Perseverance — Page 80
80 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american from Ahura Mazda and bad comes from Ahriman, but these names are only attributes. In tribal religions or prehistoric religions, the name of God is only attributional. Islam gives the personal name of God without going into the depth of the question. The distinction is a special classification between the two, but it is really not the first. This difference shows that the forefathers of the Arabs started a religion from the idea of the Unity of God. The existence of a personal name of God has always indicated before the people One God. When there is a name it brings the idea of One God even if such a community strays. The singular name makes the community capable of being brought back to this ideal of One God on account of the name always being present on their minds. Allah is never used plural in Arabic. According to the Holy Qur’ ā n, God has many attributes. It is generally the perception of Muslims that God has 99 attributes. But this idea is really borrowed from the Jews as it is stated in the Talmud. Some of these attributes are praises. That is, if there had never been a universe, you could still understand the names. For example: H ayy : Self-Existence, moving unlimitedly, great power A s - S amad : Who needs nobody’s help Al-A h ad : The Only One Al-W ah id : One (this makes you think there may be another, but A h ad makes it clear there is no other) There are other attributes which are of substance: Rabb : Who creates, rears and brings to perfection Malik : Everything owes its origin to Him So between Rabb and Malik there is a natural combination in unity. Some dependence in the Qur’ ā nic attributes go parallel and