Shaykh
Fakhrud-Din Ibn ^Asakir, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
Know, may Allah guide us and you, that it is obligatory upon
every accountable person to know that Allah is the only God in
His Dominion.
He created the entire world, the upper and lower, the ^Arsh and
Kursiyy, the heavens and earth, and what is in them and in
between them.
All the creation is subjugated by His Power. No speck moves
except by His will.
He has no manager for the creation with Him, and has no partner
in Dominion.
He is attributed with Life and is Qayyum. He is not seized by
somnolence or sleep.
He is the One Who knows about the unforeseen and what is
evidenced by His creation. Nothing on earth or in heaven is
hidden from Him. He knows what is on land and in sea. Not a leaf
does fall but He knows about it. There is no grain in the
darkness of earth, nor anything which is moist or dry but is
inscribed in a clear Book. His Knowledge encompasses everything.
He knows the count of all things.
He does whatever He wills. He has the power to do whatever He
wills.
To Him is the Dominion and He needs none; To Him belong the
Glory and Everlastingness. To Him are the Ruling and al-Qada'
(the Creating). He has the Names of Perfection. No one hinders
what He decreed. No one prevents what He gives. He does in His
dominion whatever He wills. He rules His creation with whatever
He wills.
He does not hope for reward and does not fear punishment.
There is no right on Him that is binding, and no one exercises
rule over Him.
Every endowment from Him is due to His Generosity and every
punishment from Him is just. He is not questioned about what He
does, but they are questioned.
He existed before the creation. He does not have a before or an
after. He does not have an above or a below, a right or a left,
an in front of or a behind, a whole or a part.
It must not be said: When was He? Or where was He? Or how is He?
He existed without a place. He created the universe and willed
for the existence of time. He is not bound to time and is not
designated with place.
His management of one matter does not distract Him from another.
Delusions do not apply to Him, and He is not encompassed by the
mind. He is not conceivable in the mind. He is not imagined in
the self nor pictured in delusions. He is not grasped with
delusions or thoughts.
[Nothing
is like Him and He is attributed with Hearing and Sight.]
