What is the validity of the statement regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And remains the Face of your Lord): that Allah expressed the part and intended the whole?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Regarding the saying of Allah[Ar-Rahman 55:26-27], one of the teachers of the Arabic language, while explaining the subject of rhetoric, said that Allah expressed the part and intended the whole. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is a false statement. This denies the affirmation of the Face for Allah and says that the Face of Allah is Allah[Ar-Rahman 55:27], that is, your Lord. This is a false statement. This is distortion and figurative interpretation. The Face is not the Face; it is an attribute of essence and is not Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is the case even with created beings and animals: is the face the same as the person or the same as the animal? This is lying about the language and lying about Allah and His Messenger. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Regarding the saying of Allah
(26) Everyone upon the earth will perish, (27) And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِAnswer:
This is a false statement. This denies the affirmation of the Face for Allah and says that the Face of Allah is Allah
And there will remain the Face of your Lord
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [639 -1024] ما صحة القول في قوله تعالى: (ويبقى وجه ربك): إن الله عبر بالجزء وأراد الكل؟ — youtube.com
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