Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (214)

Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

pursues them inadequately and thus falls short of the perfection sought must blame no one but himself. He has no argument against Allah, for Allah has given him hearing, sight, understanding, strength and ability, guided him to the two paths, and explained to him causes and their effects. He has not barred him from any path leading to religious or worldly good. His failure in these matters therefore makes him blameworthy and deserving of censure for neglecting them1.

52 – The Manifest2:

53 – The Just3:

54 – The Almighty: (The Almighty – The All-Strong4 – The Firm in Strength5 – The All-Powerful6)

He—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—said: “These magnificent names are closely related in meaning. His strength is perfect, His power immense, and His might all-encompassing: ‘All might belongs to Allah’7 8.

The Almighty possesses might in all its forms: the might of strength, the might of supremacy, and the might of invulnerability. No creature can harm Him. He has subdued all that exists, and all creation submits to Him and bows before His greatness9.

Thus all three meanings of might belong in their perfection to Allah, the Magnificent: the might of strength, which is indicated by some of

1. Tawdīh al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah, pp. 130–131. 2. This name was discussed previously alongside His name al-Awwal (the First). 3. This name was discussed previously alongside His name al-Hakam (the Judge). 4. Allah Most High says: “Indeed, your Lord is the All-Strong, the Almighty” (Hūd: 66). 5. Allah Most High says: “Indeed, Allah is the Provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Firm” (al-Dhāriyāt: 58). 6. Allah Most High says: “Allah is All-Powerful, and Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful” (al-Mumtahanah: 7). 7. Yūnus (65). 8. Al-Haqq al-Wādih al-Mubīn, p. 44; Tawdīh al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah, p. 119. 9. Al-Tafsīr, 5:624.

أتاها على وجه ناقص ففاته الكمال المطلوب فلا يلومن إلا نفسه وليس له حجة على الله، فإن الله أعطاه السمع، والبصر، والفؤاد، والقوة، والقدرة، وهذه النجدين وبين له الأسباب، والمسببات ولم يمنعه طريقاً يوصل إلى خير ديني، ولا دنيوي، فتخلفه عن هذه الأمور يوجب أن يكون هو الملوم عليها المذموم على تركها١. ٥٢ - الظاهر٢: ٥٣ - العدل٣: ٥٤ - العزيز: (العزيز- القوي٤ - المتين٥ - القدير٦) قال رحمه الله تعالى: "هذه الأسماء العظيمة معانيها متقاربة فهو تعالى كامل القوة عظيم القدرة شامل العزة ﴿إِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعاً﴾ ٧ ٨. العزيز الذي له العزة كلها عزة القوة، وعزة الغلبة وعزة الامتناع، فممتنع أن يناله أحد من المخلوقات وقهر جميع الموجودات، ودانت له الخليقة وخضعت لعظمته٩. فمعاني العزة الثلاث كلها كاملة لله العظيم عزة القوة الدال عليها من

١ توضيح الكافية الشافية (ص١٣٠ - ١٣١). ٢ سبق الكلام على هذا الاسم مع اسمه تعالى "الأول". ٣ سبق الكلام عن هذا الاسم مع اسمه تعالى "الحكم". ٤ قال الله تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ﴾ (هود: ٦٦). ٥ قال الله تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ﴾ (الذاريات: ٥٨). ٦ قال الله تعالى: ﴿وَاللَّهُ قَدِيرٌ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ﴾ (الممتحنة: ٧). ٧ يونس (٦٥). ٨ الحق الواضح المبين (ص٤٤) وتوضيح الكافية الشافية (ص١١٩). ٩ التفسير (٥/ ٦٢٤).