• There is no god but He

• Hallowed is God the Lord of the worlds

• He is the Ever Living One, He alone causes death and brings to life

• When He decreeth an affair He only says ‘BE’ and it Becomes

Al-Ghafir (Al-Mu’min) Verses 61 – 68

اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

God is He who hath made for you the night that ye may rest in it and the day to give you light; Verily God is gracious unto the people, but most people thank not. (40:61)

ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

That is God, your Lord, the Creator of everything; there is no god but He; why then are ye turned away? (40:62)

كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

Thus were turned away those who denied the signs of God. (40:63)

اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

God is He Who made for you the earth to stay and the heaven a canopy, and shapened you, and made goodly your forms, and provided you with sustenance with goodly things; that is God your Lord; Hallowed1is then God the Lord of the worlds. (40:64)2

هُوَ الْحَيُّ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

He is the (Ever) Living,3there is no god but He so call ye upon Him, devoting4unto Him the religion; All praise is God’s, the Lord of the worlds. (40:65)

قُلْ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَمَّا جَاءَنِيَ الْبَيِّنَاتُ مِنْ رَبِّي وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Say: “Verily I am forbidden to worship those whom ye call upon besides God when clear proofs have come unto me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit myself unto the Lord of the worlds.” (40:66)

هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخًا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا أَجَلًا مُسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

He it is Who created you from dust, then from a life-germ, then from a clot, then He bringeth you forth as a babe, then that ye may reach your full strength, then that ye may be old, and of you are those who are caused to die early and that ye may reach the appointed term, and (all this is related) that happly ye may understand. (40:67)5

هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

He it is Who giveth life and causeth death, and when He decreeth an affair, He only sayeth unto it ‘BE’ and it IS. (40:68)6

• 1. Blessed.
• 2. Refer to verses 7:11, 38:73 & 64:3.
• 3. Arabic ‘Hai’.
• 4. The faith and the practice of it being exclusively for God’s sake.
• 5. Refer to verses 7:12, 16:4, 23:12-16, 35:11, 36:76 & 64:3.
• 6. Refer to verses 2:117, 16:40, 19:35, 36:82 & 54:50.