Who Is Allaah? Al-Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) described the greatness of Allaah in the most beautiful way: • He is controlling the affairs of all the kingdoms. • He commands & prohibits; • Creates & gives provision; • And gives death & gives life. • He raises & lowers people’s status; • Alternates night & day; • Gives days (good & not so good) to men by turns; • And causes nations to rise & fall; • So that one nation vanishes & another emerges. • His command & decree are carried out throughout the heavens & on earth; • Above it & below it; • In the oceans & in the air. • He has knowledge of all things & knows the number of all things. • He hears all voices; • And does not mistake one for another; • He hears them all; • In all the different languages & with all their varied requests & pleas. • No voice distracts Him from hearing another; • He does not confuse their requests; • And He never tires of hearing the pleas of those in need. • He sees all that is visible; • Even the walk of a black ant across a solid rock in the darkest night. • The unseen is visible to Him; • And secrets are known to Him Whosoever is in the heavens & on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). • Every day He has a matter to bring forth (such as giving honour to some, disgrace to some, life to some, death to some, etc.)! [The Quran 55:29 interpretation of the meaning] • He forgives sins; • Eases worries; • Relieves distress; • Helps the defeated person back on his feet; • Makes the poor rich; • Guides the one who is astray & confused; • Fulfils the needs of the desperate; • Feeds the hungry; • Clothes the naked; • Conceals faults; • And calms fears. • He raises the status of some & lowers the status of others. • Even if all the inhabitants of heaven & earth: • The first & the last of them; • Mankind & jinn alike; • Were to be as pious as the most pious among them; • This would not increase His sovereignty in the slightest; • If they all, the first & the last of them; • Mankind & jinn alike; • Were to be as rebellious as the most rebellious among them; • This would not decrease His sovereignty in the slightest; • If everything in heaven & on earth; • The first & the last of them; • Mankind & jinn; • Living & dead; • Animate & inanimate, • Were to stand in one place & ask of Him; • And He were to give them everything that they asked for; • This would not decrease what He has by even an atom’s weight. • He is the First; • Before Whom there is nothing; • And the Last; • After Whom there is nothing. • He is the Most deserving of being remembered; • The Most deserving of being worshipped; • The Most deserving of being thanked. • He is the Most Compassionate of kings; • The Most Generous of those who are asked. • He is the King Who has no partner or associate; • The One who has no rival; • The Self-Sufficient Master; • Who has no son; • The Most High; • And there is none like unto Him. • Everything will perish save His face [Quran 28:88 interpretation of the meaning] • And everything will vanish except His sovereignty. • He will not be obeyed except by His permission; • And He will not be disobeyed except with His knowledge. • He is obeyed; • So He shows His appreciation; • And He is disobeyed; • So he forgives. • Every punishment on His part is justice; • And every blessing from Him is a favour. • He is the closest of witnesses & the nearest of protectors. • He seizes people by their forelocks; • Records their deeds & decrees the appointed time for all things. • Hearts conceal nothing from Him; • For secrets are known to Him. • His gift is a word & His punishment is a word; • Verily, His Command, When He intends a thing, Is only that He says to it, ‘Be! & it is.’” [Quran, 36:82 interpretation of the meaning] (Adapted from al-Waabil al-Sayib, p. 125) THIS IS ALLAAH;WHO REVEALED THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN;FOR THE GUIDANCE OF MANKIND
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