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− allahu la ilaha illa huwa al-hayyul qayyum la ta'khuzu hu − − − ± − − − sinatuñwwa la naum lahu ma fissamawati wa ma filard man − − − − − − ± dhalladhi yashfa‘u ‘indahu illa bi idhnih ya‘lamu ma baina − − − aidihim wa ma khalfahum wa la yuhituna bi shai 'immin − − − ± − ± − ‘ilmihi illa bima sha'a wasi‘a kursiyyu hussamawati walard − − − − − − ± wa la ya'uduhu hifzuhuma wa huwal ‘aliyyul ‘azim − − − ± ± − ± − Allah --- there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and − All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that will intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He pleases. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth; and the care of them burdens Him not; and He is the High, the Great. " (2:256) (Islam: Its Meaning for Modern Man, pp 91-95) − The Holy Qur’an further says about God Almighty: − Æ̸ί Å· É» ¾Ì´Í BÀÃB¯ Aj¿A z³ AgA , ( å æ å ä ä æ å ä å æ å ä ä ì ê ä í æ ä ê ä ä ê idha qada amran fa innama yaqulu lahu kun fa yakun − ± − − − − − When He decrees a thing, He says to it, 'Be!' and it is (3:48) 'The expressions " 'Be!' and it is" does not indicate spontaneous transformation into existence from nothingness. It means that the moment God wills, His will begins to take shape and ultimately is done as He desires. ' (Explanation of the translation by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV ) aba ± ± − − ± A tradition of the Holy Prophet about Allah the Exalted is as sa − follows: 57