and His saying: “His command, when He wills a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”

and His saying, exalted be He: “He is Allah—there is no deity except Him—the Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful. He is Allah—there is no deity except Him—the King, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Granter of security, the Overseer, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glorified is Allah above what they associate with Him. He is Allah—the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and the earth declares His glory, and He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.”

Verses of this kind, together with the authentic hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ concerning the Lord’s names and attributes, furnish a detailed affirmation of His essence and attributes and, by denying any resemblance to creation, establish His oneness. Through them Allah guides His servants to the straight path, and this is the way of the Messengers, peace be upon them all.

[The Approach of Those Who Oppose the Messengers]

But as for those who swerve and deviate from their path—of the unbelievers, the polytheists, and those