"That which is pronounced by the tongues, and believed in the hearts, concerning the

obligatory matters of the religion include believing in the heart while expressing with

the tongue that Allah is One, and there is no deity worthy of worship except Him. There

is nothing that resembles Him, and He has no rival or equal. He has no offspring and no

parents. He has no wife and no partners. He is the First and there is no beginning to His

firstness. He is the Last and there is no end to His eternalness. Neither His Essence nor

His Nature can be described or encompassed by His creation. Those who ponder will

only reflect upon His signs, while not delving into the reality of His Essence. (Allah

said), And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He

wills. His footstool extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in

guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Soorah Al-

Baqarah 2:255). He is the All-Knowing, the All-Aware, the Controller, the All-

Powerful, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, the Most High, and the Most Great. He is

above His majestic throne in a manner befitting His Majesty, while His knowledge is in

every place. He created mankind, and He knows what man’s soul whispers to him. By

way of His knowledge, He is closer to man than his jugular vein. There is not a leaf

that falls except that He has complete knowledge of it."

- Bilali Muhammad

(1829) Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA

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