Part 5

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By His power and ability he turns the hearts and directs them to whatsoever He Wills and Desires.

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For every nation there is a direction which they face, so hasten towards all that is good. Wherever you may be, Allah will bring you together, Allah is Qadir over all things.

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[What is the matter with you?] When a single disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you say, ‘From where does this come to us?’ Say, ‘It is from yourselves [because of your evil deeds].’ And Allah is Qadir over all things.

al-Latif (the Most Subtle, the Kind)

The one whose knowledge encompasses all the secret and hidden matters, the one who is aware of all that is hidden [in the deepest depths of the heavens and the earth] and is aware of everything down to the most minute and finest detail. The one who is kind to his believing servants, guiding them to that which would benefit them and aid them via means that they are not aware, this by His kindness and beneficence. It also carties the meaning of al-Khabir and ar-Ra’if.

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No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is al-Latif, the All-Aware.

Do you not see that Allah sends down the water from the sky and then the earth becomes green? Indeed Allah is Latif, the All-Aware.

The one who is All-Knowing of His servants and sufficient for those who put their trust in Him. The one who recompenses his servants with either good or bad based upon His wisdom and knowledge of the finest details of their actions.

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turn it equally. Allah is Hasib of all things.

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Those who convey the Message of Allah and fear Him and none save Him, sufficient is Allah as Hasib.

ar-Raqib (the All-Watcher) The one who sees what is hidden in the hearts, the one who charges every soul for what it earned, the one who preserves all

that is in creation and regulates them with the best of organisation and the most complete and perfect planning.

OS KES O Mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord Who created you from a single person, and from Him He created his wife, and from them both He created many men and women. Fear Allah through whom. you demand your mutual rights, and [do not cut

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the relations of] the womb [kinship]. Surely Allah is Raqib over you.

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The one who protects and preserves what He created and whose knowledge encompasses all that He brought into existence. The one who protects His friends from falling into sins and the destructive matters. The one who is kind to them during their peri-

ods of activity and rest. The one who accounts the actions of

the servants and their rewards.

And Iblis did prove true his thought about them, and they followed him, all except a group of the true believers. For Iblis had no authority over them - except that We might test him who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt

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about it. And your Lord is Hafiz over everything.

He said, ‘How will my trusting him to your care be different from entrusting his brother before?’ However Allah is the best Hafiz.

The one who has knowledge of everything, has power over everything, his mercy encompasses everything and He is dominant over everything.

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If good befalls you it grieves them, but if some evil overtakes you they rejoice at it. But if you remain patient and become of the God-fearing, not the least harm will their cunning do to you. Allah is Muhit of what they do.

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And be not like those who come out of their homes boastfully to be seen of men, and hinder from the Path of Allah, Allah is Mubhit of all that

3.a7 steal al-Qahhar (The Subduer) pull al-Qahir (The Irresistible) ‘The one who has subdued everything. The one before whom

the whole creation has humbled itself, and submitted before His grandeur, power and perfect strength.

sled alias Saige And He is al-Qahir, above His servants. He sends

guardians [writing all of your deeds] over you, until when death approaches one of you, Our

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So think not that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His Messengers. Certainly! Allah is Almighty, Owner of Retribution. On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so will the heavens, and they [all creatures} will appear before Allah, the One, al-Qahhar.

s 3 cual al-Mugqit (The Powerful) The one who provides everything that is in existence with what

would strengthen it, who provides it its nourishment and directs it howsoever He wills in accordance to His wisdom and praise.

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Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have the reward thereof, and whosoever intercedes for an evil cause shall have a share in its burden. Allah is Mudit over everything,

al-Wakil (The Disposer of Affairs, the One Who is relied upon)

The one who has the responsibility to dispose the affairs of the creation in accordance to His knowledge, perfect power and allencompassing wisdom. The one who looks after His friends and makes the good easy for them, preserves them from evil and suffices for them in all of their affairs. Therefore the one who takes Him as one to be relied upon, He suffices him,

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Allah is the Friend of those who believe, He guides them from the darknesses into the light. {al-Bagarah (2): 257\

Such is Allah your Lord! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Creator of all things. So worship Him Alone, and He is the Wakil over

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PLS Yiy JULI 45 Dhv-l-Jalali wa-l-Ikram (The One possessing

Meaning the one possessing greatness and grandeur, possessThe one who shows beneficence in

ing mercy and generosi both its general and specific aspects. The one who honours His friends and close ones - those who glorify, exalt and love Him.

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Blessed be the name of your Lord, Dhu-I-Jalali wa-l-Ikram.

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5435 al-Wudud (The Loving)

The one who loves His Prophets and Messengers and those who follow them, and they in turn love Him - He is more beloved to them than anything else. Their hearts have been filled with love of Him, their tongues are constantly moist with praising Him and their hearts are always drawn to Him in love, sincerity and repentance.

Seow ara And ask forgiveness from your Lord and turn to Him in repentance. Verily my Lord is the Most Merciful, Wudad.

And He is Ever Forgiving, al-Wudid.

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ao, Lal al-Fattah (The Judge, The Opener)

The one who will judge between His servants through His laws of the Shari‘ah, His laws of decree and His laws of recompense. The one who opens the eyes of the those who are truthful and sincere through His kindness. The one who opens their hearts so that they can know Him, love Him and repent to Him. He opens the doors of mercy and sustenance for His servants and provides them the means of attaining both the good in this life and the Hereafter,

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Whatever mercy Allah may grant to mankind,

none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds, none can grant it thereafter.

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Say: Our Lord will assemble us all together [on

the Day of Resurrection], then He will judge between them. He is al-Fattah, the All-Knowing.

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He said: My Lord! Verily, my people have belied me. Therefore judge You between me and them, and save me and the those of the believers who

3,66 a5 I ar-Razzaq (The Provider)

The one who provides for all of His servants, there is not a creature on the earth except that Allah provides for it. His providing for His servants is of two types:

1) The general provision which extends to the righteous and the sinner, the first and the last. This is the provision that is required by the bodies.

2) The specific provision - this being granted to the hearts, nourishing them with knowledge and faith. Also the lawful provision that has been appointed for the benefit of the religion, this being specific to the believers and apportioned in accordance to their differing levels and what His wisdom and mercy dictate.

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Say: Come J will recite to you what your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your

parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near shameful sins whether openly or secretly; kill not anyone who Allah has forbidden except for a just cause. This He has commanded you that you may understand.

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I created man and jinn only that they may worship Me. I seek not any provisions from them nor do I ask that they feed Me. Indeed Allah is ar-Razzaq, Owner of Strength, the Powerful. [adb-Dhariyat (51); 56-58}