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There is no topic in the religion of Islam more important than that of iman; the entirety of one’s faith begins with a firm conviction in the oneness of Allah and His right to be worshipped alone. From this stems all of the other tenets of faith. One cannot believe in Allah’s angels, His books, or His messengers until they first have faith in Him.

Though we have an intrinsic knowledge of Allah, it is only through revelation that we learn the details of Allah’s perfect names and lofty attributes. And our faith is directly connected to this knowledge; as our knowledge of Him grows, so too does our faith. In fact, the motivation to serve Allah, the hope in His reward, and the fear of failing to gain His pleasure are all intrinsically tied to knowing who He is. Perhaps this is why Ibn al-Qayyim says, “knowing Allah is the foundation of all knowledge”, for without this knowledge, we cannot possibly put life into perspective.

In this series on the divine names, our authors draw on revelatory texts to highlight the various meanings and manifestations of Allah’s names, attempting to help the reader further draw closer to Allah and develop yaqeen. Those who truly understand Allah’s names are better equipped to deal with the challenges of life and solidify their relationship with Him. In the words of the erudite scholar, Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751), “Whoever knows Allah will inevitably love him. ِAnd when one loves Allah, the clouds of darkness dissipate from him. Grief, anxiety, and sorrow are removed from the heart, and it is [then] filled with joy and happiness.”

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Names of Allah

 Tonight we have a very special, actually not one special guest, but two special guests.  Alhamdulillah al-Rameen. We're joined by Sheikh Muhammad al-Shinawi, Abu Abad, alhamdulillah al-Rameen,  who we're blessed to have as a fellow Yaqeen who's written on the proofs of prophethood,  as well as the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and so many other dimensions.  And we had actually just released a clip last night on To Know Him is to Love Him,  which is a series about getting to know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the practical implications of that.  And we're joined by a man of many talents, mashallah.  Not that Sheikh Muhammad is not a man of many talents, but Sheikh Ammar Shukri,  who is a speaker, spoken word artist, baller, Sudanese.  So Sudan has a special place in our hearts.  Alhamdulillah al-Rameen. We're blessed to have Sheikh Ammar with us too, inshallah ta'ala.  And the way that we're going to do this tonight, a little different, is reflect on the name of al-Aziz.  And I'll talk about why and what the dimensions of that are.  We've been using these nightly reminders to talk about some of the reflections from Surah Ibrahim.  And in Surah Ibrahim, on the first page of Surah Ibrahim, the name al-Aziz comes twice.  It comes in the first ayah, al-Aziz al-Hameed.  And it comes once again, which inshallah ta'ala I'll elaborate on for a few more nights,  at least the context of it, al-Aziz al-Hakeem.  And you see that name al-Aziz multiple times.  And so I thought it would be a good idea for us to reflect on this name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,  with Sheikh Muhammad al-Shinawi, who of course has been working on Names of Allah series,  and Sheikh Ammar, who teaches a course on the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with Al-Maghrib Institute, alhamdulillah.  So I'm going to start off by asking Sheikh Muhammad al-Shinawi, Abu Abad,  to give us some just initial insights into the dimensions of this name, inshallah.  Fadal Sheikh.  Alhamdulillah, shaykh Omar, for the gracious invite.  Bismillah, alhamdulillah, salatu wasalamu ala rasulillah.  I'm going to try to keep this extra brief, especially with Sheikh Ammar being,  this being his enterprise, his majesty class at the Al-Maghrib Institute,  and I've constantly benefited from the gems and the deep dives he takes us into the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  But just a few thoughts that I had in mind to share about Allah's name al-Aziz,  which is translated as mighty or the almighty or whatnot, or otherwise.  Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when he says in the Quran, for example,  inna lillahi, inna al-izzata lillahi jami'a, that izzah, which is the quality from which the name of al-Aziz,  or which the name of al-Aziz reflects, might, roughly translated as might, honor, power, so many things,  it belongs to Allah entirely.  And so every facet of izzah, of might, belongs to Allah.  And then the Quran actually doesn't leave it to us to figure out what that means.  It furnishes such detail on what al-Aziz means, at least as much of it as we can understand as human beings.  So the scholars usually mention that through context, when you see where this name arises in the Quran,  it arises to imply three concepts, or even paired sometimes with three names or three types of meanings.  And they are power, independence, and qahr, and domination, or dominance or sovereignty.  And this is very, very beautiful, that Allah Azza wa Jal teaches us and guides our thoughts along to how to conceptualize His name.  Of course, in a human capacity, we can never fully comprehend Allah.  So the first of them is that al-Aziz means power.  That's the first dimension that Allah is perfect in. He's perfect in His power.  And that is why Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says, ma qadaro Allah haqqa qadri.  They don't give Allah a proper estimate.  Those who deny Him, inna Allaha laqawiyyun aziz. Allah is strong and aziz.  So strength, power, and people never being able to fully assess it,  and most people not admitting it in the first place, is the meaning of that verse.  That's why it all comes together in that package like that.  And so recognizing Allah's power is what the name of al-Aziz calls us to.  Ibn Khayyim has a really beautiful, call it an exercise.  He says, if you were to imagine that the strength of all the creatures that were ever created  were gathered in one creature, right?  He had the collective strength of all the creatures combined,  and then that creature, with all the collective strength,  his strength is now given to all the creatures.  So they all become equally strong, as strong as creation collectively.  That strength, all of that, compared to, he doesn't say Allah,  he says compared to one of the bearers of Allah's throne,  the disparity between that strength and the bearer of Allah's throne  is bigger than the disparity between a mosquito and the bearer of Allah's throne.  So there's no comparison, and this is just one of the creation of Allah.  Just to show you t…

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