The answer to the question posed by disbelievers, “Can Allaah create a rock that He cannot lift?”
The answer to the question posed by disbelievers, “Can Allaah create a rock that He cannot lift?” This question is not valid at all because the power of Allaah is not connected to irrationalities. How can He be a god if He is unable to lift their “rock,” when one of the attributes of Allaah is power? Can there be any attribute in any created thing that is greater than the attributes of its Creator? Professor Sa’d Rustam answered this question in a sound scientific manner, which we will quote in full here. He said: The power of Allaah – which is undoubtedly absolute and unlimited – is connected to things that are rationally possible, not things that are rationally impossible. No matter how absolute and limitless His power, it must still remain within the bounds of possibility, and it is not connected to irrationalities. This is not a limitation of it. In order to clarify this point we will give some examples: We ask all of these bishops and theologians: Can God create another god lik