Exegesis of Al-‘Ikhlās (Q. 112) In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Gracious… My father [i.e. Imam ar-Rassi], may Allah be merciful to him, was asked about the statement of Allah: {Say: He is Allah, the One} (Q. 112:1). {One} means: Individually Unique. The meaning of {the Everlasting}: The One upon whom everyone is dependant, the One in whom is no passing. The One who nothing is after, the One with whom is no overpowering divinity. {He does not beget}, in that the Exalted is not a parent; that would be limiting. {He is not begotten} (Q. 112:3), for He would be in-time creation who begins. The one who begot Him would be before Him. {There is no one equal unto Him}. {…equal (al-kuf`a)} means: likeness or similarity. {One} is what we cited And made clear in our exegesis. He is Allah, the One and Individually United, The One who is like no other; for there would be, in His Oneness, a rival. He is One Everlasting, for He‟s the One all depend upon and Source of all vital. {He is unlike anything. He is the All-Hearing, Omnipercipient} (Q. 42:11) He teaches what is in the heavens and earth. He is the All-Aware, Omniscient.
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