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of three.' There is but One God. If they do not desist in
what they say, a painful punishment will afflict those
of them that disbelieve." (Koran Ch.5 v73).
The reason why the orthodox Muslim scholars have
always refrained from defining God's Essence is because His
Essence transcends all attributes in which it could only be
defined. Allah has many Names which in reality are only
adjectives derived from His essence through its various mani-
festations in the universe which He alone has formed. We
call Allah by the appellations Almighty, Eternal, Omnipresent,
Omniscient, Merciful, and so forth, because we conceived the
eternity, omnipresence, universal knowledge, mercifulness, as
emanating from His essence and belonging to Him alone and
absolutely. He is alone the infinitely Knowing, Powerful,
what they say, a painful punishment will afflict those
of them that disbelieve." (Koran Ch.5 v73).
The reason why the orthodox Muslim scholars have
always refrained from defining God's Essence is because His
Essence transcends all attributes in which it could only be
defined. Allah has many Names which in reality are only
adjectives derived from His essence through its various mani-
festations in the universe which He alone has formed. We
call Allah by the appellations Almighty, Eternal, Omnipresent,
Omniscient, Merciful, and so forth, because we conceived the
eternity, omnipresence, universal knowledge, mercifulness, as
emanating from His essence and belonging to Him alone and
absolutely. He is alone the infinitely Knowing, Powerful,