Surah 59:24
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لَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٖ لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ خَٰشِعٗا مُّتَصَدِّعٗا مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
If We had sent down this Qur’ān on a mountain, you would indeed have seen it humbled (and) split apart out of the fear of God. These parables – We strike them for the people so that they will reflect.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِۖ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
He is God, the One who – (there is) no god but Him – is the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Merciful, the Compassionate.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُ ٱلۡمُهَيۡمِنُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡجَبَّارُ ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ
He is God, the One who – (there is) no god but Him – is the King, the Holy One, the Peace, the Faithful, the Preserver, the Mighty, the Sole Ruler, the Magnificent. Glory to God above what they associate!
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُ ٱلۡبَارِئُ ٱلۡمُصَوِّرُۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
He is God – the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. To Him (belong) the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Al-Jabbar, Al-Mutakabbir, meaning “The Only One worthy of being the Compeller and Supreme.” There is a Hadith in the Sahih Collection in which Allah said, “Might is My Izar and pride is My Rida; if anyone disputes any one of them with Me, then I will punish him.” Allah the Exalted said, Glory be to Allah! (High is He) above all that they associate as partners with Him., then He said, He is Allah, Al-Khaliq, Al-Bari, Al-Musawwir. Al-Khaliq refers to measuring and proportioning, Al-Bari refers to inventing and bringing into existence what He has created and measured. Surely, none except Allah is able to measure, bring forth and create whatever He wills to come to existence. Allah’s statement, Al-Khaliq, Al-Bari, Al-Musawwir. means, if Allah wills something, He merely says to it “be” and it comes to existence in the form that He wills and the shape He chooses, In whatever form He willed, He put you together. Allah describing Himself as being Al-Musawwir, Who brings into existence anything He wills in the shape and form He decides. Al-Asma' Al-Husna. Allah the Exalted said, To Him belong Al-Asma' Al-Husna (the Best Names). We explained the meaning of this Ayah in the Tafsir of Surat Al-A'raf. The Two Sahihs recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said, “Allah the Exalted has ninety-nine Names, one hundred less one; whoever then preserves them, will enter Paradise. Allah is Witr (One) and He likes the Witr.” Everything praises and glorifies Allah. Allah’s statement, All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him is similar to His other statement, The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify Him and there is not a thing but glorifies His praise. But you understand not their glorification. Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.. Allah’s statement, and He is Al-'Aziz, The Almighty, meaning, His greatness is never humbled, Al-Hakim, the All-Wise, in His legislation and decrees. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Hashr. All praise is due to Allah.
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 9, Page 580-581)