Ada jg nama auloh yg berarti tukang tipu akbar, hehehe...
>________________________________ > From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:30 PM >Subject: [proletar] The names of Allah > > > >http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/09/the-names-of-allah.html >The names of Allah >Nilofar Ahmed | Opinion | From the Newspaper (10 hours ago) TodayONE night the >Prophet (PBUH) was praying and supplicating in his house in Makkah with the >words, “Ya Allah! Ya Rehman!” Abu Jahal, his unbelieving neighbour, was >overjoyed on hearing this. > >He ran to his friends and said that Muhammad (PBUH), who was preaching the >worship of the One God, was himself calling out to two Gods: Allah and Rehman. > >After this the verses in Surah Bani Israel were revealed: “Say, ‘Call out to >Allah or call out to Al Rehman, whichever name you call Him by, His are the >most Beautiful Names.”(17:110). According to a hadith, Allah has 99 al asma’ >al husna or, ‘the most beautiful names’, which represent His attributes >(Tirmizi). > >Allah, a combination of ‘Al’, meaning ‘the’ and ‘ilah’, meaning ‘deity’, is >the personal, proper name of the One God. This name combines in it all the >qualities of His attributes. > >‘Al Rehman’, meaning ‘the Most Merciful’ is one of the most frequently used of >His names. ‘Al Raheem’ means ‘the Ever Merciful’. It has the same root as ‘Al >Rehman’: ‘rahama’, meaning the womb — the seat of all love and mercy. These >names also seem to be God’s favourite names since they are used in the >formula, ‘bismillah hir Rehman nir Raheem’, which is recited before doing >anything from starting to read the Quran to eating food to going on a journey. >Besides, there is the Hadith Qudsi in which God says, ‘rahmati sabaqat >ghadabi’, meaning, “My mercy precedes My wrath.” > >When God decided to create Adam, He said to the angels: “I am going to appoint >a vicegerent on earth.” They replied: “Are You going to appoint one who will >destroy the peace and shed blood, although we glorify You, singing your >praises and sanctifying You?” He replied, “Indeed, I know that which you do >not know!” Then God gave Adam the knowledge of the names of everything and >asked the angels about the names of all the things. > >The angels said, “Glory be to You. We have no knowledge except what You have >taught us. Indeed, You are the Aleem (All-Knowing), the Hakim (All-Wise).” >Then He said, “Adam, give them the knowledge of the names.” When Adam had >informed them about the names, God said, “Did I not tell you that I am well >aware of the secrets of the heavens and the earth?” > >(2:30-33). > >The question arises as to what is meant by ‘the names’ which were taught to >Adam. One explanation is that the names signify knowledge. Human beings have >been given the capacity to acquire knowledge and to discover the secrets of >the universe. > >Another explanation is that they are ‘the 99 beautiful names of God’. His >qualities permeate the universe and all creation. To understand the universe, >one has to acquire knowledge of His attributes. > >Imam Ghazali writes in his treatise on the beautiful names, Al Maqsad al Asna >fi Sharh asma’Allah al Husna, that everyone understands the meaning of these >names, at many different levels, according to one’s capacity. Among God’s >creatures, the two extremes are occupied by the angels and the animals: the >angels are not subject to passion and anger, while the perception and action >of the animals is limited to these. Human beings are in between the two and, >even though their nature has a tendency to predominate, they desire to use >their free will to creatively combine the two and thus seek perfection. > >It is said that there are innumerable names and that every individual can add >to the list by virtue of his own experience of and with God. It is also said >that every name is a key to some of the treasures of God. There is a rich >tradition of reciting these names one by one or in special combinations for >various purposes, according to their spiritual effect. For example, ‘Ya >Salam’, meaning the ‘Flawless’ or the ‘Peaceful’ is often recited collectively >when someone is ill or in trouble. > >One can attempt to take one’s share of the attributes of God, according to >one’s capacity. If a person wants his share from the name ‘Al Rehman’, the >‘Most Merciful’, he should start practising this attribute by becoming more >merciful towards other creatures. On the other hand, if he practises its >remembrance and keeps reciting Ya Rehman, he will find that God will start >becoming more merciful towards him. So he will end up becoming merciful and at >the same time will enjoy the mercy of God. > >This creates a link between this attribute and the human soul, which develops >under its influence. The desire to move closer to God, Who is perfect and is >the Truth, also increases. Some of Allah’s names are also granted to the >Prophet in the Quran (9:128), such as ‘Aziz’, (‘Eminent’ or ‘Mighty’), ‘Rauf’, >(‘Affectionate’), ‘Hadi’ (Guide), and ‘Raheem’, (‘Merciful’), since his was >the being closest to God in the history of creation. > >According to the Sufis, the truth of God’s Essence, or ‘zaat’, cannot be >mastered. But one can try to acquire one’s share of His attributes and achieve >closeness, first to the angels and then to God, by reciting and practising >them. > >Those who progress to great heights can reach the stage when they become >masjud-i-malaik, or those to whom even the angels have to prostrate before, as >in the case of Adam. Since ultimate perfection is limited to the One and Only >God and other things can be perfect only in relation to Him, the quest for >acquiring and benefiting from some of the attributes of God is a quest for the >path to perfection. > >The writer is a scholar of the Quran, and writes on contemporary issues. > >[email protected] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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