1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

separately from Himself. The Ahl-i Sunnat savants have
communicated this, so may Allahu ta’âlâ reward them for their
work! None of the seventy-two sects, but only the Ahl-i Sunnat
could realize that Allahu ta’âlâ had separate Attributes. In fact,
the recent ones of the sôfiyya-i ’aliyya (great men of tasawwuf)
said that those Attributes were the same as the Divine Person
(Allah Himself), thus they are akin to the seventy-two sects,
though they were of the Ahl-i Sunnat. Yes, they do not say that
the Attributes are nonexistent, like the others say, but it is
understood from the implications of their words that they view
the Attributes as nonexistent. The seventy-two sects claim that
they protect Allahu ta’âlâ against defects and that they know
Him as perfect by considering the Attributes to be nonexistent.
While they think of this as being perfect, they disagree with the
Qur’ân al-kerîm. May Allahu ta’âlâ bless them with adhering to
the way of the Qur’ân al-kerîm!
The other Attributes of Allahu ta’âlâ are either i’tibârî
(thought of as being) or salbî (impossible to exist). For example,
qidam (not nonexistent before His existence), azaliyyat (not
having a beginning as an existence), wujûb (impossible to
cease existing), and ulûhiyyat. For example, Allahu ta’âlâ is not
a substance. He is not of a substance. He is not of matter. He is
not a state. He does not have a place. He is not of time. He has
not entered anything or settled in any place. He is not limited or
surrounded by anything. He is not on any side or in any
direction. He is not connected with anything. He does not
resemble anything. He does not have a likeness or an opposite.
He does not have a mother, father, wife or children. [He who
says, “Allah, the Father,” becomes a kâfir.] All these are things
that exist in creatures, in beings who were created later. They
are all signs of a defect and fault. They are all Sifât-i Salbiyya.
All perfect attributes exist in Allahu ta’âlâ. No defective
attributes exists in Him.
Allahu ta’âlâ knows the wholes, the fragments, the big things
and the tiny motes. He knows every secret. He knows the
tiniest motes in earth and in the skies. He is the One who
creates everything. Certainly, He knows the things He creates.
To create, it is necessary to know. Some unfortunate people
say that He does not know of every mote. They suppose that it
is greatness and perfectness not to know of every mote.
Likewise, by saying that Allahu ta’âlâ created something which
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