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belonging to
Allah what has been declared as belonging to themselves, such as action, knowledge, and power as
well
as other attributes and to acknowledge that in Allah they are the most perfect and the most noble.
Most
of their emphasis would, therefore, be on their own attributes rather than on those of Majesty which
belong exclusively to Allah.
For this reason the Prophet said, "I cannot count praising You as You have praised Yourself. "This
does
not mean the inability to express what I comprehend but rather an admission of the inability to
comprehend the Essence of the Majesty of Allah. For this reason again someone said: "No one truly
knows Allah except Allah Himself." Abu-Bakr al-Siddiq said, "Praise be to Allah who has not
given men a
way to know Him except through their inability to know Him." Let us now, however, stop this kind of
discussion and go back to the main purpose, namely that one of these categories comprises that which
the minds fail to comprehend, such as the spirit and some of the attributes of Allah. Perhaps
the Prophet
refered to something of the same nature when he said, "His cover is Light, if He reveals it,
Allah what has been declared as belonging to themselves, such as action, knowledge, and power as
well
as other attributes and to acknowledge that in Allah they are the most perfect and the most noble.
Most
of their emphasis would, therefore, be on their own attributes rather than on those of Majesty which
belong exclusively to Allah.
For this reason the Prophet said, "I cannot count praising You as You have praised Yourself. "This
does
not mean the inability to express what I comprehend but rather an admission of the inability to
comprehend the Essence of the Majesty of Allah. For this reason again someone said: "No one truly
knows Allah except Allah Himself." Abu-Bakr al-Siddiq said, "Praise be to Allah who has not
given men a
way to know Him except through their inability to know Him." Let us now, however, stop this kind of
discussion and go back to the main purpose, namely that one of these categories comprises that which
the minds fail to comprehend, such as the spirit and some of the attributes of Allah. Perhaps
the Prophet
refered to something of the same nature when he said, "His cover is Light, if He reveals it,