How to reconcile the verse {Have they not seen that We created for them from what Our hands have produced livestock, and they are their owners?} with the honor bestowed upon Adam?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: I am confused by the saying of Allah the Exalted: How do we reconcile this with the honor bestowed upon Adam by being created by the hands of the Most Merciful?

Answer:
Yes, Adam was created by the hands, not by the hands in the plural. He was created by two hands, the hands of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as in "When I created with My hand." As for what was created by Our hands, they said that when the pronoun is in the plural form, it is either for the one being magnified himself, or for the one who does the thing along with his assistants. Like a king with his soldiers and assistants; the king says, "We built such-and-such a city," or "We did such-and-such," meaning he did it with his assistants and soldiers. And Allah knows best what "Our hands" means, namely the hands of the angels, the hands of the angels whom Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) commands to manage the creatures, grow plants, and so on.