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God’s encompassment of things in existence. He aluminates the World.

The first few verses of Surah Hadid describe the attributes of God very lucidly and the third among them says, “He is the first and the last; the Most High and the most near and He is the all-knower of everything” The five attributes mentioned in the verse prove God to be ever-lasting.

He is the “First” or “ever-living”. His origin cannot be imagined. He is the “Last” and there is no end for Him, He is manifest and not hidden from anyone, He is hidden and is not evident on anyone (because it is impossible for temporal beings like humans limited in faculties to understand Him) but he is not hidden from his creations.

This is the reason that He is the all-knower of all things, because was before the beginning and will remain after the end (Of creations). He is ever-present both inside and outside His creations.

The first four attributes, the first, the last, the exoteric and esoteric have been explained by commentators in many ways and their explanations are not compatible but against each other all of these meanings can be included in it.

They sometimes say that He is the first and was present before the creations and is the last for He will remain after all creations are destroyed. It is impossible to understand from the proofs of His exoteric and esoteric attributes.

At times they say that He begins goodness for He enjoins us to it and He is the ultimate in forgiveness for He accepts repentance; He is evident in the grace that follows obedience and He hides the sins of the sinners.

A prayer from the Holy Messenger is recorded with the words:

“God! You are the fist for nothing precedes You; You are the last because nothing can over last you, You are manifest because nothing is superior than You and You are the hidden one as nothing is aloof from You.”

He is that First which has no beginning; He is that last that has no end; He was there when there was nothing big or small. He will be when there will be nothing left.

This verse refutes the Sufis by proving this universe is created and the created are separate from the creator. It also establishes the fact that there is no end to the pure entity of God and He is complete for he is not attached to the unseen for if we reflect on the presence of existence we will find Him unattached to the esoteric and thus come close to Him. This is the précis of the proof of truth and this is its soul.

It is evident that every limited and temporal existence will be connected to a beginning and an end but since God is the beginning and the end, the manifest and the hidden and all this is so because the creativity is unending and complete. There is no limit for His existence.





1. See Tafsirs Majmaul Bayan, Al Mizan, Kabeer, and Ruhul Bayan.
2. Tafsir Qartabi vol.9 page 6406


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