Part 6

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ot! al-Hakam (The Judge) al-‘AdI (The Just)

The one who judges between His Servants in this life and the Hereafter with His justice and fairness. He will not oppress anyone to the extent of an atoms weight and none will be made to carry the encumbrance of another. No servant will be recompensed in a way that is greater that the magnitude of his sin, he will be given only what he deserves. Not a single persons right will be denied him, He is the Just in His regulation and decree,

Indeed My Lord is upon the Straight Path.

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Say: I am on clear proof from my Lord, but you deny [the truth]. I do not have what you are impatient for (i.e. the Punishment). The judgement is only for Allah, He declares the truth, and He is the best of judges.

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Jami‘u-n-Nas (The Gatherer of Mankind)

The one who will gather mankind on the Day about which there is no doubt. He will gather their actions and provisions and will not leave out a single thing, be it large or small, except that He will take it to account. He will gather together the disintegrated remains of those who have died, the early and later by His perfect power and all-encompassing knowledge, [and resurrect them].

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Our Lord! Indeed it is You who are Jami‘u-n-Nas on the Day about which there is no doubt! Verily Allah never breaks His promise!

[Ali Imran (3): 9

pcalss sseoticcd I swear by the Day of Resurrection. And I swear by the self-reproaching soul. Does man think that We shall not assemble his bones? Yes, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.

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al-Hayy (The Living) a x, col al-Qayytim (The Self-Sustaining)

The one who has perfect power, existing in and of Himself and not dependant upon anyone else. The sustainer of the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, the one who regulates their affairs and provisions. The name al-Hayy includes all of the Attributes of His Self and the name al-Qayyiim includes all the Attributes of His Actions.

Allah! There is no deity worthy of worship but Him, al-Hayy, al-Qayyiam.

[Ai ‘Innran (3): 1]

All faces shall be humbled ore [Allah], al-Hayy, al-Qayyam. And the one who carried the burden

of wrong-doing shall be in complete loss!

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a 4 igi an-Nur (The Light)

The Light of the heavens and the earth, the one who illuminates the hearts of the Gnostics with knowledge of Him, faith in Him and His guidance. He is the one who has lit the heavens and the earth with lights that He has placed therein. His veil is light and were He to uncover it, the sublimity and splendour of His Face would burn everything of the creation that His Sight fell upon.

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Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as if there were a niche and within it a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, and the glass as if it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east or of the west, whose oi! would almost glow forth [of itself] even though no fire touches it. Light upon light! Allah guides to His Light whom He Wills. Allah sets forth parables for mankind, and Allah Knows everything.

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wy O\ pall ee Badi‘ u-s-Samawati wa-l-Ard (The Originator of the heavens and the earth)

Meaning their creator and originator, done so in the best of ways, with the most marvellous of creations, all in amazing and perfect order, structure and harmony.

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Badi‘ u-s-Samawati wa-l-Atd, when he decrees a thing to be, He merely says: Be! - and it is. {al-Bagarah (2): \A7|

esr de tet gee 1 GERI ENG yc alpes 2 bk aM, Bree BL SIAN eI NEN Le KES CAKS Badi‘ u-s-Samawati wa-l-Ard, how can He have children when He has no consort? He created all

things and He Knows everything. [alAn‘am (6): YON}

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al-Qabid (The Taker) ann AL-Basit (he Extender) The one who takes the provisions and souls, the one who gives

provisions freely and gives [life to] the hearts - all of this in compliance to His wisdom and mercy.

és Efi RS ad Who will lend to Allah a goodly loan so that He

may multiply it for him many times? And it is Allah who takes and increases [your provisions]

and unto Him you shall return.

ph FAN SECS anrealy accalles. Bes BAG OOD, HALA ree ann CRS ". And they made not a just estimate of Allah such

as is due to Him. On the Day of Resurrection His Hand will grasp the whole of the earth and

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the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand.

Glorified be He, High is He above all that they

associate as partners with Him!

al-Mu'ti (The Giver) giul al-Mani‘ (The Preventer)

There is none who can prevent what He gives and none who can give what He prevents. Every thing that can bring about good or benefit is sought and desired from Him. He is the one who gives to whomever He wills and prevents from whomever He wills, all of this in accordance to His wisdom and mercy.

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The one who is aware of everything. The one who hears every voice in existence - the loud and quiet. The one who sees everything in existence - the insignificant and significant, the small and large. The one whose knowledge encompasses everything. The one who will testify for or against His servants for what they did.

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Say: What thing is the greatest witness? Say: Allah is Shahid between you and I; this Qur’an has been revealed to me that I may warn therewith - you

and whomsoever it may reach.

Roaesliyes ashe gli sal

It is He Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth that he make it prevail over all religions. And sufficient is Allah as a Shahid.

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al-Muid (The Recaller, The One Who repeats creation)

He began their creation in order to test them as to which of

them was best in action then FIc will recall them to reward those

who did good and punish those who did evil for their evil. Simi- \arly He is the one who began by creating each individual thing and then continuously repeats it.

a Anite pede SOLIS ol Is not He [better than your false gods] Who originates creation and shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth?

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Allah originates the creation and then repeats it.

al-Fa‘alu-l-Lima Yurid (The One Who does what He Wills)

This is from the perfection of His power and the implementation of His will and decree that anything that He wishes to do, He does and there is none to prevent Him or protest. He has no assistant or supporter in anything that He does, rather when He Wills a thing to be He merely says,

Be! - and it is.

Despite the fact that He does what He wills, His will acts in accordance to His wisdom and praise. He is described with perfect ability and power, and with the implementation of His will and He is described with complete and all-encompassing wisdom.

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As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, therein is violent exhaling and inhaling for them. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endured except as your Lord Will. Indeed your Lord is Fa‘alu-l-Lima Yurid.

al-Ghani (The Self-Sufficient, The Rich)

al-Mughni (The Sufficient, Enricher)

He is Self-Sufficient completely and unrestrictedly, deference is given to His perfection and the perfection of His Attributes. He has absolutely no deficiency of any kind, it is not possible that He be anything but self-sufficient, for self-sufficiency is from the necessary consequences of His Person. Similarly it is not possible for Him to be anything but the Creator, the All-Powerful, the Provider and the Bestower of good. He is not in need of anything or anyone, He is the Self-Sufficient in whose Hand lie the treasures of the heavens and the earth, and the treasures of this life and the Hereafter. He suffices for the whole of His creation, and is sufficient for the believers of His creation in that He confers upon their hearts nurturing knowledge and the realities of faith.

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epee ec epee Borer Be BCT RAS Le ales Sate ya SS @

Kind words and forgiving faults are better than

giving in charity. Allah is the Ghani, the Forbear-

ing. {al-Bagarab (2): 263]

fee Se eaten te RAS eet tec eer And your Lord is al-Ghani, full of Mercy. If He Will He could destroy you and in your place make who He Will to be successors, just as He raised you from the seed of another people.

oot! al-Halim (The Forbearing)

The one who bestows favours, both outward and inward, lavishly to His creation despite theit many acts of disobedience and transgression. He is gentle upon those who disobey him and in censuring them so that perchance they may repent and gives them respite so that they may become penitent,

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Wet ae Sob ohgu cleat? ipatary 2 soley, yb ah ai And know that Allah Knows what is in your minds,

so fear Him. And know that Allah is Ever Forgiving, Halim.

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If you lend to Allah a goodly loan He will rultiply it for you and will forgive you. Allah is the Appreciative, Halim.

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ash-Shakir (The Recogniser and Rewarder of good)

The one who recognises and rewards the small quantity of actions and the one who forgives the large quantity of sins. He is the one who multiplies the rewards of His sincere servants manifold without any measure. He is the one who recognises and rewards those who give thanks to Him and remembers the one who remembers Him. Whosoever seeks to get close to Him by doing any righteous action, Allah draws closer to Him by a greater degree.