The Meaning of the Hadith: “Indeed, Allah does not get tired until you get tired”

Question:
Another question says: Some attribute to Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) the view that the meaning of the hadith is that the "la" here is a negation, and the meaning is "Allah does not get tired when you get tired." What is your Eminence's opinion of this meaning?

Answer:
I do not know of any statement from Ibn Taymiyyah on this, but the picture here is that it is interpreted in a manner befitting Allah. The tiredness that befits Allah is not the tiredness of created beings, which involves weakness and fatigue. Rather, it is a tiredness befitting Allah, like the plotting and deception with which Allah is described, and the scheming. All of it befits Allah and contains no deficiency. He plots against the one who plots, and deceives the one who deceives, because it is deception with truth. He schemes against the one who schemes, and it is scheming with truth. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is described with these attributes in the manner befitting Him. And this statement is something befitting Allah; a meaning befitting Allah that does not resemble the tiredness of created beings. Even if it resembles it in wording, the meaning is not the same. So it is like plotting: the plotting [of Allah] is not the plotting [of creation], deception is not deception, and scheming is not scheming. What befits Allah does not resemble the tiredness of created beings in any way. Allah has absolute perfection, and the created being has deficiency. Yes.