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?— A Reply to Pope Benedict XVI 28 the earth glorifies Him. He is the Mighty, the Wise ( S u rah al- H ashr, 59:23–25). He has power to do all that He wills. He is Lord of the worlds, Most Gracious, Ever-Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:2–4). I respond to the call of the Caller when He calls on Me ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:187). The Ever-Living; He is Allah, the Single, Allah the Self-Existing and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him ( S u rah al-Ikhl as , 112:2–5). This means that God is One and has no associate: that no one else is worthy of worship and obedience. He is so described for if He were not without associate, there would be the possibility that His associate might over- come Him and His Godhead would then be put in dan- ger. No one else is worthy of worship means that He is so perfect and His attributes and excellences are so high and exalted, that if out of the universe a God were to be cho- sen on account of His perfect attributes or if one’s mind were to imagine the best and highest attributes, He would be the highest than Whom nothing would be higher. To associate anyone lower with Him in His worship would be utterly wrong. Thus, Islam is beyond any idolatry. This abomina- tion and idolatry is perpetrated by the Christians that a Prophet of God has been erected as God. He is the Knower of the unseen, means that He alone has full knowledge of Himself and no one can encompass His Being. We can wholly observe the sun and the moon and every created thing, but we are unable to observe God