Allah is full of opulence February 4, 2008
Allah is full of opulence
Wallahul Ganiyu:
“Allah is Rich.”
(The Qur’an 47.3 
“Allah is full of opulence”, Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu continued.
(Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya-lila, 18.190)
Mahaprabhu explained to the Abdullah Patan that one of the definitions of Allah is that He is One Who possesses all opulence. For instance, all wealth belongs to Allah; no one can be richer than Him. All power belongs to Allah; no one can be stronger than Him. All fame belongs to Allah; no one can be more famous than Him. All beauty belongs to Allah; no one can be more beautiful than Him. And all knowledge belongs to Allah; no one can be more knowledgeable than Him. Thus, that Allah is all-opulent is one of the definitions of the Supreme Lord.
So the Holy Qur’an says,
Wa lillahi ma fis-samawati wa ma fil-’arz / wa ‘ilallaahi turja-’ul-’umuur: “To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and earth; and to Allah all things return.” (3.109)
Wa lillahi gaybu ssamawati wa lard / wa ilayhi yurja’u lemru kulluh: “To Allah do belong the invisible of the heavens and the earth, and to Him goes back every affair.” (11.123)
Wa lillahi lmasriqu we lmegrib: “Unto Allah belong the East and the West.” (2.115)
Lahu ma fi ssamawati wa ma fi lard / wa huwa l’aliyyu l’adim: “To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth, and He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.” (42.4)
Wallahul Ganiyu: “Allah is Rich.” (47.3
Allah is the origin of everything. All and all manifest from Him only. All opulence which exists in the material world is only a fraction of His opulence. God is full in six opulences: He has full strength, full fame, full wealth, full knowledge, full beauty and full renunciation. There are many persons who are either very rich, or powerful, or beautiful, or famous, or learned, or detached, or a combination of these opulences, but no one can claim that he possesses all riches, all strength, all fame, all beauty, all knowledge and all renunciation without limit. Only Allah can claim this because He is the Supreme Being. In other words, the opulence of Allah is unlimited. It is impossible to comprehend the greatness of Allah and His opulence. He is full in all opulences. He is the Proprietor of all wealth and the Owner of all energy. There is no one equal to Him because His transcendental opulence is immeasurable. He is the source of everyone’s opulence, and therefore no one can equal or excel Him in any opulence. His opulence is superexcellent. Only by purification of the heart through pure devotional service can one appreciate the opulences of the Lord, and when one is acquainted with His opulences, he is no longer attracted by any other. The Supreme Lord is in a transcendental position, above everything within the material world. His opulences: wealth, power, fame, beauty, wisdom and renunciation are all universally purifying. The more we discuss His qualities and opulences, the more we purified. In the material world, the opulence possessed by a material person are never fixed. Today, one may be a very rich man, but tomorrow without warning one may be poor; today one may be very famous, and the next day infamous. Materially obtained opulences are never fixed, but all six opulence perpetually exist in the Supreme Lord, not only in the spiritual world, but in this material world also. God’s fame is fixed, and His books of wisdom are honored. Everything pertaining to the Supreme Lord is eternally existing. The opulence of the Supreme Lord remains as it is in the spiritual world; only in the material world is everything dissolved.
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