Allah (swt)'s non-humanness and baby shoes

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I would recommend all Muslims to put themselves in the presence of young children as often as they can.

Toddlers are incredibly attuned to their fitra, or innate desire to do and be good.  But more importantly, by watching children, the observer can make analogies for situations in their own lives.

Little Johnny had a mischievous smile as he backed away, clutching his left shoe in his hands. 

I repeated my question, "You don't want me to put on your shoe for you?".  Johnny says nothing and speeds up to get out of my reach.  He cackles in celebration of his victorious escape. Then he hides the shoe under the slide. 

Then he is distracted by a ball and plays with it for the next 4 minutes, all the while, with one shoe on and one shoe off. 

Because we are inside where the carpet is soft, I don't pursue putting on his shoe.  It makes no difference to me whether he walks around with one shoe, two shoes, or no shoes at all.  But Johnny, in his innocence, thinks differently.  In his mind, he has won the battle.

I was able to draw a comparison by observing Johnny throughout the ordeal above.  Some of us seem to believe that if we do not pray, it somehow frustrates Allah.  Like little Johnny, we somehow believe that the person in power will be affected by our misdeeds.  When in reality we are only harming ourselves.

Allah is not diminished by our lack of offering prayers to him.  He, ta'ala, is pristinely unaffected by anything we do or don't do.  He is, Allah.

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