When Allah cannot even be imagined, how can Muslims even pray to Him?

[Śrī Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami! Could You kindly grace us with Your response to this question raised in an internet discussion forum? This questioner says that since Allah is unlike anything created and since He cannot be imagined, how can Muslims pray to Allah? Are Muslims merely reciting verses of the Quran and not really praying to Allah? At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil.]

Swami replied: Allah can be considered to be the unimaginable God as well as the first Energetic Incarnation of God. Some prophets of Islam have claimed that Allah appeared before them as energy (fire). One can only meditate upon or pray to God in a medium (mediated God). God can enter and merge with a medium, which is formless energy (Formless Energetic Incarnation), however, it is not common. Generally, God is present merged with some selected energetic beings or human beings, who become Energetic Incarnations or Human Incarnations respectively.

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