The Disbeliever’s Diminishment of the Greatness of Allah, While He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is not harmed by anything
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the disbeliever diminishing the greatness of Allah in His lordship and His divinity, when Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is not harmed by anything?
Answer:
It harms him; this is a diminishment of His right. It harms him. As for Allah, He is not harmed by it, but he harms himself with this diminishment, and the harm returns to him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is the disbeliever diminishing the greatness of Allah in His lordship and His divinity, when Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is not harmed by anything?
Answer:
It harms him; this is a diminishment of His right. It harms him. As for Allah, He is not harmed by it, but he harms himself with this diminishment, and the harm returns to him.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل فيما في الشرك والزنا واللواطة من الخبث — islamhouse.com (49:26)
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