The Benefits of the Verse: ((Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer...))
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Among the benefits of the preceding noble verses is, first: affirming the divinity of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as He said: . Second: His uniqueness in this divinity, as He said: . And among the benefits of the verse is: affirming two of the names of Allah: It has been reported that these are the Greatest Name of Allah because they encompass the perfection of His essence, attributes, and actions, is that so? Good. And among the benefits of the verse is: affirming His life and His sustaining, from where is this taken, Ya Fahd? [Al-Baqarah 2:255] Well, these are "the Ever-Living, the Sustainer," and we said affirming His life and His sustaining? "The Ever-Living" is a definite noun in general; every name includes the attribute, and it may include an additional matter, which is the ruling called the effect, is that not so? Yes, good. Among the benefits of the noble verse is: that everything is in need of Allah, and that Allah is free from need of anything other than Him. The reason for this is: because the perfection of His life necessitates His being free from need of everyone, and the perfection of His sustaining necessitates the need of everything for Him, and it is so. Allah the Exalted said: [Ar-Rum 30:25] And He the Exalted said: [Ar-Ra'd 13:33].
