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{(59:24) He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To Him belong the Best Names . All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.}Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-88213634445649219292010-08-12T16:30:00.000-07:002010-08-12T16:30:48.888-07:00(67) () ( )Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-4375571194473709502010-08-06T14:52:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:52:55.660-07:00(066) Al-Wāhid (The Unity, The Indivisible) ( الواحد )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcRiHAFjom6UBkns2wTvh0o0wfIP3EqeCa9-RaqPyoxQC3SBCagVsJkDZPW8nTKAx5q2Y_6xL4sTNlzooufV4Xx1EW-dGm6O3Hp4HUu_3ADtExxfFeAwibYtbvPVqvzbaCy0bXrnq3GE/s1600/66.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcRiHAFjom6UBkns2wTvh0o0wfIP3EqeCa9-RaqPyoxQC3SBCagVsJkDZPW8nTKAx5q2Y_6xL4sTNlzooufV4Xx1EW-dGm6O3Hp4HUu_3ADtExxfFeAwibYtbvPVqvzbaCy0bXrnq3GE/s640/66.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_170_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_170_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ</span> ۖ <span style="color: red;">لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ</span> الرَّحْمَٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><em>"<span style="color: red;">And your Lord is One (and Only) Lord! There is no god but He</span>" (Quran, 2:163).</em></span> </div><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Linguistically, "al-Wahid" means: the One Who does not socialize with people nor keeps them company. To believe in Tahweed is to believe that there is no partner at all with Allah in His authority, and that being One is a quality of His which nobody else shares with Him.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Tahweed means recognition of the Unity of the One Who alone manages the affairs of His servants. None creates, nor sustains, nor grants, nor withholds, nor brings back to life, nor causes death, nor manages the affairs of the domain outwardly or inwardly, except Allah. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Whatever He wills comes to be, and whatever He does not ever will. Not even an atom moves without His knowledge; nothing takes place without His will. No leaf falls down without His knowledge. Nothing escapes His knowledge, not even as much as the weight of an atom in the heavens or the earth, nor smaller than that nor bigger: His knowledge encompasses everything. His might overwhelms everything. His will is affected regarding everything. His wisdom dominates everything.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Tawhid, then, means that whatever comes to your mind of how He may be or anything which you think is appropriate for Him..., He is contrary to and above it, Glory to Him.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The subject of Tawhid is beyond anyone's description, for if you discuss the Almighty, there are too many views about Him to discuss, and there are too many ways to discuss Him through Him [i.e. through His statements]. Reason recognizes Him, yet the tongue can never describe Him.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Tawhid's meaning shatters any image and confuses all branches of knowledge, while Allah remains just as He has always been and will always be. Glory to the One Who has made no means for His creatures to really know Him except by proving to them that they can never know Him. One who falls into the seas of Tawhid will day after day feel more and more thirsty. Tawd is a prerogative, a privilege, of the Truth (the Almighty), yet His creatures are simply curious. Among people are those whose actions portray their belief in Tawhid; they look at everything that happens through Him. And there are those who, when the truth is unveiled before their eyes, feel less and less concerned about anyone besides Him; they see everyone to be as one secret within another...</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Muhammed, the Messenger of Allah, has said, "Allah is One, and He loves oneness." This tradition indicates that He loves the heart that is solely dedicated to Him, Glory and Exaltation is His. Al-Wahid, the One and Only God, protects you, the individual that you are, against the group, a number of individuals, whereas the latter cannot protect you against Him. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Wahid cannot be counted. He Alone is the source of all knowledge; the Only One Who reveals what is hidden. His existence has neither duration nor a limit, nor can anyone carry out a decision against Him, nor can His Essence ever suffer any decrease or increase whatever. </span><span class="article_separator"></span><br />
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</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_3247_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_3247_language_2_content">وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ ۚ <span style="color: red;">صُنْعَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ</span> ۚ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><em>"... <span style="color: red;">the handiwork of Allah Who has made everything thoroughly</span>" (Quran, 27:88).</em></span> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The root word of this Attribute is "majd," a noun meaning glory and honors. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> A man may be said to be majid if he has descended from parents known to have established a deeply rooted reputation of glory and honors. A majid person is very highly distinguished; he quite often showers others with his favors.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The Attribute "al-Majid" means absolute perfection and dazzling glory; He is Beautiful in His qualities and actions, Who treats His servants most graciously, most generously, manifesting His Greatness to them through the light of His compassion for them. Among our supplications is this one:</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Lord! You are al-Majid al-Majid, the Doer of whatever pleases You! We plead to You to grant us security on the Promised Day; Glory to the One Who has been Gracious unto His servants through His Glory and Honors and is distinguished thereby! Glory to the One Who is Great, Whose Honor is Great, Whose Generosity is vast!</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The Attribute "al-Majid" underscores the meaning of the Attribute "al-Wajid", thus stressing their common meaning of independence. Abu Tharr al-Ghifari, may Allah be pleased with him, has quoted the Messenger of Allah quoting, in turn, his Lord saying, "O servants of Mine! You are all sinners except those whom I have healed from sinning; therefore, seek My forgiveness so that I may forgive you by My might. Whoever among you comes to know that I am capable of forgiving, and he seeks My forgiveness, I shall forgive his sins and overlook them. You are all to perish except those whom I guide; therefore, seek My guidance so that I may guide you. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> You are all poor except those whom I enrich; therefore, ask Me so that I may grant you sustenance. O servants of Mine! If the first of you and the last, whatever is moist with you and whatever is dry, the living among you and the dead, should ever unanimously become as pious as the most pious person among My servants, it will not increase My domain as much as the wing of a mosquito.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> And if they all become as wretched as the worst wretch among My servants, it will not decrease My domain as much as the wing of a mosquito. If the first of you and the last, the moist with you and the dry, the living and the dead, were to ask Me, it will not decrease what is with Me in anything at all just as any of you may pass by a sea shore and immerse a needle therein then takes it out. This is so because I am al-Majid; I do whatever I please; My giving is only a word: Whenever I desire something, I say to it `Be!' and it is."</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This Attribute instills in the hearts of the faithful the sincere desire to treat others with forgiveness, clemency, and patience. One should speak kindly to them, smile to them, and remove the dissension from among them. He should spend his wealth for the good of the poor, and he should be humble and kind to the weak among them. He should treat all people as though they were his own family members and brethren. </span></div><br />
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</div>Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-1602064436591922032010-08-06T14:41:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:41:27.802-07:00(064) Al-Wājid (The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing) ( الواجد )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0IEpBQKnXK5BfWlINLSxlYAOZVPq0KGfV1q_QBLmOGWCSufJtG4AK9MCXILd5TXWbZGAnLInCKVzDihwPhhjFalheeqYbDNciswXCNUeHCgUGTh9GwaPLkgKKsYLj1xrHpTG5wqHw7o/s1600/64.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0IEpBQKnXK5BfWlINLSxlYAOZVPq0KGfV1q_QBLmOGWCSufJtG4AK9MCXILd5TXWbZGAnLInCKVzDihwPhhjFalheeqYbDNciswXCNUeHCgUGTh9GwaPLkgKKsYLj1xrHpTG5wqHw7o/s640/64.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_603_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_603_language_2_content" style="color: red;">وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ يَجِدِ اللَّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><em>"<span style="color: red;">And whoever does evil or acts unjustly against his own soul then asks forgiveness of Allah, he shall find Allah Forgiving, Merciful</span>" (Quran, 4:110).</em></span> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The root word of "al-Wajid" is "Jidda," abundance and independence. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Wajid is the most Knowing: </span><em style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"And [did He not] find you lost and guide you?" (Quran, 93:7); "... and there he finds Allah, so He pays him back his reckoning in full" (Quran, 24:39).</em> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The phrase "he finds Allah" means "he finds out that Allah..." Al-Wajid has everything; He lacks nothing; He is never incapable of doing whatever He pleases. Al-Wajid is the One from Whose knowledge nothing at all escapes; He does not overlook anything at all. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> He is the opposite of one who has lost everything. Al-Wajid lacks neither necessary things nor any of the requirements related to Divinity and its perfection; He is none but Allah, the Most Exalted One. In such sense, He, and He alone, is the Absolute al-Wajid. Anyone besides Him who may have some of the attributes of perfection while still lacking a few things is not called wajid at all.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Wajid has with Him everything He wants and desires; He can affect His decree; He knows everything and He determines everything; He is capable of doing everything; nothing is beyond His reach or might; His status is Sublime. He is the Most Honored; His Might is the most perfect; He gives abundantly and generously.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The root word of this Attribute has many other meanings such as: finding out something through the power of the senses, the reaching of a point or a goal, the existence of something, the mental realization. </span></div><br />
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</div>Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-10622606450854036462010-08-06T14:25:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:30:42.902-07:00(063) Al-Qayyūm (The Subsisting) ( القيوم )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuAxenYbJfeAXRcQmab46CAs2C-87BqdbwJ9Eoqn3szGg8piYTC7sDCNmPVb1naGNnQ-nrsairkufXas72pj5xb5gDXx7i855mcyPKW5ftywzi5rxQ5aalnguDAYjAX49QE1LWikHmCI/s1600/63.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuAxenYbJfeAXRcQmab46CAs2C-87BqdbwJ9Eoqn3szGg8piYTC7sDCNmPVb1naGNnQ-nrsairkufXas72pj5xb5gDXx7i855mcyPKW5ftywzi5rxQ5aalnguDAYjAX49QE1LWikHmCI/s640/63.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_294_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_294_language_2_content"> الم </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span></div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_295_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_295_language_2_content" style="color: red;">اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ</span><span id="verse_295_language_2_content" style="color: red;"> إِلَّا </span><span style="color: red;">هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ</span> <span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span></div><span id="verse_295_language_2_content"></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"Alif, Lam, Mim. <span style="color: red;">Allah, (there is) no god but He, the ever-Living, the self-Subsisting, the One through Whom all things subsist</span>" (Quran, 3:1-2).</i></span> </div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> One who is qayyim is a master and organizer of affairs. The "qayyim creed" is the Hanafi faith. The day of qiyama is the Day when everyone will stand before Allah, Lord of the Worlds, for judgment. Al- Qayyum is never created, Who manages all affairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Qayyum exists absolutely on His own, not through others, while every being exists through Him and because of Him. Nothing, no life whatever, can ever be sustained without Him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Al-Qayyum is the ever-Lasting, the Eternal Who never suffers extinction. He effects justice and equity, Who is self- Sustaining, Who never sleeps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> According to Abdullah ibn `Abbas, whenever the Messenger of Allah used to stand up to perform his night prayers, he would say, "Lord! All Praise is due to You! You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth! All Praise is due to You! You are the Qayyum of the heavens and the earth and everything in them; all Praise is due to You! You are the Light of the heavens and the earth; all Praise is due to You! You are the King in the heavens and the earth; all Praise is due to You! You are the Truth; Your promise is true, the meeting with You is true, Your speech is the truth; Paradise is true; the fire is true; the prophets are truthful; Muhammed is truthful, and the Hour is true!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Lord! To You have I submitted; in You have I believed; upon You have I relied; to You is my return; for Your sake do I dispute; Your judgment do I seek; so, I implore You to forgive my sins, the ones I have committed and the ones I may commit in the future, what I have concealed and what I have declared, for You are the One Who advances and Who postpones; there is no god but You, and there is no strength nor might except in Allah."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> According to another tradition, he has invoked His Maker saying, "O Hayy! O Qayyum! We solicit Your help by Your mercy! Lord! I invoke You to mend my affairs, all of them, and not to permit me to rely on my own self even for a twinkling of the eye, nor for a shorter time, nor on anyone from among Your creation."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Imam `Ali has said, "During the Battle of Badr, I participated in the battle for some time, then I came to the Messenger of Allah to see what he was doing, and I found him making sajdah while repeating, `O Hayy! O Qayyum!' So I went back to the battle-field, then I came back to him and I saw that he was still repeating the same words. I kept going there and coming back to him, and he was still doing exactly the same thing till Allah granted us victory."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Abdullah ibn `Abbas is quoted as saying that the Greatest of all Attributes of Allah is al-Hayy al- Qayyum. Anyone who truly realizes that He, Glory to Him, is the Qa'im, Qayyim, Qiyam and Qayyum will never detach his heart from loving the Creator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Qayyum connotes His independence and the dependence of all others on Him, that He does not need anyone while everyone is in need of Him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Allah, Glory to Him, is the Only al-Hayy al-Qayyum: He exists on His own, whereas everything that exists depends on Him to continue existing. So rely on al-Qayyum besides Whom you need no other supporter, nor is there anyone else besides Him who can sustain you, nor can anyone else teach you whatever you need to know. </span><br />
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</div>Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-87016106435134075412010-08-06T14:17:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:17:50.307-07:00(062) Al-Hayy (The Living) ( الحي )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowMaV7Mu6RhbK68rTSEiySKFLhWr75cwz4_pDKjobfmdrtR70bLgGYXSv0uEGLl9dwoXb7ky_sIjT_DQjjd7FlskE-gMvGEhK2S36m6stnKGCl9XaTPgwy2g_ac2IGlmK40kwNT-BOfU/s1600/62.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowMaV7Mu6RhbK68rTSEiySKFLhWr75cwz4_pDKjobfmdrtR70bLgGYXSv0uEGLl9dwoXb7ky_sIjT_DQjjd7FlskE-gMvGEhK2S36m6stnKGCl9XaTPgwy2g_ac2IGlmK40kwNT-BOfU/s640/62.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_2913_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_2913_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ</span> وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><em>"<span style="color: red;">And rely on the ever-Living Who never dies</span>..." (Quran, 25:58).</em></span><br />
</div><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Life is the antithesis of death. Allah brings life back to a "dead" land: He causes vegetation to grow in it; He brings it life through rain. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> When we discuss it as an Attribute of the Almighty, it means that He is the ever-Living Who is self-Sustaining since time immemorial and will continue to be so forever. Every living being besides Him is not alive on its own; it does not by itself sustain its life; rather, its life is sustained by al-Hayy. Al-Hayy never dies. The Holy Quran states the following in Surat al-Zumar: </span><em style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "Surely you shall die, and so shall they" (Quran, 39:30).</em><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Hayy is the Doer, the Aware; any deed without an origin or awareness is dead. The least degrees of awareness is awareness of one's own self. Anything which is not aware by itself is a dead inanimate object. Allah is the Absolute Living One, and everyone and everything that live besides Him is alive according to the extent of its awareness.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Anas ibn Malik has said, "I was once sitting with the Messenger of Allah in our circle when a man was still performing his prayers. After having bowed down, prostrated and made the tashahhud, he supplicated to his Lord saying, `Lord! I plead to You by the very fact that to You is all Praise due; there is no god but You; You are the One Who gives without reminding the takers, Who created the heavens and the earth; O You Who has all the Honor and all the Glory! O ever-Living One, O Sustainer! I plead to You...' whereupon the Prophet said, `He surely has invoked Allah by His Greatest Attribute: He answers favorably when He is asked thereby, and He gives when invoked.'"</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Mumeet causes your heart to die when you fail to remember Him, and your soul to die when you continuously permit yourself to slip away from His right path, and your mind to die when you permit your desires to take control of you. Al-Muhyi brings life to the hearts of those who know and who willingly submit to Him, while al-Mumeet causes the [spiritual] death of those who go against His will. </span><br />
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</div>Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-42799624555311183222010-08-06T14:04:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:04:13.015-07:00(061) Al-Mumīt (The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death) ( المميت )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloGwnhB0CY6NaZFe4-H2L3euaX-wLYIVi6AwH_YRlLNETTkrrq3CP_sGnZFBzvpER03FE9-5tHqYUV29QdiS74rWqsFxsMxXGvw_u14V56T3HuQjstvcEMIRmmB-ydLxZ4D08_OMJ3xU/s1600/61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloGwnhB0CY6NaZFe4-H2L3euaX-wLYIVi6AwH_YRlLNETTkrrq3CP_sGnZFBzvpER03FE9-5tHqYUV29QdiS74rWqsFxsMxXGvw_u14V56T3HuQjstvcEMIRmmB-ydLxZ4D08_OMJ3xU/s640/61.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_4827_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_4827_language_2_content">وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span></div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_4828_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_4828_language_2_content" style="color: red;">وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ</span><span id="verse_4828_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;"> وَأَحْيَا</span> </span><span id="verse_449_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_4828_language_2_content"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><em>"He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep, <span style="color: red;">and He it is Who causes death and gives life</span>" (Quran, 53:43-44).</em></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <br />
Death is the antithesis of life. A wind dies when it stands still. A human dies when he sleeps; sleep is called death by way of analogy: it causes the faculties of reason and almost all other bodily movements to stop. The mawt is the land which was never tilled. One whose heart dies is dumb, stupid, idiotic, the warmth of his reason cooled down and died out.<br />
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Al-Mumeet, the Almighty, decrees death for whomsoever He pleases; none causes death except He. He has subdued His servants by death, causing them to go back to the earth from which He had created them and to be covered with dust...<br />
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Al-Mumeet has caused the heart of sinners to die because of going against His will. He is the Creator of death. He has caused the tyrants to die out of His mercy for the living. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
He causes the oppressors to die on account of their disrespect for Him. He causes the land to die, rendering it barren; free from vegetation, then He brings it back to life when it produces. He brings to life His Sunnah by causing His prophets to inherit it from their predecessors, and He causes the death of innovations through the life of knowledge.<br />
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Once the Messenger of Allah performed the hajj then stood over the safa, overlooking the House, the Ka`ba. Then he made three takbeers saying, "There is no god except Allah, the One and only God; there is no partner with Him; His is the kingdom; to Him is all Praise due; He brings to life and causes death; in His hand is all goodness, and He can do anything at all."<br />
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Abu Tharr al-Ghifari, may Allah be pleased with him, is quoted as saying that whenever the Messenger of Allah was ready to go to bed at night, he would say, "In Your Name do we die and live," and whenever he woke up, he would say,</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
"All Praise is due to Allah Who has brought us back to life after having caused us to die, and to Him is our final return." </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-66037390916757160732010-08-06T13:53:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:09:30.143-07:00(060) Al-Muhyi (The Giver of Life) ( المحيى )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx4fwA7jVQtuRxqCmbDq-StK45Ku4at-LzTtAOMUNErR8sQLZPoDNIAimXB7_NgxwewnUpta0TR0bTNbjCsQ5zB7ptDdzRBohx2BqSbGMNR_BFnRrYR1hjPvJ1vZbk9pnblS6Fdc76Lo/s1600/60.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx4fwA7jVQtuRxqCmbDq-StK45Ku4at-LzTtAOMUNErR8sQLZPoDNIAimXB7_NgxwewnUpta0TR0bTNbjCsQ5zB7ptDdzRBohx2BqSbGMNR_BFnRrYR1hjPvJ1vZbk9pnblS6Fdc76Lo/s640/60.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_449_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_449_language_2_content">يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقَالُوا لِإِخْوَانِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا وَمَا قُتِلُوا لِيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ <span style="color: red;">وَاللَّهُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ</span> </span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"...<span style="color: red;">Allah gives life and causes death, and Allah witnesses whatever you do</span>" (Quran, 3:156).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Allah surely brings life to the bodies when He rejoins their souls to them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Muhyi creates life and grants it to whomsoever He pleases. He creates people out of nothing, then He brings them back to life when the Day of Judgment approaches after their death. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> He brings life into the heart of those who know through the light of His knowledge: </span><br />
<i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and made for him a light whereby he walks among people like him whose likeness is that of one who is in utter darkness from which he cannot come out?" (Quran, 6:122).</i> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Allah gives life to the sperm and to the leech-like clot. He causes rain to pour out of the clouds in order to bring life thereby to a dead land. References to Allah bringing life back to the dead are numerous throughout the Holy Quran; here are some of them:</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> So We said: Strike him (the dead corpse) with part of it (the sacrificed cow); thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs so that you may understand. (2:73) Allah gives life and causes death, and Allah sees whatever you do. (3:156) Say: O people! Surely I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, [the Messenger] of Him to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs; there is no god but He; He brings (beings/things) to life and causes death; therefore, believe in Allah and in His Messenger, the ummi Prophet who believes in Allah and in His words, and follow him, so that you may walk in the right way" (Quran, 7:158).</i> <br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; besides Allah you have no guardian or helper. (2:107) He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be brought back. (10:56) He it is Who gives life and causes death, and in His (control) is the alternation of the night and the day; do you not then understand? (3:80) He brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living and gives life to the earth after its death; thus shall you be brought forth. (30:19) One of His signs is that He shows you the lightning for fear and for hope and sends down water from the clouds, then He gives life therewith to a land after its death (barrenness); most surely there are signs in this for people who understand" (Quran, 30:24).</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> He it is Who gives life and causes death; so, when He decrees an affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is. (40:68) Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things. (42:9) There is no god but He; it is He Who gives life and causes death, the Lord and Cherisher of yourselves and of your earlier ancestors. (44:8)</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> A believer ought to adorn his conduct by remembering this Attribute quite often so that Allah may bring light into his heart through knowledge. His soul will then glow with the mysteries of manifestation. He should particularly remember Him as such in the depth of the night.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_5922_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_5922_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ</span> </span><span id="verse_5923_language_2_content"> وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ </span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces</span>, and He is the Forgiving, the Loving" (85:13-14).</i></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Linguistically, the root word of this Attribute means: to return, to go back. We supplicate thus: "Lord! We plead to You to grant us a return to Your House," that is, to go back to the Ka`ba after having visited it or after having been there. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> A man who is mu`eed is one who is knowledgeable of certain issues/topics, etc. Al-ma`d means: the Day of Judgment. According to one particular tradition, the Messenger of Allah has supplicated saying, "... and make my abode in the hereafter good, for to it shall I return." It is narrated that Gabriel asked the Messenger of Allah once, "O Muhammed! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Do you have a nostalgic feeling for your place of birth, to your homeland?!" He answered him in the affirmative, whereupon Gabriel quoted the Quranic verse saying, </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Most surely He Who has made the Quran binding on you will bring you back to the destination" (Quran, 28:85).</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Al-Mu`eed brings life back to the dead. He gathers all beings for the Judgment Day together, lifting the veils from them and rewarding or punishing them, each according to what he/she had said and done. He tries them about how they fared with the blessings He bestowed upon them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Allah will cause all things (beings as well as inanimate objects) to come to naught, then He will bring them back again into existence: </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Say: The One Who brought them into existence at first will give life [back] to them, and He is Cognizant of all creation" (Quran, 36:79).</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> We ought to return to Allah regarding everything, and we have to bear in mind that Allah created us when we were nothing at all; He determines our destiny. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_2587_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_2587_language_2_content">يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ <span style="color: red;">كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُ</span> ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"... <span style="color: red;"> as We originated the first creation, so shall We reproduce it</span>, a promise (binding on Us); We shall surely bring it about" (Quran, 21:104).</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Both "al- Mubdi" and "al-Mu`eed" are among Allah's Attributes, and most of those who have discussed them have dealt with them jointly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Surat al-A`raf, we read the following: <i>"Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set your faces upright at every time of the prayers and call upon Him, being sincere to Him in obedience; just as He brought you forth in the beginning, so shall you also return (to Us)" (Quran, 7:29).</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And in Surat al-Naml, we read: <i>"Or Who originates the creation then reproduces it, and Who gives you sustenance from the heavens and from the earth? Is there a god with Allah? Say: Bring your proof if you are truthful" (Quran, 27:64).</i> In Surat al-`Ankabut, we read this verse: <i>"Say: Traverse the earth and see how He makes the first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation; surely Allah has power over all things" (Quran, 29:20).</i> Surat al-Room mentions these Attributes in two places:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Allah originates creation, then He reproduces it, then to Him you shall be brought back. (30:11) He it is Who originates the creation then reproduces it, and it is easy for Him, and His are the most exalted Attributes in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (30:27)</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Surat al-Buruj, we read: <i>"Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces" (Quran, 85:13).</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Linguistically, the root word of this Attribute means to start, begin, initiate, and the like. Allah starts, begins, initiates, the creation of all beings and Who brings them into existence. In Surat Saba', we read the following: <i>"... falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back" (Quran, 34:49).</i> This verse may be paraphrased thus: "What can falsehood initiate, and what can it bring back?"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Al-Mubdi has brought the cosmos into being without a prior model, Who created all the worlds in a perfect manner, Who initiates the giving to and the assistance of His servants, proving Himself as the best to rely on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One who remembers the Attribute "al-Mubdi" ought to seek His forgiveness whenever he remembers it and to always stay attentive while supplicating to Him.</div><br />
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<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"></span></span></span></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"></span></span><br />
<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span></span></h3><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_5475_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: right;"><span id="verse_5475_language_2_content">لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ <span style="color: red;">وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا</span> </span> </div><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span></span></h3><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: small;"><i>"So that He may ascertain that they have truly delivered the messages of their Lord, <span style="color: red;">and He encompasses what is with them, and He records the number of all things</span>" (Quran, 72:28).</i></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The root word of "Al-Muhsi" is ihsa' which means: counting or computing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Linguistically, it also means to tolerate or to be able to handle. It is also used to describe a tract of land where there is a large quantity of pebbles or stones.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Allah is al-Muhsi Who counts what we do and readies it for the Day when we meet Him, that is, the Day of Judgment, the day of hisab, accounting or reckoning, the day of reward or punishment. Al- Muhsi knows all precise and minute matters, the secrets of what is decreed; He sees what is apparent and is fully knowledgeable of what is hidden. He counts the acts of obedience to Him, knows everything, counts our breath, and is acquainted with our insinuations. His knowledgeable of all beings in existence, when they move around or when they are still, and with all their affairs and deeds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This Attribute's meaning and derivations exist in several places; here are some examples: Certainly He has a comprehensive knowledge of them, and He has numbered them a (comprehensive) numbering. </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(19:94) Surely We shall give life (back) to the dead, and We record what they have sent forth before and what they leave behind, and of all things have We taken account in a clear Book. (36:12) And We have recorded everything in a book. (78:29)</i></span></div><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message">☼◄▌║█║▐►☼</span></span></span></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div>Silent sound/speechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690856470208990992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-1775327158297466202010-07-03T11:26:00.000-07:002010-07-03T11:26:43.045-07:00(56) Al-Hamīd (The All Praiseworthy) ( الحميد )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCVkNCCcqJyXqiN2uTlGdGgyCAXVVzMfC-46QJBuuRM4OMvTduU6q0lgHaYm_z8Pdt84CruEr3EgORKLIOwIYZW7vWJV0L7d7ilCiBLeoUo349ZK3WK7khCVbJaNw8mHqDQy5x5FI4MI/s1600/56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCVkNCCcqJyXqiN2uTlGdGgyCAXVVzMfC-46QJBuuRM4OMvTduU6q0lgHaYm_z8Pdt84CruEr3EgORKLIOwIYZW7vWJV0L7d7ilCiBLeoUo349ZK3WK7khCVbJaNw8mHqDQy5x5FI4MI/s640/56.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_3675_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;">۞ <span id="verse_3675_language_2_content">يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ <span style="color: red;">وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"O people! You are the ones who stand in need of Allah, <span style="color: red;">while Allah is the self-Sufficient, the Praised One</span>" (Quran, 35:15).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The root word of "al-Hameed" is hamd which means: praise, something more general than thanking. Al-Hameed is also al-Mamood, the Praised One. <br />
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Allah is al-Hameed due to praising His own Self since time immemorial, and also due to His servants praising Him. His qualities, such as His being Glorified and Exalted, are due to the fact that those who mention His Attribute glorify and exalt it.<br />
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Hamd in this context means enumerating or the attempt to enumerate the qualities of perfection conceived by those who praise Him. Al-Hameed grants you success and compliments you for it; He wipes out your sins and does not embarrass you by exposing them. He is Praised due to His merits. One whose beliefs, conduct, speech and action are praiseworthy is called hameed. <br />
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Such a description fits only the Messenger of Allah and those whose ranks are close to his from among Allah's prophets as well as others such as the friends of Allah, and the scholars. Each one of these is hameed with regard to his beliefs, conduct, deeds and statements. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-60691435988901675032010-07-03T09:26:00.000-07:002010-07-03T09:26:40.636-07:00(55) Al-Waliyy (The Friend, Patron and Helper) ( الولى )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgace_RfJ0-qrYfWImSq0wxJRz9-Ha6nH4bu0mddaRgD5F0nsl2-7gNKwtUf6Jj9eXh70BbRUopM2dewatLt_HIe_iSSUwqo8BZwUsMdYTIqPt4i0tt9vHuB0uyyRLXq7fQs2agzwzLkGc/s1600/55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgace_RfJ0-qrYfWImSq0wxJRz9-Ha6nH4bu0mddaRgD5F0nsl2-7gNKwtUf6Jj9eXh70BbRUopM2dewatLt_HIe_iSSUwqo8BZwUsMdYTIqPt4i0tt9vHuB0uyyRLXq7fQs2agzwzLkGc/s640/55.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_264_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_264_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا</span> يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">Allah is the Guardian (al-Waliyy) of those who believe</span>..." (Quran, 2:257).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Al-Waliyy connotes closeness, nearness, one who may be an ally, a neighbor, a guardian, a relative, etc. It also means the supporter, the beloved one.<br />
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Allah has said, <i>"Allah is the Guardian of those who believe" (Quran, 2:257).</i> Quoting Yousuf, He has said, <i>"You are my Guardian in this life and in the life hereafter" (Quran, 12:101).</i> Quoting the believers, He has said, <i>"You are our Patron; so, help us against the unbelieving people" (Quran, 2:286),</i> and, <i>"Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, the True One" (Quran, 6:62).</i> He has also said, <i>"That is so because Allah is the Protector of those who believe, and because the unbelievers shall have no protector" (Quran, 47:11).</i><br />
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Allah is the Guardian of His servants. A good servant of Allah is also a friend of His. The Exalted One has said, <i>"Surely the friends of Allah shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve" (Quran, 10:62).</i> The word "waliyy" simultaneously conveys the meanings of a master and a slave, a supporter, a neighbor, a cousin, an ally, a guardian... <br />
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The common denominator in the meaning of all these connotations is nearness. A "waliyy" is one who is near to someone else physically and figuratively. The Almighty has said, <i>"Awla laka fa awla" (Quran, 75:34):</i> Nearer to you (is the destruction) and nearer, a clear warning meaning: "It (destruction) has come close to you, and that against which I have warned you has almost reached you; therefore, beware!"<br />
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This proves that the root word of this Attribute is derived from nearness, and this meaning is met in the case of a slave, a supporter, a cousin, an ally, or a guardian. In all these cases, there are situations which necessitate nearness required for proximity and communication. If this is proven, His being al-Waliyy of His servants is indicative of His being near to them. The Almighty has said,<i> "... and He is with you wherever you are" (Quran, 57:4).</i> He has also said,<br />
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<i>... and We are nearer to him than his life-vein. (50:16) Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons except that He is their fourth. (58:7)</i><br />
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Whoever repeats this Attribute, realizing its great meanings, must be a friend of Allah. Any friend of Allah is also a friend of people, Allah's servants. He looks after them, managing their affairs, and so on. Allah says, <i>"Believing men and women are guardians of one another" (Quran, 9:71).</i> Whoever aspires to be close to the Almighty will find Him willing to be his friend too, and whoever turns away from Allah, Allah will turn away from him, and Satan will welcome him with open arms. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-40240408719776123102010-07-03T09:21:00.000-07:002010-07-03T09:21:34.149-07:00(54) Al-Matīn (The Firm, The Steadfast) ( المتين )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllFxVEih3iEMdWje70zPsLvloszNmdAYjFfAyGq6mDzDR7jQQDyvlcOkdE0i6Ym3-GPreGn7NY6K8sOSRQjZPGrXacWFJKbbcHXcKoj7dLEbkd87-VU3yo3w9uaFSuRNn6pBibucKar8/s1600/54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllFxVEih3iEMdWje70zPsLvloszNmdAYjFfAyGq6mDzDR7jQQDyvlcOkdE0i6Ym3-GPreGn7NY6K8sOSRQjZPGrXacWFJKbbcHXcKoj7dLEbkd87-VU3yo3w9uaFSuRNn6pBibucKar8/s640/54.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_4733_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_4733_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">Surely Allah bestows sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong One</span>" (Quran, 51:58).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Al-Qawiyy" and "al-Mateen" are two of Allah's Attributes and are mentioned in such an order. They share the same basic meaning.<br />
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Linguistically, "al-Qawiyy" is derived from quwwa, strength, power, might, ability, etc. It is in lexicons indicative of strength versus weakness. Strength in this sense describes a complete and perfect might. Since He is very Strong, Allah has the most perfect and absolute might and perfection; He has said, <i>"... surely your Lord is the Strong, the Mighty" (Quran, 11:66).</i> "Al-Qawiyy" means: the One Whose strength is unlimited and before Whom the strength of His foe dwarves, and so does the greatness of anyone held as great. <br />
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Allah has granted the angels a mighty power whereby one angel, for example, can uproot a mountain or turn cities upside down. Yet such an angel, or his like, fears Allah and His Might, shakes in awe for fear of His Greatness. Al-Qawiyy is the One Whose Might and Greatness are perfect: He subdues and is not subdued; He helps and is not helped; His Might is superior to the might of anyone else. It is also said that He never suffers any weakness in Himself, in His qualities, or in His actions, and His strength is indicative of His complete Might. There are many Quranic verses that describe Allah as the Strong One; among them are the following,<br />
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O had only those who are unjust seen when they witness the chastisement that power is wholly Allah's, and that Allah is severe in requiting (evil)! (2:165) And wherefore did you not say, when you entered your garden: <i>"It is as Allah has pleased; there is no power save in Allah"? (18:39)</i> As regarding `Ad , they were unjustly proud in the land, and they said: <i>"Who is mightier than we are?" Did they not see that Allah Who created them is mightier than them, and that they denied Our signs? (41:15)</i><br />
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When we discern the previously quoted glorious verses, we will find the Attribute "al-Qawiyy" existing in 8:52 and 40:22 as the One Who is severe in requiting evil. Seven times has the Attribute "al- Qawiyy" been combined with the Attribute "al-`Azeez"; strength is not suited except for those who are honourable. Might is accompanied by severity.<br />
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The root word, matana, connotes solidness with expansion and extension. It may be applied to a solid rock, or to a distance traversed. Al-Mateen is al-Qawiyy, the Strong One, Who can do whatever He pleases, Who does not need an army to enforce His authority. <br />
He needs no help, nor supporters, nor assistants. Rest your hope on none besides Him. Al-Mateen is the One Whose Might is perfect; nothing in the heavens nor on earth can stand in His way. He is Allah Who affects His will, Whose Might is eternal; He affects everything yet nothing can affect Him. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-50470611307828877822010-07-03T09:17:00.000-07:002010-07-03T09:18:22.070-07:00(53) Al-Qawwiyy (The Strong) ( القوى )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKRmVLgkv8QKHA_pYJ5RoEsx3iiEJOIa6NWOJEyvFp5Nwe2ewbs4NfTuvbLs1nkBpohPvDGoeC9d9R0EZY3S71-4WOlQBB_QSB1Ss0OEZJXFjqnIqoNLoLwheMYTHqIo4ZclOolmyxQY/s1600/53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKRmVLgkv8QKHA_pYJ5RoEsx3iiEJOIa6NWOJEyvFp5Nwe2ewbs4NfTuvbLs1nkBpohPvDGoeC9d9R0EZY3S71-4WOlQBB_QSB1Ss0OEZJXFjqnIqoNLoLwheMYTHqIo4ZclOolmyxQY/s640/53.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_4733_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_4733_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">Surely Allah bestows sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong One</span>" (Quran, 51:58).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Al-Qawiyy" and "al-Mateen" are two of Allah's Attributes and are mentioned in such an order. They share the same basic meaning.<br />
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Linguistically, "al-Qawiyy" is derived from quwwa, strength, power, might, ability, etc. It is in lexicons indicative of strength versus weakness. Strength in this sense describes a complete and perfect might. Since He is very Strong, Allah has the most perfect and absolute might and perfection; He has said, <i>"... surely your Lord is the Strong, the Mighty" (Quran, 11:66).</i> "Al-Qawiyy" means: the One Whose strength is unlimited and before Whom the strength of His foe dwarves, and so does the greatness of anyone held as great. <br />
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Allah has granted the angels a mighty power whereby one angel, for example, can uproot a mountain or turn cities upside down. Yet such an angel, or his like, fears Allah and His Might, shakes in awe for fear of His Greatness. Al-Qawiyy is the One Whose Might and Greatness are perfect: He subdues and is not subdued; He helps and is not helped; His Might is superior to the might of anyone else. It is also said that He never suffers any weakness in Himself, in His qualities, or in His actions, and His strength is indicative of His complete Might. There are many Quranic verses that describe Allah as the Strong One; among them are the following,<br />
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O had only those who are unjust seen when they witness the chastisement that power is wholly Allah's, and that Allah is severe in requiting (evil)! (2:165) And wherefore did you not say, when you entered your garden: <i>"It is as Allah has pleased; there is no power save in Allah"? (18:39)</i> As regarding `Ad , they were unjustly proud in the land, and they said: <i>"Who is mightier than we are?" Did they not see that Allah Who created them is mightier than them, and that they denied Our signs? (41:15)</i><br />
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When we discern the previously quoted glorious verses, we will find the Attribute "al-Qawiyy" existing in 8:52 and 40:22 as the One Who is severe in requiting evil. Seven times has the Attribute "al- Qawiyy" been combined with the Attribute "al-`Azeez"; strength is not suited except for those who are honourable. Might is accompanied by severity.<br />
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The root word, matana, connotes solidness with expansion and extension. It may be applied to a solid rock, or to a distance traversed. Al-Mateen is al-Qawiyy, the Strong One, Who can do whatever He pleases, Who does not need an army to enforce His authority. <br />
He needs no help, nor supporters, nor assistants. Rest your hope on none besides Him. Al-Mateen is the One Whose Might is perfect; nothing in the heavens nor on earth can stand in His way. He is Allah Who affects His will, Whose Might is eternal; He affects everything yet nothing can affect Him. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-23392316504545288632010-07-03T09:10:00.000-07:002010-07-03T09:11:08.776-07:00(52) Al-Wakīl (The Trustee, The Dependable) ( الوكيل )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3MNEPn1xUfOSEFrQ5W_4CjINa27Z-k5kZCxaSuozfEFYc6LwN4k4H9RFN3Ab67tf_LUPVInHKCjRoE_Ajlr_IYyOO2R9eMYmL9U86426hGunsoSB7r5o-GaqX5_4QZgirg3VA8sOJBM/s1600/52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3MNEPn1xUfOSEFrQ5W_4CjINa27Z-k5kZCxaSuozfEFYc6LwN4k4H9RFN3Ab67tf_LUPVInHKCjRoE_Ajlr_IYyOO2R9eMYmL9U86426hGunsoSB7r5o-GaqX5_4QZgirg3VA8sOJBM/s640/52.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_574_language_2" style="color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_574_language_2_content"><span style="color: lime;">وَيَقُولُونَ طَاعَةٌ فَإِذَا بَرَزُوا مِنْ عِندِكَ بَيَّتَ طَائِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ غَيْرَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ ۖ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ </span><span style="color: red;">وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا</span><span style="color: lime;"> </span></span> </div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_574_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_3536_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px;"><span id="verse_3536_language_2_content">وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ <span style="color: red;">وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><span id="verse_574_language_2_content"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"... <span style="color: red;">and trust in Allah, and Allah suffices as Protector</span>" (Quran, 4:81, 33:3).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Al-Wakeel" is one of the Attributes of Allah, these Attributes which link whoever repeats them quite often, being aware of their meanings, to the gardens of Allah, the Truth, Who has all the beauty, perfection, and glory. <br />
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Al-Wakeel is the Sustainer, the One Who has taken upon Himself to provide sustenance for His servants. He, and only He, takes charge of all the affairs of those who are in His custody, under His care. According to linguists, "al-Wakeel" is the One to Whom all affairs are entrusted to manage, Who provides His servants with everything they need. <br />
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In other words, He takes charge of everything. Al-Wakeel benevolently looks after His pious servants. He is the One to Whom all affairs are referred, Who makes the truth manifest; so, whoever relies on Him will be self-sufficient, and whoever seeks sufficiency from Him will be independent and pleased.<br />
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The servants of Allah have entrusted their affairs to Him and relied on His benevolence due to their inability to attain what they wish to attain versus His own ability to do so: He takes charge of the conditions of His servants, Who manages them as He pleases. <br />
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Those who recognize Him will entrust Him to fare with their own affairs. He surely is the only One Who truly fares with His servants as He pleases. If one of His servants entrusts Him to fare with his own affairs, He will beautifully save him the hardship of any task and will grant him more than He grants others; He gives sufficiently to those who rely on Him. He takes care of the affairs of His servants. <br />
He initiated the giving to man without the latter having asked Him, and He gave man everything he needed. Whenever man pleads to Him, He directs His attention to him and beautifully looks after him. If he remains on the straight path, He will seal his deeds with the beauty of His guardianship.<br />
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Linguistically, a wakeel is one upon whom one relies; so, this is why it is said that one who relies on Allah will come to know that Allah suffices him in as far as his sustenance and affairs are concerned, so he relies on Him and only Him and depends on none but Him. The wakeel of someone else is the person who efficiently represents him or does on his behalf what he is incapable of doing.<br />
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In Surat Hud, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammed saying, <i>"You are only a warner, and Allah is Custodian over all things" (Quran, 11:12)</i>, that is, "Your responsibility is simply to convey the Message, to warn against the dire consequences of rejecting it, to invite people to accept it, while Allah manages the affairs of His servants and watches over them, something which you do not have to do, since it is the responsibility of the Creator towards His creatures, and it is not a subject to be taught or conveyed."<br />
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Narrating the tale of Ya`qoob (Jacob) and his sons, the Almighty says in Surat Yousuf (Joseph), <i>"And when they gave him their pledge, he said: Allah is the One in Whom trust is placed as regarding what we say" (Quran, 12:66).</i> In Surat al-Ahzab, the Almighty addresses His Messenger Muhammed saying, <i>"The Lord of the east and the west; there is no god but He; therefore, take Him for Protector" (Quran, 73:9).</i> <br />
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The address here is repeated twice to the Messenger of Allah; therefore, the Messenger of Allah used to quite often remember his Lord, al-Wakeel al-Hafiz, reminding his companions and followers never to neglect mentioning this Gracious Attribute during the time of trouble, hardship and affliction. The Messenger of Allah once said, "How can I feel happy knowing that the one charged with blowing the horn (i.e. Archangel Israfil) has picked the horn and bent his forehead listening to the order to blow it?" His companions asked him, "Then what are we supposed to say, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Say: `Hasbuna Allah wa ni`mal-Wakeel (Allah suffices us, and Great is the Guardian)!'"<br />
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The Messenger of Allah used to plead to his Lord, al-Wakeel, on every occasion, saying, "Lord! I implore You not to permit me to rely on my own self even for the twinkling of an eye else I should surely perish." According to one qudsi tradition, the Almighty, addressing His Messenger, says, "You are My servant and Messenger, and I have named you al-Mutawakkil [one who trusts in and relies on his Lord];" therefore, the Messenger of Allah was ordered by his Lord to do so; i.e. to always rely on Him. In Surat Ali-`Imran, He says, <i>"... so once you have made up your mind, place your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves those who trust (in Him)" (Quran, 3:159)</i>, that is, "Having consulted your companions regarding a matter, you must rely on Allah in effecting it, and have confidence in His assistance and help, for He is al-Wakeel, and He is your Guardian." Allah loves His servants who turn to Him and rely on Him provided they exert some effort and exhaust the means available to them. Allah has made His Messenger a role model to emulate in the reliance upon his Lord, for Allah has ordered His believing servants to be among those who rely on Him. <br />
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In Surat Yousuf, He says, <i>"Judgment is only Allah's; on Him do I rely, and on Him let those who are reliant rely" (Quran, 12:67).</i> In another verse of the same chapter, He says, <i>"And what reason do we have not to rely on Allah, and He has, indeed, guided us in our ways? And certainly we would bear with patience your persecution of us, and on Allah should the reliant rely" (Quran, 14:12).</i> In 39:38 we read, <i>"Say: Allah suffices me; on Him do the reliant rely" (Quran, 39:38).</i><br />
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One who chooses Allah as his Guardian is one who has also to guard Allah's interest in his own self by observing His rights and obligations and whatever He has required him to do, so he should be the opponent of his own evil-insinuating self day and night, without relaxing for a moment, nor falling short even for the twinkling of an eye. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-40773217926977017472010-07-03T09:03:00.000-07:002010-07-03T09:03:42.114-07:00(51) Al-Haqq (The Truth, The Real) (الحق)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXPZtdXxC0xVa3pUP59xxsfyQ0uKTbFptVA2JdOgoq6Ma1YOblm1dQVeJMNFZ0vkortO8x5DufCLqDX1HxUDXzRZPCV_2KwKR1lq9hyphenhyphen1yzXqC9E-e93UPQVysv6nsHhED2TCQ2KFV1uk/s1600/51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXPZtdXxC0xVa3pUP59xxsfyQ0uKTbFptVA2JdOgoq6Ma1YOblm1dQVeJMNFZ0vkortO8x5DufCLqDX1HxUDXzRZPCV_2KwKR1lq9hyphenhyphen1yzXqC9E-e93UPQVysv6nsHhED2TCQ2KFV1uk/s640/51.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_2601_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_2601_language_2_content" style="color: red;">ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i><span style="color: red;">Allah is the Truth, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.</span> (22:6)</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">One of the attributes Allah is "al-Haqq", the Truth.<br />
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His existence is proven to be true and so is His Divinity. He makes the truth manifest by the power of His words, Who supports those whom He loves by His signs. Allah is the Truth, al-Haqq, who is worthy of being adored, Who is always there and Who never disappears, Whose presence is proven to have always been, since time immemorial, and forever__even before time and above time.<br />
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His presence is a reality standing on its own merits, and there is no existence except through Him, and by Him, and He never moves and is above motion or anything physical or material. He permits the truth to manifest itself. He creates everything as His wisdom dictates. He is present in a way which permits no room for Him to be absent, nor different, nor extinct. Everything that exists is from Him, and to Him is its ultimate end.<br />
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"Al-Haqq" is the antithesis of falsehood. According to one tradition, the Messenger of Allah has said, "Labbayka Haqqan Haqqa!" that is, <i>"Here I am, O Truth, O Truthful One, here I am, in obedience to You! Here I am, O antithesis of falsehood!" Surely He is the truth beyond any doubt. Allah has said, "Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, the true One" (Quran, 6:62). He has also said, This is so because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon besides Him is falsehood. (31:30) And Allah will show the truth to be true by His words. (10:82)</i><br />
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<i> His promise is the very truth; He has said in this regard: Surely the promise of Allah is true. (31:33)</i> Whenever the Prophet made tahajjud during the night, he would say, <br />
"Lord! All Praise is due to You! You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in them! All Praise is due to You! You are the One Who sustains the heavens and the earth and everything in them! You are the Truth; Your speech is the truth; Your promise is the truth; meeting with You is the truth; Paradise is the truth; Hell is the truth; the Hour [of Judgment] is the truth!<br />
Lord! To You have I submitted myself; in You have I believed; upon You have I relied; to You have I returned; for Your sake have I disputed with others, based upon Your truth have I arbitrated; so, I implore You to forgive my past faults and my future ones, what I have concealed and what I have manifested! You are my Lord! There is no god but You!" </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-33172610619895431892010-07-03T08:54:00.000-07:002010-07-03T08:55:41.545-07:00(50) Ash-Shahīd (The Witness) ( الشهيد )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnMeV355CEiuT7ZnTzVV1o9MOYcAisYvkVnMMOv_1kQxv0sZRuRwjiDWAq0eJlvwH3wIbtONvrre08uu5Yl6OKZPb023D7qXxz_H2WP7Po1vT7yUX4jpKq3JkFcbpzd2v_CtvcMdCynw/s1600/50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnMeV355CEiuT7ZnTzVV1o9MOYcAisYvkVnMMOv_1kQxv0sZRuRwjiDWAq0eJlvwH3wIbtONvrre08uu5Yl6OKZPb023D7qXxz_H2WP7Po1vT7yUX4jpKq3JkFcbpzd2v_CtvcMdCynw/s640/50.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_4271_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_4271_language_2_content">سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ <span style="color: red;">أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">Is it not sufficient as regarding your Lord that He is Witness over all things?</span>" (Quran, 41:53).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">According to Mu`jam maqayees al lugha by Ibn Faris, the topic of the verb shahida, saw, witnessed, or testified, indicates, linguistically, presence, knowledge, and the dissemination of such knowledge.<br />
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The attribute "al-Shaheed" is derived from shuhood, [eye] witnesses, and it requires knowledge by observation: Allah is al-Shaheed because He is present and observes all beings whom He has created and whom He will create at any time and in any place, and He is fully aware of such beings; "... and He is with you wherever you may be." Al-Shaheed is a superlative of al-Shahid, the Witness.<br />
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In his work Taj al-Aroos, al-Zubaidi has indicated that al-Shaheed is one of Allah's Attributes meaning: "the One Who is faithful in His witness and from whose knowledge nothing at all escapes." His knowledge is the very ultimate regarding all apparent matters, all things to observe and to witness. The Holy Quran states the following in Surat Ali-`Imran: <i>"Allah bears witness that there is no god but He" (3:18).</i> Al-Shahid knows and manifests the knowledge of what He knows to a select group from among His most sincere and loyal servants. Allah has proven His being one through all what He has created. <br />
Al-Shaheed is ever-present; from His kingdom nothing at all can be absent; everything is included within the realm of His kingdom.<br />
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Addressing the Messenger, Allah says the following in Surat al-Nisa':<i> "... and we have sent you (O Mohammed!) To mankind as a Prophet, and Allah suffices as Witness (to that)" (Quran, 4:79).</i> That is, Allah suffices as Witness to all people regarding the truth of your message: He testifies that you are His Messenger who does not have full control over His servants. <br />
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In Surat al-Ana`m, He says, <i> "Say: What is the weightiest in testimony? Say: Allah is Witness between you and me" (Quran, 6:19),</i> that is, were we to paraphrase it, "Ask them: What is the greatest witness? Say: Allah testifies with regard to you and to me." Allah ordered His Messenger to ask the disbelievers, "Whose testimony is the greatest and the most accurate?" Then He ordered him to tell them that the greatest is the testimony of the One whose statement does not permit any room for lying or erring. The testimony, that is, shahada, of the Almighty is of three types: <br />
1) His own telling people in His Book that He has sent the Prophet as His Messenger; ,<br />
2) His own support for His Messenger in numerous ways the greatest of which is the Holy Quran, which is the everlasting scholarly and rational miracle. <br />
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It has been practically proven that all people put together are incapable of producing a chapter or a verse like it; 3) the testimony of previously revealed divine books and the fact that messengers before him had already brought the glad tidings of his Prophet hood.<br />
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In Surat Younus, the Great Quran says, <i>"Allah, therefore, suffices as Witness between us and you that we were quite unaware of your worship (of us)" (Quran, 10:29).</i> It may be paraphrased thus: Allah suffices as Witness, O polytheists, and as Judge between us and you, for He is fully knowledgeable of our condition and yours, and we were not happy with your own associating partners with Him. <br />
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In Surat al-Tawbah, the Almighty says, <i>"... Allah and His Prophet will witness your deeds, then you shall be brought back to the One Who knows the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did" (Quran, 9:94),</i> that is, He knows what you hide or manifest, what you conceal or reveal.<br />
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The Almighty has repeated the phrase "`Alim al ghayb wal shahada," the One Who knows the unseen and the seen, about ten times; among such references are the following:<br />
<i>... His is the kingdom on the Day when the trumpet is blown, [and He is] the One Who knows the unseen and the seen, and He is the Wise, the Aware. (6:73) The One who knows the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High (is He). (13:9) The One Who knows the unseen and the seen, so may He be exalted above what they associate (with Him). (23:92) Such knows the unseen and the seen, the Mighty, the Merciful. (32:6) Say: O Allah! Originator of the heavens and the earth Who knows the unseen and the seen! You judge between Your servants as to that wherein they differ. (39:46) He is Allah besides Whom there is no other god, the One Who knows the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful. (59:22) Say: (As for) the death from which you flee, it will surely overtake you, then you shall be sent back to the One Who knows the unseen and the seen, and He will (then) inform you of whatever you did. (62:8)</i><br />
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The believing nation, the nation that believes in Muhammed as the Messenger of Allah, always remembers that its Lord, Allah, is the Witness over it, and it is also the nation of testimony in every field. Its Lord has said the following about it: "Thus have We made you a medium (just) nation so that you may be the bearers of witness to people, and so that the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you" (Quran, 2:143). </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-91645674636026165192010-07-03T08:50:00.000-07:002010-07-03T08:51:10.315-07:00(49) Al-Bā'ith (The Ressurecter) ( الباعث )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs_LeX4PfhJOP7nUGOfjWDG3sbrfXfR9v21vqgbYNxMzRLwIcNtivS-tazfVWNyxcxoUr_OCYd_HFxQd9NDshEbNBNA8AiOwEErQmT4nmH8-R6wudUpagXSs-WK-OX9JaIZdm1eHT8c0/s1600/49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs_LeX4PfhJOP7nUGOfjWDG3sbrfXfR9v21vqgbYNxMzRLwIcNtivS-tazfVWNyxcxoUr_OCYd_HFxQd9NDshEbNBNA8AiOwEErQmT4nmH8-R6wudUpagXSs-WK-OX9JaIZdm1eHT8c0/s640/49.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_2602_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_2602_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِي الْقُبُورِ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">And the hour is coming; there is no doubt about it, and Allah shall resurrect those who are in the graves</span>" (22:7).</i></span><br />
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It also means sending a soldier to war: bai`th means army. It also means to bring life back to the dead.<br />
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The word "al-Ba`ith" conveys more than one meaning: <br />
1) the Almighty will bring His creation back to life on the Day of Judgment as stated in Surat al-Hajj quoted above. <br />
2) He sends messengers to His servants: In Surat al-Nahl, He says, <i>"And certainly we raised in every nation a prophet" (16:36).</i> <br />
3) He commissions His servants to perform specific tasks by creating the impulses and motivations in them. <br />
4) He sends aid to His servants who need it and helps the sinners by accepting their repentance.<br />
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Al-Ba`ith resurrects those in the graves, stirs things into motion, causes determination, manifests the knowledge of the unknown, brings His servants back to life, resurrects His creation on the Day of Judgment, Who records what the breasts conceal. Ba`th is the life hereafter. One who knows the real meaning of resurrection knows the real meaning of this Attribute. <br />
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Most people have numerous general misconceptions and ambiguous presumptions about it. They imagine that death is the end of everything, and that resurrection starts a new creation from nothing, just as the first creation was started. Their belief that death is the end of everything is surely erroneous, for we have come to learn from studying the Sunnah that the grave is either a pit of fire or a piece of Paradise. The dead are either happy or miserable. The happy ones, such as the martyrs, are not dead; rather, Allah says the following about them in Surat Ali-`Imran (the Family of Amram): <i>"And do not reckon those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead; nay! They are alive receiving sustenance from their Lord, rejoicing in what Allah has given them out of His grace, and they rejoice for the sake of those who, (being left) behind them, have not yet joined them, that they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve" (3:169- 170).</i><br />
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The miserable, too, are living, leading a miserable life. For this reason, the Messenger of Allah once addressed the latter in the aftermath of the Battle of Badr saying, "I have found what my Lord has promised me to be the truth; so, have you found what your Lord promised you to be true?" He was asked, "How can you address people who have turned into a stink?" He answered by saying, "You do not hear me better than they, except that they cannot answer me back."<br />
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Al-Ba`ith is also the One Who inspires determination in the heart of people to undertake lofty objectives on the battlefields of jihad, and to purify themselves. Al-Ba`ith plants the will to rise up to lofty endeavors, who removes from your heart the evil whisperings, who purges the innermost conscience from scruples and purifies the deeds from filthiness. He sends His messengers to convey <br />
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His commandments: <i>"Allah raised prophets as bearers of glad tidings and as warners" (2:213). He brings the dead back to life: "Then we resurrected you after your death..." (2:56). He wakes up those who sleep by reawakening their bodies: "He it is Who takes your souls at night (while asleep), and He knows what you acquire during the day, then He raises you up therein so that an appointed term may be fulfilled, then to Him is your return, then will He inform you of what you were doing" (6:60). Glory, then, to Him for resurrecting the dead and recording what the breasts conceal.</i><br />
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The subject of bai`th is referred to in numerous places of the Holy Quran; these are some of them: Certainly we raised in every nation a prophet saying: Worship Allah and shun Satan. So there were some of them whom Allah guided, and there were others against whom error was due; therefore, travel in the land and witness what the end of those who rejected [Our signs] was. (16:36) and during part of the night pray Tahajjud beyond what is incumbent upon you so that your Lord may raise you to a position of great glory. (17:79) Then We raised them up so that We might ascertain which of the two parties was best able to compute the time during which they remained (asleep). (18:12) those who disbelieve think they shall never be resurrected. Say: Aye! By my Lord! You shall most certainly be resurrected, then you shall most certainly be informed of what you did, and that is easy for Allah. (64:7)<br />
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The portion of inspiration a servant of Allah may be able to derive from the attribute al-Ba`ith is his knowledge that a soul first has no knowledge of anything, just like the body. Allah says the following in Surat al-Ana`m: <i>"Is he who was dead then We brought him back to life and made for him a light whereby he walks among people like one who is in utter darkness from which he can never come forth? Thus what they did was made fair-seeming to the unbelievers" (Quran, 6:122),</i> and in Surat al- Nahl He says, <i>"He sends the angels with the inspiration by His command to whomsoever He pleases of His servants saying: Give the warning that there is no god but I; therefore, be careful (of your duty) to me" (16:2).</i><br />
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If a servant of Allah strives hard to learn, he will be as though he has instilled a new life in his soul after its death, and if he strives to teach the ignorant ones, he will be as though he brought their souls back to life after their death. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-19706552960963441422010-07-03T08:46:00.000-07:002010-07-03T08:46:39.674-07:00(48) Al-Majīd (The Glorious) ( المجيد )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjqi25uEMuM8YsEZ04a1PIUqvbdOBCHoLcEBCdNOVVofMixICY5M_28JWSxJkCqmGODY36Y6XTqBLRmK71s1lpe5O_VPi6JOL0pxoOrBm-I_TPUqaH7RUQxAuSwvhN8-OCUoCH0lRpJA/s1600/48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjqi25uEMuM8YsEZ04a1PIUqvbdOBCHoLcEBCdNOVVofMixICY5M_28JWSxJkCqmGODY36Y6XTqBLRmK71s1lpe5O_VPi6JOL0pxoOrBm-I_TPUqaH7RUQxAuSwvhN8-OCUoCH0lRpJA/s640/48.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_1546_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_1546_language_2_content">قَالُوا أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ ۖ رَحْمَتُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ ۚ <span style="color: red;">إِنَّهُ حَمِيدٌ مَّجِيدٌ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"The mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, O Ahl al-Bayt (People of the Prophet's House); <span style="color: red;">surely He is Praised, Glorified</span>" (Quran, 11:73).</i></span><br />
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"Al-Majeed" connotes general honor or abundance of wealth. A man who is majeed is extremely generous. Al-Majeed is glorified to the utmost extent of Glorification due to His own merits, qualities, and actions. He is also great in His attributes, beautiful in His power and authority. Al-Majeed has the utmost limit of glory; His benevolence is great. <br />
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Al-Majeed is the great One, the One whose status is Sublime, Who is most Benevolent. His status is tremendous, Whose Benevolence is great. He is Honored, Whose actions are beautiful, and who is generous in giving. Al-Majeed grants His favors to all others, who is Glorified because of His actions, who is Praised by His creation due to His greatness. He alone has the perfect Honor, the vast kingdom since time immemorial; the One Who does not disappoint anyone, whose will is always carried out. Whose Honor is not earned, whose actions are never abhorred, whose benevolence is beautiful, and who gives most generously...<br />
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All meanings of perfect and inclusive glory are always rendered to Allah, and all of them combined are but a drop in the ocean of His Glory. Glory is also attached to His prophets, to the successors of the latter, and to the mujahidin.<br />
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Allah has described the Holy Quran as majeed, saying,<i> "Qaf. I swear by al-Quran al-majeed..." (Quran, 50:1).</i> The Holy Quran is majeed because of the abundance of wealth of knowledge, ethics, and sublime objectives it contains and due to the benefits it contains; so, it is beneficial for man both in the life of this world and in the life to come.<br />
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One who personifies in his conduct the essence of this attribute ought to be gracious in all circumstances and most cultured. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-55903048725990548312010-07-03T08:41:00.000-07:002010-07-03T08:42:16.863-07:00(47) Al-Wadūd (The Loving) ( الودود )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingU3ZbF2eWlkyUhWity_O2WGhPJWgk8sHcChFdie6MjrmIcgkuBuAgaKZsvC9fpMwoolPjomSirwc1HVWZ8gNnUOAVKZ-mO_fv_NoSHfEL7oXw-rQYyg1ipsP-CT0QXidEiau3ccV7KI/s1600/47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingU3ZbF2eWlkyUhWity_O2WGhPJWgk8sHcChFdie6MjrmIcgkuBuAgaKZsvC9fpMwoolPjomSirwc1HVWZ8gNnUOAVKZ-mO_fv_NoSHfEL7oXw-rQYyg1ipsP-CT0QXidEiau3ccV7KI/s640/47.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_5923_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_5923_language_2_content"><span style="color: red;">وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">And He is the Forgiving, the Loving</span>" (Quran, 85:14).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "Al-Wadood" is an Attribute derived from the Arabic word "wudd" which conveys the meaning of love and friendship, and it applies to all avenues of goodness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Allah is "al-Wadood" because He loves His servants and they love Him; He says the following in Surat al-Ma'ida:</span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "O you who believe! Whoever among you turns back from his religion, Allah will bring people whom He loves and who love Him, who are humble before the believers and mighty against the unbelievers...." (5:54).</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The condition of true love is that it does not increase on account of loyalty, nor does it decrease on account of aversion. Al-Wadood ever tries to show His love for His friends by manifesting His knowledge to them. The "wadood" person is one who prefers you over all others, who removes from your heart any desire to notice or to love anyone else but him. Al-Wadood very much loves His servants, who try to be loved even by the sinners through His forgiveness and by all His creation by sustaining them and granting them sufficiently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Allah's righteous servants love Him due to their knowledge of His perfection and the perfection of His qualities, and due to His readiness to forgive. For all these reasons, al-Wadood is the Loving and the Beloved One. If a servant of Allah dives deeply into the depths of the knowledge of Allah's perfection, the perfection which causes a servant of Allah to love his Lord more and more, his knowledge will be crystallized, and he will find a great deal of contentment while worshipping Him accordingly. His knowledge of Him will then bear good fruits, and he, the servant of Allah, will turn to be the one who loves Him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> He may also be understood to be the One Who loves His servants and the love for whom bears good fruits according to the degree of love in the heart of each one of those who love Him. If someone sees through his heart his Lord to be self-Sufficient, Gracious, Honored, Omnipotent, everyone is in need of Him while He does not need anyone or anything, yet He loves His servants and wishes the best for them and even tries to get closer to them by granting them His favors..., such a person will surely have been blessed with true vision and a clear sight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> One who tries to fashion his conduct according to the inspiration of this Attribute ought to know that he should love all those whom Allah loves such as the prophets, successors of the prophets, and the scholars. He should love everything Allah loves and with which He is pleased such as acts of righteousness, piety, good deeds and exemplary conduct with others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Such a person should be compassionate towards all people: He loves to see the disobedient returning to their Lord obediently, the righteous remaining firm in their righteousness. He becomes compassionate towards all servants of Allah, forgiving those who abuse them, being kind to all people especially his family and kin. It is recorded that the holy Prophet has said to Imam `Ali, "If you wish to surpass those who are close to Allah, then join your ties with those who have cut them off from you, grant those who deprived you, and forgive those who wrong you." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The attribute "al-Wadood" deserves from the servants of Allah that they wish one another what they wish for their own selves, and even more so! They should prefer others over their own selves. A righteous man once said, "I wish to be a bridge over the fire whereupon people pass [to heaven] unharmed."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The perfection of such following is that anger, grudge, or harm received do not stop anyone who exemplifies this Attribute in his conduct from favoring others over himself and from being good to them; thus are we taught by our master the Messenger of Allah. Four of his teeth were once broken, and his face was bleeding, yet all of that uncalled for abuse to which he was exposed at the hands of the infidels did not stop him from praying for them or from wishing them good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Ibn `Abbas is quoted saying that he had heard the Messenger of Allah, who had just finished his prayers, supplicating thus: "Lord! I plead to you for mercy from you whereby you guide my heart, manage my affairs, unite my kinsfolk, and bring reform to those who are absent from among my kin. I plead to you for security on the Promised Day, for Paradise on the Day of Eternity, in the company of the witnesses who are near to you, those who bow down and prostrate, who fulfill their promise..., for surely you are the Most Merciful One, the Compassionate."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Regarding the explanation of the verse saying,</span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "... for them will Allah bring about love" (Quran, 19:96<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">),</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> the "love" referred to here means that Allah will make His creation love them, that is, He will make His servants experience love and affection on their own account. Supporting this explanation is a tradition wherein the Messenger of Allah says, "If Allah loves one of His servants, He calls upon Gabriel to tell him so, whereupon Gabriel loves that person, so he calls upon the residents of the heavens saying, `Allah loves so-and-so; therefore, you, too, should love him,' whereupon the residents of the heavens respond to him in the affirmative. Love for him will thus be disseminated among the residents of the earth." </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-4887786298215371032010-07-03T08:37:00.000-07:002010-07-03T08:37:48.710-07:00(46) Al-Hakīm (The Wise) ( الحكيم )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yUEjSMfBHsfak6gfzFWiolrAK3kNI20Cw9Flx5jGmU0QYPgTSBcsWDlrHCfR_UoGYo77-T9FfKJYlW0pQE-JyJQhQ0dDAUWDWDUG6rXAEk_Nsho_TtmVT1lOmAaVYbH8xfw8D-7dflk/s1600/46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yUEjSMfBHsfak6gfzFWiolrAK3kNI20Cw9Flx5jGmU0QYPgTSBcsWDlrHCfR_UoGYo77-T9FfKJYlW0pQE-JyJQhQ0dDAUWDWDUG6rXAEk_Nsho_TtmVT1lOmAaVYbH8xfw8D-7dflk/s640/46.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_787_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_787_language_2_content">إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ <span style="color: red;">وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ </span></span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content" style="color: red;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"... <span style="color: red;">and if you forgive them, then surely you are the Mighty, the Wise</span>" (Quran, 5:118).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Hakeem" is a superlative form, a form for the glorification of the One who has all the wisdom; hence, al-Hakeem is the very greatest in His wisdom. <br />
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Allah is the wisest in creating everything and in perfecting such a creation. His wisdom means His prior knowledge of everything and His bringing everything into existence most wisely and most perfectly.<br />
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Wisdom means: the best way of knowing something utilizing the very best of means. "Al-Hakeem" carries the same meaning as that of "al-`Aleem." Nobody knows Allah except Allah; therefore, al- Hakeem cannot be anyone but Allah: He knows the origins of all things through His eternal and perpetual knowledge which nobody can ever conceive as being liable to extinction.<br />
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"Al-Hakeem" may also mean His being holy, too Holy to do anything which does not beseem Him. In Surat al-Mominoon, Allah says, <i>"What?! Did you then think that we had created you in vain and that you will not be returned to us?!" (Quran, 23:115).</i><br />
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Some scholars have said that al-Hakeem is equitable in His assessment, benevolent in His management of affairs, the One Who has determined the measure of everything, and the One whose wisdom is the very ultimate end, the One Who places everything in its right place. Nobody can really appreciate Allah's wisdom other than Allah Himself. Al-Hakeem is not free from seeking any self-interest, nor can anyone object to anything He does. <br />
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Al- Hakeem is adorned with wisdom, and wisdom knows the best of things through the best means. The best of everything is Allah; so, He is the Absolute al-Hakeem; He knows everything by the very best means of eternal and everlasting knowledge, the knowledge which nobody can conceive as ever coming to naught, nor can there be any doubt about it, and nobody can be described as such except Allah.<br />
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Some scholars say that wisdom means getting to know the truth for its own sake, and to know goodness in order to act upon it. A servant of Allah, though his portion of knowledge and potential may be little, such a shortcoming is evident in him when compared to Allah's knowledge and might and to the knowledge and ability of the angels. Yet whatever amount human beings have been given is quite significant by the token that Allah Himself has deemed it great when he said,<i> "... and whoever is granted wisdom is indeed granted a great deal of goodness" (Quran, 2:269).</i><br />
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Abraham prayed his Lord for wisdom saying, <i>"Lord! Grant me wisdom" (Quran, 26:83).</i><br />
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Allah said the following about David (Prophet David):<i> "We granted him wisdom and a clear judgment" (Quran, 38:20).</i><br />
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Scholars have said that wisdom means knowledge. Knowledge may either know what can exist without our choice or doing, which is theoretical knowledge or it may be knowledge of what can happen by our choice and doing, which is practical knowledge. Theoretical knowledge may either be the means towards an end, or it may be an end by itself. The means, for example, may be the science of logic the deduction of which is determined by what concepts and assertions mankind can conceive in a way which does not permit except a very rare margin of error.<br />
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As regarding what is considered as the ultimate end, be informed that things may be classified into three categories: They may either comprise a form, or they actually are not supposed to exist in a certain form, or either case may be applicable to them. What is supposed to be in a form should either be in a particular one, and the science which researches such portion of what exists is called natural science or physics. What ought not to be a particular form and ought to be in some other form, the science that researches it is called the science of mathematics. As regarding the other category which is not supposed to be in a particular form at all, the science that researches it is called theology.<br />
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As regarding the third kind, the one which may be in a particular form or may not, the science researching it is called the inclusive science, and it is like the knowledge of the unit, the multiplicity, the causation, the deduction, the completion or the deficiency. All of this falls under the category of theoretical knowledge.<br />
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Practical knowledge may either be the researching of the conditions of man regarding his own body, which is called the science of physiology, or his conditions with members of his household, which is called the science of domestic management, or his conditions (ties to, relationship...) with the rest of the world, which is called political science.<br />
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The person who personified wisdom in his everyday conduct among people is the Messenger of Allah by the token of this verse of Surat Ali-`Imran: <i>"Certainly Allah conferred a benefit upon the believers when He raised among them a Messenger from among themselves reciting to them His signs and purifying them and teaching them the Book and the wisdom although before then they were surely in manifest error" (Quran, 3:164).</i><br />
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The wisdom in as far as the servants of Allah are concerned is to say and to do what is right as much as it is humanly possible. Allah says in Surat al-Baqarah, <i>"He grants wisdom to whomsoever He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom is indeed granted a great deal of good and none but men of understanding mind" (Quran, 2:269).</i><br />
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A wise person among people is one who precisely calculates intricate things; he masters them and skillfully executes them. Wisdom is the greatest knowledge, and its greatness depends on the greatness of what is known, and surely there is nothing greater than Allah. Anyone who gets to know Allah is wise even if his share of all other secular branches of knowledge is most modest. The ratio of the wisdom of any of Allah's servants to that of Allah is like the ratio of such servant's knowledge to that of Allah, and what a vast difference it is! And what a vast distance it is between both norms of knowledge! Yet despite the huge gap between both matters, wisdom is regarded as the most precious of all types of knowledge and the most fruitful, and anyone who is endowed with wisdom is surely granted a great deal of good.<br />
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To derive a good conduct from the attribute al-Hakeem requires a servant of Allah to be wise, that is, to do his best in whatever good deeds he does, and that his condition is pleasing to others, that is, based on following the commandments of Allah and distancing himself from whatever He has enjoined us to be distant from. He takes extreme care in performing his religious obligations, distancing himself from following his own whims and desires, staying away from any doubtful matter.<br />
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The Messenger of Allah has said, "The apex of wisdom is fearing Allah." A wise person is one who indicts his own self and who learns about what will come after death. A feeble person is one who follows his own desires and still wants even more from Allah. The Messenger of Allah has made many wise statements in this regard. A Bedouin once came to the Messenger of Allah and asked him to teach him something good to say. He told him to say, "There is no god except Allah, the One and only God Who has no partner; Allah is Great, Greater than everything; Praise, a great deal indeed of Praise, is due to Allah; Glory to Allah, Lord of the Worlds; there is no power nor might except in Allah, the Honored One, the Wise." The Bedouin said, "All this is for my Lord; what about something for my own self?!" The Messenger of Allah taught him to say, "Lord! I invoke You to forgive me, to have mercy on me, to grant me guidance, to grant me good health, and to grant me an increase in sustenance."<br />
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As regarding what some people consider as having "wisdom," anyone who knows "everything" without knowing Allah is not worthy of being called wise because he has missed the knowledge of the best and the most significant of everything. One who knows Allah is a wise person even if his share of all other branches of knowledge is very shallow, even if he stutters or is unable to absorb them. <br />
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One who knows Allah is one whose speech will sound different from that of anyone else, one who seldom indulges in frivolous matters. On the contrary, his speech will be inclusive, and he does not seek any vanishing interest. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-58267026474320551222010-07-03T08:31:00.000-07:002010-07-03T08:31:56.144-07:00(45) Al-Wāsi' (The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless) ( الواسع )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnGEYvtQu7chzr0KNtUez6Jbr0RERGat02SeTW60jM_afQuFv7vjm9gwiHl-ubUXCsIy-TL2Pk9blhLnRUx50yHKLAaNDDT3bsvAgkQo1Y3lacukx84GT8gEUFQdHOtncJNVMjSGm8tY/s1600/45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnGEYvtQu7chzr0KNtUez6Jbr0RERGat02SeTW60jM_afQuFv7vjm9gwiHl-ubUXCsIy-TL2Pk9blhLnRUx50yHKLAaNDDT3bsvAgkQo1Y3lacukx84GT8gEUFQdHOtncJNVMjSGm8tY/s640/45.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_122_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_122_language_2_content">وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ ۚ <span style="color: red;">إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"... whither you turn, there is Allah's purpose; <span style="color: red;">surely Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing</span>" (Quran, 2:115).</i></span><br />
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One may have an abundance of knowledge if he is acquainted with a good deal of it, or he may have an abundance of means. In his book Al-Nihaya, Ibn al-Atheer, who discusses Allah's Attributes, says that al-Wasi` can enrich everyone who is indigent, whose mercy encompasses everything. His authority never ends; His benevolence is unlimited; His domain is endless. He never stops giving; He is never distracted by knowing something from knowing another, nor by one issue from taking care of another. His knowledge encompasses everything. <br />
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His knowledge encompasses everything; His might suffice everything. His mercy is spacious; He is independent; His authority is above everything; His knowledge, might, and benevolence are the greatest. He is the One for the meanings of Whose Attributes there can be no limit, Whose knowledge is spacious, and so are His mercy and forgiveness; His domain is tremendous. The Absolute al-Wasi` is Allah, Glorified and exalted is He. There is no shore for the spacious ocean of His knowledge. Had the seas been ink, they would have been consumed before His words can ever be exhausted. There is no end for what He is capable of giving and blessing.<br />
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The Holy Quran has indicated that Allah's knowledge is vast and endless; in Surat al-Ana`m, the Almighty says, <i>"And his people disputed with him. He said: Do you dispute with me regarding Allah, and He has, indeed, guided me? And I do not fear in any way those that you set up with Him unless my Lord pleases; my Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge; will you not then mind" (Quran, 6:80).</i><br />
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The Holy Quran has described Allah's mercy as vast; in Surat al-A`raf it is stated that, <i>"And ordain for us good in this world's life and in the life hereafter, for surely we turn to you. He said: (As for) my chastisement, I will afflict with it whomsoever I please, and my mercy encompasses all things; so I will ordain it (especially) for those who guard (themselves against evil) and pay the zakat and those who believe in our signs" (Quran, 7:156).</i><br />
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In Surat Taha, His knowledge is described as vast: <i>"Your only God is Allah; there is no god but He; He comprehends all things in (His) knowledge" (Quran, 20:98).</i><br />
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Other references to the vastness of His knowledge, to His mercy and might, are as follows:<br />
<i>Our Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge; in Allah do we trust: Lord! Decide between us and our people with the truth, and you are the best of those who decide. (7:89) those who bear the Throne and those around Him celebrate the praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask protection for those who believe (saying): Lord! You encompass all things in mercy and knowledge; therefore, grant protection to those who turn (to you) and follow your way, and save them from the punishment of hell. (40:7) and the heavens we raised high with power, and most surely we make things ample. (51:47)</i><br />
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We ought to ponder on Allah's vast knowledge; for He is the Absolute al-Wasi` Whose Grace has encompassed everything in existence, in fact, even prior to their existence, and even before the existence of time itself, since He has always been for all eternity. His knowledge encompasses everything. Nothing He knows distracts Him from knowing something else. His might overwhelms everything; no issue distracts Him from another. <br />
His Hearing encompasses everything; no person's supplication can distract Him from hearing the supplication of another. His benevolence includes all His creation; His helping one particular needy person does not prohibit Him from helping another.<br />
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One of the ways for learning a code of ethics derived from this Attribute, "al-Wasi`," is that you should include all servants of Allah in your good treatment and kindness at all times; be gracious to all people. Help them when they seek your help, and treat all of them with the best treatment. A servant of Allah ought to remember and seek wisdom from the conduct of the Messenger of Allah who was saying his prayers once when he overheard a Bedouin supplicating to his Lord saying, "O Allah! Have mercy on me and on Muhammed, and do not be merciful to anyone else besides us." The Prophet said to him, "You have prayed Him to limit what is limitless," meaning the mercy of Allah. The Messenger of Allah has also said, "If Allah grants you an increase [of His blessings], do give your own self an increase." </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-37758817964766172012010-07-03T06:30:00.000-07:002010-07-03T06:34:27.733-07:00(44) Al-Mujīb (The Responsive, The Answer) ( المجيب )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jmxEUG_7KHsn8gYu-tHE7BCqfiYj78CwbNufpyBkJOE679C-kfVPl8h0DZaEWx-GYjY1i5_vRLIahgkTweIHprpezUSiyVPqQQadIyvYqjKbwjiYD_Oeit2KbLbAnj19KEBTxLw_l4A/s1600/44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jmxEUG_7KHsn8gYu-tHE7BCqfiYj78CwbNufpyBkJOE679C-kfVPl8h0DZaEWx-GYjY1i5_vRLIahgkTweIHprpezUSiyVPqQQadIyvYqjKbwjiYD_Oeit2KbLbAnj19KEBTxLw_l4A/s640/44.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_1534_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_1534_language_2_content">وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا ۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ ۚ <span style="color: red;">إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"And to Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people! Worship Allah; you have no other god besides Him; He brought you into being from the earth and made you dwell in it; therefore, ask forgiveness of Him, then turn to Him; <span style="color: red;">surely my Lord is nigh; he ever answers</span>" (Quran, 11:61).</i></span><br />
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Al-Mujeeb, Allah, responds to the plea of those who plead to Him and helps them, Who favorably answers the supplication of those who supplicate to Him, Who removes the need of those in need and gives them sufficiently. He even gives prior to being asked and accepts even prior to being pleaded. He knows the need of those who are in need before they pray Him, and He since eternity knows all their needs, so He has provided them with means to satisfy all their needs: He creates foods and all types of sustenance for them; He creates the tools and the means to get such tools to the hands of those who need them. Al-Mujeeb responds to the pleas of those who plead to Him. Since time immemorial, He knew in advance what they needed. He goes to the rescue of those who are in dire need of help, and He does not disappoint anyone who pleads to Him.<br />
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This theme recurs quite often throughout the Holy Quran. Examples are:<br />
<i> And Noah called upon us, and most excellent are we to answer the prayer. (37:75) So their Lord accepted their prayer: That I will not waste the deed of one who does a good deed among you, whether male or female, each one of you being from the other. (3:195) And Job (Ayyub) cried out to his Lord: Harm has afflicted me, and you are the most Merciful of the merciful. So we responded to him and removed the harm from him, and we gave him his family and the like (number) of them in addition: a mercy from us and a reminder to the worshippers. (21:83-84) or who answers the [prayer of] the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes the evil, and who will make you successors in the earth? Is there a god with Allah? Little is it that you mind! (27:62) ... you sought aid from your Lord, so He answered you: I will assist you with a thousand of the angels following one another. (8:9) When My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me. (2:186)</i><br />
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<i> And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you; surely those who are too proud to worship me shall soon enter hell abased. (40:60) For those who respond to their Lord there is goodness, and those who do not respond to Him, had they had all that is in the earth and the like thereof with it, they would certainly have offered it for a ransom. (As for) those (latter ones), an evil reckoning shall be theirs, and their abode is hell, and evil, indeed, is the resting-place. (13:18) O you who believe! Answer (the call of) Allah and His Prophet when he invites you to that which gives you life, and be informed that Allah intervenes between man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be gathered. (8:24)</i><br />
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Allah is capable of responding in various ways. When some of His friends are in need of something, He satisfies their need, and He may even make some circumstances deliberately hard for them only to test them and raise their status due to their perseverance, and to their thanking Him during the time of ease as well as the time of hardship. <br />
So when they almost lose hope, He comes to their rescue with beautiful rewards and with indications of His being pleased with them. Allah guarantees for His servant that He will respond favorably to his supplication in the way which He knows to be in his best interest, and at the time He chooses, rather than the time chosen by His servant; so, do not lose hope because of His delay in answering your plea, for such a delay may prove to be better for you. Allah May even opt to grant you better than what you ask Him for; so, plead to Him as one convinced of His favorable response.<br />
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The Messenger of Allah used to say, "Plead to Allah, being convinced of His answer to your pleas, and be advised that Allah does not respond to the pleas of one who is inattentive, indifferent." This tradition has been recorded by al-Tirmithi. He has also said, "No Muslim pleads to Allah a plea wherein there is no desire for committing a sin nor the severing of the ties of kinship except that Allah will grant him one of three good rewards: He will either grant him an immediate response, or He may save the rewards for him in the life hereafter, or He may keep its equivalent of evil away from him." His companions said, "Then we will plead to Him a great deal, indeed." He said, "Surely Allah is greater still!"<br />
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The Messenger of Allah has said, "When you have a plea, plead to Allah, and whenever you need help, seek help from Allah." In another tradition, he says, "Allah is too shy to disappoint any of His servants who plead to Him for something good." </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><<<>>> </div>Abbas Al Alamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763049766802214386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013188185399004071.post-6172902909862151312010-07-03T06:26:00.000-07:002010-07-03T06:26:43.709-07:00(43) Ar-Raqīb (The Watchful) ( الرقيب )<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnYnoEOXaqu7UoD4h5q3EoxRdxsyiDjWgXLlZWi1Jwg5RNVyIqIlENoW8pqAofv0VMUXPtyNw2Nytj3JGDXTrFhg_-ZDMK4VgJCJd8q223GjK2aaQRFitT83VjRmG5NXjeOWJFNXxGk4/s1600/43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnYnoEOXaqu7UoD4h5q3EoxRdxsyiDjWgXLlZWi1Jwg5RNVyIqIlENoW8pqAofv0VMUXPtyNw2Nytj3JGDXTrFhg_-ZDMK4VgJCJd8q223GjK2aaQRFitT83VjRmG5NXjeOWJFNXxGk4/s640/43.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="ayah language_2 text" dir="rtl" id="verse_494_language_2" style="direction: rtl; font-family: me_quran,Traditional Arabic; font-size: 36px; line-height: 72px; text-align: center;"><span id="verse_494_language_2_content"> يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ۚ <span style="color: red;">إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا</span> </span><span id="verse_6208_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_131_language_2_content"></span><span id="verse_354_language_2_content"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><i>"... and be careful of (your duty to) Allah through whom you demand (your rights of) one another, and to the ties of kinship; <span style="color: red;">surely Allah ever watches over you</span>" (Quran, 4:1).</i></span><br />
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</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Al-Raqeeb" is one of Allah's Attributes, and He is the Witness who is never absent from the scene.<br />
In language, a raqeeb is a vigilante, a watchman who stands to protect and guard. In the army, the raqeeb is the one in the vanguard. Al-Raqeeb is Allah Who safeguards everyone and everything, the One from whose knowledge nothing at all can escape.<br />
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According to one sacred tradition, the Messenger of Allah has said, "Safeguard Muhammed in his household," meaning safeguard his name and honor it. "Raqeeb" also means offspring. The angel who writes down whatever we do and say is also called "raqeeb": <i>"He does not utter a word except that there is by him someone watching at hand" (Quran, 50:18).</i><br />
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Al-Raqeeb, that is, the One Who truly ever watches over us, is, of course, Allah. One who is raqeeb regarding Allah is one who acknowledges that He oversees whatever we do and say, so he observes his duties towards Him.<br />
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Allah, al-Raqeeb, knows our conditions and counts our breath. Al-Raqeeb never forgets, who is always present and is never absent, who knows everything and nothing regarding the conditions of His creation can ever escape His knowledge. He manages the affairs of His servants, who know what they say, who watches over His servants, who observes what they do, who is familiar with their innermost thoughts.<br />
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Narrating the story of Jesus son of Mary, the Almighty quotes Jesus saying, <i>"... but when you caused me to die, you were the Watcher over them, and you witness all things" (Quran, 5:117).</i> He has also said, <i>"... and Allah is Watchful over all things" (Quran, 33:52).</i> There are two viewpoints that explain the meaning of "al-Raqeeb":<br />
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One: Linguistically, He safeguards things, who watch over everyone, who guards everyone, who is free of any oversight or negligence. He takes care of and safeguards everything. The Almighty has said, "He does not utter a word except that there is by him a watcher at hand" (Quran, 50:18), meaning an angel who records his deeds and takes note of everything he contemplates, says, or does, while Allah is al-Raqeeb Who looks after His servants, knows their conditions and whatever they utter.<br />
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As regarding observation, it is His saying: <i>"... surely I (Allah) am with you both: I hear, and I see" (Quran, 20:46).</i> Regarding knowledge, it is His saying: <i>"Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion, and that in which they increase" (Quran, 13:8).</i><br />
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Other such references include:<br />
<i> And He knows what is in the land and the sea. (6:59) He knows what goes deep down into the earth and what comes forth out of it. (57:4)</i><br />
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The other viewpoint says that this word is derived from irtiqab, waiting. Allah has said, "Wait, therefore; surely they (too) are waiting" (Quran, 44:59). Such a viewpoint is impossible to accept; therefore, it is rejected on the ground that one who waits for something needs to reach its commencement, desiring to find out its outcome. The correct meaning of this latter verse is that Allah wants His servants to reach out to Him, to make Him the goal of their adoration, submission and humility.<br />
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Al-Raqeeb, then, is the Witness Who is never absent. The virtue of one who watches himself is implied in a tradition wherein the Messenger of Allah Muhammed says, "Ihsan (goodness) is that you worship Allah as though you see Him, for if you do not see Him, He surely sees you."<br />
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It is narrated that a man once passed by a young slave tending sheep and pointed to a ewe and said, "Sell me this ewe, young shepherd!" The young slave told him that it was not his; therefore, he could not sell it, whereupon the man said, "Where is your brilliance?! Can't you tell its owner that a wolf ate one of his sheep?" He answered him by saying, "Then where is Allah?!" The man was very impressed by his answer, so he bought the young slave and set him free, and then he bought the herd and gave it to him as a gift. Since then, that man kept repeating "Then where is Allah?!" quite often.<br />
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It is, therefore, one of the good manners of a believer towards Allah, al-Raqeeb, to keep in mind that Allah ever watches over him and sees whatever he does. He knows that his self, that is, his nafs, is his enemy, and that the accursed Satan, too, is another, and that they both seize every opportunity to make him lax and disobey his Lord; therefore, he must always be on his guard. <br />
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He must close all the pitfalls in which he may fall and block all the avenues from which Satan may approach him. It is also one of the signs of good manners of a believer in this regard to watch himself and his senses, to keep vigil, and to make whatever he does solely for the achievement of the Pleasure of his Lord in a pure intention, to observe his obligations towards his Muslim brother, and not to expose the latter's faults to others. </div><br />
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