TANZIH RABBANA AL-QUUDDUUS
THE ELIMINATION OF EVERY ASSOCIATING ELEMENT
WHICH OCCURS TO THE SOULS OF HUMAN FROM OUR LORD THE HOLY
BY SHEHU USMAN DAN FODIO
TRANSLATED BY MUHAMMAD SHAREEF BEN FARID
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon our master Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
Says, the poorest slave, in great need of the mercy of his Lord, Uthman the son of Muhammad the son of Uthman, known as ibn Fudiyu. May Allah enclose him in His mercy. Amen,
To continue: This is the book called:
The Elimination of Every Associating Element
Which Occurs to the Souls of Humans from our Lord the Holy
I say and success is with Allah, that concerning this subject, that what Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a.) said about it is sufficient. He said it at the time when a Jew asked him, “When was the existence of your Lord?” And he (r.a.) answered, “He existed when existence did not exist, when modality did not exist. There was neither beginning to Him nor end to Him. In fact, all ends discontinue without Him. For He is,” the utmost limit of all limits.” After that the Jew accepted Islam. (This was mentioned by Abdul Rauf in Al- Kawakib Ad-Duria.)
And the statement of Al-Hassan (r.a.) is also sufficient concerning this subject, He said, at the time Nafi ibn Al-Azraq asked him, to describe his Lord the Majestic the Exalted (And he said) , “I describe my God by what He described himself. Senses cannot comprehend him neither can He be measured by the analogy of men. He is near without connection and He is far without deficiency. He is one and not divided. He is known by means of the signs and He is described by means of all perfections. There is no god except Allah, the Greatest the Exalted.” (It was also mentioned by Abdul Rauf in Al-Kawakib Ad-Duria.)
And the speech of the secret Abdul Qadir Al-Jaili is also sufficient concerning this subject. (He said) “Our Lord Allah is near in His sublimity and He is exalted in His proximity. He is the Creator of created beings by means of His omnipotence. And He is the Predestinator of all matters by means of His wisdom. He encompasses all things by knowledge. His mighty word has been fulfilled and His mercy has become universal. There is no god except Him. He has refuted all those who claim equality with Him. And He has disproven those who call to themselves publicly or by belief inwardly that He is a likeness to Him or is His namesake. Glory belongs to Allah to the number of His creation, to the extent of the beauty of His Throne to the limit of His satisfaction with Himself, to the extension of His words and to the utmost degree of His knowledge.
He is Knower of the unseen world and the manifest one, He in the universally Compassionate, the individually Merciful, the Ruler, the Holy One, the Mighty and the Wise. He is One, Single, Unique and Eternal, He neither begets nor is He begotten and there is no one like Him. There is nothing like unto Him. He is the All-Hearing the All-Perceptive. There is no likeness to Him. There is no equal to Him. There is no aide to Him and no assistant, There is no associate to Him and no second in command. There is no disputing rival to Him. He is without a body, in order to reach Him. He is without limbs or non-essential qualities in order that He may die He is not in possession of assembled parts, in order that He may be divided. He is Subduer, Judge, Powerful, Merciful, Veiler (of faults), Creator, Unique, Worshipped, and Living never dying. He is Eternal never ceasing. His sovereignty is everlasting and His omnipotence is endless. He is abiding never slumbering. He is honorable never damaging, To Him belongs the most beautiful names, and the most exalted attributes and the loftiest metaphors. The imaginations cannot portray Him and He cannot be comprehended by analogy. The intellects cannot designate him and the thoughts cannot delineate Him. On the contrary, it is He who takes the soul to account for what it has earned. He has already enumerated, counted and bypassed them. They all will be brought to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone. He gives to eat but He is not fed. He provides provision but He is not provided for. He dispatches what has been destined to its (appointed time).
There is no designated schedule for him in the management of His kingdom. He is living through life unmatched and unprecedented. He is known through knowledge without transmitter. He is Powerful by power without restriction. He is abiding and he never forgets. He is Vigilant and He never neglects matters. He depresses creation and He enlarges it. He approves of things and He dislikes things. He forgives and shows compassion. There is nothing like him.” (It was mentioned by Abu Muhammad Abdur-Rahim in Muhjah mukhtasa Al-Buhjah.)
And the speech of Ali ibn Haita is also sufficient concerning this subject. (He said) “The Haqq (Allah) is over and beyond anything that created beings can comprehend with their intelligences, their knowledge’s and their perceptions.” (It was mentioned by Abdul Rauf in Al-Kawakib Al-Duria), It is impossible to mention all that is relevant to this subject.
And here is ended the book called Tanzeeh Rabbana Al-Quddus with praise to Allah and the best of His assistance.
All praises are due to Allah the Lord who has benefited us with the blessing of Iman and Islam, and who has guided us by our master and our protector Muhammad upon him be the best prayers and the most abundant peace from Allah the most High. Oh Allah bestow Compassion to the community of Muhammad, with a universal compassion. Ameen.
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