Atheists often ask whether God can create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it.
Answer: This question is flawed because it contradicts the definition of God, which includes being omnipotent and capable of everything. The question assumes impotence in God, making it inherently incorrect.
Allah's power pertains to possibilities, not impossibilities.
Allah is undoubtedly omnipotent and capable of everything. However, the question contains a logical error by assuming God's impotence. Being unable to lift a stone implies impotence, and Allah is free from any form of impotence. Since the existence of such a stone is impossible, questioning its creation is invalid. Allah's power relates to possibilities, not impossibilities.
Affected, non-existent is impossible, and this does not diminish strength in any way.
An affected, non-existent thing is impossible, and this does not diminish power. Just like the sun has the complete ability to affect, but things that accept effects fall into three categories:
1. Perfectly affected, like glass.
2. Partially affected, like a stone.
3. Non-existent affected, like anything that doesn't exist in the world.
Now, if someone says that because something doesn't accept the sun's effect, the sun lacks the ability to affect, does the non-existence of the affected thing diminish the sun's power? No.
The same issue applies to Allah's power. Allah is capable of everything, but if something doesn't exist or its existence is impossible, it doesn't mean there is a deficiency in Allah's power. Impossibilities do not fall under Allah's power, and this doesn't affect His omnipotence.
I have some questions that answer your question:
1. Can a number be both even and odd simultaneously?
2. Can a person be alive and dead at the same time?
3. Can something exist and not exist at the same time?
4. Can something be both in motion and at rest simultaneously?
If these questions are inherently contradictory, why do you think an omnipotent God can do something (create a stone He cannot lift) that breaks His power (by being unable to lift it)?
If these questions are self-contradictory and logically impossible, then saying Allah can create a stone He cannot lift is also a logically contradictory question. These questions highlight our own misunderstandings rather than questioning Allah's power. Allah's power is limited to possibilities and has no relation to impossibilities, making the question itself baseless and irrelevant to Allah's omnipotence.
Many things and actions are not befitting the attributes of Allah
Many things God cannot do because if He did them, He would cease to be God. For example, if you are honest, if you lie, you cease to be honest. If you are truthful, if you lie, you cease to be truthful. If you are clean, you can dive into the mud, but you won't because if you did, you would no longer be clean.
The question itself is flawed, asking if Allah can create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it. This question contradicts the attributes of Allah.
It is like saying you are completely truthful but lie all the time.
It is like saying A can become B. If it did, it would no longer remain A. For example, can a mango become an apple? The answer is no. If a mango became an apple, it would no longer be a mango. Can something be both a mango and an apple at the same time? Absolutely not. These questions are inherently contradictory.
Allah is free from every imperfection and defect.
If God lies or becomes human, or even this question, all these things limit God. Anything limited cannot be God because limitation is a defect, and Allah is free from all defects. Therefore, this question is inherently flawed and logically fallacious.
By Sarjeel Sir
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