Question No. 3256 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

What Is the Meaning and Scope of the Divine Name “al-Wakīl”?

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Could you please explain the divine name al-Wakīl and its scope and meaning? Thank you.

Subject category: Theology and Creed Epistemological

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The Qur’an describes God as al-Wakīl—the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Nothing in the universe can have an effect except by His permission and will. God’s being al-Wakīl means that created beings’ intentions and actions can come to fruition only through Him. Everything in existence depends on Him in every aspect of its being; without Him, nothing could come to be.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Al-Zumar, 62: الله خالق کل شی‏ء و هو على‏ کل شی‏ء وکیل

Allah, Blessed and Exalted, is both the creator of all things and the one entrusted with the affairs of everything.

Nothing in the universe can have any effect except through Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Allah’s being the Trustee makes it possible for created beings to realise their intentions and carry out their deeds.

Without reliance on Allah, nothing comes to pass.

Everything depends and relies on God alone for its existence, its continuity and its enduring reality and effects.

In every respect, everything in the universe needs Him; without Him, nothing can come into being.

هو الوکیل على کل شی‏ء و المیسر لکل شی‏ء و المدبر للأشیاء کلها

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What Is the Meaning and Scope of the Divine Name “al-Wakīl”?

The essence and first answer at a glance (60-word summary)

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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