Most people have numerous general misconceptions and ambiguous presumptions about resurrection. They imagine that death is the end of everything, and that resurrection starts a new creation from nothing, just as the first creation was started. Al-Ba’ith resurrects those in…
Allah is Al-Azeem, The Supreme Glory and The Greatest. His reality is too great to be fully understood under the capacity of the human mind. He is infinitely greater than His creation. It is said, His throne (symbolic of His knowledge and…
The Highest and Most Sublime One. Allah calls Himself Al-‘Aliy— The Most High, The Exalted — on eight occasions in the Quran. He’s the One Whose loftiness is both in His essence and in His attributes. Al-‘Aliy is above any…
Al-‘Afuww (ٱلْعَفُوُّ) — The Pardoner ٱلْعَفُوُّ He, who pardons all who repent sincerely as if they had no previous sin. Al-‘Afuww comes from the root ع-ف-و (‘ayn-fā-wāw) which means to erase, to pardon, to overlook, or to efface completely. It…
Al-Khāfiḍ is the One who lowers whom He wills — in status, rank, or arrogance — according to His perfect wisdom. He brings down tyrants, humbles the arrogant, and diminishes falsehood. His “lowering” is always just, and it often paves…
He implements His decree without any opposition. There is no one that prevails over Him. He compels each and everything to His divine will but is never Himself compelled. Another interpretation is the restorer. He heals all of creation, the…
Allah – Al Halim is the most clement. He who is never in a hurry to punish. His mercy overcomes His anger and He is ever eagerly inclined to forgive on penitence. “The seven heavens and the earth, and all…
He whose every command and action is pure wisdom. “For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will be Gardens of Bliss, To dwell therein. The promise of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in power, WISE. He…
Allah protects and preserves all creations and remembers all that has ever been and all that is. He is the protector of The Qur’an and vowed to safeguard it from being changed or perversions, as was the case with previous…
He who guides His righteous servants to the right path for their salvation in the Hereafter. He who guides His servants to reach their goals. Al-Hadi is an Attribute derived, linguistically, from hidaya, the Arabic word for guidance, which means:…
