What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "He is the Apparent and the Hidden"?
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The questioner : The interpretation of the verse [Al-Hadid 57:3] If you would permit, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : He is the Apparent in His effects and the Hidden in His essence. There is no difficulty with this; the books of tafsir are full of this.
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 : He is the Apparent in His effects and the Hidden in His essence. There is no difficulty with this; the books of tafsir are full of this.