Interpretation of Surah Al-Hamd Journal Article

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The following passage, composed by one of the people of the era, is very appropriate for this station: Praise and thanks belong to the One Essence alone, Praise and eulogy are not for anyone else Whatever comes from Him is blessing and benevolence, All visible and hidden are the soldiers of the Truth The movement of the heavens, or the shining stars, The multitude of angels, or the prophets and Imams The revelation of the Prophet, or the purity and unveiling of sainthood, The perception of the kingdom, or the soldiers of intellect and wisdom Human reason, or the sensation and movement of animals, The life of plants, or the lifeless inanimate objects The hand of destiny, or the staff of Moses, The war of fate, or the blessed white hand The order of the atom, or the order of the entire universe, Whatever is acquired and whatever is innate Whatever is proven by philosophical demonstration, Or made clear by the Western telescope Whatever is possible and what may not occur to thought, And whatever has not come to mind and will not come And whatever cannot even be encompassed by the perception of an angel, Nor can the scales of intellect measure it And whatever the Prophet did not read upon the Tablet of the Unseen, Meaning, he knows nothing except the Creator Essence All are effects of the Divine manifestations, The manifestation of the Truth is eternal and infinite In the commentary of 'Al-Mizan' from the book 'Kashf al-Ghummah,' it is narrated from Imam Sadiq* that he said: 'A strainer of mine was lost; he said: If God returns it to me, I will praise Him with praises that are pleasing to Him. It did not take long before the lost strainer was found, and they brought it back to his presence.