Allah The Exalted — Page 97
All a h the Exalted 9 not possible to imagine. This perfect relationship with the subjects of His knowl- edge can exist only when all of them should have proceeded from Him and should be His creation. Their being must be dependent upon His Being. In other words, when the situation should be such that the true existence should be only His and all others should have proceeded from Him and should subsist with His support. Even af- ter their creation, they should not be independent of Him, nor be separate from Him, but in truth after the creation of all things, He alone should be truly alive and all other life should have proceeded from Him and should exist only with His support. He alone should be subject to no limitation and everything else, souls as well as bodies, should be confined within the limits set by Him. He should comprehend everything; everything should be comprehended in His Rub u biyyat. There should be noth- ing which should not have proceeded from His hand and should not be included within His Rub u biyyat , nor should it exist without His support. It is only in such a situation that God Almighty would have a perfect relationship with the subjects of His knowledge. This relationship is referred in the Holy Qur’ a n as: 87 We are closer to him than his jugular vein. Similarly at another place it is said: 88 That is to say: He alone sustains true life and everything else has proceeded from Him and has a life because of 87 Q a f, 50:17 [Publisher] 88 al-Baqarah, 2:256 [Publisher]