What you must believe about your Creator - Kalamullah.Com

which does not resemble the existence of the creation, similarly Hehas Names and Attributes that do not resemble the Names andAttributes of the creation. Likeness in the Name and the generalmeaning does not necessitate likeness in reality. Allah has calledHimself Aleem (All-Knowing), Haleem (All-Wise), and He also calledsome of His slaves Aleem, He said, “they gave him glad tidings of(Aleem) an intelligent son, having knowledge (about Allah and Hisreligion of True Monotheism).” [Soorah adh-Dhariyat (51): 28]meaning Ishaaq. And He named the other Haleem, “So We gave himthe glad tidings of (Haleem) a forbearing boy.” [Soorah as-Saffat (37):101] meaning Isma'eel. So, One Aleem is not like the other, similarly,One Haleem is not like the other.And He called Himself, “Truly, Allah is Ever All-Hearer (as-Samee), All-Seer (al-Baseer).” Similarly, He has named some of His slaves Sameeand Baseer. He said, “Verily, We have created man from Nutfah dropsof mixed semen (of man and woman), in order to try him, so We madehim hearer, seer.” [Soorah al-Insan (76): 2] So, One Samee is not likethe other and One Baseer is not like the other.And He called Himself ar-Raouf (full of kindness) and ar-Raheem(Most Merciful), “Verily, Allah is, for mankind, full of Kindness, MostMerciful.” [Soorah al-Hajj (22): 65] and He called some of His slaves,Rouf and Raheem, He said, “Verily, there has come unto you aMessenger (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves (i.e. whom youknow well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury ordifficulty. He (Muhammad) is anxious over you (to be rightly guided,to repent to Allah, and beg Him to pardon and forgive your sins, inorder that you may enter Paradise and be saved from the punishmentof the Hellfire), for the believers (he is) full of pity, kindness, andmercy..” [Soorah at-Tawbah (9): 128]Similarly, He described Himself with Attributes, and described His- 77 -