Then, it adds two other attributes of Allah, saying that He...

Then, it adds two other attributes of Allah, saying that He is the Lord Who is Alive forever and is self-subsisting so that all other creatures in the universe depend on Him. It says: "the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting (the Sustainer of all things); " It is evident that life for Allah is the real life, because His life is the same as His Essence, His Knowledge, and His Power. It is not like that of living creatures whose lives are casual and after a length of time they die.

Allah is completely different from His creatures from the point of life, as verse 58 from Surah Al-Furqan. No.25 says: "And rely you on the (Ever) Living One Who dies not..." Then, to indicate that neither drowsiness, nor deep sleep seizes Him and never He stops managing the world, it continues saying: "…slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep;.." The Arabic term /sanah/ 'slumber' is the sleep which…