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ASSALAM U ALAIKUM,

AUZU BILLAHI MINAS SHAITHAN IRRAJIM BISMILLAHIR - RAHMANIR - RAHIM

ALLAH - THE LORD OF GLORY, HONOUR AND MAJESTY – PART - 6

AS ALLAH AZZAWAZAL SAYS, ASK FROM ME THROUGH MENTIONING MY NAMES.

(Hadith Qudsi)

71. ADH - DHAAHIR (THE MANIFEST)

72. AL - BAATIN (THE INWARD)

"He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Inward. He is the All-Knower of
everything." (57:3)

The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) explained this verse in a succinct and clear
way while addressing his Lord, You are the Al-Awwal, there was none before You. You
are the
Al-Aakhir, there will be none after You. Your are the Ath-Thaahir, there is nothing
above You. You are the Al-Baatin, there is nothing closer than You. (Muslim 4/2084)
Thus the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) explained every name with its
magnificent meaning, and he negated from what opposes and contradicts them. Pay
attention to these splendid meanings which indicate the uniqueness of the
magnificent Lord (Allah) with absolute perfection and comprehensiveness, He is the
First and the Last, He is the Most High and Most Near. His name, the First (Al-Awwal),
proves that everything besides Him occurs and exists after its non-existence. The
servant (of Allah) is obligated to observe the bounty of his Lord for every blessing,
whether religious or worldly. This is because the cause and effect are from Him, The
Exalted. His name, the Last, proves that He is the final goal, and the Eternal, who is
turned to by (all) of creation with their deification, hope, fear and all of their requests
His name, the Most High, alludes to the greatness of His attributes. It also implies
insignificance of everything when compared to His greatness. The essence and
attributes of everything fades when compared to His loftiness. His name, the Most
Near, alludes to His awareness of the secret and hidden matters. He is cognizant of
the concealed, and fine intricacies of things. Likewise this name alludes to His perfect
nearness, and closeness to His creatures. However, His being the Most High and the
Most Near is not contradictory because there is nothing like Allah in any of (His)
characteristics. (1)[Al-Haqq ul-Waadih ul-Mubeen pg. 25, and Sharhun-Nooniyyah by
Al-Harraas, 2/67].

73. AL - WAASI (THE VAST)

He is the One Who is vast with respect to His Attributes and qualities and those
things linked to them - this from the point of view that none can enumerate His
praise as He deserves, rather He is as He has praised Himself. Vast in grandeur,
authority and dominion, Vast in bestowing
grace and good and Vast in Goodness and Nobility.

"The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the likeness
of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah
gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. Allah is the Vast, the All-Knowing."
(2:261)
"O you who believe! Whoever from amongst you turns back from his religion, Allah
will
bring about a people whom He will Love, and they will love Him; humble towards the
believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allah and never
afraid of the blame of the blamers. That is the Grace of Allah which He bestows on
whom He Wills. Allah is the Vast, the All-Knowing." (5:54) .

74. AL - HAADEE (THE DIRECTOR)

75. AR - RASHEED (THE GUIDE)

He is the One Who guides and directs His servants towards all that would be of
benefit to them and away from all that would bring them harm. He is the One Who
teaches them what they did not use to know and guides them with a guidance that
keeps them firm upon the Straight Path. He is the One Who inspires their hearts with
taqwaa and made them penitent and compliant to His Commands. Ar-Rasheed also
carries the meaning of Al-Hakeem (the Wise). He is Ar-Rasheed in His Actions and
Sayings. All of His legislation is good, correctly guiding and wise.
"Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy amongst the disbelievers. But
sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper." (25:31).

76. AL - HAQQ (THE TRUTH)

He is the Truth in His Essence and Attributes, He is the most necessary of all
existence, He is what the whole of existence needs to exist. He is the One Who was
and is described with Magnificence, Beauty and Perfection. He is the One Who was
and is known to be Beneficent.
His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth,
His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth,
worshipping Him
Alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth. This is because
Allah is the
Truth and what they supplicate to other than Him is false and invalid and because
Allah is the
Most High, the Great.

"And say: the Truth is from your Lord, so let whosoever who wills believe, and
whosoever who wills disbelieve." (18:29)

"And what is there after truth apart from falsehood?" (10:32)

That is because Allah He is the Truth (the only true God of all that exists, Who has no
partners or rivals with Him), and what they (the polytheists) invoke besides Him, it is
Baatil (falsehood) And verily, Allah He is the Most High, The Most Great. [Soorah 22
Al-Hajj,
Aayah 62]

"And say: The truth is from your Lord (Rabb). Then whosoever wills, let him believe,
and whosoever wills let him disbelieve. [Soorah 18 Al-Kahf, Aayah 29]

Such is Allah, your Lord in truth. So after the truth, what else can there be, save
error? [Soorah 10 Yunus Aayah 32]
And say: Truth (i.e. tawheed, or this Quraan or Jihaad) has come and Baatil
(falsehood) has vanished. Surely, baatil is ever bound to vanish. [Soorah 17 Al-Israa,
Aayah 81]

And Allah taaala said, On that Day Allah will pay them the recompense of their deeds
in full, and they will know Allah, - He is the Clear Truth. [Soorah 24 An-Noor, Aayah
25]

The great descriptions of Allah are true as are His promise of reward and threat of
punishment. His accounting is just and there is no injustice therein.

77. AL - ATHEEM (THE MOST MAGNIFICENT)

"Allah the Exalted says: And he feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them, and
He is the Most High, the Most Magnificient”. (Al-Baqarah (2):225)

Allah, the Exalted is Magnificent, and unto Him belongs every description and
meaning that necessitates magnification. No creature can praise Him as He truly
deserves and His praises are enumerable. Rather He is as He has praised Himself,
and above what praise His servants laud Him with. Know that the meanings of the
magnification that are affirmed for Allah alone are of two types:

FIRST TYPE: The first of them is that He is described with every attribute that is
perfect. He has the most perfect of this perfection, and the most magnificent of it,
and the most extensive of it. He has all encompassing knowledge, and authoritative
power. He is the ultimate greatness andmagnificence. From His magnificence is that
the heavens and the earth are in the Palm of the Most Beneficent, smaller than a
mustard seed. This was stated by Ibn Abbaas and others.

"Allah the Exalted said: And they did not make just estimate of Allah such as is due to
Him.
And on the Day of Resurrection the whole earth will be grasped by His hand, and the
heavens will be rolled up His right Hand”. [A-Zumar (39):67]

"The Exalted said, Verily Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should
move away from their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there
is no one that could grasp them after Him”. [Fatir (35):41].

"And He the Exalted said: The heavens may nearly be rent asunder above them (by
His majesty)”. [Ash-Shooraa (42):5].

In the Saheeh it is reported that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said, Verily
Allah
says, Pride is my cloak, and magnificent is my lower garment, so whoever dispute me
concerning either one of them, I will punish him severely. [Muslim 4/2023], Abu
Dawud (4/59), and Ibn Majaah (2/1397), and Ahmad (2/376) with similar wording].
Therefore greatness and pride belong to Allah, and magnificent as well the amount of
these two attributes (of Allah) cannot be estimated, and their essence cannot be fully
comprehended.

SECOND TYPE: The second type from the meanings of His, The Exalteds
Magnificence is that no one of the creation deserves to be magnified as Allah is
magnified. He, majestic is His majesty, deserves that His servants should magnify
Him in their hearts, on their tongues, and with their limbs. They should do this by
exerting their energies in learning about Him, loving Him, submitting to Him, showing
humility to Him, being humble to His greatness and fearing Him. They should make
their tongues praise Him, and make limbs perform thanks and worship of Him.. From
His Magnification is that He should be feared with just fear as He deserves, and He
should be obeyed and not disobeyed, He should remembered and not forgotten. He
should treated with gratitude and not ungratefulness. From His magnification is
magnifying what He has made sacred, and what He has legislated as the ritual rites.
This includes special times, places and deeds.

"Thus it is, and whosoever honors the symbols of Allah, then it is truly from piety of
the Hearts”. [Al-Hajj (22):32]

"He the Exalted said: That (the Hajj rites) and whoever honors the scared things of
Allah, then that is better for him with his Lord”. [Al-Hajj (30):30]

From His magnification is that He is not opposed in anything of His creation or His
legislation. (3) [Al-Haqq ul-Waadhih ul-Mubeen, pg. 27-28, and Sharh ul-Qaseedah An
Nooniyyah by Al-Harraas (2/71)].

78. AL - MAJEED (THE MOST GLORIOUS)

Al-Majeed means the one who possesses the most magnificent glory. This Majd
(glory) is the greatness of the attributes and their extent. Thus, every description of
His attributes shows the magnificence of His status. For He is Al-Aleem (the all
knowing) who is perfect in His knowledge. He is Ar-Raheem (the Most Merciful) whose
Mercy encompasses everything. He is Al-Qadeer (the
All-powerful), who is not disabled or weakened by anything. He is Al-Haleem (the
Most Gentle), who is Al-Hakeem (The Most wise), who is perfect in His wisdom.
Likewise are the rest of His names and attribute that reach the limits of absolute
glory. [Al-Haqq ul-Waadhih ul-Mubeen, pg. 33, and Sharhul-Qaseedah in Nooniyyah
by Al-Harraas (2/71)]

"There is not any deficiency in any of His attributes nor any short comings. Allah, the
Exalted said: The mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, O family [of Ibrahim].
Surely, he (Allah) is All-Praiseworthy, most Glorious”. [Hood (11):73].

79. AL - KABEER (THE MOST GREAT)

He, glory be unto Him, the Most High, is described with the attributes of glory,
grandeur, magnificence, and majesty. He is greater than everything, more Sublime
and Exalted than everything. Magnificent. Magnification and grandeur belong to Him,
in the hearts of His close and sincere awliyaa (amongst His slaves). Their hearts are
filled with His magnificence and His splendor. Their hearts are humbled towards him,
and submissive to His grandeur. [Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahman Fee Tafseer Kalaam
Al-Mannaan, by As-Sadee, 5/622].

"Allah, the Exalted, said: This is because, when Allah Alone was invoked (in worship)
you disbelieved, but when partners were joined with Him, you believed! So the
judgment is only with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great!” [Ghaafir (40):12].

80. AS - SAMEE (THE ALL HEARING)

"And Allah is the All Hearing, the All Seeing”. [An-Nisaa (4):134]

Allah often combines the mentioning of these attributes of hearing and seeing. Both
the hearing and seeing (of Allah) encompass all of that which is related to the
apparent, as well as the hidden. Therefore, the All-Hearing is the One whose hearing
encompasses all that can be heard. Therefore everything in the world, whether it be
high or low, that makes any sound, then He hears it. It makes no difference whether
the sound is made secretly or openly. With Allah it is as if they were all one sound
(i.e. He hears them all soft or loud). Yet, the sounds do not mix or become confusing
to Him. All of the languages are not hidden from Him. The close (sound), the far, the
secret and the open, they are all the same (i.e. heard) to Him.

"It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceals his speech or declares it openly,
whether he be hidden by night or goes forth freely by day”. [Ar-Rad (13):10]

Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you (O Muhammad)
concerning her husband, and complains to Allah. And Allah hears the argument
between you both. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All Seeing. [Al-Mujaadilah (58):1].

Aisha (radiallahu anhaa) said, Blessed be hearing encompassed all sounds. Verily, the
disputing woman came complaining to the messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam) and I was beside the room, but I still could not hear some of her speech. Then
Allah revealed,

"Verily, Allah heard the statement of her that dispute with you (O Muhammad)
concerning
her husband”. (Al-Mujaadilah (58):1]

ALLAH'S HEARING IS TWO TYPES:

1. The first is His hearing all sounds whether apparent, concealed, hidden or
manifest, His hearing encompasses them completely.

2. The second is His hearing of response which is for those who ask of Him, call upon
Him, and worship Him. He answers them and rewards them. From this type is Allah's
statement, Verily, my Lord is the Hearer of Supplication. [Ibrahim:39). Also, there is
the statement of one who is praying, Allah hears whoever praises Him. This means
that He answers them.

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