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How many meanings do the Most Perfect Names of Allaah denote?
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Question:
How many meanings do the Most Perfect Names of Allaah denote?
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Answer:
They are of three types:
- The meaning of the Essence, with which the Names agree and are in conformity to.
- Indication of Attributes derived from the Names directly, through that which they imply.
- Indication of Attributes which are not derived from the Names directly, but through that which they necessitate.
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al-Haafidh al-Hakamee
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A?laam as-Sunnah al-Manshoorah li I?tiqaad at-Taaifah an-Naajiyah al-Mansoorah
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Translated by Abul-Irbaad Abid Zargar
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