and what He has ordered (all of this He requires) by virtue of His Essence? He is the very cause: He does not exist because of a cause other than Himself, nor does He cease to exist. Glory be to Him, exalted far above what the wrongdoers say.
His will is therefore the throne of His Essence. Thus Abu Talib al-Makki said, if you understand.
If you are granted an opening into knowledge of the relations of the divine names, which appeared through the appearance of the divine manifestations in the entities of possible things, and were differentiated into species, genera, and individuals, ﴿(you will perceive the realities and secrets to which we have alluded) Every people knew their drinking place﴾ [al-Baqara 2:60]. ﴿Each has known its prayer and its glorification﴾ [al-Nur 24:41]. What causes each ruling to appear in its entity is its divine name. His names are nothing but relations of the Essence, so understand. ﴿God speaks the truth, and He guides the way﴾ [al-Ahzab 33:4].
Part Seventy-Nine concludes with the conclusion of Volume Eleven of the Meccan Revelations. It is followed by Part Eighty: a continuation of this chapter, beginning, “Know that claims...”
Notes
Translator’s note TN3434-1: The supplied text places the parenthetical words ‘you will perceive the realities and secrets to which we have alluded’ inside the Qur’anic quotation brackets. They are explanatory prose, not words of al-Baqara 2:60; their supplied placement is retained.
