تخلق باخلاق الله (that we should characterize ourselves adorn ourselves, with the Khulq of Allah Almighty with the Characteristics of Allah Almighty.Īnd, a lot of commentary has been done on this. In this Imam-al-Ghazali talks about this notion that Prophet (peace and Blessings be upon Him) said in a hadith that: At some point, he also quotes this person – who is widely believed to be a Shaykh because he quotes this person in several of his writings i.e. Hazrat Khuwaja Abu Ali Farmadi rahimahumullah who is a Shaykh (spiritual teacher) from our own spiritual lineage. In this book, Imam Al-Ghazali mentions some really incredible things. This book is available in Arabic, Urdu and English. Particularly for tonight’s talk, is this book written by Imam-al-Ghazali rah explaining and explicating these 99 names of Allah Almighty. Different scholars in the history of Islam have written books on this topic. And the problem that many of us have, especially the Muslims in any part of the world, whether the Muslims who live in the Western world who are educated in “Western Sciences” and specially in Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – is that we start to think about Allah Almighty based on our own rationality based on our own personality instead of first diving deep into the pearls of revelation and thinking about Allah Almighty as He Wants us to Think about Him knowing Allah Almighty as He Wishes to be Known as He has Revealed Himself to be!Īnd, the best starting point for that is to look at that Asma-ul-Husna. And one thing that we must do is we must try to learn about Allah Almighty – to know Him as He has Revealed Himself to be to know Him as He Wishes Himself to be known. In two three different places, Allah Almighty Mentions His Asma-ul-Husna that He has these 99 names. Misconception About the 99 Names of Allah Almighty: Asma-ul-Husna
(And for Allah is the Highest attribute) Īnd to Allah swt belongs Sublimity Lutf that He is Al-Lateef- that only and only Allah Almighty Alone can have anything that has likeness or resemblance to Him.
There is nothing at all in the universe nothing at all in existence – that is the مثل or even the likeness of Allah AlmightyĪnd in another verse, Allah Almighty Explained this by Saying that: وَلِلَّهِ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَى
In fact, to make this clear, Allah Almighty Mentions in the Nobel Qur’an: لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ When we talk about this notion about Asma-ul-Husna, many people have this misconception that in some way the attributes that we have are in some way a mithl or bear a likeness to the attributes of Allah Almighty Himself. (And for Allah is the highest attribute and He is exalted in Might, The Wise) Īllah Almighty in the Nobel Quran has mentioned in different places that there is nothing at all that bears the likeness or resemblance of Allah Almighty there is nothing that is His مَثَلُ in anyway.