around Whom the World of Their Time Revolves
The limit of names in numbering
is twelve, together with the grouping.
Through them existence is preserved, yet
there is no number in the Real’s existence.
He is described by number,
and He is described as One.
The rulings of their formation appear
in what stands without pillars.
Then their ruling is within the elements,
in a father among them and in a child.
God Most High said to His Prophet, God’s blessings and peace be upon him, “Say: He is God, One” [al-Ikhlas 112:1]. He made known to him, saying, “God’s are the Most Beautiful Names, so call upon Him through them, and leave those who deviate concerning His Names” [al-Aʿraf 7:180]. He means: they incline away from His Names. No, rather, He means: they incline within His Names toward an aspect other than what He intended by them.
“They shall be recompensed for what they used to do” [al-Aʿraf 7:180] concerning this. Each is therefore recompensed for what he inclined toward in what We revealed. He says,
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Translator’s note: The numerical expression ʿaqd, rendered “grouping,” is compressed in the poem; no further counting scheme is supplied here.
