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God's Attributes .

spirit_of_dawn

Active Member
The Badi or Baha'i calendar is full of the attributes of God ...Each month and there are nineteen of them is named after an attribute of God.

I'll supply a list of them translated into English:

Splendor

Glory

Beauty

Grandeur

Light

Mercy

Words

Names

Perfection

Might

Will

Knowledge

Power

Speech

Questions

Honor

Sovereignty

Dominion

You forgot to mention that these names were all copied verbatim from the sections of the well known Shia prayer, Dua Sahar, that is recited in the mornings of the month of Ramadan:


In fact you could have mentioned the famous Shia Dua, Jawshan al-Kabir, where about 1000 names of God are mentioned instead:
http://www.duas.org/ereaderpdfs/joshn kabir2.pdf
 
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arthra

Baha'i
You forgot to mention that these names were all copied verbatim from the sections of the well known Shia prayer, Dua Sahar, that is recited in the mornings of the month of Ramadan:


In fact you could have mentioned the famous Shia Dua, Jawshan al-Kabir, where about 1000 names of God are mentioned instead:
http://www.duas.org/ereaderpdfs/joshn kabir2.pdf


Yes indeed I could have mentioned Dua Sahar but I was not asked to cite some of the history.. I didn't forget....:) and there's also the Kitab-i-Asma revealed by His Holiness the Bab

http://www.bahai.org/the-bab/articles-resources/from-kitab-i-asma
 
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DawudTalut

Peace be upon you.
In Continuation of Post 2
The First Chapter of holy Quran (Sura Al-Fatiha) mentions four basic attributes of God.

1- Rabbil al-'Alamin --- God creates everything and then fosters everything gradually towards perfection, The Lord of all people (Universal God).

2- Al-Rahman --- This means that without any effort on the part of His creatures, He provides everything that is necessary for their development and progress -- General benevolence.

3- Al-Rahim ----This means that when those of His creatures that are endowed with will and intelligence voluntarily choose to do good and to resist evil, God bestows upon them the highest reward and that reward continues indefinitely --- Special to believers benevolence.

4- Malik e Yaum al-Din --- This means that the ultimate judgement concerning everything rests with Him. Everything owes its origin to Him and the end of everything is also in His hands -- Owner of the day when true faith will dominate.

More Divine Attributes
Al-Mu'iz ------------- The Bestower of honour
Al-Mu'zil ------------The Abaser ; He Who abases the haughty
Al-Samee -----------The All-Hearing
Al-Baseer ----------The All-Seeing
Al-Hakam ---------- The Wise Judge
Al-Adl ---------------The Just


Al-Lateef -------------The Incomprehensible ; The Knower of all subtleties ; The Benignant
Al-Khabeer ---------The All-Aware
Al-Haleem ---------- The Forbearing
Al-Azeem ---------- The Great
Al-Shakir ------------
The Most Appreciating
Al-Aliyy ------------- The High
Al-Kabeer ----------- The Incomparably Great
Al-Hafeez ---------- The Guardian
Peace be on all.
Using the divine attributes in prayers, Holy Quran says:
[7:188] "And to Allah alone belong all perfect attributes. So call on Him by these......................"

Al-Muqit ---------------The Nourisher; The Powerful
Al-Haseeb ----------The Reckoner
Al-Jalil -----------------The Lord of Majesty
Al-Kareem ----------The Noble
Al-Raq'ib --------------The Watchful
Al-Mujib --------------The Answer-er of prayers
Al-Waasi ---------------The Bountiful ; The All-Embracing.
Al-Hakim -------------The Wise
Al-Wadud --------------The Genuinely Loving
Al-Majid --------------The Lord of Honour
Al-Ba'ith ----------------The Raiser
Al-Shahid ------------The Witness ; The Observer
Al-Haqq ----------------The True
Al-Wakil --------------The Disposer of affairs ; The Keeper
Al-Qawiyy --------------The Powerful
Al-Matin ---------------The Strong
Al-Waliyy ----------------The Friend
 
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