Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 7
7. DIVINE ATTRIBUTES. The Quran next takes up the claims of the Messiah and, advancing arguments in support of their truth, simultaneously dispels the erroneous beliefs ascribed to him by his followers:. The abbreviated letters 65 (19:2) stand for the attributive names of God, according to Ummi Ha'ni, a cousin of the Holy Prophet (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him), 5 for Kafi, ▲ for Hadi, for 'Alim and for Sadiq. It is noteworthy in this connection that the Holy Prophet (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) has stated four Divine attributes as against the five letters of which this expression is composed. Thus he seems to have left the letter ↳ out. We should, therefore, look into his reason for this. It appears that since the letter is also used as an interjection, the. Holy Prophet (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) has declared it to be an interjection in this context, the first two attributes thus being correlative to the latter two attributive names. In their amplified forms, the abbreviations would run thus '○ All Knowing, Truthful Lord, Thou art the. Sufficient, the True Guide. " In the spirit of this sense, the. Sufficient, the Guide, two attributive names of Allah, as corollaries of His attributive names, the All-Knowing, the. Truthful, are decisive between Christianity and Islam. . For, when we say "O All-Knowing Truthful Lord, Thou art the Sufficient, the True Guide," it clearly means that the attributes, the All-Knowing and the Truthful are the sourceattributes while the Sufficient and the True Guide are their correlatives. This is a truth which is rationally sound. . Attributes of Allah the Excellent are of two categories. . Some attributes are not productive of a logical effect while