The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 211
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. They have taken their priests and their monks for lords besides Allah. And so have they taken the Messiah, son of Mary. And they are not commanded but to worship the One God. There is no. God but He. Holy is He far above what they associate with Him! (9:31). It does not befit the majesty of Allah to have unto Himself a son. Holy is He. When He decrees a thing, He says to it, 'Be', and it comes into being. (19:36). Allah is He beside Whom there is no god, Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful. . Allah is He beside Whom there is no god, the Sovereign, the Most. Holy, the Source of Peace, the Bestower of Security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted. Holy is Allah, far above that which they associate with Him. He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most perfect names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him. And He is the Mighty, the Wise. (59:23-25). Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom and He has the power to do all that He wills, Who has created death and life that He might try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the. Mighty, the Most Forgiving, Who has created the seven heavens in order, one above the other. Thou canst not discover a flaw in the creation of the Gracious One. Then look again: Seest thou any disparity? Look again, and yet again, thy sight will return to thee frustrated and fatigued. (67:2-5). To Allah belong the hidden things of the heavens and the earth, and to Him shall the whole affair be referred. So worship Him and put thy faith in Him alone. And thy Lord is not unmindful of what you do. (11:124). Verily, His is the creation and the command. Blessed. is Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (7:55). Say, "O Allah, Lord of Sovereignty, Thou givest sovereignty to whomsoever Thou pleasest; and Thou takest away sovereignty from whomsoever Thou pleasest. Thou exalts whomsoever Thou 211