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What is the meaning of "أو" (or) in the statement: "I ask You by every name that is Yours, by which You have named Yourself, or taught to anyone among Your creation"?

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The aforementioned was narrated by Ahmad and others and authenticated by Al-Albani. The word "or" in it is for detailing or diversifying. The meaning of "or revealed it in Your Book" is either in the category of revealed Books, or You revealed it to one of Your prophets in Your Noble Book. The meaning of "or taught it to anyone of Your creation" refers to the prophets and messengers, or the prophets and angels. The meaning of "or kept it to Yourself" means You have exclusively reserved it for Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen, such that no one knows it but You. All of this is a division of the phrase: "by every Name belonging to You," and it indicates that Allah has Names not mentioned in the Quran or on the tongue of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

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