Exegesis of "Lord" as the Essence of Allah, the grammatical parsing of the Glorious Name, and the attribution of victory to it

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Fatwa No. ( 11109 ):

Q1: Blessed is the name of your Lord
تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ
[Ar-Rahman 55:78]
Meaning: Allah the Great and Majestic is free from all imperfection and exalted, and His bounties are abundant and His blessings overflow. My question here is that the name "Lord" is Allah, and here the word "Allah" is a proper name for the Sacred Essence (the Essence of Allah). Here, the exegetes interpreted the name "Lord" as the Sacred Essence (the Sacred Essence), and this is a great error and disbelief. I ask for the correct answer? Q2: So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
[Al-Waqi'ah 56:74]
, Meaning: So purify, O Muhammad, your Lord from the attributes of weakness and deficiency that the polytheists ascribed to Him... etc. My question here is also the same as question number (1). Q3: Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى
[Al-A'la 87:1]
, Meaning: Purify, O Muhammad, your Lord, the Most High, the Great, from attributes of deficiency and from what the wrongdoers say, which does not define
Him (Glorified and Exalted is He) in terms of deficiencies and ugliness. My question here is also the same as question number one and two? Q4: Recite in the name of your Lord who created -
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
[Al-'Alaq 96:1]
, Meaning: Read, O Muhammad, the Qur'an, beginning and seeking help in the name of your Lord, the Majestic, who created all created things... etc. My question here is also that one reads in the name of the Lord, and then how does one seek help in the name of the Lord? It is a proper name for the Sacred Essence. One must seek help in the Lord, not in His name which is Allah I ask for the correct answer? Q5: Allah said: The grammatical parsing of the word "Allah" only. I learned in school that the grammatical parsing of the word "Allah" (the Glorious Name) is a nominative subject raised by the damma. Why? But the Glorious Name is not the Essence of Allah (the Sacred Essence)? Q6: He attributed victory to the name of Allah And that day the believers will rejoice ⁽⁵⁾ In the victory of Allah
وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ (4) بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ
[Ar-Rum 30:4-5]
, My question here is an explanation or the meaning of the name of Allah, and why is the word "name" added to the word "Allah" so it became "the name of Allah"? I ask for the correct answer.
A1: The name which is (alif, sin, mim) from the saying of the Exalted:

Blessed is the name of your Lord

تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ

[Ar-Rahman 55:78]

points to the Glorious Name (Allah) and the like of it from
the beautiful names of Allah by which Allah named Himself or by which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) named Him. The intended meaning of the Glorious Name and what is synonymous with it among His names (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the named entity, which is the Essence of the Lord with His exalted attributes. So blessed is the Glorious Name and His other beautiful names, as an exaltation of their named entities, which is the Essence of the Lord possessing the attributes of perfection, and not an exaltation of the name which is (alif, sin, mim). Rather, it is an exaltation and purification of the Glorious Name and its intended meaning, which is the Essence of the Lord with its attributes. Likewise, all His names established by the Book and the Sunnah. These names are not the Essence itself, but they point to it. Accordingly, purification is for the Essence of the Lord primarily, and for what points to it, such as the Glorious Name and the like, secondarily. A2: And the same applies to the interpretation of the saying of the Exalted:

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ

[Al-Waqi'ah 56:74]

, so the glorification is not for the name which is (alif, sin, mim), but rather for the Essence of the Lord primarily, and for what points to it secondarily, which is the word "Lord, the Great." And the word "name" and the word "Lord" are not the Essence of the Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He). A3: And the same applies to the interpretation of the verse

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى

[Al-A'la 87:1]

, the glorification is for the Essence of the Lord primarily, and for the word "Lord" secondarily, insofar as it points to the Essence of the Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He).
A4: And the same applies to the interpretation of the verse

Recite in the name of your Lord who created -

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

[Al-'Alaq 96:1]

, so seeking help is not in the name which is (alif, sin, mim), but rather in the word "Lord" considering its intended meaning, which is the Essence of the Lord, the Most High, the Supreme. So beginning the reading and seeking help therein is in the Lord Himself (Glorified and Exalted is He) primarily, and in what points to it, which is the word "Lord," secondarily. A5: And the Glorious Name is grammatically parsed; because grammatical parsing is for what is spoken or written, whereas its meaning is not parsed; because it is not a word, but it is the Lord Himself, who is sought for help in reading and other matters, and who created everything, created man, taught by the Pen, and taught man what he did not know, without the name with its letters and without the Glorious Name, for it did not create anything and did not teach man what he did not know. So the name with its letters and the Glorious Name and the word "Lord" are not the named entity; because the named entity is the Essence of the Lord with His exalted attributes. A6: He attributed victory to the Glorious Name, which is Allah; because it is a proper name for its named entity, which is the Sacred Essence with its attributes, and it is the intended meaning of the Glorious Name. From it comes victory, not from the name. And it was referred to by the Glorious Name because of its pointing to it, not because it is it itself. And from what has preceded, it becomes clear that prayer and other acts of worship are for the named entity of Allah and the named entity of the Lord, not for the word "name" or the word "Lord" or the word "Allah." Rather,
the word "Lord" and the Glorious Name are mentioned to reach the intended meaning, which is the Sacred Essence of the Lord and the named entity of the Glorious Name. So the beautiful names of Allah are not intended for themselves, but they are used to express the intended meaning, which is their named entity. He is the one who is truly worshipped primarily through the mention of His beautiful names, and He is the one who repays every soul for what it has earned. We advise you to read what the distinguished scholar Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyyah wrote in the topic: "The Name and the Named Entity," for he (may Allah have mercy on him) gave the matter its due. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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