very story.

His statement, “So his wife approached with a shriek and struck her face” (29) exposes the frailty of a woman’s reasoning and her lack of steadiness, for she immediately resorted to wailing and slapping her face when she heard the news (1).

His words, “and she said, ‘a barren old woman’” (29) display her fine manners in speaking to men and her restraint, limiting her speech to what the situation required. She omitted the subject—she did not say, “I am a barren old woman”—and mentioned only the single cause that precluded childbirth, nothing more. In Surah Hud, however, she cited the impediment that affected both her and Abraham and expressed her amazement openly (2).

His saying, “They said, ‘So it shall be; your Lord has spoken,’” contains affirmation of the attribute of speech for Him (3).

And His words, “Indeed, He alone is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing” (30) affirm the attributes of wisdom and knowledge, the very source of creation and command: everything He has created proceeds from His knowledge and wisdom, and likewise His commands and legislation issue from His knowledge and wisdom.

Knowledge and wisdom together comprise every perfection, for knowledge comprises