Quddus (The Sanctified)

Al-Ghazali:

Hu is sanctified i.e. free, cleansed away, independent of any type of attribute that is understood or sensed by any cognitive faculty or sensor!

I did not say: Hu is sanctified from faults and shortcomings (as others have said). Had I said such words, it would have been away from the Adab (Etiquette): it would have been equivalent to saying that the President of such and such a country is not a thief! in an effort to say: on the contrary, he is honest. Often this type of negation of something is indicative of the possibility of its presence within the human mind.

Hu is sanctified from any form of attributes and descriptions anyone can imagine. Hu is even sanctified from any such process of perfection that anyone may/can imagine.

Allah can indeed sanctify a slave in two ways:

1.    Cleanse and free him away from any cognitive processes or imagination with regards to Allah; the same holds true for the senses. (Therefore the feelings of the slave within are based upon the Nur (Divine Light) of Ma’refat (Divine Gnosis) and ‘Ilm (Knowledge) emanating from the prophetic lantern.)
2.    Sanctified from ‘Irādat (Elan) i.e. the slave loves and desires none but Allah. Consequently the slave has no Shauq (Yearning) for other than Allah.

In proportion of how much effort the slave exerts for Allah on the path, his/her heart gives out Mahab-bat (Divine Love) for Allah.


Qurtubi:

Abul-Hassn Ibn Al-Hasar said the word means to cleanse.

Ibn Arabi: From Quddus (The Sanctified) ten characteristics of Allah can be deduced:

1.    Sanctification from partners, helpers and so on.
2.    Sanctification from similarities i.e. Hu is not similar to anything not that Hu is dissimilar but the very concept of similarity does not apply to Hu.
3.    Sanctification from contrast (Adhdād) i.e. no member of the creation can be contrasted with Allah or vice versa;  there are no boundaries of separation that can mark where Allah starts or ends, no focuses or contrasts!
4.    Sanctification from offspring
5.    Sanctification from imagination, thoughts or any mental faculties
6.    Sanctification from limits
7.    Sanctification from shapes or forms that can be grasped by the eyes
8.    Sanctification from any need for Hu’s creation
9.    Sanctification from anything else to cleanse Hu
10.  Sanctification from any lack of perfection

The Prophet said: "A nation is not sanctified unless the weak in her is able to regain his right from the strong without being hindered".

Dara: So we understand from this that a person and as well as a nation can be sanctified by Allah and this Hadith (Prophetic Narration) clearly shows us the versatility of such sanctification. I checked the Hadith databases and this is the only time where the sanctification term is used for a nation.

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الجزء الثاني >> 15- كتاب الصدقات >> (17) باب لصاحب الحق سلطان

2426-حدّثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، أَبُو شَيْبَةَ. ثنا إبْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ (أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ).ثنا أَبِي عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ؛ قَالَ:
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَتَقَاضَاهُ دَيْناً كَانَ عَلَيْهِ. فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ، حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ: أُحَرِّجُ عَلَيْكَ إلاَّ قَضَيتَنِي. فَانْتَهَرَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ وَقَالُوا: وَيْحَكَ! تَدْرِي مَنْ تُكَلِّمُ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَطْلُبُ حَقِّي. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّصلى الله عليه وسلم (هَلاَّمَعَ صَاحِبِ اَلْحَقِ كُنْتُمْ؟) ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى خَولَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ فَقَالَ لَهاَ (إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدكِ تَمْرٌ فَأَقْرِضْينَا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنَا تَمْرُنَا فَنَقْضِيَكِ) فَقَالَتْ: نَعَمْ. بِأبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ، فَأَقْرَضَتْهُ. فَقَضَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَأَطْعَمَهُ. فَقَالَ: أَوْفَيْتَ. أَوْفَى اللهُ لَكَ. فَقَالَ (أُولئِكَ خِيَارُ النَّاسُ. إِنَّهُ لاَ قُدِّسَتْ أُمَّةٌ لاَ يَأْخُذُ الضَّعِيفُ فِيهَا حَقَّهُ غَيْرَ مُتَعْتَعٍ).
في الزوائد: هذا إسناد صحيح، رجاله ثقات.لأن إبراهيم بْنُ عَبْد الله، قَالَ فيه أبو حاتم: صدوق.
[ش-(أحرّج عليك) من التحريج أي أضيق عليك. (إلا قضيتني) أي إلا وقت قضائك. والأقرب أنه من باب إجتماع إن الشرطية ولا النافية. (هلا مع صاحب الحق كنتم) جثهم على القيام مر صاحب الحق. (غير متعتع) أي من غيرأن يصيبه أذى يقلقه ويزعجه. وغير منصوب، لأنه حال للضعيف.





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