Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Every thing will perish except His Face"

Question:
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I was with one of the reciters who was performing ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on a person. The reciter said, while blowing on the patient: . The jinn said, "Your hand will perish, and your leg will perish." The reciter did not respond. After I returned to al-Qurtubi's tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), I found that he meant by it His Essence, Glorified and Exalted is He. And you said, O Shaykh, that this is a false ta'wil (figurative interpretation). What is the meaning of "Face" here in this verse?

Answer:
The intended meaning is the literal sense, such as His saying: , and such as His saying: "Every soul upon it is a face" . This statement by al-Qurtubi is incorrect. Al-Qurtubi has ta'wil (figurative interpretation) in his exegesis; he has many such interpretations. He is good in rulings, in the rulings of Islamic jurisprudence, but from the perspective of creed, he is an Ash'ari who interprets the attributes figuratively, so his words are not to be relied upon in matters of the attributes. The Face is in its literal sense: a Face befitting the Majesty of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We affirm it as it came. Yes.

The presenter:
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