The Greatest Name of Allah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the Greatest Name of Allah known, or is it in the knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and no one among the people knows it?
Answer:
No, the Greatest Name is one that Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has concealed among His names. The Greatest Name, by which, if He is called, He responds, has been concealed by Allah among His names for a wisdom: so that the servants would strive to ask Him by all His names, just as He concealed the Night of Decree in Ramadan, and just as He concealed the hour of response on Friday, so that people would strive to call upon Him by all the names they are able to, so that their reward would increase and their recompense would be magnified. This is the wisdom of the concealment. The correct view is that no one knows it; it is only investigations and efforts. And Allah has wisdom in concealing it, as we mentioned to you.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the Greatest Name of Allah known, or is it in the knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and no one among the people knows it?
Answer:
No, the Greatest Name is one that Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has concealed among His names. The Greatest Name, by which, if He is called, He responds, has been concealed by Allah among His names for a wisdom: so that the servants would strive to ask Him by all His names, just as He concealed the Night of Decree in Ramadan, and just as He concealed the hour of response on Friday, so that people would strive to call upon Him by all the names they are able to, so that their reward would increase and their recompense would be magnified. This is the wisdom of the concealment. The correct view is that no one knows it; it is only investigations and efforts. And Allah has wisdom in concealing it, as we mentioned to you.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { وَلِلَّهِ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ } — islamhouse.com (1:05:41)
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