The Ruling on Describing Allah with Negation and the Denial of Defects
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Question:
May Allah grant you success. In the saying of Allah[Al-Baqarah 2:255], is it said that these are negative attributes?
Answer:
This negation is the negation of defects from Allah, the removal of defects from Allah. They are not attributes; this is negation, and negation is not an attribute. Yes, you negate from Him the deficient attributes, that is correct. We negate sleep and... the deficiencies. Yes. This is the negation of any deficiency from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
May Allah grant you success. In the saying of Allah
Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep.
لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌAnswer:
This negation is the negation of defects from Allah, the removal of defects from Allah. They are not attributes; this is negation, and negation is not an attribute. Yes, you negate from Him the deficient attributes, that is correct. We negate sleep and... the deficiencies. Yes. This is the negation of any deficiency from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
نفي النقائص عن الله تعالى — alfawzan.live
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