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2 God not been All-Powerful, possessing the capacity of creating from nothing, He would have been compelled either to have recourse to tyranny or to adhere to justice and be deprived of His Godhead. The vessel of God car- ries on with full power and justice. Then He says: which means that He is Himself se- cure against all defects and misfortunes and hardships and bestows security upon His creation. Had he been subject to misfortunes, for instance, had He been subject to being killed by people or by being frustrated in His designs, how would anyone's heart feel secure that God would save him from misfortunes? The false gods are described in the Holy Qur’ a n as follows: 26 Those whom you call gods instead of All a h, cannot cre- ate even a fly, even if they were all to join hands to do so; and if a fly were to take away something from them, they do not have the power to recover it therefrom. Igno- rant are those who worship them and helpless are those whom they worship. Can gods be like this? God has all power above every other powerful one and He overcomes all. No one can seize Him or beat Him. Those who fall into such mis- takes do not rightly estimate God and do not know what He should be. Then God is the Bestower of peace and sets forth reasons in support of His excellences and His Unity. This is an 26 al- H ajj, 22:74-75 [Publisher]