Explanation of Allaah's asmaa was sifaat

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Excerpt: Shaykh Aboo 'Abdur Rahmaan Naasir as-Sa'dee (rahimullaah)

An Explanation to the Beautiful and Perfect Names of Allaah


** ASH-SHAHEED (The Witness)

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 the large. THe One whose knowledge encompasses everything. The One who will testify for or against His servants for that they did:

Say: What thing is the greatest witness? Say: Allaah is Shahid between you and I; this Qu'raan has been revealed to me that I may warn therewith- you and whosoever it may reach[al-An'aam,6:19]

It is He Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth that he made it prevail over all religions. And sufficient is Allaah as a Shaheed[al-Fath, 48:28]

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Al-Kaafee (The Sufficient)

The One who suffices His servants in everything that they are in need of. The One who suffices, in a specific sense, those who believe in Him, put their trust in Him and seek their worldly and religious needs from Him:

Allaah drove back those who disbelieved in their rage and they gained no advantage. Allaah sufficed for the believers in the fighting. Allaah is the Strong, the All Mighty (al-Ahzaab, 33:25)

Is not Allaah sufficient for His servant? Yet they try to frighten you with those who they worship besides Him! And whomsoever Allaah sends astray, for him there will be no guide (az-Zumaar, 39:36)

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Al-MUBDI’ (The Starter)

Al-MU’ID (The Recaller, The One Who Repeats Creation)

Allaah, Exalted is He says:

“He is the One Who started the creation and He will repeat it” [Yunus, 10:4]

He began their creation in order to test them as to which of them is best in action then He will recall them to reward those who did good and punish those who did evil for their evil. Similarly, He is the One who began by creating each individual thing and then continuously repeats it:

“ 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” [an-Naml, 27:64]

“Allaah originates the creation and then repeats it” [al-Burooj, 85:13]

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All Praise is due to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds. And may the Peace and Blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad, his household, his Companions and all those who follow them in goodness until the Last Day



To proceed:

AL-GHANEE (The Self-Sufficient, The Rich)

AL-MUGHNEE (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-Sufficent 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:

Kind words and forgiving faults are better than giving charity. Allaah is the Ghanee, the Forbearing (al-Baqaarah, 2:263)

And your Lord is al-Ghanee, full of Mercy. If He Wills He could destroy you and in your place make who He Wills to be successors, just as He reaised you from the seed of another people (al-An’aam, 6:133)

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All Praise is due to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds. And may the Peace and Blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad, his household, his Companions and all those who follow them in goodness until the Last Day.<o:p></o:p>

Al-HALEEM (The Forbearing)

He One Who bestows favours, both outward and inward, lavishly to His creation despite their 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:

“ And know that Allaah Knows what is in your minds, so fear Him. And know that Allaah is Ever-Forgiving, Haleem” [al-Baqaarah, 2:235]

“ If you lend to Allaah a goodly loan He will multiply it for you and will forgive you. Allaah is the Appreciative, Haleem” [at-Taghaabun, 64:17]

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All Praise is due to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds. And may the Peace and Blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad, his household, his Companions and all those who follow them in goodness until the Last Day.

To proceed:

Ash-Shakir (The Recogniser and Rewarder of Good)

Ash-Shakur (The Appreciative)

The One Who recognizes 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 recognizes 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, Allaah draws closer to Him by a greater degree:

Verily! As-Safâ and Al-Marwah (two mountains in Makkah) are of the Symbols of Allâh. So it is not a sin on him who perform Hajj or 'Umrah (pilgrimage) of the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah) to perform the going (Tawâf) between them (As-Safâ and Al-Marwah). And whoever does good voluntarily, then verily, Allâh is Shakir, All-Knower. (Al-Baqarah 2:158)

Verily, those who recite the Book of Allâh (this Qur'ân), and perform As­Salât (Iqâmat­as­Salât), and spend (in charity) out of what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a (sure) trade gain that will never perish. That He may pay them their wages in full, and give them (even) more, out of His Grace. Verily! He is the Oft-­Forgiving, Shakur (good deeds and to recompense). (Fatir 35:29-30)

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All Praise belongs to Allaah, Lord of Worlds. May the Peace and Blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his household and his Companions and all those who follow him until the Last Day.

Assalamu3alaykum wa rahmatu Allaahi wa baraakatu

Al-Qaarib (The Close)

Al-Mujeeb (The Answerer)

He, the Exalted, is close to everybody this closeness being of two types:

1. The general closeness, which means His being close to everyone with respect to His knowledge, awareness, seeing, witnessing and encompassing.
2. The specific closeness which is specific to His worshippers those who ask of him and those who love Him. The reality of this type of closeness cannot be comprehended, all we can see is its resultant effects- His kindness to His servants, His aiding them and His making them to be firm upon the Straight Path.

From the consequences of this closeness is His answering those who supplicate to Him and His granting them the ability to be penitent. He is the One who answers in a general sense; those who supplicate to Him whoever they may be, wherever they may be and whatever condition they may be in as He has promised. He is the One who answers in a specific sense, those who love Him, those who imitate and follow His Shaare3ah. He is also the One who answers the one in dire need and those who have given up all hope of being answered by the creation and therefore their connection to Him has been strengthened in terms of love, hope and fear.

And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright. (Al-Baqarah 2:186)

And to Thamûd (people, We sent) their brother Sâlih (Saleh). He said: "O my people! Worship Allâh, you have no other Ilâh (God) but Him. He brought you forth from the earth and settled you therein, then ask forgiveness of Him and turn to Him in repentance. Certainly, my Lord is Qarib, Mujib." (Hud 11:61)

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Al-Wasee' (The Vast)

He is the One Who is vast with respect to His Attributes and qualities and those things linked to them- this from the point of view that none can enumerate His Praise as He deserves, rather He is as He has praised Himself. Vast in grandeur, authority and dominion,Vast in bestowing grace and good, Great in majesty and nobility:

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allâh, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allâh gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. And Allâh is al-Wasee’, All-Knower. (Al-Baqarah 2:261)

O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns back from his religion (Islâm), Allâh will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allâh, and never afraid of the blame of the blamers. That is the Grace of Allâh which He bestows on whom He wills. And Allâh is al-Wasee’, All­-Knower. (Al-Ma'idah 5:54)

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Al-Hadee (The Director)

Ar-Rasheed (The Guide)



He is the One who guides and directs His servants towards all that would be of benefit to them and away from all that would bring them harm. He is the One who teaches them what they did not previously know and guides them with a guidance that keeps them firm upon the Straight Path. He is the One who inspires their hearts with taqwaa and makes them penitent and compliant to His commands.

Ar-Rasheed also carries the meaning of Al-Hakeem (The Wise). He is Ar-Rasheed in His Actions and Sayings. All of His legislation is good, correctly guiding and wise, His creation contains some wisdom:

Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy amongst the disbelievers. But sufficient is your Lord as Hadee and Helper

(al-Furqaan,25:31)

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Al-Haqq (The Truth)


He is the the Truth in His Person and Attributes, He is the Most necessary of existences, He is what the whole of existence needs to exist. He has perfect Attributes. He is the One Who was and is, described with Magnificence, Beauty and Perfection. He is the One Who was and is known to be Beneficent.

His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth. This is because Allaah is the Truth and what they supplicate to besides Him is false and invalid and because Allaah is the Most High, the Great:

"And say: the Truth is from your Lord.Then whosoever wills, let him believe and whosoever wills,let him disbelieve.
[al-Kahf,18:29]

"And what is there after truth apart from falsehood"
[Yoonus, 10:32]

"Say:the truth has come and falsehood has departed, indeed falsehood by its nature is bound to depart"
[al-Israa,17:81]

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه ومن اهتدى بهديه إلى يوم الدين أما بعد
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته


Sharh 'Aqeedatul Waasitiyyah
Ibn Taymeeyah (رحمه الله تعالى)

Allaah (تعالى) says,
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ

"And HE is Oft Forgiving, The Loving (full of love towards the pious who are real true believers of Islaamic Monotheism)."

This verse mentions two Names of Allaah which are included among the best Names (i.e Al Ghafoor and Al Wadood).

الْغَفُورُ Al Ghafoor is derived from the root Ghafr which means: the One connives at HIS wrongdoing worshipper and is lenient in seizing them. The real meaning of Ghafr is: to cover. As is Mighfar for covering the head.

الْوَدُودُ Al Wadood is derived from the root Wudd which means pure love and refinement. This word either means: One Who has enormous love for those who are obedient to HIM and HE remains close to them through HIS help and cooperation, or it means that HIS obligation is so great that HIS creature is bound to love HIM, worship HIM and recite hymns in HIS praise.


سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت
أستغفرك وأتوب إليك



References:
Sharh 'Aqeedatul Waasitiyyah - Ibn Taymeeyah Page 68
The Noble Quran.com

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The Difference Between 'Ar Rahmaan' and 'Ar Raheem' Print
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In the Name of Allaah, All Compassionate, All Merciful

The Difference Between 'Ar Rahmaan' and 'Ar Raheem'

Ash Shaykh Al ‘Allaamah Muhammad ibn Saaleh Al 'Uthaymeen

When combined 'Ar Rahmaan' and 'Ar Raheem' mean that the Rahmah (mercy) of Allaah is expansive / wide-spreading and it reaches [all] the creation, this is what some [Scholars] alluded to by saying:

'Ar Rahmaan' is a universal mercy [to all the creation] and 'Ar Raheem' is a mercy that is specific to the believers.

The mercy of Allaah upon the disbelievers is specific to the life of this world only, so it is as if there is really no mercy upon them because in the after life when they ask Allaah to take them out of the Hellfire seeking to get close to Allaah through His Lordship and by confessing upon themselves saying:

{Our Lord! Take us out of it [Hellfire] If ever we return (to evil), then indeed we are Dhalimoon (polytheists, oppressors, unjust, and wrong doers)} [Al Mu-minoon: 107]

They will not find mercy, rather they will find justice, Allaah ‘Azza wa Jall will say to them:

{Remain in it in humiliation! And speak not to Me!} [Al Mu-minoon: 108]



Sharhul ‘Aqeedah Al Waasityah: 1/38 [in explanation of the Basmalah (Bismillaah Ar Rahmaan Ar Raheem)]

Translated by: Abu ‘Abdul Waahid, Nadir Ahmad.

فيجتمع من(الرحمن الرحيم): أن رحمه الله واسعة، وأنها واصلة إلى الخلق وهذا هو ما اومأ إليه بعضهم بقوله: الرحمن رحمه عامة ، والرحيم رحمه خاصة بالمؤمنين، ولما كانت رحمة الله للكافر رحمه خاصة في الدنيا فقط، فكأنها لا رحمه لهم، لأنهم في الآخرة يقول تعلى لهم إذا سألوا الله أن يخرجهم من النار وتوسلوا إلى الله تعالى بربوبيته واعترافهم على أنفسهم: { ربنا أخرجنا منها فان عدنا فانا ظالمون} ( المؤمنون: 107)، فلا تدركهم الرحمة، بل يدركهم العدل فيقول الله عز وجل لهم: { اخسئوا فيها ولا تكلمون} ( المؤمنون: 108)

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The Explanation of the Beautiful and Perfect Names of Allaah
[Taken from Tayseer al-Kareem ar-Rahmaan, Abdur-Rahmaan Naasir as-Sa`dee’s Tafseer]




Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem

"PIVOTAL QUOTE"

His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him Alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth.


All Qur`aanic verses after the text have been added by the translator and are quoted to show examples of the Name being used in the Qur`aan

A large number of the Beautiful Names of Allaah are repeated manifold in the Qur`aan as demanded by the occasion and it is necessary to explain their meanings in a succinct way. So we say:

Ar-Rabb (The Lord): This name has been repeatedly mentioned in many verses.



Ar-Rabb is the One Who nurtures and sustains all of His servants through regulating the affairs and granting all types of favours and blessings. More specifically He is the One Who nurtures and sustains his sincere friends by correcting and purifying their hearts, souls and manners. This is why their supplications are frequently made with this Noble Name because they seek this specific nurturing.

"And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what they had earned then surely He would have hastened on their punishment. But they have their appointed time beyond which they will find no escape." (18:58)



Allaah: He is the One and Only Deity, the One Who is Worshipped and the One Who deserves to be worshipped by the whole of His creation due to the Perfect Godly Attributes that He is described with.

"Allaah! There is none worthy of worship but He, the Living, the Sustaining. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He Knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world and in the Hereafter. They will not encompass anything of His Knowledge except that which He Wills. His Footstool extends over the heavens and the earth and he feels no fatigue in guarding them. He is the Most High, the Most Great." (2:255)



Al-Malik (The King), and al-Maalik (The Master and Owner), Alladhee lahu al-Mulk (the One to Whom belongs the dominion): He is described with the Attribute of The Master and Owner. These are Attributes of Grandeur, Majesty, Omnipotence and Regulation of the affairs of creation. The One Who directs all of the affairs to do with creation, command and recompense. To Him belongs the whole of Creation, all of it is subservient, owned and in continuous need of Him.

"Then High above all be Allaah, the True King. And be not in haste with the Qur'aan before its revelation is completed and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge." (29:114)

"Say: O Allaah! Owner of the dominion, You give the kingdom to whom You will and You take the kingdom from whom You will. You endue with honour whom You will and You humiliate whom You will. In your Hand is the good. Indeed You are Able to do all things." (3:26)



Al-Waahid, al-Ahad (The One): He is the One Who is singled out in all aspects of Perfection such that nothing else shares with Him in these. It is obligatory upon the servants to single Him out alone in belief, saying and action by acknowledging His unrestricted perfection, His uniqueness and singling Him out Alone for all types of worship.

"'O two companions of the prison! Are many different lords better or Allaah, the One, the Irresistible?'" (12:39)

"Say: I am only a warner and there is no god except Allaah the One, the Irresistible." (38:65)



As-Samad (The Self-Sufficient): He is the One upon Whom the whole of creation relies upon in all of their needs, predicaments and necessities. This due to His unrestricted perfection with regards to His Essence, His Names, His Attributes and His Actions.

"Say: He is Allaah the One. Allaah the Self-Sufficient." (112:1-2)



Al-Aleem (the All-Knowing), al-Khabeer (the All-Aware): He is the One Whose Knowledge encompasses all the outward and hidden matters, the open and secret, all those things that must necessarily occur, all those things that are impossible to occur and all things that can possibly occur, of the affairs of the whole of creation, of the past, the present and the future. There is absolutely nothing that is hidden from Him.

"Verily Allaah! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, he sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow and no person knows in what land he will die. Indeed Allaah is All-Knowing, All-Aware." (31:34)

"O Mankind! We have created you from a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other. Verily, the most honourable of you in the Sight of Allaah is the most God-Fearing of you. Indeed Allaah is the All-Knower, the All-Aware." (49:13)



Al-Hakeem (the All-Wise): He is the One to Whom belongs the highest wisdom, the One Who is All-Wise in His creating and commanding, Who perfected everything He created, "and Who is better than Allaah in judgement for a people who have firm faith?" (5:50) Therefore He has created nothing out of mere frivolity and He has legislated nothing that is vain and of no use. The One to Whom belongs wisdom in the beginning and the end. He has three areas of ruling which nothing else has a share in: He rules between His servants with respect to His Law, His Decree and His Recompense. Wisdom is to place something in its correct place.

"For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil description and for Allaah is the highest description. He is the All-Mighty, All-Wise." (16:60)

"It is He Who is the only God worshipped in the heaven and the on the earth. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing." (43:84)



Ar-Rahmaan (The Most Beneficent), ar-Raheem (the Most Merciful), al-Barr (The Generous), al-Kareem (the Kind), al-Jawwaad (The Bestower of Good), ar-Ra`oof (the Kind), al-Wahhaab (The Bestower): All of these Names are close in meaning and all of them point to describing the Lord with Mercy, Generosity, Kindness, and to the great expanse of His Mercy and Generosity that encompasses all that is existence being granted in accordance to what His Wisdom dictates. The believers have been specifically singled out for this and they are granted a goodly and the best portion of this as Allaah said, "My Mercy encompasses all things and I shall decree it for those who have taqwaa." (7:156) So the blessings and the good are all from the effects of His Mercy, Generosity and Kindness just as all the goodness in this world and in the Hereafter is from the effects of His Mercy.

"'Verily, we used to invoke Him Alone before. Verily He is the Generous, the Most Merciful." (52:28)

"O man! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Kind." (82:6)

"And had it not been for the Grace of Allaah and His Mercy on you, (Allaah would have hastened the Punishment). And that Allaah is the Kind, the Most Merciful." (24:20)

"(They say): Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us Mercy from You. Truly you are the Bestower." (3:8)



As-Samee` (the All-Hearing): The One Who hears all sounds and voices, in all of their different languages and all their many and various needs.

"Say: if they believe as you (O Prophet and Companions) believe then they are rightly guided, but if they turn away then they are only in opposition. So Allaah will suffice you against them and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2:137)

"And Allaah judges with truth while those to whom they invoke besides Him cannot judge anything. Indeed Allaah is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing." (40:20)



Al-Baseer (the All-Seeing): The One Who sees all things even if they be insignificant and minute. He sees the black ant on a black stone in a black night. He sees what is below the seventh earth and what is above the seventh heaven. Also He is Hearing and Seeing of those that deserve recompense in accordance to what His Wisdom dictates.

"Say: Shall I inform you of things far better than those? For the God-fearing there are Gardens with their Lord underneath which rivers flow. Therein is their eternal home and pure wives. And Allaah will be pleased with them. Allaah is the All-Seer of His slaves." (3:15)

"Neither your relatives nor your children will benefit you on the Day of Resurrection. He will judge between you and Allaah is the All-Seer of what you do." (60:3)

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