What Does It Mean That Allah Is One? | Al-Ahad & Al-Wahid | #10 Allah's Names & Attributes #AMAU
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The video explores the profound theological significance of two of Allah's names, Al-Ahad (The One) and Al-Wahid (The Unique), which both signify absolute oneness but with distinct nuances. While Al-Ahad emphasizes negating any possibility of plurality or division, effectively stating that there is nothing other than the One, Al-Wahid focuses on the intrinsic unity within Allah's essence, names, attributes, and actions, asserting that no one shares in them. The speaker explains that these names serve to refute false beliefs such as the Trinity or dualism found in other religions, clarifying that Allah is entirely unique, self-sufficient, and incomparable to His creation. This distinction helps believers understand that while all prophets delivered a single core message of worshipping the One God, this concept is rooted in the specific attributes of these divine names.
To properly affirm these names, the speaker outlines five rigorous conditions established by scholars for any term to be considered a name of Allah. First, the text must be authentic, appearing in the Quran or Sunnah. Second, the word must be linguistically suitable as a noun and not a verb. Third, it should stand alone without being attached to other words that might alter its meaning. Fourth, the name must contain a description of perfection or an attribute, distinguishing Allah from concepts like "Time" which are merely descriptions of functions rather than divine attributes themselves. Finally, the attribute described must be absolutely perfect; for instance, while humans can be called "plotters," Allah is only named as such if it implies absolute perfection in planning, unlike human schemes which are flawed. These conditions ensure that believers do not inadvertently attribute imperfections or limitations to Allah when using His names.
A central theme of the discussion is the prohibition of asking "how" Allah performs actions like rising above the throne or hearing, as doing so implies a comparison with creation that contradicts His oneness. Since there is nothing in existence to compare Allah to, human logic cannot comprehend His methods; one can only know what Allah and His Prophet have revealed about Him. The speaker emphasizes that any human imagination regarding Allah's nature will inevitably fall short of His true majesty, as He is infinitely greater than anything the mind can conceive. Consequently, believers must rely solely on revelation rather than speculation or analogy to understand Allah's attributes, avoiding the mistake of anthropomorphizing Him by projecting human qualities onto the Divine.
The video concludes by summarizing eight key benefits derived from understanding Al-Ahad and Al-Wahid, ranging from negating rivals and imperfections to affirming that all perfection belongs exclusively to Allah. These names dictate a believer's responsibility to declare with conviction in their heart, tongue, and actions that Allah is the sole Creator, Sustainer, and Lord deserving of worship. The speaker highlights that associating partners with Allah, even slightly, contradicts these names and leads to disbelief, as evidenced by the reaction of disbelievers who reject the mention of Allah alone but accept Him when associated with others. Ultimately, reflecting on these names strengthens a believer's faith (Iman) in Allah's absolute uniqueness, ensuring that their worship is directed solely toward Him without any diversion or compromise.
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So now we come to the name of Allahawel
al and his name Alw. Who does the
kingdom belong to on that day? It
belongs to Allah
alwah.
So there is no chance for you to seek
safety from anyone else.
Not from Giblam, not from the prophet
sallallah.aihi wasallam let alone from
those people that they call upon as
rivals with Allah. Nobody is going to
save you on that day because Allahawel
is and allahel said
this ayah alone it destroys any false
belief about Allah's names and
attributes. It is not possible for
anyone to take this ayah properly and
then make a mistake in Allah's names and
attributes. Why?
Fore
[singing]
smile.
Alhamdulillah.
So before we get into the next name that
we're going to cover and that is the
name of Allahawel
and al some of the brothers asked a very
good question they said that some of
these names come in the Quran without al
so they come for example Example,
for example, not that comes with uh
which one did we do so far? Some of the
names that we did so far that came
without
on the front. How do we know? For
example,
for example, how do we know this is a
name of Allah if it didn't come with
the for this they put some conditions
and one of the authors who mentions the
the he mentions five conditions.
The first one is
The first one is that the text has to be
authentic either in the Quran or the
Sunnah. So anything that doesn't come
with an authentic text that's not from
Allah's names. That's the first thing.
Either the name has to come Quran or the
name has to come
in the authentic
that this word is a word which in itself
is a name.
It's a word which is a name in the
language.
For example,
is the word
is it a word that has yes it is. You can
say
it is a word in the language that is
suitable to use as a name and they say
it has to have
there should be nothing in the language
that prevents it being a name of Allah.
Nothing in the language which would
prevent it being a name of Allah. So
there could be some things
linguistically it's not a name.
Linguistically it isn't a name. For
example, let me give you an example.
A verb cannot be used to produce from it
a name.
You cannot take a verb.
for example, a verb
uh you can't
uh or something. For example,
you can't use a verb to prove a name.
You need it to be in the form of a
a noun that is suitable to use as a
name. It doesn't matter that it came
with or without, but it has to be a noun
that is suitable to use as a name.
It should not come attached to anything
else.
It should not come attached to anything
else.
As for
There is a a for it in that is a
separate topic. For example,
all of these there is a topic the
scholars speak about it separately. But
for us to find a name like that we need
it to come by itself not to be attached
to any other word.
not to be attached to any other word.
The fourth condition,
the name has to contain an attribute.
That name has to contain an attribute.
So any name that doesn't contain an
attribute,
this is not a name of allahel. Like in
the hadith.
Like in the hadith,
the son of Adam speaks badly of me. The
son of Adam speaks badly of me. He
curses time and I am time.
I make the night move into the day and
the day move into the night. There is no
wasp from it. There is no attribute
inside of it. It's just a a name. So it
cannot be a name of Allah. Even though
Allah said it cannot be a name of Allah.
Time cannot be a name of Allah. Rather
the meaning of I am time is that I make
I control time. That's the meaning of
the name I am time. Time is not Allah's
name.
Allah explains,
"I am time. I make the night move into
the day." That's the meaning of I am
time. It's not a name of Allah. And the
fifth
that the description found in that name
must be absolutely perfect. And for this
reason we do not say
we don't say that Allah is
the plotter. Why don't we say that Allah
is the plotter? And Allah said
Allah is the best of those who plot
because it is not
it is not abs it's not a name that is
perfect in every way rather it has to be
contextualized.
It's perfect if you contextualize it but
it's not if you don't. If you say that
someone is a plotter, a planner, a
schemer,
it doesn't give you that meaning of
perfection. But if you say
the enemies plotted and Allah plotted in
response to their plots. So there is no
problem with this. But here it needs for
a name it needs to have that condition.
It needs to be a name that is perfect
when you mention it like that. Al J
al
it has to be a name. When you mention
it, it's perfect. But they didn't say
that it has to come with al. They
didn't. The only thing they said is it
has to have
it has to be anam suitable
linguistically to use as a name. That's
what they said. So this is something you
can go back to it in a book which is
called
uh let me see it's called.
So as we said that was just a little
introduction just to give us the
idea or the understanding of how
sometimes these names come without
uh al
and we affirm them as a name of
Allahawel.
So we gave the conditions for that you
can go back to that book uh by Dr. Mahm
Abdak I think is his name you can find
in that book he mentions it and it's
mentioned in many other books even some
of the of you can also find it in there
but this is it's just a nice way he
mentions it each one 1 2 3 4 5 in a way
that's easy to understand and there are
also examples and so on in
there so now we come to the name of
Allahawel
alad
and his name
Now I think most people know that these
two names indicate the oneness of Allah.
They indicate the oneness of Allah.
But someone could ask what's the
difference between them. I'm going to
tell you about it now so that when
you're listening to what the sheh says,
you can keep it in mind and see
evidences for it throughout what the
sheh says. So as for a
it came with both of them mean one but
it came with the meaning of negating
more than one. That's why you say in the
language
and you don't say
you don't say
didn't come you say
so is used to negate more than one
nothing other than that one.
As for
it indicates the oneness of Allah in
himself in his names and attributes and
actions and that no one shares in them.
So if you have a look at that you will
see that one is towards the
negative i.e mean not having more than
one and one of them is to do with the
oneness in terms of being the only one
who does uh what he does subhanahu wa
ta'ala uh I think I covered the points I
wanted to make in that
now
and they have other opinions some of the
scholars have other opinions about it as
well uh some of them said that
is
he's the only one who has his names and
attributes and actions
and he doesn't have any competition in
that
and they said
some of them said that and some of them
said that that it gives you the meaning
that the number is one absolutely one
not two Not three, not four, only one.
And is to do with oneness. Let's listen
to what the sheh said because it will
become clearer through the examples.
the he said.
As for al
came in one place in the Quran in
surahlas
say he is Allah who is
he is one meaning one he is not two or
three or divided into a trinity
or any of the or divided into two like
the Majus did because remember the Mus
divided
their gods into two
or they call it
or
something like that they call it
or they say there's a god of good and a
god of bad and a god of light a god of
As for the Christians, they divide it
into three. So they said the father and
the son and the holy spirit
high is Allah above what they attribute
to him. And Allah said
Allah he is one.
And if you look at this surah,
you can also say that all of what
follows in the surah is an explanation
of his name.
That is a valid point. You could argue
that everything that comes in the surah
after that is a of the meaning of his
name al.
So he is al he is
why is he a why is he the one that every
single one needs him and he doesn't need
anyone because he's alone in that he's
alone
and so maybe you could say something
like the one who is alone something like
that
that's also an explanation of Allah's
name that he didn't have any he was
never born and he didn't have any
children.
Therefore, if he was never born and he
didn't have any children, so he is
one
and there is nothing that is equal or
comparable to him. So he is there is
nothing else that can compare to him. So
this is part of the uh meaning of
the he said about this surah.
He says this is the great surah that the
sunnah tells us it is worth a third of
the Quran. Why is this surah worth a
third of the Quran and why is it called?
There are different reasons why it's
called but the sheh mentions one here
that this surah has been singled out.
The meaning of las can mean to single
out. So here they say las means the
surah has been singled out for one thing
only and that is to tell you about
Allah's names and attributes.
So it doesn't have any mention of Jenna
or the fire or the stories of the
prophets or theam the the related
rulings of halal and haram or any of the
other topics of the Quran. It is
something which is
purely and singly for one reason to tell
you about Allah's names and attributes
and that is why it is said about it.
It's worth a third of the Quran.
A third of the Quran. Even some of the
scholars brought the meaning like that.
They said a third of the Quran because a
third of the Quran comes with that
Allah's names and attributes and actions
and so on. And some of them and he
mentioned other reasons as well.
The other reason of course that it could
be called las is because it invites us
to have in our worship with Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
The sheh then says
as for Allah's
came in many different places in the
Quran from it is the statement of
allahawel.
your God is one God. This is an example
of what we said about by the way
uh we said about the name not coming
with. So this is an example just out of
benefit.
Is it suitable to use with al? Is it
suitable to be a name for Allah to say
alah it is linguistically it is suitable
to use as a name. Did it come connected
to anything else like as a you know like
or did it come it didn't come it came by
itself
and then all the other conditions it
does it contain a wasp yes it contains
the wasp of
divinity and the right to be woripped.
Is it perfect? Yes. Therefore, all of
the conditions came. It's authentically
reported in the Quran. It's
linguistically suitable to be a name. It
contains a description of beauty and
perfection. Uh and so on. But as for
your God is one God. There is no god
worthy of worship but him. He is alman
and alim. And it came also in the
statement of Allahawel.
Are many separate lords better or Allah
al the one
that was in the statement of the dawa of
to the people in the prison
when he said to them as Allah tells us
do you say that All these different
lords that you have, all these different
things you worship that you have all
separated from one another. Do you say
that is better? Or Allah who is
the one
the one who subjugates his servants and
everything is under his control and his
command and nothing can escape it.
And allahel said
here it came with al
there is no there is nothing deserving
of worship except Allah
the one
also I always want you to think and I've
said this before always think that there
are two things for any name that is
mentioned in an ayah
There are two things you should always
think about. The first one is what are
the names that come together? What is
the connection between
and al
is subjugation and you can't escape him.
You are low. You are humble. You are
submitted. You are in a state where you
have no way out and no escape and no
chance.
What's the connection between that and
between Allah's name al and sometimes
what you'll wait till you get in the
book to the point where the sheh explain
both names and then think about it why
does it come with the name alwah
the second thing I want you to think
about is the attachment of the to the
name because the of they say and the of
they say that the names of Allah are
connected to the that is mentioned
before them. So when Allah mentions for
example
there's a that those two names are not
random. It doesn't come
alman.
It doesn't there is a specific reason
why the name al is mentioned after that
statement and that is clear right that
should be clear to everyone there is no
god except Allah alw
he's one in everything he's one in his
right to be worshiped he's one in his
lordship he's one in his names he's one
in his attributes he's one in his
actions so all your worship should be
directed towards him and no one else you
should never divert it Because remember
there are many people who do worship
Allah but they also worship others with
Allah. So when you think about it if you
think about for example many of
they do worship Allah they do worship
Allah and they openly say that they
worship Allah and they have elements of
their worship which is for Allah but
it's not for Allah.
It's not for Allah as one alone.
Instead, it is broken up. Some for Allah
and some for
the monks and the rabbis and some of it
is for any the
what they claim to be the son of Allah
is Allah above what they claim or what
they falsely attribute to him. And
allahel said
say Allah is the creator of everything
and he is
the he said
so they indicate that Allah is alone in
being one And that Allah has oneness,
the oneness of Allah.
And that Allah exalted is he. He's the
only one who has the attributes of
majesty and honor.
that Allah subhana wa ta is the only one
who has
the attributes that are perfect in their
greatness,
in their majesty and supremacy
and in their beauty.
So he is
now here I underlined the word because I
want you to see how the sheh uses
because this is the meaning of of
compared to
He says he is in himself.
There is nothing that resembles him
in his attributes.
There is nothing comparable to him.
in his actions. There is no partner with
him and there is no one who
if you like
competes with him. He is in his right to
be woripped. He has no rival in the
right to be loved, venerated
and the right of lowering yourself
before him and submitting yourself to
him. So this is the context we often use
al like that it comes meaning one in his
attributes one in his names one in his
there's no one arrival there's no
competition there's no one who can even
compare in any way to Allah subhana wa
t'ala then the sheh mentions some of the
places in the Quran
that wah the name alwah came with
different contexts.
And this is one of the unique things
about the name. It comes with different
contexts.
It comes with different contexts.
One in this, one in that. It comes with
some different context to it.
So in one place or in some places in the
Quran,
Allahawel
says
in affirming Allah's oneness and that
you must make the religion for him
alone.
Your God is one God. There is no god
worthy of worship but him. He is alman.
And it came in similar context.
The one that you worship
is one.
Lord of the heavens and the earth and
whatever is between and lord of al-
mashik. that the here al is plural. Some
of them mention for that the different
places where the sun rises and allahel
knows best.
The then says
he says sometimes Allah uses
to show that the oneness of Allah is the
core message. The prophets came with
that all the prophets came with one core
message. Why did the prophets come with
one message? because their object of
worship is
Allah is
therefore the message of the messengers
is
it is one message
Allah said
it has only been revealed to me that
your object of worship is One object of
worship is
so will you not submit to him in Islam.
And the statement of Allah
say I am only a human being like you. It
has been revealed to me that your God is
none old other than
so be upright in the religion for him
and seek his forgiveness and hellfire is
for the people who make partners with
him.
And allahel the he said
Allah said in the context of the da to
Islam and submission to Allah.
Your God is one God.
So submit yourself to him.
Submit yourself to
him. So here if you look at it, you have
the combination between
submitting yourself
to Allahawel
and the name
and the name.
And then allahel says,
"And give glad tidings to those who
humble themselves."
And allahel said,
"This the last part that is wanted from
here.
Will you not submit to him in Islam?"
And allahel said,
our God and your God is one and we have
submitted to him in Islam.
Then the he said
the she said sometimes he uses
in order to show that he is free of all
imperfections and to show that there is
nothing true about what people said when
they said that he took a son or when
they said that he is one of three, part
of a trinity.
Allah is high above that and free of all
imperfections. Allahel said,
if Allah had wanted to take a son, he
would have chosen from that which he
created whatever he wanted. Exalted is
he. Meaning, how false is this claim?
Exalted is he. Has nothing to do with
it. Subhan Allah. Is a statement that
proves that Allah has nothing to do with
that. Any faults, any flaws.
He is Allah.
So this use of is used for what? to show
people that the claim that Allah took a
son or that Allah is part of a trinity
is a false claim.
And allahel said
Allah said do not say that Allah is
three. Cease what you are saying it will
be better for you.
Indeed Allah is only one God, one object
of worship.
And allahel said
disbelieved
those who said that Allah is one of
three. There is no except one.
And allahel said
sometimes Allah uses
to cancel out the shik the polytheism
that people do.
How can you do polytheism? How can you
worship something besides Allah when
Allah is
allahel says
Say which thing is greatest in witness.
Say Allah. He is a witness. between me
and you and this Quran has been revealed
to me
so that I can warn you and whoever the
message reaches.
Do you test? Do you bear witness that
there are other gods besides Allah?
Say I do not bear witness. say it is
only a God that is
and I am free from what you associate in
partners with him.
And allahel said,
"And Allah said, do not take two gods.
Do not make the what you worship into
two gods.
He is only one god
and have fear of him.
And allahel said
are many separate lords better or Allah
And Allah says while explaining his
greatness
and the perfection of his dominion and
his kingdom and the fact that all of
creation will be humbled before him on
the day of resurrection.
On the day when they will all be
exposed, all of them will be standing
before Allah. Nothing will be hidden
from them before Allah at all. Who does
the kingdom belong to on that day? It
belongs to Allah. Here
again you can see the suitability of
those two names.
So there is no chance for you to seek
safety from anyone else.
Not from Giblis, not from the prophet
sallallah.aii wasallam,
let alone from those people that they
call upon as rivals with Allah. Nobody
is going to save you on that day because
Allahel is
and likewise
because in on that day all of them are
subjugated. They are subjugated in this
world but they just don't recognize it.
None of them can you go out of Allah's
kingdom. Can you go out of Allah's
command? Can you go out of Allah's? You
cannot.
If Allah decrees misguidance for a
person, can anyone guide them? They
cannot. If Allah decrees guidance for a
person, can anyone misguide them? They
cannot. And this is the meaning of his
name al which we will come to in more
detail later on inshallah. So you can
see how that is also suited to the
statement in the ayah. So whenever you
have a statement in the ayah you're
going to find that there is a
connection between what is said in the
ayah and between the name and the
elsewhere
he mentions this is from the greatest of
the ways to get in Allah's names
and it is from
from the greatest of means
to get to understand what the names mean
is to sit and reflect why this name with
this ayah why this name with this name
and through this you can learn a lot
more about Allah's names and of course
you refer to what the scholars said in
this
likewise the mentions that this name
indicates that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is alone in his perfection and there is
no one who shares anything. He says this
is the meaning of and both of them came
with this that no one shares in Allah's
perfection
except him. There is no one with him.
And that what is obligatory for the
servants is
in what? In their
in their and in their in what they
believe in their heart and what they say
with their tongue and what they do with
their actions.
So if someone were to ask what is my
responsibility towards this name?
How do I actualize the meaning of this
name in my life? The first answer is
because comes from that same root right
and
all come from the same meaning the
meaning of one.
So which comes from
to declare, affirm and practice that
Allah is one in his lordship,
in his worship and in his names and
attributes. So that is the first thing
that you must take from this name and
that you don't make a partner with him
or attribute any or give anyone anything
that belongs to him. And from this there
is a nice description of the word if you
wanted just to tie this into the word.
The word is basically the opposite of
that, right? It's the opposite of saying
that Allah is
so what is it really? It is to give one
or more of the things that are only for
Allah to someone else. That's one of the
ways you can think about shik in
anything. Any anything that is only for
Allah anything that you say about it
Allah is in this alone in it.
All the things you say Allah is
that means if any of these things you
give it even a tiny piece to someone
else. This is a about which Allah said
Allah does not forgive you make a
partner with him. Allah does not forgive
that you do anything that suggests that
you do not have complete belief, faith
and action in the the oneness of Allah,
Allah will never forgive it. If you
repent in this life, Allah will forgive.
But if you die having done any single
thing that takes away from the fact that
Allah is
then there is no forgiveness after that
as allahel told us.
Then the sheh brings a very he brings a
great benefit.
He brings he saysalia.
So he's going to summarize for you
the what these two names
tell you. He's going to summarize it for
you in the following points.
And the sheh he brings eight points.
eight points that you can summarize
the meaning of these two names what they
indicate what they tell us in two points
in in sorry in eight points uh the he
says the first one
the first one is to negate
anyone that is comparable anyone that is
a rival, anyone that is an equal to
Allah in any way.
So when people say for example, even
when we talk about Allah, when we say
for example,
the most merciful rose over the throne.
That's what Allah said about himself.
That is what Allah said about himself in
several places in the Quran. But we have
to do that along with
we cannot for example say Allah roars
like the sun rose or we cannot say Allah
roars like a person climbs a mountain or
something like that or Allah roars like
the hot air rises or anything like that
because all of that is you are all of
that is a type of
uh
it's a type of resembling Allah to his
creation and that goes against his name
alah
and al so from this we have to say yes
Allah rose above the throne yes we
understand what that word means we know
what it means everyone knows what the
word rises means no one if I say to you
something rose none of you think it went
downwards
Right? And if I say to you something ros
anything in the language, none of you
start looking down. All of you know what
that word means.
But how does it apply to Allah in a way
that befits his majesty that is not
similar to anything or anyone else?
Someone could say, "What's your
evidence? Give me a evidence that it's
not similar to something else."
Because Allah is al
there is nothing that resembles or is
similar or is comparable or is a rival
or is an equal to him in any way and
that's why allahel said
and allahel said
there is nothing
that is comparable to him. Nothing is
comparable to him. And yet he is
take a benefit in that.
And I'll give you the benefit that I
want you to take from that ayah. I've
mentioned it before, but I really want
people to this ayah alone. This ayah
inah
ayah number 11, it destroys any false
belief about Allah's names and
attributes. It is not possible for
anyone to take this ayah properly and
then make a mistake in Allah's names and
attributes.
Similarly, you can say about as well.
The same thing can be said about it that
if someone takes that surah as it is, it
is impossible that person could go away
from the of
theat.
There is nothing like him.
Therefore, what does that take away? It
takes away
the first part. It takes away a temp
saying that Allah resembles his creation
and it takes away a te. Why does it take
away asking how? Because you can only
ask how. You can only know how something
happens if you have a comparison or if
that you were told from a reliable
source or if you saw it with your eyes.
You didn't see Allah with your eyes and
Allah never told you how he rose over
his throne. And therefore there is
nothing to compare. So if there's
nothing to compare there is no
he is
here this removes
denying Allah's names because Allah says
I am
and when you take the two parts together
it removes any possibility ility of
distorting the name. Why? If we said
that
we the reason people change the meaning
of Allah's names is because they don't
want to compare Allah to his creation.
Is that a fair statement? The reason the
people from the mut and the people who
came and changed the meaning of Allah's
names, why did they do it? because they
didn't want to compare Allah to his
creation. They were scared of it. So
they changed what they changed. Let's
look at the name.
The all hearing. Can you and I hear? We
can. You and I can hear. Can you and I
see? We can see. All of us here can
hear. And all of us here can see.
And yet Allah said
there is nothing like him. So what he's
saying to you is his hearing is not like
human hearing and his sight is not like
our sight or the sight of anything in
his creation.
Therefore it is not possible or needed
for you to change the meaning of Allah's
names to get out of
it's not needed. All you have to do is
to say about Allah what he said about
himself and what the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam said about him. So this
ayah inah
it destroys all of
it destroys all kind of deviation with
regard to Allah's names. Similarly
as a surah the same thing you can bring
from it.
You can say this surah tells us we have
to say about Allah what Allah said about
himself. It's clear right?
Say say what do you say?
Say what Allah said about himself
is gone.
All of that is gone.
Say it. He is Allah who is one.
Allah again the affirmation of Allah's
names.
And likewise here if you look at the
meaning of you can also understand from
this
that allahel
one of the meanings of is that Allah is
completely unique in the sense that he
doesn't every everyone needs him and he
doesn't need anyone and his name tells
it that there's no resemblance. So is
gone with the word
is gone because you cannot say
to something that can be that has a
rival or a partner or has anything that
resembles
likewise
is gone and as is taking the meanings
away from what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
gave them and so on And all of this if
you look at it you can see the same
message in
as you have in
the second benefit
from these names is
which we've mentioned that it is
completely false to ask how allahel does
something. Why is that? Because if Allah
is
is there any way that you can reach a
knowledge of what Allah subhana wa
ta'ala is how Allah does things only
there are only like the scholars say
logically there are only four or there
are only three ways logically that you
can come to know how something happens
anything. How does this thing work? How
does this microphone work? The only way
you can know how is three ways. There is
no other way than these. The first one
is that you see it with your eyes.
The second one is that you compare it to
something you already know.
Like someone says, you know how the
computer works. This is kind of similar.
You know how a phone work. So you
compare it to things that you know.
So either you experience it with your
senses or either you compare it to
something you know or either you have a
reliable person who knows how it is tell
you about it. So the manufacturer can
tell me how this works. An expert in
electronics can tell me how this works.
Someone who made it or someone who knows
about it can tell me how it works. So
either I have to see it working
or either I have to compare it to
something else. So for example, maybe
you guys haven't seen let's say for
example
uh a rhino.
But I can tell you how that rhino is by
describing it in the context of other
animals that you've seen. So it's
smaller than an elephant. It's kind of
the same color. The color is kind of
similar to the color. Okay. Color of the
elephant yet smaller size than an
elephant. bigger than a cow. Okay. Yeah,
I've got the size now. You can compare
it or you get told by a reliable source
how this thing happens.
So if we look at applying these three
things to the case of Allah's I mean how
Allah does something.
So we cannot see it or smell it or taste
it or feel it. We have no way to witness
it ourselves.
For example, how did Allah rise over his
throne? How does Allah any of these how
questions, we cannot see it or
experience it ourselves?
There is nothing to compare it to
because Allah is
totally unique and separate. There's no
way to compare it. Therefore, what are
we left with?
that someone reliable tells us who is
reliable to tell us about Allah, Allah
and his messenger sallallahu alaihi
wasallam. So whatever you find that
Allah and his messenger told you
that's fine. And whatever Allah and his
messenger didn't tell you sai wasallam
you can't ask about it because you have
no other way of coming to know it.
And the he mentioned a very beneficial
point at the end of that paragraph. He
said,
"Everything that would come to your
mind, if you ever tried to imagine
something about Allah, everything that
would come to your mind, Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala would be greater than that and
more majestic. Even if you tried to
think about something the most perfect
of the perfect of the perfect of the
perfect
still Allah will be Allahbar. Allah is
greater than that. Allah is more
majestic than that. So you have to
understand like some people say
sometimes things come in your mind and
you think something comes in my mind and
you have to realize take it as a as a
principle whatever is going to come in
my mind Allah is greater than that.
Whatever
any single thing you could try to put in
your head for Allahbar
Allah is greater than that and more
majestic than that. So you can't do
Allah justice. Whatever you put in your
mind it can't be you can't do justice.
You can't do it. You can't do it right
no matter what. So you have to clear
your mind of
trying to reach that how Allah subhana t
is or how Allah subhana tala does
something. The third
subhana tala. So affirming all of the
perfect attributes for Allah
meaning that there is no description and
no attribute of perfection
and beauty except that Allahawel has
perfection in it and infinite perfection
in it. There is no flaw in any single
way.
The fourth.
That to Allah belongs in these
attributes. If you think of every
attribute of Allah, any attribute of
Allah,
it will always be the greatest,
the most perfect
and the pinnacle of perfection.
And this is the meaning of the statement
of Allahawel.
That's one of the things you can take
from it. It's not the only meaning, but
one of them you can say. And indeed to
your lord is al-mah.
Some of them said the meaning of al-
the perfect the pinnacle of perfection.
So when you think about Allah's hearing
or Allah's sight he has the most perfect
hearing and the most perfect sight.
Allah says
to Allah belongs the highest of
examples. you whatever you are to say
about Allah it must be the highest this
is part of the meaning of his name and
the fifth point
that to declare Allah to be free of any
flaws and any imperfections
because Allahawel is al that means that
he is free of flaws and imperfections
and that's why it came in the ayah
when they attributed partners to Allah
when they said
when they said Allah took a son subhan
Allah this is part of the meaning of
Allah's name
the sixth point.
So what the she is saying here is that
this is part of Allah's name.
What is it?
It is the the oneness of Allah in terms
of your knowledge of him.
That's what is
and it encompasses
and
the of Allah's lordship and his names
and attributes because all of them what
is required from you in that is
That's what's required from you to have
knowledge to know Allah to affirm it to
believe in it with conviction
and to believe it in your heart. So to
believe that Allah is in his
all the aspects of lordship. What is
lordship? We've spoken about it. We've
done the name.
What is what is lordship? All the things
alik
all those meanings that we took the
master who everything is subjugated
before him who obedience to him is not
optional under any circumstances.
the one who created, the one who
sustains, the one who nurtures all of
those meanings.
Allah is
in all of them.
And Allah's names and attributes and
actions, Allah is
in all of them. One in all of them.
This belief that Allah is one in all of
those things is what we call
or some of the scholars call it
the of knowing Allah and affirming that
Allah is like that you what is required
from you
Allah created you what is required is
there something you can do with that
what is required is
to believe and affirm and have
conviction in your heart that Allah is.
So this is what we call
the seventh point.
the obligation of singling out alone
Allah for worship
because Allahawel is the only one that
created, sustained and gave and
prohibits and laws people and raises
others and gives to people and withholds
from others and causes life and causes
death. Therefore, Allah is the only one
who deserves worship. What do we call
this type of the he says
the of action it's also called
the of intention and seeking and it's
also called
the of divinity
and it's also called
the of worshiping Allah alone and it's
also called
the of worship all of them mean the same
thing
all of them mean the same thing to
single out Allah alone in worship the
eighth and final point that the sheh
mentions
is
Allahel says
refuting the mushri
and all of those people who said false
things about Allah. All of the
peddallers of falsehood, whatever kind
they are, from those people who did not
give Allah his true estimation,
they didn't give Allah his true what he
truly
deserved.
They didn't think about Allah as he
truly deserves to be thought of.
And from this is the statement of
Allahel.
From this is the statement of Allahawel.
And when Allah is mentioned alone, the
hearts of those who do not believe in
the hereafter shrink with aversion. But
when others are worshiped along with
him, immediately they rejoice.
And the statement of Allah,
if you mention your Lord in the Quran
alone
alone,
they when you mention your Lord in the
Quran alone, they turn back in a
version. And the statement of Allahawel
That is because
when Allah was called upon alone, you
disbelieved.
But when others were associated with
him, you believed. So judgment is with
Allah, the most high, the most grand.
And then the sheh concludes with a dua
asking allahel to allow us the success
to be able to complete and achieve his
to have proper iman in his oneness and
him being alone and unique and that
allahel is muj.