What is the interpretation of His saying, the Exalted: “And the Apparent and the Hidden”?
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The questioner : The interpretation of the verse: [Al-Hadid 57:3]; if you would allow me, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, He is the Apparent in His effects and the Hidden in His essence. There is no problem with this; the books of exegesis are full of this.
What else is there? What is the problem?
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.
هُوَ الأَوَّلُ [ وَالآخِرُ ] وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌThe Shaykh : Yes, He is the Apparent in His effects and the Hidden in His essence. There is no problem with this; the books of exegesis are full of this.
What else is there? What is the problem?
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