Inspiration from Past & Present
The stronger one’s knowledge of these [names and attributes of Allah] while worshiping Allah, the stronger his tawhid (belief in the Oneness of Allah). So when he knows that Allah is singled out by the perfect attributes, alone in His magnificence, majesty and splendor, there being no comparison to Him in His perfection, then it becomes more realistic that by this means he will know and fulfill his belief that He is the true God, and divinity other than His is false.
—’Abdur-Rahman as-Sa’di
As-Sa’di, Allamah ‘Abd al-Rahman, An Explanation of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab’s Kitab Al-Tawhid (Birmingham: Al-Hidayah, 2003), p. 199-200.
(Read on pg 36-37, Umm Abdurrahman Sakina Hirschfelder, Who Is Allah? His Names and Attributes and their Significance to the Individual. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2010.)
One of the secrets of the magnificent Qur’an is the way it throws light on and unveils the Lord of mankind through its discourse of His Attributes. Sometimes, therefore, the Lord is manifested through the verses of the Qur’an by the inducement of awe, majesty and sublimity, (which causes) heads to bow down, souls to quieten, voices to fade and pride to dissolve away like salt dissolves in water.
—Ibn al-Qayyim [d. 751H/1350CE]
Al-Ashqar, Shaikh ’Umar Sulaiman, The Names and Attributes of Allah According to the doctrine of Ahl-us-Sunnah wal Jama’ah. (Ipswich: Jam’iat Ihyaa’ Minhaaj al-Sunnah, 1999), p. 28.
(Read on pg 35, Umm Abdurrahman Sakina Hirschfelder, Who Is Allah? His Names and Attributes and their Significance to the Individual. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2010.)
Knowledge of the Names and Attributes of Allah guards against error and stumbling, opens the door of hope, assists in patience and protects from laziness and apathy.
—Shaikh ‘Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar
Al-Ashqar, Shaikh ‘Umar Sulaiman, The Names and Attributes of Allah According to the doctrine of Ahl-us-Sunnah wal Jama’ah (Ipswich: Jam’iat Ihyaa’ Minhaaj al-Sunnah, 1999), p. 26.
(Read on pg 35, Umm Abdurrahman Sakina Hirschfelder, Who Is Allah? His Names and Attributes and their Significance to the Individual. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2010.)
Knowledge precedes expression and action. This is confirmed in the divine verse ‘Know therefore that there is no God but Allah, and then repent your sin.’ (47:19). God requires of us first knowledge and then action.
—Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaaree
Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad, Three Essays on Tawheed (North American Trust Publications, 1979), p. 12
(Read on pg 31, Umm Abdurrahman Sakina Hirschfelder, Who Is Allah? His Names and Attributes and their Significance to the Individual. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2010.)