Names, Attributes, and Actions of Allah

IN JUZZ ONE

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 ْ‫ُأوَل ٰـ ِئ َك َع َ ٰ ُه ًدى من ر  ِم‬
Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord (2:5)

Allah, Ar-Rabb, nurtures His slaves whom He has

created in two ways. One is general nurturing, which
includes all of His creation. This includes - providing
them with sustence necessary for surviving, guiding them
to that which is good for them, granting them various
blessings and favors after creating them and not
abandoning them.

The other kind of nurturing or ‘tarbiyyah’ is the special

kind of nurturing and it is only for His believing slaves,
such as in this ayah. Allah guides their hearts to Him and
He enlightens their hearts with knowledge about Him,
leading them to understand about Tawheed. He brings
them out of the darkness of ignorance and shirk to the
light of knowing Him and worshipping Him alone. He
enables them to go upon the right path and guides them
away from the straying paths. He facilitates every
goodness tothem and protects them from all evil.

This is why the du’aa of Prophets were frequently made

with this Noble Name, because they seek
His specific nurturing.

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  َ  ْ ُ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ٌ َْ َ ٌ ْ َ َ ٌ َُ ُ َ  َ   َ َ َْ
ِ ِ ‫أو كصي ٍب من السم ِاء ِف ِيه ظ†ات ورعد و „ق  €علون أص ِابم ِ 
آذ‬
‫ام‬
ٌ ُ
ِ ِ ‫ِšيط‬
َ• ‫˜ ْل َ— ِفر‬ ُ‫اž ْوت ۚ َو اللـه‬
ِ َ ْ َََ
‫ر‬ ‫ذ‬‫ح‬ ‫ق‬ِ ‫اع‬
ِ ‫و‬َ 
‫الص‬ ‫ن‬ َ ‫م‬

Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is

darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their
ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allah is
encompassing of the disbelievers. (2:19)

Al Muheet is The One Who encompasses all things

with His knowledge, power, dominion, mercy.
Nothing is concealed from Him and nothing escapes
Him. This attribute reassures the believers of Allah’s
absolute control over everything. However, here it is a
threat for the hypocrites. Because when the hypocrites
hear the Quran and its commands and prohibitions, its
promises and warnings, they put their fingers in their
ears and turn away from it as they are terrified of its
warnings and disturbed by its promises to the
believers. They attempt to avoid the danger but how
can they ever escape Allah while He is Al Muheet, One
Who encompasses them with His power and
knowledge. Rather, He records their deeds
and will requite them in full.
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 َ
ٌ„ ‫¦ ٍء ق ِد‬ َ ¥  ُ
ْ § ٰ ‫َوَل ْو َش َاء الل ُـه َل َذ َه َب ِب َس ْم ِ ِ ْم وأبص ِار ِ ْ© ۚ ِإن اللـه ع‬
َ َ َ   َ ْ ََ

And if Allah had willed, He could have

taken away their hearing and their sight.
Indeed, Allah has power over all things. (2:20)

Allah warns the hyocrites and threatens them of

punishing them in this world by taking away their
sight and hearing because they abandoned the truth
after
acknowledging it. Also, they did not use their faculty of
hearing and sight for the purpose Allah had given
them - accept guidance.

If Allah wishes to punish the hypocrites He can do it,

nothing can prevent Him or oppose Him.

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 ُ  َ ُُْ ُ  َµَ َ
±‫˜ أ ا الناس اعبدوا ر ب‬
ْ¬ُ ‫ُ ال ِذي َخ َل َق‬

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those

before you, that you may become righteous (2:21)

As mentioned before, Allah Ar-Rabb nurtures His

slaves in two ways. In this ayah, Allah mentioned His
general tarbiyyah or nurturing which encompasses all
His creation and this is why Allah addresses all of
mankind. Allah mentions Tawheed Ar-Rububiyah in
this ayah as He is The One Who brought them and
those before them to life after they did not exist.
He surrounded them with innumerable favors and
blessings some of which He mentioned in the
following ayah which none besides Him is able to
provide. This ayah establishes Tawheed al ‘Ibaadah
through Tawheed Ar-Rububiyyah. Since Allah is
Ar-Rabb Who created mankind and blessed them with
all favors, He Alone is deserving of worship.

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 َ¶ ‫ ْال َف ِاس ِق‬¹ ‫ل ب ِه إ‬µ ‫ل ب ِه َك ِث  ً½ا َو َ ْ ِدي ب ِه َك ِث  ً½ا ۚ َو َما ُي ِض‬µ ‫ُي ِض‬
 ِ ِ ِ ِ
He misleads many by it (parables in Quran) and guides
many thereby. And He misleads not except the
defiantly disobedient. (2:26)

The hypocrites questioned the parables Allah mentioned

in the Quran such as that of a spider, mosquito, etc. and
thought these parables to be too insignificant to be revealed.
However, Allah says that He is not ashamed to provide such
parables. It is infact due to His Mercy that He chooses
simple and understandble examples for His slaves whose
knowledge and intelligince is way too limited. While the
Quran is the greatest blessing to mankind, for some it is a
source of trial, confusion and misguidance which only
adds further to their evil.

However, there is justice and wisdom of Allah in letting

some of them astray. Allah causes only those to go astray
who are evil - who rebel and disobey Allah, those for whom
evildoing is essential part of their character which they do
not seek to change. These people therefore are not qualified
to be guided. By the same token, His sincere slaves are
worthy of His guidance so He guides them and increases
for them their guidance.

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 ُ َÅ ْ  ُ َ َ َ َ
َ‫الس َم ِاء َف َس و ُاه ن َس ْبع‬
 À‫ است َوى إ‬Â ‫يعا‬Ãِ  ‫ ْرض‬¹‫ ما ِ
ا‬±‫ُه َو ال ِذي خلق ل‬
َ ٰ َ ْ  ¥ ً َ
ِ 
َ َْ ¥  ُ َ ُ َ َ َ َ
ِ
Æٌ  ‫¦ ٍء ع ِل‬
 Ç‫او ٍات ۚ وهو ِب‬È
It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth.
Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above
all creation], and made them seven heavens, and
He is Knowing of all things. (2:29)

Mention of Allah’s creation of the universe is often

followed by affirmation of His omniscience
(knowledge of everything) like in Surah Mulk (67:14).
That is because His creation of all things
is the clearest evidence of His knowledge,
wisdom and might.

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 َÅ ْ َ َ َ َ
َ‫ها‬Ê ُ ‫ َاء‬Èَ ْ ¹‫ا‬ ‫َ آدم‬ Í‫وع‬
And He taught Adam the names - all of them. (2:31)

Allah taught Adam and granted him the power to know

the nature of all things and to summarize them by
names; that is a bird, that is a star, that is a tree, etc.
Allah implanted in Adam an insatiable need for and
love of knowledge and a desire to bequeath knowledge
to his children. This was the reason for his creation
and the secret of his glorification.
(Ibn Katheer, Stories of the Prophets)

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 َ‫ َما َع  ْ† َتنا‬¹ ‫ َل َنا إ‬Íَ ْ ‫ ع‬¹َ ‫ۖ َق ُالوا ُس ْب َح َان َك‬
ِ ِ
َْ ُ َ ْ َ َ 
Æ ‫ ِك‬Ò‫ ا‬Æ ‫الع ِل‬
ُ َ
‫ِإنك أنت‬

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except

what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who
is the Knowing, the Wise." (2:32)

Allah presented Adam before the angels after teaching

him the names of all things and asked the angels if
they knew the names of those things because there was
a hint of superiority among the angels to the new
creation of Allah (Adam).

They responded that it is indeed Allah Who is the

All-Knowing, All Wise. He is the One Who encompass-
es everything with knowledge and wisdom. He does
not create anything except for a reason and He does
not command anything except for a reason due to His
wisdom. The angels acknowledged their own inability
to know the slightest thing as well the grace of Allah
towards them for teaching them that which
they did not know.

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Æُ  ‫ ٍات فتاب علي ِه ۚ ِإنه هو التواب الر ِح‬Õِ ‫فتل× آدم ِمن ر ب ِه‬
َ ُ ُ  ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ   ُ َ ٰ Ö َ َ َ

Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and

He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is
the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful. (2:37)

Allah is Al-Tawwab, Acceptor of repentance,

for the one who turns to Him.

Allah’s acceptance of repentance is indicated by two

things: being guided to repent, then repentence is
accepted when all its conditions are met.

Allah is Ar-Raheem towards His slaves. By His mercy

He guides them and enables them to repent, and
He forgives them.

It was the mercy of Ar-Raheem that He inspired Adam

even the words of repentence (mentioned in 7:23)
since Adam would not have known on his own how to
supplicate in a manner that would please
Allah and earn His forgiveness.

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 َ َ ُ َُ َ َْ ُ ُ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ
ْØُ ‫ون أ ْب َن َاء‬ € ‫اب يذ‬ َ ْ ُ ْ ْ ْ  َ ْ
ِ ‫ من ِآل ِفرعون يسومون¬ سوء العذ‬Û‫قو ِإذ €ينا‬
 
ْ¬ُ ‫ر ب‬
ُÆٌ ‫َعظ‬
ِ  ٌ َ َ ُ ٰ َ  َ َُْ َ َ ُْ َ ََْ
‫ء من‬Ý‫ ب‬±‫ ۚ و ِ 
ذ ِل‬Ø‫ويستحيون ِنساء‬

And [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the

people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment,
slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females
alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord. (2:49)

Allah, Ar-Rabb, nurtures His slaves through many

different ways which is suitable for them. Sometimes,
He nurtures them by putting them into hardship and
then relieving them from it so that they turn to Him in
thankfulness and obedience after being
heedless and disobedient.

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 َٰ ُ ُ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ُ َ Ö ُ َ ُ َ ْ ُÖ ْ َ َ ْ ُ  ْ َ َ ْ َ ٰ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ
À‫ ال ِعجل فتوبوا ِإ‬Ø ‫ ِ˜€ ِاذ‬±‫ أنفس‬Ɔ‫و ِإذ قال مو¦ ِلقو ِم ِه ˜ قو ِم ِإن¬ ظ‬
ُ َ ُ َ
ُْ  ٌ ْ َ ْ ُ َٰ ْ ُ َ ُ َ ُ ُ ْ َ
±‫˜ ِر ِئ‬
ْ َ
‫ْ فاقتلوا أنفس¬ ذ ِل¬ خ ½ ل¬ ِعند‬ ±‫ُ ˜ ِر ِئ‬
And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed
you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship].
So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves. That is best
for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." (2:54)

Moosa (alayhi as-salaam) chose the perfect Name of

Allah on this occasion - Al Baari. Because he wanted to
remind Bani Isra’eel that everything besides Him
is created. The calf that they worshipped was
created by them and how can a true god be created
with hands? Infact, The True God has to be the Creator
of all things. He must be Al Baari.

Al Baari is The Originator, The Maker, The Evolver.

He is the One who creates form out of nothing.
Al-Baari’ creates with no model or similarity.

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 َ ُ ُ ْ َ ْ ُÖ ُ  ٌ‫ا ۖ َو الل ُـه ُ ْšرج‬ãَ  ‫ ِف‬Âْ ُÖ ‫ َن ْف ًسا َف اد َار ْأ‬Æْ ُÖ ‫َو ِإ ْذ َق َت ْل‬
‫ تكتمون‬Æ‫ما كن‬ ِ
And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it
(concerning the crime), but Allah was to bring out that
which you were concealing. (2:72)

Sometimes, Allah discloses the affairs of His servants

in the most unexpected and miraculous ways. When
Bani Isra’eel killed a man and they blamed the crime
on each other Allah made the dead man who was killed
come to life and disclose the name of the killer.

Allah commanded Bani Isra’eel to strike the dead man

with a piece of the sacrificed cow. Thus, he came to life
with the permission of Allah. In this way, He did not
only disclose the name of the killer but in the process
also showed them His great sign that Allah can bring
back dead to life and they must pay heed to Him.

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 َ¶ ž‫ا‬ 
 ِ ِ ‫ِ˜لظ‬ ٌÆ ‫ا َق د َم ْت َأ ْي ِد  ِ ْم ۗ َو الل ُـه َع ِل‬åَ ِ ‫َوَلن َي َت َم ن ْو ُه َأ َب ًدا‬
But they (Jews) will never wish for it (death), ever, because of
what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of
the wrongdoers. (2:95)

The Jews claimed that only the Jews and the

Christians will enter Paradise and that they will only
be punished in the Fire for a few days. So, Allah,
knowing everything what they hide and what they
conceal challenged them to wish for death if their this
claim is true so as to establish a proof against them.
Then Allah says that they will never do so because of
the fear of requital for their disbelief and sins.

His saying, “Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers”, is

therefore a threat to them. They cannot escape His
knowledge of their disbelief and actions and thus His
punishment because one of the four meanings of
‘Aleem is to act according to knowledge.

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 َ ْ َ ُ  َ ُ ْ َ ْ ُ ُ َ َ µ َ َ ُ َ ْ ¥ َ َ  َ َ َ َ ٰ َ َ  َ ْ َ  َ َََ
ُ
‫كوا ۚ يود أحد© لو يعمر ألف‬è‫اس ع حي ٍاة و ِمن ال ِذ • أ‬ ِ ‫ولت ِجد ْم أح َرص الن‬
َ َُ َْ َ
‫ا يعملون‬åِ
ٌ½ ‫َب ِص‬ ُ  َ َ َُ َ
‫اب أن يعمر ۗ واللـه‬
ِ ‫ذ‬
َ َْ َ
‫ع‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ن‬ ‫م‬ِ ‫ه‬
ِ ‫ح‬ِ ‫ز‬ ‫ح‬
ِ ِ
ْ ‫ َز‬åُ  ‫َس َن ٍة َو َما ُه َو‬

And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for
life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allah .
One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand
years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [com-
ing] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allah is
Seeing of what they do. (2:96)

Greediness of life and hatred for death is a hidden

disease of the heart although its symptoms may show
on the limbs. Therefore, Allah, Al Baseer, Who is
watchful of His servants, from Whom nothing is ever
hidden, Who knows His servants inside out, mentions
His Seeing before the verb “what they do.”
Similarly, when the actions are connected to limbs
(outward deeds), Allah mentions His Seeing after the
deeds. This style is consistent in the Quran.

When Allah says that He watches His slaves, it is either

a comfort as in the ayah concerning Moosa when he
was commanded to go to Pharoah or it is a threat to
the wrongdoers like in this ayah.
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 ُْ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ ْ
ْ½ ‫ م ْن َخ‬±ُ ‫ ِك  َ¶ َأن ُي َ ½ َل َع َل ْي‬íْ¥ ž‫ا‬ ُ َ َ َ  µ َ َ 
ٍ ِ ¹‫اب و‬ ِ ‫ما يود ال ِذ • كفروا ِمن أه ِل ال ِكت‬
ُ‫َمن َي َشاء‬ َ ْ
‫ ِت ِه‬Äَ ِ µ‫¬ ۗ َو الل ُـه  َ ْ€ َتص‬
ْ ُ ‫ۚ من ر ب‬
َ ْ ْ َْ ُ ُ َ
Æِ  ‫واللـه ذو الفض ِل الع ِظ‬
Neither those who disbelieve from the People of the Scripture
nor the polytheists wish that any good should be sent down to
you from your Lord. But Allah selects for His mercy whom
He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
(2:105)

It is a hint from Allah to the people of Book that what He

favored Prophet Muhammed (sal-Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and
the believers with of guidance is a favor from Him, and that His
favors are not obtained by mere wishes, but they are gifts from
Him for which He confers and selects whomever He wills of His
creation. By His grace towards the believers He sent down the
Quran to the Messenger (sal-Allahu ’alayhi wa sallam), in order
to purify them, teach them the Book and wisdom, and teach
them that which they did not know.
Also, since Allah is Dhu al Fadh al Adheem no hindrance or
obstacle prevents Him from making His Grace and Bounties
reach whomever He wills (in this ayah, the envy and vain
struggles of the people of the book)
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 َٰ َ َ   َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ ْ  ْ َ ْÅ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ
‫ أن اللـه ع‬Í‫ تع‬ð‫ا أو ِمث ِلها ۗ أ‬ã‫ا ˜ ِت ِ€  ٍ½ م‬ñ‫ما ننسخ ِمن آي ٍة أو ن ِن‬
َ ْ َ¥  ُ
„ ‫¦ ٍء ق ِد‬  §
ٌ َÅ ْ ُ ْ ُ َُ َ   َ َْ ْ َ ْ ََ
ْ
‫ر ِض‬¹‫ات وا‬ َ َ َ 
ِ ‫ ملك السماو‬ô ‫ أن اللـه‬Í‫ تع‬ð‫أ‬
We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except
that We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it. Do you
not know that Allah is over all things competent?
Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth. (2:106-107)

The Jews did not believe in abrogation and said that it is not
permissible although it is mentioned in Torah too. Allah tells us the
wisdom behind abrogation in this ayah. He also tells us that
whoever objects to the concept of abrogation is underestimating
His sovereignty and power because to Him belongs the dominion of
the heavens and earth. If He is in control of you and of your affairs,
and He directs your affairs on the basis of kindness and mercy
when issuing His decrees, commands and prohibitions, then just as
there is no restriction with regard to what He decrees for His slaves,
by the same token no one should object to what He prescribes for
His slaves of different kinds of rulings. How can someone who is
under His control object Him?

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 َÅ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ َ   َ َ ْ َ َ َ
‫ ْر ِض‬¹‫ات َوا‬
ِ ‫الس َم َاو‬ ُ
 ‫ ملك‬ô ‫ أن اللـه‬Íْ ‫ تع‬ðْ ‫ۗ أ‬
َ ََ õ َ  ُ  ُ َ َ َ
½ٍ  ‫ ن ِص‬¹‫ و‬À ِ ‫ من د ِون الل ِـه ِمن و‬±‫وما ل‬
Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allah
any protector or any helper? (2:107)

Since Allah is the protector and helper of His slaves,

He helps them attain that which is in their best
interests and supports them in warding off harm from
them. One aspect of His being their protector is that
He prescribes rulings for them as dictated by His
wisdom and mercy towards them.

The one who ponders what happened of abrogation in

Quran and Sunnah will come to know thereby the
wisdom of Allah and His mercy towards His slaves, for
He helps them to attain that which is in their best
interests in ways that they do not realise.

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 ْ  ً َ  ُ ُ ْ َ  ُ َ µ َ َ ْ ْ َ ْ  َ َ
َ ً ْ َ ُ َ ْ ٌ
‫ا ِن¬ كفارا حسدا من ِع ِند‬å ‫ من بع ِد ِإ‬±‫اب لو „دون‬ ِ ‫ود ك ِث ½ من أه ِل ال ِكت‬
 َÅ ُ  Ö ْÅ  َ َ ُ ْ َ µ ْ َ َ  َ ْ ُ َ
َ
‫ اللـه ِ˜ ْم ِر ِه ۗ ِإن‬ö َ ِ ˜ ÷ٰ Ö ‫اصف ُحوا ح‬ْ ‫ق ۖ فاعفوا َو‬Ò‫ا‬ َ
َ ‫ ُم‬øُ ¶  ‫م من بع ِد َما ت َب‬ñِ ‫أنف‬
َ َ ¥  ُ َ َ َ  ِ
„ٌ  ‫¦ ٍء ق ِد‬
ْ § ٰ ‫اللـه ع‬
Many of the People of the Scripture wish they could turn you
back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy from
themselves [even] after the truth has become clear to them.
So pardon and overlook until Allah delivers His command.
Indeed, Allah has power over all things. (2:109)

The people of the Book were envious of the believers and

they used to plot schemes to make the believers apostate
from Islam. Allah enjoined the believers to respond to their
extreme mistreatment with forgiveness and to overlook it
until He gave His command.

Allah’s saying “Indeed, Allah has power over all things” has
hope for the believers. After that, Allah gave His command
to the believers to fight them in jihad. Thus Allah gave the
believers the satisfaction of settling the score with them. So
they killed some, took some prisioners and expelled others -
for Allah has power over all things.

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  َ ُ ُ َÖ ْ َ ْ  ُ ُ َÅ ُ  َ ُ َ َ َ َ  ُ َ َ َ  ََ
ۗ ‫ من خ  ٍ½ ِ€دوه ِعند الل ِـه‬±‫نف ِس‬¹ِ ‫ة ۚ وما تقدموا‬ù‫ة وآتوا الز‬Ý‫وأ ِق ُيموا الص‬
½ ‫ب ِص‬
ٌ
َ َ َُ َْ َ َ  
‫ا تعملون‬åِ ‫ِإن اللـه‬

And establish prayer and give zakah, and whatever good you
put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah.
Indeed, Allah of what you do, is Seeing. (2:110)

While the people of the Book were plotting against the

believers and Allah enjoined the believers to be
respond to them with forgiveness until Allah com-
mands them to fight them, Allah commanded the be-
lievers to make most of the present time by establish-
ing prayer, giving zakah and doing all kinds of acts of
worship. He promised them that whatever good they
did would never be lost with Allah; rather they would
find it with Him in abundance, as He would preserve it
since “Indeed, Allah of what you do, is Seeing.”

In this ayah, since deeds are those of the limbs Allah

mentioned His Seeing after the deeds.

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‫ وجه الل ِـه‬Æ‫ق واžغ ِرب ۚ فأيىما تولوا ف‬í ِ ž‫ۚ و ِلل ِـه ا‬
ٌ
َ ٌ
Æ ‫و ِاسع ع ِل‬َ َ  
‫ِإن اللـه‬

And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you
[might] turn, there is the Face of Allah . Indeed, Allah is
all-Encompassing and Knowing. (2:115)

The east and the west are singled out here because they are
the focal point of great signs, at which the lights rise and set.
So if Allah is in control of them, then He is in control of all
directions. Allah says that whichever direction a person
takes whether it is a command of Allah such as in case of
taking Ka'bah as qiblah after being directed to Bait al
Maqdis, or due to excuses given such as to a traveling or sick
person, it cannot be beyond the dominion of His Lord.

Allah's saying, "...there is the Face of Allah" is the

affirmation that Allah does indeed have a face, in a manner
that is befitting His Majesty, and it is not like the faces of His
creation.Because "Allah is All Encompassing, All Knowing",
He knows what is in your hearts and intentions
and so He has made things easy for you.
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ٰþَ ‫ ْرض ۖ َو ِإذا ق‬¹‫ات َوا‬
َ َ َ َ  ُ
ِ ‫ب ِديع السماو‬َ
ِ
ُ ُ َ َ ُ ُ َ ُ ُ َ َ  َ ً ْ َ
‫ كن فيكون‬ô ‫ا يقول‬å‫أمرا ف ِإ‬

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He

decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. (2:117)

In the preceeding ayah Allah refutes those who say

that Allah has a son. Then, Allah says that He is the
Originator of the heavens and the earth. Meaning,
everything that is in the heavens and everything that is
on the earth was created by Him. So, everything
besides Him is His creation.
How can a son therefore be attributed to Him?

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 َ‫ ِاع ُيل َر ب َنا َت َق ب ْل م نا ۖ إ ن َك َأنت‬Èَ ْ ‫ ْال َق َو ِاع َد م َن ْال َب ْيت َوإ‬Æُ ‫إ ْذ َ ْ„ َف ُع إ ْ َ„ ِاه‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ  ِ  ِ
َ ْ
ُÆ ‫الس ِم ُيع الع ِل‬

And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of
the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord,
accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing,
the Knowing. (2:127)

When Ibraheem and Isma'eel were raising the foundation of

Ka'bah, they persisted in this great task humbly
with fear and hope.
They prayed to Allah to accept this task from them so that it
may become a blessing for all. One of the Sunnah of the
Prophets is to seek acceptance from Allah after completing a
good deed. It may be that we were not able to complete the
good deed according to Allah’s will or we may have made a
mistake, so to prevent all these from dampening our good
deed, we need to beg acceptance from Allah. They
mentioned in their du'aa Allah's Name As-Samee' because
this Name of Allah also means that Allah is The One Who
answers the prayers, and Al 'Aleem is The One Who knows
what is in the hearts an also the sincere intentions.

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ْ‫م ْس ِ َ† ًة ل َك َوَأر َ˜ َم َن ِاس َك َنا َو ُتب‬µ ‫اج َع ْل َنا ُم ْس ِ َ† ْ  ¶ َل َك َو ِمن ُذ ر ي ِت َنا ُأ م ًة‬
ْ ‫َر ب َنا َو‬
ِ ِ
ُ  ُ  
Æ ‫التواب الر ِح‬ َ َ َ  َ ََ
‫عل ْينا ۖ ِإنك أنت‬
Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and
from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to
You. And show us our rites and accept our repentance.
Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance,
the Merciful. (2:128)

Ibraheem and Isma’eel in their supplication were

asking for guidance, beneficial knowledge and good
deeds. And this is granted due to the
Mercy of Ar-Raheem.

They also asked Al-Tawwaab to accept their

repentance since they might have fallen short even
after their best efforts. After completing any good deed
one must therefore - ask for forgiveness for any
shortcomings in the deed and thank Allah for giving
the opportunity to do good.

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‫نوا هودا أو‬ù ‫س َباط‬¹‫ ِاعيل و ِإ{اق ويعقوب وا‬È‫ و ِإ‬Æَ  ‫أم تقولون ِإن ِإ ْ  َ„ ِاه‬
 َ ُ َ ً َ َ َ¥ َ َÖ َ  ِ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ  َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ُÖ َ َ ْ ُ ٰ َ َ َ
ۗ ‫ [ادة ِعنده ِمن الل ِـه‬Æ‫ \ن ك‬Í‫ أ ِم اللـه ۗ ومن أظ‬Í‫ أع‬Æ‫نصارى ۗ قل أأن‬
َ ُ  ََ
َ َُ َْ َ
‫ٍ ]ا تعملون‬ ‫وما اللـه ِبغ ِافل‬
Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob
and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you
more knowing or is Allah ?" And who is more unjust than one
who conceals a testimony he has from Allah ? And Allah is not
unaware of what you do." (2:140)

The Jews and Christians concealed the truth and

propgated the falsehood committing greatest
wrongdoing. Thus Allah says, "Allah is not
unaware of what you do". Allah has recorded and listed
their deeds and has stored up punishment for them.
This is the Quranic style to mention the knowledge and
power of Allah after verses that refer to the deeds that
He will punish. Also, Allah uses second person
pronoun (ta'maloon) as an indication of direct threat.

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