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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Sermon of (p.b.u.h) At Ghadir Khumm Part 1 : Praising Allah and Regarding Him Pure Praise belongs to Allah Who is exalted above (all the creation) in His Oneness,1 and is near (to His creation) in His loneliness.2 Sublime is His authority, and great are the pillars3 of His (names). 1 While He is matchless and thus cannot be compared with His creation by the term “being above”, He is exalted. 2 While nothing is beside Him, He is close to everyone.

3 According to the traditions, Allah has created twelve pillars out of His three major names. These pillars are, in turn, the foundations of 120 names of Allah. cf. al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 112, Hadith 1. His knowledge encompasses everything while He is lofty in status.1 He subdues all the creation through His power and evidence. He has always been praiseworthy and shall always be praised. [He is the glorified Whose glory has no end.

He begins and repeats (the creation),2 1 This means that Allah does not need to move into the places of the objects to encompass them in knowledge. It can be proven by reason that Allah has no place, for He is the creator of place. He does not need His creation, and He was eternally existent before any of His creation. Imam al-Ridha (PBUH) said, “… Certainly, Allah formed the quality, and thus He is without quality. He positioned the place, and thus He is without place.” (al-Tawhid, p.

125, Hadith 3; Bihar al- Anwar, vol. 4, p. 143, Hadith 13). Therefore, the word “Makan”, in the sermon, refers to “Makanah” or “Manzilah”, which means lofty position in terms of importance and magnificence, and not physical place. Implying the same meaning, one may possibly return the pronoun in the second sentence to “everything” instead of Allah. Then, the phrase is translated as: “His knowledge encompasses everything while everything is in its own place.” 2 cf.

the Holy Quran, Chapter 30, Verse 11. and to Him all affairs are returned. He is the maker of what has been elevated (i.e., heavens), the expander of what has been spread out (i.e., the earth), and the dominator of the planets and the heavens. He is holy and exalted above all purifications, the Lord of the angels and the spirit. He grants to all that He created. He prolongs His grace to all that He originated. He sees all eyes, and eyes do not see Him. He is generous, forbearing, and patient.

He made His mercy encompass everything,2 1 For the explanation of the marks after the brackets, see the endnotes.