“Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the everlasting, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist ; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission. He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the control of the universe is not fatiguing for Him, and He is the Most High, the Great”. (2:255)

Thus, to do any small thing or big thing, anyone and everyone needs His help. This quality of Allah is expressed in His name, GHANI, meaning absolutely independent of everything.

Thus, He is absolutely independent of everything, and everything totally depends upon Him. Quran confirms this fact in the following verse.

“O men, it is you who stand in need of Allah. As for Allah, He is above all needs, worthy of praise”. (35:15)

“All those who are in the heavens and in the earth ask of Him, every moment He is in a state (of glory).” (55:29)

b - Allah alone is the creator

The second aspect of this rule is that, Allah is the sole creator of everything that exist in any form whether visible or invisible, material or immaterial, liquid or solid, or gas. He is the only creator and ultimate source of all the existing things.

Thus, all things are from Him and He is not from anything. The scientists have confirmed this truth by experiments and they call it Law of conversion of mass, which states

Matter can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be transformed into different forms.

This means that,
No one [EXCEPT ALLAH] can create milk and sugar (sugarcane) but men can transform them into chocolate, ice cream and other sweets.

No one [EXCEPT ALLAH] can create gold, iron, copper, aluminum or any other element of the periodic table but men can use them to manufacture cars, helicopters, and thousands of other sophisticated machines and billions of things.

No one [EXCEPT ALLAH] can create or destroy men, animals, plants, mountains, and oceans but man can transfigure them.

Precisely, [EXCEPT ALLAH] no one can create anything from nothing but can make something from anything.

Quran confirms this fact in absolute terms.
“Say : Allah is the creator of everything.” (13:16)

Thus Allah is the Creator, and everything else is His creation.
In this way even if we see any beautiful thing or any marvelous man-made thing, we should glorify Allah as He is the creator of man. The incredible miracles of science and technology are the manifestation of Allah’s eminence. We should glorify Allah Subhanahu Taala, when we see the miracles of science and technology.
Similarly, if we see any great personality and his incredible achievements, then we should glorify Allah, Who is the creator of that great man.

Quran tells the story of Hazrat Sulaiman in which we find this lesson.

“He (Prophet Sulaiman) said, O Chiefs: which of you can bring me her throne ( of Queen Bilqees ) before they come to me in submission.” (27:38)

In response to Hazrat Sulaiman’s request, Quran further tells;