The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 89
Allāh the Exalted created for your benefit". 89. God is One, Who has no associate. He is God in heaven and God on earth 60. . He is the First and the Last and He is the Manifest and the Hidden6¹. . Eyes are not able to probe into His reality and He knows the reality of the eyes❝². . He is the Creator of everything and nothing is like unto. Him. It is a clear argument in support of His being the. Creator, that He has created everything according to a measure and has fixed its parameter limits63, which proves the existence of the Measurer and Limiter. He is proved worthy of all praise and is the only true Benefactor in this world and the next. All command belongs to. Him and everything returns to Him. . God will forgive every sin for whomsoever He wills, but. He will not forgive Shirk-associating anything with. Him. 64. Let him who hopes to meet his Lord work righteousness and let him associate no one in the worship of his Lord65. . Associate not anything with God. It is a great sin". . Do not ask any favours from anyone except God. Everything will perish except Him. His is the command and to 59 al-Baqarah, 2:22-23 [Publisher] 60 al-Zukhruf, 43:85 [Publisher] 61 al-Hadid, 57:4 [Publisher] 62 al-An'ām, 6:104 [Publisher] 63 al-Furqan, 25:3 [Publisher] 64 al-Nisa', 4:49 [Publisher] 65 al-Kahf, 18:111 [Publisher] 66 'Luqman, 31:14 [Publisher]