Allah The Exalted — Page 13
All a h the Exalted 13 by the Holy Qur’ a n. [al-Wa s iyyat, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 20, pp. 309-311] All Praise belongs to All a h Al h amdu lill a h. All praise belongs to the True God Who combines in Himself all perfect attributes and Whose name is All a h. In the idiom of the Holy Qur’ a n, All a h is the name of that perfect Being Who is truly worthy of worship, combines in Himself all perfect attributes, is free from all defects, is One without associate and is the fountainhead of all beneficence. In His Holy Book, God Almighty has described His name All a h as combining in itself the attributes of all other names and qualities. No other name has been given this rank. Thus, the name Al- l a h comprehends all other perfect attributes. Al h amdu lill a h , therefore, means that all types of praise, overt and covert, relating to personal perfection or relat- ing to natural wonders, are the characteristic of All a h, and no one is His associate in them. It also means that all true praise and perfect qualities, which the wisdom of a wise one can think of or the reflection of any thinker can conceive of, are comprehended in God Almighty. There is no excellence, the possibility of which is vouched for by reason, of which God Almighty is bereft like an un- fortunate human being. The wisdom of no wise one can point to an excellence which is not to be found in God Almighty. The maximum of all excellences that a person can conceive of is found in Him. He is perfect from every point of view in His Being, His attributes and His good qualities, and He is absolutely free from all defects. This is a truth which distinguishes a true religion from a false one.