Allah The Exalted — Page 26
2 of His perfect attributes or if one's mind were to imagine the best and highest attributes, that God alone would be the most exalted and none else could be greater than Him. To associate anyone lower with Him in His wor- ship would be utterly wrong. Then He says that He is which means that He alone has full knowledge of Himself and no one can en- compass His Being. We can wholly observe the sun, the moon and every cre- ated thing, but we are unable to observe God wholly. Then He says that He is the Knower of the seen. Nothing is hidden from Him. Being God it could not be presumed that He was unaware of anything. He observes every particle of this universe, which a human being cannot do. He knows when He will destroy this system and set up the Judgement. No one except Him knows when that will be. He alone knows all these times. Then He says: which means that before the coming into being of creatures and their actions, out of His pure grace and in consequence of no action of any- one, He makes provision for the comfort of everyone; as for instance, He made the sun and the earth and all other things for our use before any action proceeded from us. This bounty is called in the Book of God Ra h m a niyyat , and on account of this attribute, God Almighty is called Ra h m a n. Then He says: which means that He rewards good actions with gracious rewards and does not let anyone's efforts go waste. On account of this attribute, He is called Ra hi m and this attribute is called Ra hi miyyat. Then He says: which means that He has in