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Is there anything wrong with this supplication: "In the name of Allah, the Near in His Exaltation, the Exalted in His Nearness, the Compeller in His Omnipotence, the One Unique in Might and Grandeur. There is no god but He, the Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Enduring Sovereign to Whom kings have submitted, and to Whose Magnificence dominion has become subservient"?

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It is not permissible to call Allah, the Exalted, by the name "Al-Sultan." As for the names "Al-Fard" (The Unique), "Al-Qa'im" (The Self-Subsisting), and "Al-Da'im" (The Everlasting), they have been mentioned in some narrations of al-Walid ibn Muslim regarding the names of Allah, and they were included in the compilation of Ja'far al-Sadiq, and a number of scholars have mentioned them. As for other phrases such as "He drew near in His loftiness and was distant in His nearness," their meaning is sound and they have appeared in the words of scholars. They indicate His closeness to His creation despite His loftiness and His distinctness from them.

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