Inform me about ‘ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ’ , what is its meaning?
Inform me about ‘ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ’ , what is its meaning?’ He -asws said: ‘Your word, ‘Allah’, is the most Magnificent Name from the Names of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and it is the Name which is not befitting that any other than Allah -azwj should be named with, and a creature cannot be named with it’.
فقال الرجل: فما تفسير قول الله؟ قال: هو الذي يتأله إليه عند الحوائج و الشدائد كل مخلوق، عند انقطاع الرجاء من جميع من [هو] دونه، و تقطع الأسباب من كل ما سواه، و ذلك [أن] كل مترئس في هذه الدنيا، و متعظم فيها، و إن عظم غناه و طغيانه، و كثرت حوائج من دونه إليه، So, the man said, ‘what is the interpretation of the word ‘Allah’?’ He -asws said: ‘He -azwj the One who is restored to during the needs and the difficulties by every creature, during the cutting-off of the hopes from the entirety of the ones who are besides Him -azwj , and the reasons are cut off from everyone who is besides Him -azwj , and that is because every presider in this world and the one who is magnified therein, his riches are great and (so is) his tyranny, and the needs of the ones to him get broken.
فإنهم سيحتاجون حوائج [لا يقدر عليها هذا المتعاظم، و كذلك هذا المتعاظم يحتاج حوائج] لا يقدر عليها، فينقطع إلى الله عند ضرورته و فاقته، حتى إذا كفى همه، عاد إلى شركه. Thus, they are placing their needs to this presider who has no ability upon it. And similar to that, this presider (himself) is needy of the needs, not having ability over it.
So, he cuts-off to Allah -azwj (from the others) during his necessity and his destitution until when his worries are suffice with, he return to thanking Him -azwj .