Combining: "My Hand" and "Our Hands" in Affirming the Hands
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Question:
and none other than Satan. He said: The matter lies between His saying, Exalted is He,[Sad 38:75] and His saying, Exalted is He, [Ya-Sin 36:71].
Answer:
There is no difference in that. However, when "hands" is attributed to a plural pronoun, it is pluralized for the sake of stylistic agreement. "Our hands" is originally from the plural, but here it refers to Allah, Exalted and Exalted is He, using the singular form for the sake of magnification. This is a form of magnifying Allah, Exalted and Exalted is He. When the hand is attributed to a plural pronoun, it is pluralized, and one does not say "my hand" or "our hand" in the singular, because this creates a linguistic conflict. There is a clash in the language, for the singular is not attributed to the plural, nor the dual to the plural, because this results in a conflict in the Arabic language. Thus, the hand is attributed to Allah in the singular, in the dual, and in the plural, according to the wording.
and none other than Satan. He said: The matter lies between His saying, Exalted is He,
what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?
مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّfrom what Our hands have made
مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَاAnswer:
There is no difference in that. However, when "hands" is attributed to a plural pronoun, it is pluralized for the sake of stylistic agreement. "Our hands" is originally from the plural, but here it refers to Allah, Exalted and Exalted is He, using the singular form for the sake of magnification. This is a form of magnifying Allah, Exalted and Exalted is He. When the hand is attributed to a plural pronoun, it is pluralized, and one does not say "my hand" or "our hand" in the singular, because this creates a linguistic conflict. There is a clash in the language, for the singular is not attributed to the plural, nor the dual to the plural, because this results in a conflict in the Arabic language. Thus, the hand is attributed to Allah in the singular, in the dual, and in the plural, according to the wording.
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وقد أمرنا بالاقتفاء لآثارهم، والاهتداء بمنارهم — islamhouse.com (59:24)
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