Deriving the Attributes from the Actions of Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement that the Fire is one that Allah has decreed? Therefore, the description of the action has no standing except a relative connection by explanation.
Answer:
They say that what is taken from the action is an attribute for Allah the Exalted, and that what is taken from the action is an attribute for Allah that subsists in His essence. So, what is taken from the fact that He creates is not that He is the Creator, because creation is an attribute that comes into existence, and Allah is not subject to things that come into existence, as they say. This is the meaning of their linguistic principle, by which they judge the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This is false.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement that the Fire is one that Allah has decreed? Therefore, the description of the action has no standing except a relative connection by explanation.
Answer:
They say that what is taken from the action is an attribute for Allah the Exalted, and that what is taken from the action is an attribute for Allah that subsists in His essence. So, what is taken from the fact that He creates is not that He is the Creator, because creation is an attribute that comes into existence, and Allah is not subject to things that come into existence, as they say. This is the meaning of their linguistic principle, by which they judge the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This is false.
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [35] — alfawzan.live (52:14)
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