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 and prohibits, creates and gives provision, and gives death and gives
life.
· He
raises and lowers people’s status, alternates night and day, gives days (good
and not so good) to men by turns, and causes nations to rise and fall, so that
one nation vanishes and another emerges.
· His
command and decree are carried out throughout the heavens and on earth, above
it and below it, in the oceans and in the air. He has knowledge of all things
and 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 and with all their varied requests and 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…
يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ ﴿٢٩﴾فَبِأَيِّ
آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
‘Whosoever is in the heavens and 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.)!’
[al-Rahmaan 55:29 – interpretation of the meaning].
· He
forgives sins, eases worries, relieves distress, helps the oppressed person
back on his feet, makes the poor rich, guides the one who is astray and
confused, fulfils the needs of the desperate, feeds the hungry, clothes the
naked, conceals faults, and calms fears.
· He
raises the status of some and lowers the status of others…
· Even
if all the inhabitants of heaven and earth, the first and the last of them,
mankind and 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 and
the last of them, mankind and 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 and on earth, the first and the last of
them, mankind and jinn, living and dead, animate and inanimate, were to stand
in one place and 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, may He be blessed and exalted. 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” [al-Qasas
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 favor. He
is the closest of witnesses and the nearest of protectors. He seizes people by
their forelocks, records their deeds and decrees the appointed time for all
things. Hearts conceal nothing from Him, for secrets are known to Him. His gift
is a word and His punishment is a word: ‘Verily, His Command, when He
intends a thing, is only that He says to it, “Be!” – and it is.
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