Explaining the Beautiful Names of Allah is challenging, especially for someone with limited insight. Unfortunately, I fall into this category.
The whole creation consists of the very substance of Allah. The Sufis call this spiritual/material substance the ninety-nine Names or the Beautiful Names of Allah. These names are Allah's various attributes, encompassing His whole being. In the act of creating, Allah’s potential energy becomes kinetical.
These Divine Names reflect Allah’s attributes; however, the names do not manifest in a single frame, but in an infinite multidimensional quantum frame beyond our imagination and intellectual grasp.
The Names of Allah cannot be divided or fragmented into pieces. The Names are not composed of parts. They are even beyond concepts such as being “Absolute One”, “Illimitable”, “Infinite”, and so on. It is Ahad us Samad (The Absolute Self-sufficient), which is mentioned only once this way in the Quran.
All the qualities and attributes pertaining to the Names are entirely present at every point of existence. However, depending on the desired manifestation, some attributes gain precedence over others, like the channels in an equalizer, to make up the specific formation. Also, qualities represented by certain Names naturally and automatically trigger the expression of certain other Names to generate a new manifestation. This system is known as Sunnatullah and entails the universal laws of Allah or the Laws of Nature.
The consequence of actions on our thought is inevitably experienced within this system. This is why every thought or action of gratitude or ungratefulness in the past would most definitely catch us now or is bound to in the future. If one seriously contemplates on this, many doors will open, and secrets will reveal themselves. The mystery of faith is also pertinent to this mechanism.
On a simpler note, the recitation and deep understanding of the Names of Allah open the doors of inner awakening leading to the realization of one’s reality. So, to recognize our true nature, contemplating the attributes of His Names in all manifestations and forms is essential for our beings.
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