The Secrets of the Beautiful Names (Asma'u'l-husna)
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1. The wise Qur'an is the greatest treasure of knowledge and wisdom of Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted. According to the people of intellect, it is undoubtedly an established fact that the holy Qur'an presents its teachings step by step according to the different levels of people's intellect, so that the people of the intellect (ulu'l-albab) may ascend the ladder of knowledge step by step to reach the apex. In other words, it is for the purpose that they may attain the micraj of certitude and that they may enter the Sacred Sanctuary in which there is paradise with all its bounties.
2. The elegant mention here is of the beautiful names of God (asma'u'l-husna), and the wisdom that all that belongs to God is living, speaking and knowing must always be remembered. Thus, the beautiful names of the sixth cycle are Hazrat-i Muhammad and his progeny, who are on the level of perfection in both external and internal beauty and splendour. They are the great names of God, and it is through these blessed names that it is commanded to call upon God (7:180). The great excellence of "salawat on Prophet Muhammad and his progeny" in Qur'an and hadith is because it is the spirit and essence of the beautiful names, praise be to Allah!
3. God's names are of two kinds: (a) The names that consist of letters of the alphabet that a writer inscribes and sometimes erases for some reason. (b) The other [type of] names are living, speaking, wise, knowing, noble and exalted, such as the Prophets, the Awsiya', and the pure Imams (Al-Majalis al-Mu'ayyadiyyah).
4. Read the blessed subject of the beautiful names in the following verses of the wise Qur'an to acquire the blessing of knowledge and wisdom: 7:180, 17:110, 20:8, and 59:24. How fortunate are those who call upon God by [His] beautiful names. They are the ones who will be the kings of paradise (God willing!).
Zulfiqarabad, Gilgit 11 July 1998
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