Denying the meanings of the names and applying descriptions to the Book of Allah
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Question:
What is your opinion, may Allah protect you, regarding these two phrases? One is: "The meanings of the names of Allah are not denied in the same way that the meanings of the names of humans and their books are denied." The other is: "Descriptions are not applied to the Book of Allah as if they were its attributes, because a description can only apply to something that has a cause for it."
Answer:
His second statement is invalid. Rather, they are the attributes of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. They are descriptions, and they are His attributes, Blessed and Exalted is He. A description means an attribute or a quality. As for the first meaning, yes, the attributes of the Creator are not understood in the same way as the attributes of the created beings, because there is a difference between them. Allah has attributes that are specific to Him, and the created beings have attributes that are specific to them and befit them. Yes.
What is your opinion, may Allah protect you, regarding these two phrases? One is: "The meanings of the names of Allah are not denied in the same way that the meanings of the names of humans and their books are denied." The other is: "Descriptions are not applied to the Book of Allah as if they were its attributes, because a description can only apply to something that has a cause for it."
Answer:
His second statement is invalid. Rather, they are the attributes of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. They are descriptions, and they are His attributes, Blessed and Exalted is He. A description means an attribute or a quality. As for the first meaning, yes, the attributes of the Creator are not understood in the same way as the attributes of the created beings, because there is a difference between them. Allah has attributes that are specific to Him, and the created beings have attributes that are specific to them and befit them. Yes.
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [33] — alfawzan.live (57:56)
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