Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (194)

28 - The One Who Lowers and Raises3:
29 - The Creator4:
30 - The All-Aware5: (The All-Knowing, the All-Aware)

He—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—said: “The All-Aware, the All-Knowing is He whose knowledge encompasses the outward and the inward, the concealed and the declared, the necessary, the impossible, and the possible; the upper and lower worlds; and the past, present, and future. Nothing whatsoever is hidden from Him6.

He is the All-Knowing, whose knowledge encompasses everything: what necessarily exists, what cannot exist, and what may or may not exist. Thus, He, the Most High, knows His noble Self, His holy attributes, and His sublime qualities, all of which necessarily exist and cannot but exist. He knows impossible things as impossible, and He knows what would follow from their existence were they to exist. As He, the Most High, says: ‘Had there been gods besides Allah in the heavens and the earth, both would have fallen into ruin.’ 7 And He, the Most High, says: ‘Allah has never taken a son, nor has there ever been any god alongside Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what he created, and some would have gained ascendancy over

(1) Al-Nūr, verse 19. (2) Al-Haqq al-Wādih al-Mubīn, pp. 54–55. See also Tawdīh al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya, p. 121. (3) These two names were previously discussed alongside His name al-Bāsit (the Expander). (4) This name was previously discussed alongside His name al-Bāri’ (the Originator). (5) Evidence for this name is His statement, Most High: “Indeed, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware” (Luqmān 31:34). (6) Al-Tafsīr, 5:621. (7) Al-Anbiyā’, verse 22.

٢٨ - الخافض الرافع٣: ٢٩ - الخالق٤: ٣٠ - الخبير٥: (العليم الخبير) قال رحمه الله تعالى: "الخبير العليم: هو الذي أحاط علمه بالظواهر، والبواطن، والإسرار، والإعلان، والواجبات، والمستحيلات، والممكنات. وبالعالم العلوي والسفلي، وبالماضي، والحاضر، والمستقبل، فلا يخفى عليه شيء من الأشياء٦. وهو العليم المحيط علمه بكل شيء: بالواجبات، والممتنعات، والممكنات، فيعلم تعالى نفسه الكريمه، ونعوته المقدسة، وأوصافه العظيمة، وهى الواجبات التي لا يمكن إلا وجودها، ويعلم الممتنعات حال امتناعها، ويعلم ما يترتب على وجودها لو وجدت كما قال تعالى: ﴿لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلا اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا﴾ ٧ وقال تعالى: ﴿مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ إِذاً لَذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى

١ النور (١٩). ٢ الحق الواضح المبين (ص٥٤، ٥٥) وانظر: توضيح الكافية الشافية (ص١٢١). ٣ سبق الكلام على هذين الاسمين مع اسمه تعالى "الباسط". ٤ سبق الكلام على هذا الإسم مع اسمه تعالى "الباري". ٥ ودليل هذا الاسم قال تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ﴾ (لقمان: ٣٤). ٦ التفسير (٥/ ٦٢١). ٧ الأنبياء (٢٢).