Upon hearing this...
Upon hearing this, Imam -asws said, “Indeed Allah -azwj is the ‘One’ Who Changes the hearts and vision, but you recite the Dua as I -asws have instructed you.” The Meanings of No ‘Ism’ can Encompass Amir-ul-Momineen -asws : As for as the following points are concerned (see Appendix I): (1) RASOOLULLAH s.w.w ne farmaya: “YA ALI J.J! AAP WO NAFS HEN JIS KI MARFAT RABBB KI MARFAT HAI.” Book =Mashariq ul anwaar, pg.32 (2) HAZRAT SALMAN a.s ne MOLA ALI j.j se sawaal kia: “YA SEYYADI!
AP KA NAAM(ISM) KIA HAI?” MOLA ALI j.j NE FARMAYA: “MAIN WO NAFS…. HOON JIS PER KISI ISM KA ITLAAQ NAHIN HOTA OR NA HEE SIFAT KA,MERA ZAAHIR IMAMAR HAI OR MERA BAATIN GHAIB HAI… JISKAIDRAAK MUMKIN NAHIN….” These Ahadith are referring to the Attributes of Amir-ul-Monimeen -asws that neither any ‘Ism’ (name) will ever encompass his -asws entity nor any ‘Sifat’ (quality/aspirations) will ever touch upon the helm of his Divine characteristics.
However, for the sole purpose of communication, addressing supplications, certain names and titles have been assigned to Allah -azwj as well as Masomeen -asws , some of these names are general but some are exclusively reserved, as for the latter, the exclusive names of Allah -azwj are ‘Howa’ ‘Allah’ ‘Al-Ali ul Azim’ for Prophet Mohammed is ‘Yasin, for Ali Ibn Abi Tablib -asws the title ‘Amir-ul-Momineen.