The One free of all need

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The One free of all need is a divine attribute in Islam signifying God’s absolute self-sufficiency and complete independence from all creation.

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Label Occurrences
The One free of all need canonical 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf attribute of God ⓘ
divine attribute in Islam ⓘ
appliesTo Allah ⓘ
associatedWith Islamic theology ⓘ
tawhid ⓘ
contradicts any notion that God depends on creation ⓘ
contrastsWith created beings’ dependence ⓘ
cosmologicalImplication God sustains the universe without effort or need ⓘ
creation is entirely dependent on God for existence ⓘ
doctrinalStatus accepted in Shia theology ⓘ
orthodox Sunni belief ⓘ
epistemicSource Islamic revelation and scholarly interpretation ⓘ
expresses God’s lack of dependence on anything ⓘ
God’s perfection and completeness ⓘ
implies God does not require worshippers ⓘ
God’s actions are not motivated by need ⓘ
God’s freedom from place and time limitations ⓘ
God’s generosity is pure grace, not necessity ⓘ
all creation is in need of God ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
linguisticFunction honorific description of God in Islam ⓘ
metaphysicalStatus necessary being ⓘ
moralImplication discourages reliance on worldly means alone ⓘ
encourages reliance on God ⓘ
refersTo God’s absolute self-sufficiency ⓘ
God’s complete independence from all creation ⓘ
relatedConcept divine independence ⓘ
divine sufficiency ⓘ
divine transcendence ⓘ
scope all times and all circumstances ⓘ
theologicalRole affirms that God is not contingent ⓘ
denies any deficiency in God ⓘ
grounds the belief that sustenance comes from God alone ⓘ
usedIn Islamic creed literature ⓘ
Islamic devotional discourse ⓘ
Islamic supplications ⓘ
worshipImplication motivates sincere devotion without thinking God needs it ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

As-Samad → meaning → The One free of all need ⓘ