What is the meaning of the statement: "The attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) are eternal"?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our statement that the attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) are eternal, he asks: What does "eternal" mean?
The Shaykh:
It means they have no beginning. Eternal means they have no beginning. No attribute came into existence for Him that did not exist before. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Because if we say they came into existence, it would mean that Allah was deficient before they came into existence, as the Jahmiyyah say. He was deficient, but He is perfect (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our statement that the attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) are eternal, he asks: What does "eternal" mean?
The Shaykh:
It means they have no beginning. Eternal means they have no beginning. No attribute came into existence for Him that did not exist before. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Because if we say they came into existence, it would mean that Allah was deficient before they came into existence, as the Jahmiyyah say. He was deficient, but He is perfect (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [82 -308] ما معنى القول: إن صفات الله سبحانه أزلية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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