Karim Abuzaid – Know Your Lord Audio Book 04 01 – Calling to the Names and Attributes

Karim Abuzaid
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The importance of learning and growing one's knowledge of Allah is emphasized, especially in regards to obtaining reward and avoiding offense. The title provides framework for learning the names and attributes of Allah, including affirming his teachings and praising his attributes. The importance of learning and finding out who Allah is is emphasized, as it is crucial for obtaining reward and avoiding offense. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of remembering Allah's names and attributes, as it is a way to be rewarded.
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Part 4.

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Allah's names and attributes.

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Chapter 1.

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Calling to the names and attributes.

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A caller to Allah,

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Day,

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should begin

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with attracting those who are sincere

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by teaching them about our Lord.

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They should employ their intellectual capacity

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to prove the existence of the Lord, the

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creator,

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the sovereign, the disposer of the affairs,

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and the absolute ruler over his creation.

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After acknowledging

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his singular lordship,

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they should invite the non Muslims

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to the imperative of worshiping only our Lord.

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Now the next step is to turn to

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the revelation

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to secure

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the turning hearts

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into submission to our Lord. The caller to

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Islam must know more about Allah through His

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names and attributes.

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Growth

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is a word that we usually quote in

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several contexts

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such as growth in wealth,

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children

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and status growth.

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But there is a vital forgotten context of

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growth,

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Our knowledge of Allah.

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The most crucial thing in this world

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is to grow in our knowledge of Allah

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as

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this is the lasting benefit.

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The greatest value

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should be given to the greatest of knowledge.

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Sheikh Salih al Usami

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Rahimahullah

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wrote, the amount of knowledge

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that a person gains

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is dependent

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upon the amount that his heart reveres it

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and honors it.

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This is a reason why we first call

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to Tawhid Rububiyyah

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to find the sincere hearts

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which are ready to gain knowledge of Allah.

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Imam Nawawi

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said in his book, Etiquette

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of the Quran,

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The heart is made wholesome for knowledge,

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just as the earth is made wholesome

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for cultivation.

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Actualizing the names and attributes of Allah

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in our daily lives

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is the best way to grow our knowledge

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of him.

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We must affirm what Allah

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and his messenger

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affirmed from Allah

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from his names

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and the attributes.

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We only negate what Allah

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and his messenger

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negated from the names and attributes of Allah.

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We must strive to understand

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the names and attributes of Allah the way

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the prophet and

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his companions

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understood them.

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We must place the names of Allah into

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action

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by imploring,

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exalting,

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glorifying,

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and invoking him through his beautiful names.

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Finally,

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we must remember

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that each of the names of Allah

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has a respective servitude relevant

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to its meaning. We must submit ourselves

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to these meanings

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and implement this in our lives.

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The question arises,

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why must we learn,

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know, and grow our knowledge of our Lord?

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Importance of the names and attributes

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below

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is a list of a few reasons

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out of many

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why we take a scientific approach

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towards the names and attributes.

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1

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we are about to meet Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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We are all on an inevitable journey

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to meet Allah, the creator,

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the glorified

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and exalted.

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We believe this meeting

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as it is declared in the Quran and

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Sunnah, prophetic tradition that we must believe in

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it without any shadow of a doubt.

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Allah

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said,

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oh man, verily,

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you are returning towards your Lord

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with your deeds and actions,

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good or bad,

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a sure returning

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so you will meet that is the results

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of your deeds which you did.

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Adibin Hatim

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reported

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that the messenger of Allah

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said there will be none among you but

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his Lord will speak to him

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and there will be neither any interpreter

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nor any screen between them to screen.

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The question here should we get to know

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Allah the one we are about to meet?

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Is this not important?

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2,

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the purpose

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of the whole creation.

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Allah

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created the entire universe

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and subdued

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its elements

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to us to come to an explicit knowledge

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that he is Allah,

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the all knowing,

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all able, all wise.

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Allah

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said, it is Allah

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who has created 7 heavens

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and of the earth, the like of them,

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his command descends among them

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so you may know that Allah

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is over all things competent

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and that Allah has encompassed

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all things in knowledge.

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3,

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the knowledge of Allah is the essence

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of monotheism.

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Tawhid,

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knowing his actions of lordship,

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creation,

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sustainment,

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nourishing and rule. His names and attributes is

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the foundation

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on which we built our conviction.

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This is because the unique qualities of his

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actions of lordship,

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names

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and attributes,

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necessities

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that we worship him.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said and those beings

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whom some invoke besides God, have it not

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in their power to intercede

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on judgment day?

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For any but such as have in their

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lifetime

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born witness to the truth

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and have been aware that God is one

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and unique.

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4,

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the foundation of the knowledge of Islam.

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If we took at the corpus of knowledge

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in Islam

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we find it has 2 main parts.

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1, knowing Allah,

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which means knowing him based on what he

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revealed about himself,

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believing it with a full acceptance

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and acting upon that knowledge.

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Philosophers went astray in this area

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by using their intellect to redefine the names

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and attributes of Allah.

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2 Worshipping Allah

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which means to worship him with sincerity,

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truthfulness

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and loving him

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while following the method of worship he revered

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for our guidance.

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Extreme Sufis went astray in this area. They

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innovated their own culture of worshipping Allah

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based on emotions,

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dreams

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and the esoteric

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which often contradicts

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what has been revealed.

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There is a clear connection between knowing Allah

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and worshipping him.

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The one who knows Allah

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with the correct knowledge

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will have the path of acceptable worship facilitated

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with ease.

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5. Thirty commandments in the Quran

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to know Allah.

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Allah gifted us with more than 30 direct

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commands

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to know him. These verses

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are tools

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for contemplation

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and avenues

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for engaging non Muslims in learning about their

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Lord.

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As an example

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Allah said

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know that Allah

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is severe in penalty

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and that Allah is forgiving and merciful.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also said,

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inform my servants

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that I am the forgiving,

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the merciful.

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6, the noblest of all science.

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Studying Allah's names

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is the noblest of all sciences

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because what dictates the nobility

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of science is the virtue

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of the subject matter.

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The subject matter here is Allah,

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the one who created us and provides for

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us.

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And there is no noblest subject than this

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one. Of the most important of all subjects

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is his spoken word.

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Therefore

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those inviting others to Allah should be using

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the Quran.

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As Allah

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intended the Quran

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to be his words organized to open hearts.

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Some key aspects of this science

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are a contemplation of

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Surat al Fatiha

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the greatest chapter,

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surah of the Quran,

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the central theme of which is monotheism.

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Ayatul Kursi

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the greatest verse in the Quran.

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The focus of this verse

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is on the names and attributes of Allah

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Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Surah Ikhlas

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equals a third of the Quran.

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This chapter

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Surah

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focuses

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exclusively

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on understanding the nature of Allah.

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It is considered 1 third of the Quran

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because technically

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1 third of the content of the Quran

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is information about Allah. Therefore this chapter

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Surah has summarized that content.

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Aisha

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narrated the story of the companion

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who loved this chapter.

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A'isha

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related

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that the prophet

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placed a man in command

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of an expedition.

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He would finish every recitation

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with When they returned,

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the companions

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mentioned this to the prophet.

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So he said, ask him why he does

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that.

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He said, because

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it is the description of the most merciful,

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Sifaat ar Rahman,

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and I love to recite it.

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The prophet said,

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inform him that Allah loves him.

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7,

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forgetting Allah will lead to forgetting oneself.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, and be not

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like those who forgot Allah,

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so he made them forget themselves.

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Those are the divinely disobedient.

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The central concept of the above verse

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is if someone forgets Allah, it will result

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in neglect of self

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and loss of reward in this life and

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the next. This is the wisdom for which

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chapter

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Al Hashrk closes

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the final three verses with a reminder of

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numerous names and attributes of Allah.

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When we remember Allah

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his almighty

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we will see ourselves

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as vulnerable

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and if we know Allah to be the

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richest

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we will see ourselves

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as impoverished.

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If we know Allah to be the possessor

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of pride and dignity,

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we will find humility.

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Allah the possessor of pride and dignity said,

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'Is Allah

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other than whom there is no deity,

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Noah of the unseen

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and the witnessed. He is the entirely merciful,

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especially merciful.

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He is Allah

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other than whom there is no deity,

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the sovereign,

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the pure,

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the perfection, the bestower of faith,

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the overseer,

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the exalted in might, the compeller,

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the superior,

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exalted as Allah above whatever they associate with

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him.

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He is Allah, the creator, the inventor,

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the fashioner.

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To him belongs the best names.

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Whatever is in the heavens and earth is

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exalting him, and he is the exalted in

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might, the wise.

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8,

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Calling upon Allah

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Allah instructed us to invoke him using his

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names

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and we can praise him as well using

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his names. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said for

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Allah

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there are the most beautiful names

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so call him by them

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and leave those who deviate in the matter

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of his names.

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They shall be recompensed

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for what they have been doing.

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The best

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example of how the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam

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used the names and attributes of Allah is

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in the supplication

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of Al Istikhara

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which refers to seeking advice and guidance from

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Allah when making decisions.

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It is the best manifestation

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of how the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam taught

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us

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to associate

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the proper name with the respective request.

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Oh Allah

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I consult

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you as you are the all knowing

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and appeal to you

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to give me power as you are omnipotent.

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And ask you for your great favor.

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For you have power but I don't,

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and you have knowledge

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but I don't

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have. And you know all hidden matters.

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Oh Allah, if you know that this matter

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is good for me in my religion,

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my livelihood,

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and for my life in the hereafter,

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or said, for my present and future life,

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then do it for me. And if you

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know that this matter is evil,

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not good for me in my religion, my

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livelihood,

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and for my life

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in the hereafter,

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or said, for my present and future life,

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then keep it away from me, and take

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me away from it, and choose what is

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good for me wherever it is,

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and please me with it. The prophet added

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that then the person should name mention

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his need matter.

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One can see

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that learning the names of Allah

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will facilitate the use of the right name

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which best fits the need and this is

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the correct etiquette

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to approach Allah and the most beautiful means

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by which to obtain our needs.

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The beauty of it is that supplicating is

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a form of remembrance

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of Allah

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and it is the best way to praise

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him through his names and attributes

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which he has affirmed for himself.

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9

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means to invite others to Islam.

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Da'wah

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focus on the names and attributes of Allah

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while inviting others to Islam

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is the noblest act one may do. Living

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in the west is a golden opportunity

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for many of us to call others to

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Islam.

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As mentioned above,

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the invitation

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of an atheist to Islam

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must begin with establishing the pieces of evidence

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for the existence of Allah.

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Invitation to someone

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from the people of the book

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begins

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with Tawhid Rububiyya

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and his names

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and attributes.

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Ibn Abbas

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reported

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that the messenger of Allah

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sent Mu'adh

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to Yemen

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and he said to him,

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you will go to the people of the

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scripture,

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Jews and Christians.

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So when you reach there invite them to

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testify

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that la ilaha illallah,

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none has the right to be worshipped but

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Allah and that Muhammad

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is Allah's messenger.

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Islamic monotheism.

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And if they obey you in that, tell

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them that Allah

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has enjoined on them 5 salat,

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prayer, in each day and night.

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And if they obey you in that, tell

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them that Allah has made it obligatory on

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them to pay the charity,

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zakat,

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which will be taken from the rich among

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them and given to the poor among them.

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If they obey you in that, then avoid

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taking the best of their possessions

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and be afraid of the curse of an

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oppressed person

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because there is no screen between his invocation

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and Allah.

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10

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a means to enter paradise.

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Learning the names of Allah will bring abundant

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reward in the hereafter.

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The prophet

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said, Allah has 99 names,

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100 less one and he who memorized them

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all by heart

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will enter paradise. To count something means to

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know it by heart.

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11, to avoid deviation

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Allah

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commanded us to avoid deviation

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regarding our understanding of his names and attributes.

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The only way for us to do so

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is to learn the different types of deviation

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and how someone

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may end up falling into error.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said in chapter

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Surah Al Araw

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and to Allah belong the best names,

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so invoke him by them and leave the

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company

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of those who practice deviation

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concerning his names. They will be recompense

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for what they have been doing.

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Occupy oneself

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with Allah's

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names.

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There is a heavily circulated narration

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believed to be a hadith Qudsi

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meaning a statement

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related to having come from Allah

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Whoever is diverted

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by remembering me

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from asking of me

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I would grant him the best of what

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I grant those asking.

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The account is inauthentic

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according to the many of the experts of

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narration.

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The scholars

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of Ulamah

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have degraded this narration

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because the surface meaning of the content

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appears to misrepresent

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the concept of remembrance of Allah

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which is a form

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of invocation

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in this context.

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The surface meaning suggests

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that supplication

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is less virtuous

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than remembering.

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However

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on the contrary

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the narration

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emphasizes

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the significance of praising Allah through his names

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and attributes.

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Of course the adequate understanding of these names

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and attributes

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will undoubtedly increase the reverence

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and exaltation

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we have in our hearts towards Allah when

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articulating them during this supplication.

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Secondly,

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remembrance of his names

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while expecting the best from him may be

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more powerful

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for the seeker

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than asking from him without referring to his

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unique attributes.

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Consider what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said

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the most beautiful names belong to Allah so

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call on him by them.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells his servants

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to ask him by his beautiful names.

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This manner of asking

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is superior to the supplication

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which is bereft of his praise.

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Below

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are three pieces of evidence

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to establish that simply praising Allah

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through his names and attributes

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is a form of supplication.

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1 the supplication

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on the day of Arafah. The prophet said

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the best of supplications

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is the supplication

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of the day of Arafah.

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And the best of what I and the

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prophets before me have said is, none has

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the right to be worshipped but Allah alone

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without partner.

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To him belongs all that exists

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and to him belongs the praise and he

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is powerful

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over all things.

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The significance of this piece of evidence

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is that the statement

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam quoted

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is not in the form of what would

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be known as the supplication

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of request.

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It is a statement

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of remembrance invoking Allah by reference

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to 5 of his names.

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Yet the prophet

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inferred

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that it is the best of supplications

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at Arafah.

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It supports the meaning of the hadith Qudsi,

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whoever is diverted

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by making remembrance

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of me from asking of me, I would

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grant him the best of what I grant

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those asking.

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2 the supplication

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of distress.

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The supplication

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one should say at times of distress

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according to the sunnah prophetic tradition

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is not in the form of a supplication

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of request.

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Ibn Abbas radiAllahu anhu said that Allah's messenger

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salallahu alaihi wa sallam used to say at

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times of distress

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none has the right to be worshipped but

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Allah, the majestic,

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the most forbearing,

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none has the right to be worshipped but

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Allah, the lord of the heavens and the

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earth

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and the lord of the tremendous throne.

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Again

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the virtues of calling these words when in

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distress are consistent

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with the meaning of the hadith Qudsi, whoever

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is diverted by making remembrance

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of me from asking of me, I would

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grant him the best of what I grant

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those asking.

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This stresses the virtue of calling out to

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Allah using his names

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expecting the best from him in the knowledge

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that he is aware of the servant's needs

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and he responds to the one who worships

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him.

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3 the supplication

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dua

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of prophet Yunus,

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Jonah alaihi sallam.

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The supplication

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of prophet Yunus is a third example

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of the virtues of remembering the names and

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attributes of Allah

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and the preference

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of this upon the one in need. Prophet

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Yunus

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called out in distress

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from the darknesses.

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There is no deity except you.

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Exalted are you. Indeed

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I have been of the wrongdoers.

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Now we understand the fact that when we

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praise Allah using his names and attributes

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it is a type of supplication

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because technically

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Allah knows our needs

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so we do not have to name them.

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Allah knows

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what we need even if what we ask

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of him differs.

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Sometimes

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we ask Allah to give us things

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which will be of harm to us in

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the long term like wealth.

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Allah

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said and if Allah had extended excessively

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provision

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for his servants, they would have committed tyranny

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throughout the earth, but he sends it down

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in an amount which he wills.

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Indeed he is of his servants acquainted

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and seeing.

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If one takes time

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and exerts their efforts

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to understand the names and attributes of Allah,

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it is to be considered a form of

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worship

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very similar to supplicating.

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Now that we understand this, we must avoid

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deviation

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in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's names and attributes

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when calling upon him

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because worship must be according to the Quran

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and Sunnah.

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Learning the names and attributes of Allah is

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a gate to remembering,

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glorifying,

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and magnifying him with a deep understanding

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of these names and attributes.

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The virtue in striving to achieve through remembering

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Allah by his names

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is exemplified

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in a story of prophet Musa, Moses Alaihi

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Salam, who spoke to Allah

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at Mount Sinai

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for the first time.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala commanded

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him to go to the pharaoh to call

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him to Islam.

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Prophet Musa,

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Moses Alaihi Salam,

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asked Allah

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for 4 things.

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To enable him and his brother to glorify

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and remember Allah and to increase their remembrance

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of Allah. Allah

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told us,

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'Go to Pharaoh.

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Indeed

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he has transgressed.'

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Moses said, my lord, expand

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for me my breast with assurance

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and ease for me my task, and untie

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the knot from my tongue, that they may

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understand my speech, and appoint for me a

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minister from my family.

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Harun my brother,

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increase through him my strength,

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and let him share my task,

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that we may exalt you much

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and remember you much indeed

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you are of us ever seeing.

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Allah said, you have been granted

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your request, O Musa,

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Moses.'

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In the next statement

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Allah

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advises prophet Musa

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to continue praising and magnifying him and he

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will respond

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by providing for the prophet

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without the premise

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of him mentioning his needs.

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Allah

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said,

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when we inspired your mother with that which

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we inspired

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saying, put Musa, the child,

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into the Tabut,

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a box, a case, or a chest, and

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put it into the river Nile. Then the

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river shall cast it up on the bank,

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and there an enemy of mine and an

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enemy of his shall take him. And I

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endued you with love from me, so that

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you may be brought up under my eye.

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When your sister went and said, 'Shall I

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show you who will nurse him?'

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So

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we restored you to your mother, that she

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might cool her eyes and not grieve.

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Then you did kill a man,

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but we saved you from great distress

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and tried you with a massive trial.

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Then you stayed several years with the people

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of Madyan.

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You came here according to the fixed term

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I ordained for you, O Musa,

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Moses,

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and I have

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for myself.

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