8-Belief and Islam - Hakikat Kitabevi

We should also add that in Him who has created all these
worlds of beings there should exist all the attributes of
perfection and superiority and none of the attributes of
deficiency, for, one defective cannot be creative.
Let alone these reasonable evidences, âyat-i kerîmas and
hadîth-i-sherîfs explain clearly that Allâhu ta’âlâ has the
attributes of perfection. Therefore, it is not permissible to doubt
it. Doubt causes disbelief. The above-given eight attributes of
perfection are called as-Sifât ath-Thubûtiyya. Allâhu ta’âlâ has
all the eight attributes of perfection. There is no defect, disorder
or change in His Person, Essence, Attributes or Deeds.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ISLAM
With the aid of and the strength given by Allâhu ta’âlâ, who
keeps all ’âlams in existence and gives all the favours and gifts
and who never sleeps, now we begin to explain the blessed
saying of our Prophet (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam).
Our beloved superior Hadrat ’Umar ibn al-Khattâb (radî-
Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh), who was a gallant leader of Muslims, one of
the highest of the Prophet’s Companions, and was famous for
his truthfulness, said:
“It was such a day that a few of us, the Companions, were in the
presence and service of Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa
sallam).” That day, that hour was so blessed, so precious a day that
one could hardly have the chance to live it once again. On that day,
it fell to his lot to be honoured with being in the Prophet’s company,
near him, and to see his beautiful face, which was food for spirits
and pleasure and comfort to souls. To emphasize the value, the
honour of that day, he said, “It was such a day...” Could there be
another time as honourable and precious as the one at which it fell
to his lot to see Jabrâ’îl (Jibrîl, Archangel Gabriel, ’alaihi ’s-salâm) in
the guise of a human being, to hear his voice and to hear the
knowledge men needed as beautifully and clearly as possible
through the blessed mouth of Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi
wa sallam)?
“That hour, a man came near us like the rising of the moon.
His clothes were extremely white and his hair was very black.
Signs of travel, such as dust or perspiration were not seen on
him. None of us, the Companions of the Prophet (sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam), recognized him, that is, he was not one of the
people we had seen or known before. He sat down in the
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