2. Many people – including Muslims ask: “Where is God or Allah? What Image does God or Allah have?” These questions cannot be easily answered, but let’s see how Imam Abu Hanifah responded when he was asked such questions by nonbelievers.
5. Abu Hanifah replied: “Allah existed first - before history and before time.
6. He added: “What comes before three?” They replied: “Two.”
7. He asked: “What comes before two?” They replied: “One.”
8. Abu Hanifah said: “What comes before one?” They replied: “Nothing.”
9. He said: “If the number ‘one’ is not preceded by anything, then how can the True One and Only God (Allah) be preceded by anything. Allah is Ancient and Eternal. Nothing precedes Him.”
10. They asked: “In which direction does your Lord move?”
11. He asked: “If you bring a ntern into a dark place, in which direction will its light move?” They replied: “In every direction.”
12. Abu Hanifah said: “If this is how the lantern’s light radiates, then how about Allah’s Light - the Light of the Heavens and the Earth?”
13. They said: “Define your Lord’s entity. Is your Lord solid like iron; liquid like water; or gaseous like smoke or vapor?”
14. He asked: “Have you ever sat beside a dying patient?” They said: “Yes, we have.
15. He added: " Did he speak to you after he was pronounced dead?" They said: "No."
16. Abu Hanifah asked: “Before he died, did he not talk and move?” They said: “Yes.”
17. He said: “What changed him?” They said: “His soul departed.”
18. He said: “Then isn’t it true that his soul left his body? They said: “Yes.”
19. Abu Hanifah asked: “Could you describe his soul? Is it solid like iron; liquid like water; or gaseous like smoke or vapor?”
