When we understand the names of Allah our hearts will feel a sense of connection to Allah of love, hope, and fear:- and this is faith. Our beliefs should be manifest on us.
People who invoke idols, Saints, and the like, do so because they have a feeling in their hearts towards them. We need to increase our feelings towards Allah.
This world is adorned and beautified. But when you know Allah you will not be deceived with what the Shaytan adorns in your eyes. When you know Allah you will cease to think narrowly. You won't attach yourself to a person because she's merciful; because you know mercy comes from Allah.
As you increase in knowledge about Allah, as your faith will increase, and accordingly your value.
القدوس
المعنى الشرعي
1) الطاهر
2) المتبارك
طاهر بنفسه
Allah is pure by himself. This means that Allah's purity isn't derived from anywhere or anything, whereas we can get impure and have to derive our purity from taking a bath, استغفار, etc.
The purity of Allah is perfect and complete. Nothing can affect His purity.
1) طاهر من كل عيب و نقص
Anyone other than Allah is susceptible to error and mistake. But with Allah, there is no defect, fault, or error.
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When you make دعاء for anything in life and you don't get it, it doesn't mean Allah is miserly. It means that Allah knows that giving you isn't good for you, and would be unfair to you. Allah is القدوس. An important impact of this name is that it makes you think good of Allah.
Never think bad about Allah. He is pure from all faults.
2) طاهر في كماله
Allah is pure in His perfection.
-> Allah is perfect in four things:
a) In Himself
b) His Names
c) His Attributes
d) His Actions
-> Anything and everything that happens around us and in the universe are actions of Allah, but through means. We need to believe that all the actions of Allah are perfect.
E.g. Sickness. Although there are means which cause sickness, it is an action of Allah, and all His actions are pure and perfect.
-> Nothing can affect his perfection.
E.g. Someone is naturally kind and generous. But He is not قدوس because this kindness and generosity can be affected by the environment, the people around him, etc
E.g. You love someone. Someone may tell you something bad about that person, and these words can affect your love towards her. But nothing can change or affect Allah. His Names and Attributes don't ever change.
E.g. Our actions depend on our mood, and our mood constantly changes. Sometimes we are happy, sometimes sad, sometimes angry.
When you know that no can affect or influence Allah's purity, this will give you rest and satisfaction in your heart. The one who knows Allah feels rich. He doesn't need to attach his heart to anyone else:- Why will I worship or devote myself to someone who is not pure?
People can influence us, make us do evil, but no one can influence Allah.
When you see someone who used to be kind to you being rude, or a person who never gets sick falling ill one day, know this is Allah showing you that no one is القدوس except Him.
The more you understand this name and it becomes alive in your heart, you'll see the defects in everything around you. You won't deal with people like they're perfect or free of fault. You'll know that everything in life changes. Today we're here, tomorrow we're not. There's no stability with us.
A hundred years ago on earth there were different people alive. A hundred years from now there'll be different people. People come and go. Because they are not قدوس. We can be affected, replaced, changed.
We are made of a humiliated drop, and in life we sweat, urinate, get dirty, and in the end we'll be put in our graves and the earth will eat us. So why are we proud?
These two points lead us to point three:
3) المعظم المحب
Because Allah is free from all faults and is perfect, He is the One who deserves love and attachment. - And this is the meaning of لا اله الا الله.
Nothing can affect His purity whereas everyone else is the opposite of this. They are defective and full of faults. They don't deserve the complete love and attachment.
Human beings love what is pure.
4) طاهر من أن يماثله أحد من خلقه
Allah is so pure that no one resembles Him.
But with the creation, you find people resembling each other in looks, characteristics, etc.
If you are impressed by someone's knowledge, then there is someone who has more knowledge than her. If you are impressed by someone's beauty, then know there is someone more beautiful than her. But no one can reach Allah's level.
This is why Allah doesn't have partners. Because no one resembles Allah, no one can reach his level. In order for someone to be a partner or a rival there has to be something that equates them in some way. And Allah is القدوس.
So many people try to challenge Allah, but none can reach Him, see Him, or do what He can do. In (2:258):
- لا شريك
- لا ند
- لا شبيه
- لا ولد
- لا صاحبة
Because He is القدوس
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