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As for the word اِسْم within بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ , know that some of the one thousand-one Names of Al-Wâjib Al-Wujûd One are called “Al-Asmâ Adh-Dhâtiyyah1 ”; they are Names and titles that indicate The Most Pure and Holy One (Dhât Al-Aqdas) in all aspects like Allah, Ahad, Samad, Wâjib Al-Wujûd… Some of those Names are named “Al-Asmâ Al-fii’liyyah2 ”, which contains various kinds. For example, Ghaffâr, Razzâq, Muhyî, Mumît, Mun’im, Muhsîn and so on. As for those Names dividing into varieties and multiplying, it arises from the multiplicity of the relations of Azalî Qoudrah with the different kinds of beings3.
1 (The Names pertaining to Essence.) (Tr.)
2 (The Names pertaining to actions.) (Tr.)
3 (In 1951, Ustadh Bediuzzaman gave lessons from some parts of this book to his students, Sabri and Suleyman. He was reading an Arabic part and translating it for his students. His students were writing his translation simultaneously. Abdulkadir Badıllı included those notes in his translation. Ustadh’s translation ends with this paragraph on page 37.) (Tr.)
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