The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 62
62. Essence of Islam-1 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 worship would be utterly wrong. . Then He says that He is which means that He alone has full knowledge of Himself and no one can encompass His Being. . We can wholly observe the sun, the moon and every created 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 anyone, 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 Raḥmāniyyat, and on account of this attribute, God Almighty is called. Raḥmān. . 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. Rahim and this attribute is called Raḥīmiyyat. which means that He has in ملِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين Then He says