![]() Again the Qur’an says, “Verily those who said, God is the third of the three became disbelievers” ( 5:73). these are those who co-extended Christ with God and identified him with God. The Qur’an says, “Surely those who said verily God is Christ or God and Christ are the same became disbelievers” ( 17:72 – 73), 3 i.e. ![]() Therefore, He is identical and with everything, but nothing is identical with Him, nothing can be His incarnation even the universe as a whole. But as the Transcendent he is with nothing and no being is with Him in essence or attributes. So, as the Immanent, He is everything and being in essence and attributes. At the same time, He is High, Sublime, Transcendent (al-‘Ala) in that every finite being falls short of being co-extensive with Him in His essence or attributes and also incapable of reaching Him, because they all are finite while He is Infinite. This means Absolute Fullness (al-Samad), All-pervading, All-embracing (Bekul-e Shiyin Maheet), 1 All-witnessing (ala-Akul-e Shiyin Shahid), 2 nearer to everything than the thing itself. Nothing is devoid of Him and He is not devoid of anything. ![]() ![]() What is true of every finite being is true of their total, which is termed as the universe (‘alam) or is sub-divided as worlds (‘alamin). According to the Qur’an, He (Allah), the Absolute Reality and Truth, the Absolute Conscious One of Infinite Nature and Perfection, is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden, the All-in-All, the Self-existing, Self-sustaining, Unique in Oneness, not as the basis for all realities, but as the Creative Might by Whose agency every finite being exists, subsists and is sustained. ![]()
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