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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Which was created first, the Throne or the Pen?

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. May Allah preserve you. O brother. O brother.

Answer:
Also, the scholars have differed on whether the Throne or the Pen was created first. The scholar Ibn al-Qayyim, in his *al-Nuniyyah*, states that people differ regarding the Pen with which the decree of the Judging One was written: was it before the Throne, or after it? As for Abu Ali al-Hamadhani, the truth is that the Throne was first, because at the time of the writing, it had pillars. The correct view is that the Throne was created before the Pen. Yes. Because Allah the Exalted, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that Allah wrote the destinies of creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and His Throne was over the water. This indicates the creation of the Throne and that it was before the Pen and before the writing. Yes.
Source شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : وقال في سورة طه : { الرحمن على العرش استوى } — islamhouse.com (1:06:18)

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