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The Difference Between the Phrase “Our Hands Have Made” and the Phrase “I Created with My Two Hands”

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Question:
Regarding His saying, the Exalted:
Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestockأَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا
[Ya-Sin 36:71]
Is not the meaning of His saying "Our hands have worked" that it refers to Our power, and that there is a difference between this verse and the verse about the creation of Adam? "Our hands have worked" is not the same as "I created with My hand." "Our hands have worked" is the plural of "hand."

Answer:
As for the other verse, it contains “I Created with My Two Hands,” which uses the dual form. So there is a difference between this and that. “I Created with My Two Hands” does not admit of any meaning other than one, whereas “Our Hands Have Made” admits of several meanings. Thus, there is a difference between “Our Hands Have Made” in the plural and “I Created with My Two Hands” in the dual. The latter does not admit of figurative interpretation and does not admit of any meaning other than one. Yes.
Whereas “Our Hands Have Carried” admits of [figurative interpretation]. For example, the saying of Allah the Exalted
and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strengthوَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ
[Sad 38:17]
, the intended meaning of “hands” here is not the two hands; the intended meaning of “hands” is power. The intended meaning of “hands” is power, and that is why it does not have a yā’ [in the singular form]. The word “al-aydī” (hands) and “al-ayd” mean power. And “We supported him with Our Spirit”; “We supported him” means “We strengthened him.” And “We built the sky with power”; the intended meaning is not the attribute of the two hands, but rather the intended meaning of “al-ayd” here is power. We built it with power, from “al-ayd,” which means power. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/الذي يراك حين تقوم/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:11)

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