Heavenly Jewels

A. 12 Belief: He is Qaadir (has power) over everything that is possible. There is nothing possible that is out of his Power. A. 13 Belief: Maqdoor refers to those things which are within Allah (The Exalted's) Power. It is not necessary that any or all thin g s have to come to existence. Howev2r, only those things that are possible are Maqdoor. Muhaal or absolutely impossible things are not Maqdoor. An example of this, is that if Allah (The Exalted) wills then a He can create a Mountain of gold or make the skies of rubies, but this is not so. It therefore does not mean that it must be in existence. It is His will that He brings into existence whatever He wills. A. 14 Belief: Allah (The Exalted) is All Splendid and Most Graceful. He is free from all that which has shortage or defect. It is absolutely impossible for there to be any shortages or defects in Allah (The Exalted). Allah (The Exalted) is even free from that which has neither shortage nor splendour. Allah (The Exalted) is free from all defects, such as lies, deceit, distrust, tyranny, ignorance, immodesty etc. To say that lies is within his power in this sense, that he can tell a lie, is to say a Muhaal (absolutely impossible) to be Mumkin (possible), and to say Allah (The Exalted) to have defect and this would be rejecting Allah (The Exalted). To think that Allah (The Exalted's) power has a shortage if He does not have Power over a Muhaat (absolutely impossible thing) is totally incorrect. It is not a shortage in the power of Allah (The Exalted). In reality, it is the weakness and shortage of that Muhaat that it is not worthy of having connection with the power of Allah (The Exalted). A. 1 5 Belief: Existence, Power, Hearing, Seeing, Speech, Knowledge and Will are all His Self Attributes, but He does not depend on ears, eyes and tongue to hear, see or speak, since these are all physical forms (body) and Allah (The Exalted) is free from any physical 1 5