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100 He wills. This provides great comfort for His worshippers, for what can be expected of a god who is weak and without power? Then He said: رَبِّ الْعَلَمِيْنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مُلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ 138 أجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ 130 That is, He is the Lord of the worlds, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgement. This means that He provides for the universe and is Himself the Master of the Day of Judgement and has not committed Judgement to anyone else. Then He said: I respond to the call of him who calls on Me, Then He said: الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ 140 That is, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, and the Self-Sufficient. The life of every life, and the support of every being. He is the Ever-Living, for if He were not Ever-Living, His worshippers would be apprehensive 138. Lord of all the worlds, The Gracious, the Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment. (The Holy Quran, al-Fātiḥah 1:2-4) 139. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. (The Holy Quran, al-Baqarah 2:187) 140. The Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. (The Holy Quran, al- Baqarah 2:256)