the absence of any earthly counterpart for the Divine names and attributes does not prevent them from grasping their realities and meanings. Rather, their hearts firmly acknowledge those realities while at the same time denying for them any likeness or comparison. This is the highest description (al-mathal al-aʿlā) that Allah—glorified be He—has affirmed for Himself in three places in the Qur’an:

1. His words: “For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is a vile description, but to Allah belongs the highest description; and He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” (al-Nahl 16:60)
2. His words: “He is the One who originates creation, then brings it back again—and that is even easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description in the heavens and on the earth, and He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” (al-Rūm 30:27)
3. And His words: “There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.” (al-Shūrā 42:11)

By these verses He, exalted is He, negates any resemblance with respect to that highest description, which is the knowledge lodged in the hearts of the dwellers of His heavens and His earth: their recognition of Him, their acknowledgment of His Lordship, and their affirmation of His names, attributes, and essence.

This highest description is what the believers have faith in (1), what the knowers find solace in; its proofs stand established in their hearts through innate awareness, completed by the divine scriptures and ratified by rational evidences—so that mind, revelation, and primordial nature unite in testifying to its truth.

Hence, when the affirming believer says, “O Allah,” there rises in his heart a Lord—Living, Self-Sustaining (2), subsisting by Himself, established over His Throne, speaking and addressed, all-hearing, all-seeing (3), all-powerful, willing, doing whatever He wills. He hears the supplications of those who call upon Him, fulfills the needs of the petitioners, relieves the distressed (4), and is pleased by acts of obedience,