Knowledge of Allah's Names and Attributes is Life to the Hearts

The heart is void of any life, comfort, happiness, security and  tranquility  without  knowing its Lord,  Deity  and  Creator,  and  without Allah being more beloved to it than anything  else.

One who does not have Iman in Allah cannot obtain knowledge[1] and guidance, and without being guided to his Lord, he will always be miserable and tormented, as is the case with the unbelievers.[2]

Allah (tabaraka) created man and assembled him with both body and soul.

He desired that the body be created from the earth. Allah (ta' ala) says:

"...for We have created you all from earth.”[3]

Allah made the body's life and livelihood dependent upon this same earth; he eats, drinks and takes his clothing from the land and what is found within it.

Allah placed within this body, the soul. He (ta'ala) said:

"So, when I have fashioned him (i.e. Adam) and breathed into him the soul I have created for him.”[4]

Allah willed that the sustenance and livelihood for this soul be knowledge of Himself and worship of Him.

There is therefore nothing more pleasant to the servant, nor anything sweeter, more wholesome and blissful to his heart and life, than love for his Originator and Maker, being in a state of constant remembrance of Him and always seeking to earn His pleasure.

Consequently, whoever possesses in his heart even a minimum amount of life or love for his Lord, a desire for Him, and a yearning to meet Him, then his pursuit for this subject area, his strong desire to know and increase his understanding of it and his query and investigation of it, will be his greatest goal and most glorious objective.

For this is the perfection, without which the servant cannot otherwise attain perfection. It is the reason behind his creation and because of it revelation descended, Messengers were sent, the Heavens and earth stand and Paradise and Hell-Fire exist. For this very reason laws were legislated, the correct path was established, the Qiblah was determined and it is the pivot of creation and order, upon which they centre.

It is by all fights, the finest thing which the hearts can possess, which the souls can attain and which the minds can grasp. Sound and healthy hearts and secure and tranquil  souls do not yearn earnestly for any­ thing greater than  to know this matter,  nor are they more joyful with anything  other  than  succeeding  in arriving  at the  truths  contained within this matter.[5]