrosial words.Chapter 10, Verse 19.
The Blessed Lord said Yes, I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only of those which are prominent, O Arjuna, for My opulence is limitless.Chapter 10, Verse 20.
I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all creatures. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.Chapter 10, Verse 21.
Of the Adityas I am Visnu, of lights I am the radiant sun, I am Marici of the Maruts, and among the stars I am the moon.Chapter 10, Verse 22.
Of the Vedas I am the Sama-veda; of the demigods I am Indra; of the senses I am the mind, and in living beings I am the living force .Chapter 10, Verse 23.
Of all the Rudras I am Lord Siva; of the Yaksas and Raksasas I am the Lord of wealth ; of the Vasus I am fire , and of mountains I am Meru.Chapter 10, Verse 24.
Of priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brhaspati, the lord of devotion. Of generals I am Skanda, the lord of war; and of bodies of water I am the ocean.Chapter 10, Verse 25.
Of the great sages I am Bhrgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental om. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names , and of immovable things I am the Himalayas.Chapter 10, Verse 26.
Of all trees I am the holy fig tree, and among sages and demigods I am Narada. Of the singers of the gods I am Citraratha, and among perfected beings I am the sage Kapila.Chapter 10, Verse 27.
Of horses know Me to be Uccaihsrava, who rose out of the ocean, born of the elixir of immortality; of lordly elephants I am Airavata, and among men I am the monarch.Chapter 10, Verse 28.
Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am the surabhi, givers of abundant milk. Of procreators I am Kandarpa, the god of love, and of serpents I am Vasuki, the chief.Chapter 10, Verse 29.
Of the celestial Naga snakes I am Ananta; of the aquatic deities I am Varuna. Of departed ancestors I am Aryama, and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, lord of death.Chapter 10, Verse 30.
Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahlada; among subduers I am time; among the beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garuda, the feathered carrier of Visnu.Chapter 10, Verse 31.
Of purifiers I am the wind; of the wielders of weapons I am Rama; of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.Chapter 10, Verse 32.
Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth.Chapter 10, Verse 33.
Of letters I am the letter A, and among compounds I am the dual word. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahma, whose manifold faces turn everywhere.Chapter 10, Verse 34.
I am all-devouring death, and I am the generator of all things yet to be. Among women I am fame, fortune, speech, memory, intelligence, faithfulness and patience.Chapter 10, Verse 35.
Of hymns I am the Brhat-sama sung to the Lord Indra, and of poetry I am the Gayatri verse, sung daily by Brahmanas. Of months I am November and December, and of seasons I am flower-bearing spring.Chapter 10, Verse 36.
I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong.Chapter 10, Verse 37.
Of the descendants of Vrsni I am Vasudeva, and of the Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyasa, and among great thinkers I am Usana.Chapter 10, Verse 38.
Among punishments I am the rod of chastisement, and of those who seek victory, I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise I am wisdom.Chapter 10, Verse 39.
Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being--moving or unmoving--that can exist without Me.Chapter 10, Verse 40.
O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences.Chapter 10, Verse 41.
Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.Chapter 10, Verse 42.
But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe. -
what do you think or your opinion
gita,quran,bible
are these all the word of allah
or just one
I'm finding that all words, all words whatsoever, are from Allah, all are creations of Allah, but if they work as a guide, or tell the truth, that is also specifically an experience created by Allah.
The Bhagavad Gita, Qur'an, and Bible all present the same message about Allah, the Qur'an is the most clear cut (regardless of how people on this website seem to have so many widely different opinions regarding it) and the Bhagavad Gita also is very good but possibly a little more focused on other aspects, and the Bible has very many good things in it but also very many irrelevant seeming or not so good seeming things in it, so the Qur'an is my favorite for sure.
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Salamun alaikum.
I would like to have a few words on this topic.
I like to differentiate between from Allah (min-Allah) and from near Allah (min-i'ndi-llah).
As FS was saying every word, and every material and abstract thing that exists in the universe is from Allah (min-Allah). But not all words are from near Allah (min-i'ndi-llah). Only words directly coming from the infinite wisdom of Allah through messengers can be called word from near Allah.
Bible is definitely not the exact words coming from the wisdom of Allah - it is re-drafted based on what people understood or recalled of the message of Allah that the messengers preached.
About gita, I am not 100% sure but the very time period of composition of this text suggest that it was carried as an oral narration for generations before it was first composed. So, I would also tend to believe this does not qualify as exact words coming from the wisdom of Allah.
279 So woe to those who write the book with their (own) hands (and) later say it is from near Allah to exchange with it what values little - so woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.
(My personal translation, cross checking is recommended.)
But Qur'an was from an era when writing tools and techniques were already widely available. Furthermore, the well known history of composition of Qur'an as well as the minimum variation in the text circulated as Qur'an strongly suggest that the original arabic Qur'an is indeed the exact words from the wisdom of Allah that Prophet Muhammad preached, and hence qualify to be called message "from near Allah".
Bible, on the other hand, can be taken as "what is left of ... Torah and Gospel with us".
Similarly, Gita can be considered as "what is left of ... message of Krishna with us".
Note, per the above description no translation of Qur'an and no "Hadith" qualifies to be called word from near Allah.
378 And indeed among them surely are a group who deflect their tongue(/language) in - the book - so that you think it is from the book while it is not from the book. And they say, ?It is from near Allah? ? while it is not from near Allah. And they say upon Allah the lie, while they know.
(My personal translation, cross checking is recommended.)
May Allah guide us all to the straight route.
Regards,
Arman -
Salam,
It depends on what one consider as the message, In all, I believe the message is rather very simple like saying I am your master who created everything, use your senses to understand me
we can get this message from anywhere not only in these books or stories.I often get this message when I see nature, like trees, plants and animals, the way they behave and lead their life.
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Yeah. Though I agree fully, I word it a little differently to say that everything is from Allah but some things are things created with the value of being references that accord more with the truth or reality we are experiencing in a moment in our impression anyway and some less so, and the Qur'an was created by Allah as was Moby Dick but Allah sent the Qur'an as a guidance and a light and in a specific way also, whereas "so and so writes Moby Dick" was done in a different way and was a different product to be used differently.