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In 1 رَبَّكُمُ is a subtle allusion to the proof of contingency (imkân)2 of the essences of things.
And in جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فِرَاشًا3 is a proof of the contingency (imkân) of their attributes.
And in الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ4 is a proof of their essences and attributes being newly created (hudûth)5.
The following certain expressions from the word of Taâ’lâ are the proof of contingency (imkân) of the essences of things:
Now compare and think about the haqiqahs shown by these âyahs!
1 […Your Rabb…( 2/21)]
2 (Imkân literally means being possible, possibility, feasibility and practicability. The opposite of necessity, or necessary existence, which is wujûb.
As an Islamic term: Contingent beings. Contingency. The entirety of creation, where existence and non-existence hold equal possibility, and both require a cause to come into existence. Anything that depends on another being in order to exist. Whatever exists other than Al-Wajib Al-Wujûd. Allah, Who is Al-Wâjib Al-Wujûd, chooses their existence through His will and irâdah and gives them a particular essence, a specific form, a distinct identity, particular attributes, qualities full of hikmah and beneficial organs from amongst the infinite possibilities.) (Tr.)
3 (He is the One Who has made the earth a place of settlement for you…)
4 (…your Rabb Who created you and created those who came before you…)
5 [Hudûth: Newly coming into existence. Being new or recent; newness. Essential temporality; the essential newness of origin. Being nonexistent until coming into existence by a cause. The constant change and renewal in beings. Hudûth is the opposite of Qidam, one of Allah’s essential (dhati) attributes.] (Tr.)
6 [Allah is Al-Ghaniyy (Self sufficient and Rich), it is you who are needy and poor.]
7 (...and that to your Rabb alone is the beginning and the ultimate return of all things.)
9 (Say: "Allah" and then leave them and let them play in the swamp they plunged into.)
10 (Rush towards Allah…)
11 (For without doubt, in the dhikr of Allah hearts find satisfaction.)