Man alone has been given the capacity to use names for things and so has been given the knowledge which even the angels do not possess. Among men those who are granted wisdom are indeed granted great good. Understanding raises a man’s dignity. Those who do not use the intellect are like a herd of [...]

God’s judgment is of the highest excellence, and belief in the Day of Judgment of extreme beauty. Of great excellence is the speech of the righteous that call to God, for they invite people to Him by beautiful preaching and say only those things which are of supreme excellence. The Qur’an lays the greatest stress [...]

He is the Truth. With Him are the keys of the un­seen, the treasures that none knows but He.  He witnesses all things,  for every single thing is before His sight in due proportion.  Verily, nothing on the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Him, not even as much as the weight of [...]

To Him is due the primal origin of everything.  It is He, the Creator,  who began the process of creation  and adds to creation as He pleases.  To begin with He created the heavens and the earth, joined them together as one unit of smoky or nebulous substance,  and then clove them asunder.  The heavens [...]