Principle: Every perfection established for a created being is more fitting for the Creator
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Question:
It was presented to you and the Messenger of Allah, and they said, "Our prostration is more fitting." This is a matter of time that is caused by a created being, and Allah is more fitting for it in its essence. This is the expression of the distinctiveness mentioned by him.
Answer:
No, the first point is that every perfection established for a created being does not imply a deficiency. Note this: it does not imply a deficiency. The Creator is more fitting for it, because Allah has informed us that He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is the Perfect One and the Self-Sufficient One. So, every perfection established for a created being does not imply a deficiency; the Creator, Glorified and Exalted is He, is more fitting for it. This does not conflict with relying on the texts, because the texts indicate this: that Allah is perfect in absolute perfection. This is a necessary implication of the mind.
The one who has a child is more perfect than the one who does not have a child, but this implies a deficiency in that he is in need of a child. The person who sleeps is more perfect than the person who does not sleep, because sleep is health and not sleeping is illness. So, sleep is a perfection for the created being, but it is a deficiency for the Creator, Glorified and Exalted is He.
It was presented to you and the Messenger of Allah, and they said, "Our prostration is more fitting." This is a matter of time that is caused by a created being, and Allah is more fitting for it in its essence. This is the expression of the distinctiveness mentioned by him.
Answer:
No, the first point is that every perfection established for a created being does not imply a deficiency. Note this: it does not imply a deficiency. The Creator is more fitting for it, because Allah has informed us that He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is the Perfect One and the Self-Sufficient One. So, every perfection established for a created being does not imply a deficiency; the Creator, Glorified and Exalted is He, is more fitting for it. This does not conflict with relying on the texts, because the texts indicate this: that Allah is perfect in absolute perfection. This is a necessary implication of the mind.
The one who has a child is more perfect than the one who does not have a child, but this implies a deficiency in that he is in need of a child. The person who sleeps is more perfect than the person who does not sleep, because sleep is health and not sleeping is illness. So, sleep is a perfection for the created being, but it is a deficiency for the Creator, Glorified and Exalted is He.
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