Is it permissible to attribute a self (nafs) to Allah, taking this from His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): “You know what is in My self, and I do not know what is in your self”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says regarding His saying[Al-Ma'idah 5:116], is it permissible to attribute a self to Allah the Exalted based on this verse? Yes.
Answer:
Yes. It is permissible[Al-Ma'idah 5:116], so a self is affirmed for Allah, but it is not like the self of a created being.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says regarding His saying
You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself
تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَAnswer:
Yes. It is permissible
You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself
تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [536 -582] هل يجوز نسبة النفس إلى الله آخذا من قوله تعالى (تعلم ما في نفسي ولا أعلم ما في نفسك)؟ — youtube.com
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