Is it correct to describe Allah as the engineer of the universe?
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Question:
He asks: Is it permissible to attribute to Allah a quality that, in the view of many people, appears to be a quality of praise, such as the quality of being the engineer of the universe, or the quality of being the one who is good in His state?
Answer:
Allah is not described except by what He has described Himself with, or by what His Messenger has described Him with. "The engineer of the universe" is a term that did not come in the Book or the Sunnah.
He asks: Is it permissible to attribute to Allah a quality that, in the view of many people, appears to be a quality of praise, such as the quality of being the engineer of the universe, or the quality of being the one who is good in His state?
Answer:
Allah is not described except by what He has described Himself with, or by what His Messenger has described Him with. "The engineer of the universe" is a term that did not come in the Book or the Sunnah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [771 -939] هل يصح أن نصف الله بمهندس الكون؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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