Which Name of God Should Be Commemorated?
Mohammad Waqas from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has asked a question.
He says, ‘Assalamu Alaikum. I hope you are well. Please could you give the esoteric explanation of God’s name Ya Kareem in light of your spiritual knowledge?’
We know from the Quran that God has 99 names.
One is the Personal Name of God and the rest are the names of God’s attributes.
The example I will give you for this is that if you have to build a house and you depend on just one brick, you will definitely not get the house of your desires.
One brick - yes, of course, a house is built with bricks. That is one aspect of a house.
But to build a house you will need gravel, Gara soil and cement too.
Right?
You need a lot of construction materials in order to build a house.
In a similar way, God has 99 names.
If you want to become connected to God, one of the names of God’s attributes will not help you get there.
You have to find something through which everything can be attained.
You need something which has cement and gravel, a roof and walls - everything.
For that, you need the Personal Name of God which is the essence of all the names of God.
It is an honour for you that you were given the benevolence of Prophet Mohammad’s prophethood.
Our prophet is Mohammad Rasool Allah.
His eminence lies in the Personal Name of God.
The names of God’s attributes were given to the prophets from Bani Israel which they would commemorate but they did not reach God,
they did not reach the individuality of God.
Right?
And our Prophet was granted by God something through which even a common follower of Prophet Mohammad can reach God and witness the divine splendour.
So if you forgo this and accept one name of God’s attributes, then I consider this as a rejection of divine bounty.
The nation of Prophet Mohammad should enlighten their hearts with the Personal Name of God.
You will not reach the essence of God through the names of God’s attributes.
Now, the name ‘Ya Kareem’.
‘Kareem’ comes from ‘Karam (blessing)’.
If you commemorate the name ‘Ya Kareem’, it simply means you want God to bless you.
So you are looking for the blessings of God, not God himself.
A lot of people commemorate the names of God’s attributes to either make their businesses prosper or make their lives easier.
You are making mention of God’s name just to ease your problems then you are not worshipping God, you are bargaining.
And if you obtain the Personal Name of God and it enters your heart,
then not only do you obtain faith and the essence of all the 99 names of God but through it, you will obtain the spiritual benevolence of all attributes of God.
Therefore, I would advise you to obtain the Personal Name of God rather than depending on the names of God’s attributes.
Okay?