What does it mean that The Qur'an has originated in the greatest name of
God and the greatest level of every name?
If you want to have some understanding of how the Qur’an has originated
in the Greatest Name of God and in the greatest level of every Name,
consider the universal, sublime statements of Ayat al-Kursi and the
following verses:
With Him are the keys of the Unseen. (6:59)
O God, Owner of sovereignty. (3:26)
He covers the day with the right, each pursuing the other
urgently. (7:54)
Earth, swallow your water; and heaven abated! (11:44)
The seven heavens and the earth, and all within them extol
Him. (17:44)
Your creation and your upraising are as but as a single
soul. (31:28)
We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the
mountains. (33:72)
On the day when We shall roll up heaven as a scroll is
rolled for books. (21:104)
They measure not God as is due to Him. The earth altogether
shall be His handful on the Day of Resurrection. (39:67)
If We had sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, you would
indeed have seen it humbled, split asunder out of the fear of God. (59:21)
Also, reflect upon the initial verses of the suras beginning with al-hamdu
lillah (All praise be to God), or Tusabbihu (glorifies Him), and have some
grasp of this significant fact. Further, look at the openings of the suras
beginning with Alif Lam Mim, Alif Lam Ra and Ha Mim, and understand the
Qur’an’s importance in the sight of God Almighty.
If you have understood why the Qur’an is superior to other Divine
Scriptures and all other speeches and writings and what the Qur’an has
originated in the Greatest Name of God and the greatest level of
manifestation of every Name, you can understand that Revelation mostly came
to the Prophets by means of an angel, and inspiration is mostly without
mediation. You will also be able to understand why even the greatest of
saints cannot attain to the level of any Prophet. You can also understand
the Qur’an’s grandeur and its sacred glory and honor and the source of its
sublime miraculousness. So also you will be able to understand why the
Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, was honored with
Ascension, why he ascended to the heavens, to the furthest Lote-tree,1 to
the distance of only two bows’ length,2 offered supplications to the
All-Majestic One, Who is closer to man than his jugular vein, and in the
twinkling of an eye returned whence he came. Indeed, just as the splitting
of the moon was a miracle of Messengership whereby he demonstrated his
Prophethood to the jinn and mankind, so too, the Ascension was a miracle of
his worship and servanthood to God whereby he demonstrated to the spirits
and angels that he is the Beloved of God.
O God, bestow blessings and peace upon him and his family as
befits Your Mercy and his dignity.
1. The furthest Lote-tree signifies the furthest limit to which a mortal,
however great he is, can reach.
2. The distance of two bows’ length signifies the nearness the Prophet
Muhammad attained in the Ascension to the Almighty, which is unattainable by
another mortal than him.
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