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"There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearer, the Seer." (42:11)

This Holy Verse confirms the quality of hearing and the quality of sight for Allah, without resemblance to others, and similarly He said:

"That which I have created with Both My Hands,' (38:75) and He also said: 'The Hand of Allah is over their hands.' (48:10).

This confirms the Hand, for Allah, but there is no similarity for it. Also another example, Allah said:

"The Beneficent (i.e. Allah) arose over the (Mighty) Throne." (20:5)

So He arose over the Throne really in a manner that suits His Majesty. And Allah is over His Throne over the Heavens, as the slave-girl pointed towards the Heavens, when Allah's Apostle (Muhammad) asked her as to where is Allah? It is not like that, as some people say that Allah is present everywhere and in the creatures (i.e. human beings, etc.) This is strongly contradicted by Allah and His Apostle, Muhammad. Almighty Allah is not present in any of His creatures, Jesus the son of Mary, Gabriel, or any of the angels, they are only souls etc., created by Allah. Allah Himself (Dhat) is not present with us but He is present with us by His Knowledge, He sees and hears all what we do or utter, etc. And this is called (your confession for the) "Unity of the Names and Qualities of Allah", and this is the Right Faith, the faith which was followed by the apostles of Allah (from Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus to Muhammad and all the others) and the companions of the Prophet Muhammad and the righteous followers of these apostles.

POINT IV. A confession with your heart that you have to say: "O Allah! I testify that Muhammad is Your Apostle," that means that none has the right to be followed after Allah, but the Prophet Muhammad as he is, the last of His Apostles.

As Almighty Allah said: "Muhammad is not the father of any man among you but he is the Apostle of Allah and the last of the prophets and Allah is Aware of all things (33:40).

"And whatever the Apostle (i.e. Muhammad) gives you, take it and whatever he forbids you, abstain (from it)," (59:7)

and also Almighty Allah said:

"Say (O Muhammad!): "If you (mankind) really love Allah; then follow me." (3:31)

As for others than Muhammad their statements are to be taken or rejected as to whether these are in accordance with Allah's Book (i.e. the Qur'an) or with the Tradition of the Prophet i.e. "Sunna" or not. As the Divine Inspiration has stopped after the death of the Prophet Muhammad and it will not resume except at the time of the Descent of Jesus, son of Mary and he (i.e. Jesus) will rule