Who Is Allaah? Al-Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) described the greatness of Allaah in the most beautiful way:• “He is controlling the affairs of all the kingdoms.• He commands & prohibits;• Creates & gives provision;• And gives death & gives life.• He raises & lowers people’s status;• Alternates night & day;• Gives days (good & not so good) to men by turns;• And causes nations to rise & fall;• So that one nation vanishes & another emerges.• His command & decree are carried out throughout the heavens & on earth;• Above it & below it;• In the oceans & in the air.• He has knowledge of all things & knows the number of all things.• He hears all voices;• And does not mistake one for another;• He hears them all;• In all the different languages & with all their varied requests & pleas.• No voice distracts Him from hearing another;• He does not confuse their requests;• And He never tires of hearing the pleas of those in need.• He sees all that is visible;• Even the walk of a black ant across a solid rock in the darkest night.• The unseen is visible to Him;• And secrets are known to Him Whosoever is in the heavens & on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him).• Every day He has a matter to bring forth (such as giving honour to some, disgrace to some, life to some, death to some, etc.)! [The Quran 55:29 interpretation of the meaning]• He forgives sins;• Eases worries;• Relieves distress;• Helps the defeated person back on his feet;• Makes the poor rich;• Guides the one who is astray & confused;• Fulfils the needs of the desperate;• Feeds the hungry;• Clothes the naked;• Conceals faults;• And calms fears.• He raises the status of some & lowers the status of others.• Even if all the inhabitants of heaven & earth:• The first & the last of them;• Mankind & jinn alike;• Were to be as pious as the most pious among them;• This would not increase His sovereignty in the slightest;• If they all, the first & the last of them;• Mankind & jinn alike;• Were to be as rebellious as the most rebellious among them;• This would not decrease His sovereignty in the slightest;• If everything in heaven & on earth;• The first & the last of them;• Mankind & jinn;• Living & dead;• Animate & inanimate,• Were to stand in one place &ask of Him;• And He were to give them everything that they asked for;• This would not decrease what He has by even an atom’s weight.• He is the First;• Before Whom there is nothing;• And the Last;• After Whom there is nothing.• He is the Most deserving of being remembered;• The Most deserving of being worshipped;• The Most deserving of being thanked.• He is the Most Compassionate of kings;• The Most Generous of those who are asked.• He is the King Who has no partner or associate;• The One who has no rival;• The Self-Sufficient Master;• Who has no son;• The Most High;• And there is none like unto Him.• Everything will perish save His face [Quran 28:88 interpretation of the meaning]• And everything will vanish except His sovereignty.• He will not be obeyed except by His permission;• And He will not be disobeyed except with His knowledge.• He is obeyed;• So He shows His appreciation;• And He is disobeyed;• So he forgives.• Every punishment on His part is justice;• And every blessing from Him is a favour.• He is the closest of witnesses & the nearest of protectors.• He seizes people by their forelocks;• Records their deeds & decrees the appointed time for all things.• Hearts conceal nothing from Him;• For secrets are known to Him.• His gift is a word & His punishment is a word;• Verily, His Command, When He intends a thing,Is only that He says to it, ‘Be! & it is.’” [Quran, 36:82 interpretation of the meaning](Adapted from al-Waabil al-Sayib, p. 125)THIS IS ALLAAH;WHO REVEALED THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN;FOR THE GUIDANCE OF MANKIND ALLAHU AKBAR !!!
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 04:40:29 +0000