Agent Allah
In a number of passages Allah is referred to as a wakil. For example:
S 3:173 Those to whom the people said: The people have gathered against you so fear them. But it increased them in faith and they said: Our sufficiency is Allah and excellent was the agent.
What does wakil mean? From Almaany:
وَكِيل : - قانُونِيّ
- attorney; attorney-at-law
وَكِيل : - نائِب، مُفَوَّض
- Authorized to be a represantitive - Allowed to take charge of someone - A person chosen or appointed to represent - A representative who is authorized (to do something) - A substitute of a person in a specific role - Authorized or empowerd by a commission or ordered (to do something) - Someone who has control of money or property that is in a trust for someone else - selected as; commissioner; deputy; fiduciary; mandatory; procurator; proxy; trustee; vice-; agent; nominated; surrogate; assigned; commissioned
وَكِيل : - مُشْرِف
- butler; major-domo; steward
وَكِيل : - تِجَارِيّ
- commission agent; dealer
وَكِيل : - مُمَثّل
- representative; factor
وَكِيل : - مُمَثِّل، شَخْصٌ يَقُومُ مَقَامَ غَيْرِه
- vicar
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