Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Praise to God is of two types: absolute and restricted ]
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Know that praise to God is of two types: absolute and restricted. The absolute only occurs with incapacity, for example
His saying, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, “I cannot count your praise as you have praised yourself”
Their speaker said: If we praise you with goodness *** then you are the one whom we praise and above the one whom we praise
And it is not possible for a creature to comprehend what God Almighty deserves to be praised for, because It is not possible for all possible things to enter into existence, and every possible thing has a special aspect to God, from it God creates it, from it it is known by that potential, and from it it is praised, which no one knows except the person with that aspect. It is not possible for anyone else to know it, nor to indicate it with a word or a sign, so this is absolute praise of God with every tongue. Of what has been and will be, and this is why the rewar