Why did I undervalue the attributes of my Lord’s ‘Near Ones’...
Why did I undervalue the attributes of my Lord’s ‘Near Ones’ And Allah -azwj Says: وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ (2:115) And to Allah belong what is in the East and the West: and Wherever You shall turn You will find there the ‘Waj’ of Allah. Behold, God is infinite, all-knowing.
And Allah -azwj Says: (28:88 )َلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آَخَرَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ Everything is going to be destroyed except for Allah’s ‘Wajh’. (56:27) وَأَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! Who are those who will get their deeds in their left-hand and who are those who will get in their right-hand?
There is no information on who belongs to which group in this verse. الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى(20:5) And Allah -azwj Says: He governs all which is present in the universe. And Allah -azwj Says: (67:16)أَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاء أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ Are you not afraid of what is in the skies? And Allah -azwj Say: وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاء إِلَهٌ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ [41] (43:84) And He is with you wherever you are.
And Allah -azwj Says : وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ (1650:) We are closer to you than your jugular vein. وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ (457:) And He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do.
And Allah -azwj Says: أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَا يَكُونُ مِن نَّجْوَى ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلَا أَدْنَى مِن ذَلِكَ وَلَا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كَانُوا ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (58:7) Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth?
Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wheresoever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.
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