What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “You do not know what is in my soul, and I do not know what is in your soul” (Al-Ma'idah 116)? Does it affirm the soul for Allah, Glorified and Exalted?
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Question:
He says: What is the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:116] Does this affirm the self by Allah, the Exalted?
Answer:
Without a doubt, yes. And Allah warns you of Himself. Yes.
He says: What is the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding His saying, the Exalted:
You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself
تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَAnswer:
Without a doubt, yes. And Allah warns you of Himself. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما تفسير قوله تعالى ﴿تعلم ما في نفسي ولا أعلم ما في نفسك﴾ المائدة116 وهل فيه إثبات النفس لله سبحانه؟ — youtube.com
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