ALLAH is the true Deity; there is no god except Him, and none deserves worship except Allah, the One, the Unique. He possesses the attributes of absolute perfection. There is nothing like unto Him, even though He has affirmed for Himself attributes such as life, knowledge, power, hearing, sight, face, the two hands, might, greatness, beauty, exaltedness, and self-sufficiency... and other attributes established in the Qur’an and the Sunnah that befit the majesty of His Noble Face and the greatness of His authority. The creation cannot comprehend or imagine Him, and they do not encompass anything of His knowledge except what He wills — Glorified is He.
Allah, Glorified be He, was alone in eternity, distinct by Himself, and there was nothing besides Him — neither water, nor the Throne, nor anything else — as He, the Most High, said: “He is the First” [Al-Hadid: 3].
Then He, Glorified be He, created the Throne and the water, and He created the Pen and the Preserved Tablet, and He created seven heavens and seven earths.
And His Throne was upon the water, and He is established over it in a manner that befits His greatness. He wrote in the Record everything, and He commanded the Pen — which is one of His creations, the true nature of which we do not know — to write the decrees of all things until the Hour is established. So it wrote, by Allah’s perfect knowledge, what was, what will be, and what would have been had it been. Then whatever Allah willed came to be, and whatever He did not will did not come to be. Then He says concerning what He wills: “Be,” and it is.
To be continued...
