Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah...

Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah and He is the Glorious, All-Wise. 2. His is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. It is He Who gives life and causes death and He is Able to do all things. 3. He is the First and the Last, the Manifest, and the Unmanifest. And He is the Omniscient. In Divine world view, all the world of existence glorifies God Almighty, even if we do not perceive it.

God Almighty is glorified of any defect and weakness all the world of creation bears witness to it. It is worthy of note that the Chapter opens with an enumeration of approximately twenty Divine Attributes that increase human knowledge and reflect His Majesty and Beauty. The more thinkers reflect upon these Attributes, the more they perceive novel truths.

In this vein, it is narrated from Imam ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn (as) that being asked about Divine Unity, he replied: "God Almighty know that certain peoples would come in the last days of the world who reflect profoundly upon issues; as a consequence of which He sent down Chapter 112 (Ikhlas) and Verses one to six of Surah al-Hadid. Whoever seeks beyond that shall perish." [^4] The tradition reflects that these blessed Verses lead seekers to the attainment of utmost possible knowledge.

The first blessed Verse of the Chapter in question opens with glorification of God Almighty; "Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah and He is the Glorious, All-Wise." The preceding Chapter came to its end with glorification of God Almighty and this Chapter opens with the same.

The three instances of glorification are expressed through the Arabic past verbal form sabbaha (in Chapters 57, 59, 61 and in two instances in Chapters 62 and 64, the present verbal form yusabbih is employed). The different forms of expression may reflect that the creatures of this world have always glorified His Most Sacred Essence.

True glorification designates negation of any defect and deficiency and bearing witness by all the creatures of the world reflects that the Purity of His Most Sacred Essence is free from any defect and deficiency since the world of creation follows such order and wisdom and it abounds in such wonders that they all glorify God Almighty and praise their Lord Whose Omnipotence and Wisdom are boundless.