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Allah al^Aliyy al^Adheem revealed an explicit verse whose meaning is:{soknowthat there is no god but Allah,ask forgiveness for yourfaultand forthe men and women who believe:Allah knows how you move aboutandhow you dwell in your homes.}1Slaves of Allah! Worshipping your Lordonly happens by knowing Allah...bybelieving in the truth of what we know whileproclaiming His greatnessin away that befits Him... acceptingHis commandment to obey Him and avoidingwhat He has forbidden.A slave of AllahknowsAllah... this knowledge is not anabsolute knowledge of the reality of Allah;rather it is to know Allah throughwhat He revealed to us about His attributes.The slave of Allah is created,whathe comprehendsiscreated and his reason, as much as it can expand, has aboundary which it cannot cross. So learn about your Lordand worship him!Allah al^Adheem revealedwords whose meaning is: {soknow that there is nogod but Allah, ask forgiveness for your fault and for the men and womenwho believe...}Knowing Allah comes before action, so receive knowledge and then ask forforgiveness, this is the meaning of what is in the Qur'an. Allah al^Adheemrevealed a verse whose meaning is:{Hasthe story of Musareached you?(15)When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley ofTuwaa(16)“go toPharaoh for he has indeed transgressed the boundary into disbelief(17)and say to him,‘have you got the will to purify yourself?(18)Then I willguide you to your Lord and you will fearHim’”(19)}2These verses show thatthe path to thefear of Godleads to guidance...whoeverknowsAllah;this will lead him to fear Him...So know Allah!Slaves of Allah!Fear Him and be truly pious towards Him!The honour of servants is in theworship oftheir Lordand^ibaadah, worshipping, has to come afterknowledge... A person who is ignorant of his Lorddoes notknow how tovenerate Him...A person who is ignorant of his Lord does notknow how toobey Him...{...onlythose of His servants who possessknowledge, the^ulamaa',fear Allah...}3Knowing your Lord is achieved by knowingthirteen of His attributesoften mentionedin the Qur'anand the Sunnahand Muslims have been repeating thembecause of the frequencyof theirmention. It is necessary to know that they are the attributes ofthe Lord of1Muhammad47:192AnNaazi^aat 79:15-193Meaning of part ofFaatir 35:28.
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The Thirteen AttributesAICP UK2the Worlds and it is necessary to know that they are not like thecharacteristics of creatures.Our Lord exists...there is no doubt about Hisexistence;His existence was notpreceded by non-existence,He is the Creator and everything else is createdand arranged by His will and with His knowledge... Our Lord isal'Awwal, theFirst One without a start to His existence, before time and space. Allahta^aalaa said{Huwa_l'Awwal}which means: {He is the First Onewithout a beginning}andAllah Lord ofthe Worldsisal'Aakhirwho will nevercease to exist nor perish.Allah ta^aalaa said{Huwa_l'Awwaluwal'Aakhir}whichmeans{He is the First One without a beginning and theOnewithout end to His existence}4. He ta^aalaa revealed words whose meaning is:{thereality of your Lord will always be, Lord of glory and generosity}5i.e. AllahHimselfwill always exist.Allahis all-hearing and all-seeing. The hearing of Allah is His attribute and“how”does not apply to it; the sight of Allah is His attribute and“how”doesnot apply to it. He hears without needing instruments oreardrums and He seeswithout needinga pupilor rays of light. What is created needs instruments tohear and see andthey needthe rest of thesenses, as for Allah,{thereis nothingwhatever like unto Himand He is the One who hears and sees...}6Our Lordhaskalaamand our master Musaheard Him speaking and so did ourmaster Muhammad–salawaatu Rabbee wasalaamuhoo ^alayhimaa-and it does notresemble the creatures’ speech. When youspeak,you do so in a language withletters and soundsbut Allah’s attribute ofkalaamis an attribute of your Lordwhich is not like your words, it is neither a language, nor letters, nor sounds;instead it is a‘sifah’, an attributeof the Lord of the Worlds who is clear of anyresemblance with creation.Our Lord has alsoWill, called'iraadahormashee'ahin Arabic. It is anattributeby which Allahspecifies for the creatures He wants whatHewantsthem tobe like, so some will be the damned, others will be the blessed, one willbe evil and another one will be good...He is also all-powerful and nothing canprevent His willfrom beingrealised... He is also all-knowing and no knowledgeescapes Him, whether past, present or future.Allah is alHayy, the Living God and alQayyoom, the Everlasting God... Allah’slife is His attribute...it is independentofa soul or a body,it is not like anythingmeant about creatures. The life of the Lord of living beings is not like their life.Allah ta^aalaasaid {Huwa_lHayyu_lQayyoom}, which means:{...He, the livingand everlasting God}74AlHadeed 57:35ArRahmaan55:276Meaning of ashShooraa 42:117AlBaqarah2:255
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The Thirteen AttributesAICP UK3Allah has the attribute of Onenessso He is One in themeaningthat He has nopartner in divinity, whether this is regarding His reality, His attributes or Hisactions. Allah ta^aalaa said{wa'ilaahukum'ilaahun~waahid}, which means:{and your God is the One God}8Allahsubhaanahuis the one needed by His creation but, He has no need ofanything from His creationso one of His attributes is His independence, thefact thatHe does not needanyone else and is in no want of the world. He is theCreator who described himself by saying:{'Afaman yakhluqukamal_laa yakhluq}whose meaning is:{Is the One who creates like the Onewho does not?}9so He subhaanahu is different fromanything whoseexistencehas a start;that is to say He does not resemble anything of His creationand hesaid,{Laysa kamithlihee shay'...}10whose meaning is:{There is nothing whateverlike unto Him...}This is how the slave ought to know His Lord and whoever contradicts thisand believes the opposite of this, does not know Allah and whoever does notrecognise the existence of Allah, it is as if he said, “This world does not have acreator”Whoever says, “Allahis not the First One without a beginning”, it is as ifhesaid, “Allah is created”Whoever says, “Allahis notEverlasting”, it is as if he said, “Allahcan stopexisting”Whoever says, “He does not have the attributes ofHearing andSight”, it is as ifhe said, “Allah is deaf and blind”The same applies to the other attributes we mentioned...so know them andteach them, memorise them and make others memorise them. Worship yourLordhas He ordered because the right belief about Allah ^azzawajalla is thekey to the treasures of goodness; it isthe door that leadsto His graces.8AlBaqarah2:1639AnNahl 16:1710AshShooraa 42:11
