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33 nearing his death that he remembered his divinity. Since it was a mere claim and was not accompanied by divine powers, he was apprehended as soon as he made the claim. Islam, on the other hand, considers the True and Glorious God to be free from all such shortcomings and unclean states, and it considers Him to be far above the kind of wild wrath in which He finds no way of forgiving His servants until and unless He has put the noose around their neck. With regard to the existence and attributes of God Almighty the Holy Quran teaches the true, pure and perfect understanding that His might, grace, majesty and holiness are limitless. From the point of view of Quranic teaching, it is an abominable sin to say that the manifestations of Divine might, greatness and grace stop short of a particular point or that on arriving at a particular juncture His infirmity holds Him back. On the contrary, all His powers are operating under the immutable law that, except for matters as are against His holiness, His exalted station and His perfect attributes, or happen to contravene His unvarying promises, He can do whatever He wills. For instance, you cannot say that He can kill Himself by His perfect might, for it goes against His eternal attributes of Hayyz and Qayyum. 12 This 1s 12 Jf ayyf: The Living. Qayyum: The Self-Subsistent. [Publishers]