The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 206
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI ken of man to fully comprehend. One of His attributes in the Holy. Quran is 'incomprehensible'. . The Promised Messiah has written in his great book,. Chashma-e-Marifat that in the Holy Quran, Allah has mentioned two types of His attributes. One type are those which have superficial or metaphorical resemblance to the qualities or attributes of man and they require creation or the universe to manifest. The example is the four attributes of Allah related in Sura-Fatiha. The second type of. Allah's attributes are such that they require no creation or universe. . This physical world or the universe is created by Allah for a fixed period and then there is destruction. Thus there are cycles of creation and destruction by Allah and only Allah knows their number. When there is no universe or creation, only Allah exists with his Oneness, fully independent. God alone abides because He is Self-Subsisting,. All Sustaining. This the second type of attributes of Allah, are most hidden and mysterious and beyond human understanding. As Allah's attributes are eternal, when there is creation, the attribute of destruction is withheld; and when there is destruction, the attribute of creation is withheld temporarily. This the second type of divine attributes are mentioned in Surah Ikhlas, chapter 112 of the Holy. Quran. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, He is Allah, the One Allah, the independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him" (112:1-5) "All that is, will pass away. And there will abide for ever only thy. Lord, Master of Glory and Honour" (55:27-28). The Holy Quran teaches pure Unity of God and makes it clear that there are no associates or co-sharers in the person or the attributes of God. It condemns those who do such a blunder. Many religious and philosophical groups are confused about God and His creation. Some worship God's creation. The Promised Messiah explains that because there is close relationship between God and His creation, many have blundered and have indulged in worship of elements in nature and / or human beings, believing them to be God. This the universe and nature, being God's creation, does reflect the beauty, the beneficence, 206