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The Magnificent, the Pardoner, the Self-Sufficient, the Opener
55 - The Magnificent: (The Magnificent 4 - the Most Great)
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: “The Magnificent is the One who possesses every attribute of greatness, grandeur, glory and splendour, whom hearts love and souls revere. Those who truly know Him recognize that the greatness of everything else, however exalted its qualities, pales beside the greatness of the Most High, the Magnificent 6.
Allah Most High is magnificent: His is every attribute and quality that calls for reverence. No created being can praise Him as He deserves or encompass all praise of Him. Rather, He is as He has praised Himself, and above
1. Al-Sāffāt (96).
2. Al-Baqara (249).
3. Al-Haqq al-wādih al-bayyin, pp. 44–46. See also al-Tafsīr, 1:356 and 5:563.
4. As evidence for this name, Allah Most High says: “Preserving them both does not weary Him, and He is the Most High, the Magnificent” (al-Baqara: 255).
5. As evidence for this name, Allah Most High says: “That is because, when Allah alone was invoked, you disbelieved; but if partners are associated with Him, you believe. Judgment therefore belongs to Allah, the Most High, the Most Great” (Ghāfir: 12).
6. Al-Tafsīr, 1:315.
العظيم، العفو، الغني، الفتاح
٥٥ - العظيم: (العظيم ٤ - الكبير)
قال ﵀: "العظيم الجامع فجميع صفات العظمة والكبرياء والمجد والبهاء الذي تحبه القلوب، وتعظمه الأرواح، ويعرف العارفون أن عظمة كل شيء، وإن جلت في الصفة، فإنها مضمحلة في جانب عظمة العلي العظيم٦.
والله تعالى عظيم له كل وصف ومعنى يوجب التعظيم فلا يقدر مخلق أن يثني عليه كما ينبغي له ولا يحصى ثناء عليه، بل هو كما أثنى على نفسه وفوق
١ الصافات (٩٦).
٢ البقرة (٢٤٩).
٣ الحق الواضح البين (ص٤٤ - ٤٥ - ٤٦) وانظر أيضاً: التفسير (١/ ٣٥٦ و٥/ ٥٦٣).
٤ ودليل هذا الاسم قال الله تعالى: ﴿وَلا يَؤُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ﴾ (البقرة: ٢٥٥).
٥ ودليل هذا الاسم قال الله تعالى: ﴿ذَلِكُمْ بِأَنَّهُ إِذَا دُعِيَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِنْ يُشْرَكْ بِهِ تُؤْمِنُوا فَالْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ﴾ (غافر: ١٢).
٦ التفسير (١/ ٣١٥).