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with You—that You make the Quran (1) the springtime of my heart, the light of my breast (2), the dispeller of my grief, and the remover of my anxiety and distress,’ Allah will surely remove his anxiety and distress and replace his grief with joy (3).”

They said, “O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn these words?”

He replied, “Indeed. Everyone who hears them should learn them.” (4)

He thereby made clear (5) that Allah has names which He has reserved for Himself in the knowledge of the unseen with Him, known to neither angel nor prophet.

His names encompass His attributes; they are not mere proper names. Among them are the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, the Most Merciful, the Most Generous, the Most Glorious, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and all His other most beautiful names—glory be to Him, the Exalted.

He—glory be to Him—is deserving of absolute perfection, for His existence is necessary in and of Himself: nonexistence is impossible for Him, and it is impossible (6) for Him to depend upon anything else in any respect whatsoever. For if He depended upon another in any respect, He would be in need of that other. Such need is either for (7) attaining some perfection or for warding off that which would diminish His perfection. Whoever is in need

(1) A, M, and B read: “the Magnificent Quran.” (2) M reads: “my sight.” (3) A and B read: “joy in its place.” (4) The hadith narrated by ʿAbd Allah ibn Masʿūd—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in *al-Musnad* (al-Maʿārif ed.), 5:266–268 (no. 3712) and 6:153–154 (no. 3418). Shaykh Ahmad Shākir—may Allah have mercy on him—graded it authentic and discussed it at length, 5:266–268. Al-Mundhirī states in *al-Targhīb wa-l-Tarhīb*, 3:276: “It was narrated by Ahmad, al-Bazzār, Abū Yaʿlā, Ibn Hibbān in his *Sahīh*, and al-Hākim.” The hadith is also found in al-Hākim’s *al-Mustadrak*, 1:509–510. See the comments of al-Hākim and al-Dhahabī. (5) “He thereby made clear” is coordinated with the earlier statements: “For this reason, the most knowledgeable of creation said …” and “And he said in the transmitted supplication …” N and M read: “Thus it became clear.” (6) N alone reads: “and it is possible,” which is an error. (7) N and M read: “and such need, whether it be for …”

عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ (١) رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي (٢) ، وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي وَغَمِّي ; إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ هَمَّهُ وَغَمَّهُ، وَأَبْدَلَهُ مَكَانَ حُزْنِهِ فَرَحًا (٣) » . قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَفَلَا نَتَعَلَّمُهُنَّ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، يَنْبَغِي لِكُلِّ مَنْ سَمِعَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهُنَّ " (٤) فَبَيَّنَ (٥) أَنَّ لِلَّهِ أَسْمَاءً اسْتَأْثَرَ بِهَا فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَهُ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا مَلَكٌ وَلَا نَبِيٌّ. وَأَسْمَاؤُهُ تَتَضَمَّنُ صِفَاتَهُ، لَيْسَتْ أَسْمَاءَ أَعْلَامٍ مَحْضَةً، كَاسْمِهِ: الْعَلِيمُ، وَالْقَدِيرُ، وَالرَّحِيمُ، وَالْكَرِيمُ، وَالْمَجِيدُ، وَالسَّمِيعُ، وَالْبَصِيرُ، وَسَائِرُ أَسْمَائِهِ الْحُسْنَى سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى. وَهُوَ سُبْحَانُهُ مُسْتَحِقٌّ لِلْكَمَالِ الْمُطْلَقِ ; لِأَنَّهُ وَاجِبُ الْوُجُودِ بِنَفْسِهِ، يَمْتَنِعُ الْعَدَمُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيَمْتَنِعُ (٦) أَنْ يَكُونَ مُفْتَقِرًا إِلَى غَيْرِهِ بِوَجْهٍ مِنَ الْوُجُوهِ، إِذْ لَوِ افْتَقَرَ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ بِوَجْهٍ مِنَ الْوُجُوهِ كَانَ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَى الْغَيْرِ، وَالْحَاجَةُ إِمَّا إِلَى (٧) حُصُولِ كَمَالٍ لَهُ، وَإِمَّا إِلَى دَفْعِ مَا يُنْقِصُ كَمَالَهُ، وَمَنِ احْتَاجَ

(١) ا، م، ب: الْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ. (٢) م: بَصَرِي. (٣) أ، ب: مَكَانَهُ فَرَحًا. (٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٥/٢٦٦ - ٢٦٨ (رَقْمُ ٣٧١٢) ، ٦/١٥٣ - ١٥٤ رَقْمُ (٣٤١٨) وَصَحَّحَهُ الشَّيْخُ أَحْمَد شَاكِر - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - وَتَكَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ طَوِيلًا ٥/٢٦٦ - ٢٦٨. وَقَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ (التَّرْغِيبُ وَالتَّرْهِيبُ ٣/٢٧٦) : " رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالْبَزَّارُ وَأَبُو يَعْلَى وَابْنُ حَبَّانَ فِي صَحِيحِهِ وَالْحَاكِمُ ". وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ لِلْحَاكِمِ ١/٩٥٠ - ٥١٠. وَانْظُرْ تَعْلِيقَهُ وَتَعْلِيقَ الذَّهَبِيِّ. . (٥) فَبَيَّنَ: مَعْطُوفَةٌ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَلِهَذَا قَالَ أَعْلَمُ الْخَلْقِ. . . وَقَالَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ الْمَأْثُورِ. وَفِي (ن) ، (م) : فَتَبَيَّنَ. (٦) ن (فَقَطْ) وَيُمْكِنُ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٧) ن، م: وَالْحَاجَةُ سَوَاءً كَانَتْ إِمَّا إِلَى. .