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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Hadith: “Indeed, Allah does not get tired until you get tired”

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. It is reported in a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Allah
He does not grow bored until you grow bored,لا يمل حتى أمل،
, and in another hadith, seven whom Allah will be angry with from His side. Are boredom and anger among the attributes of Allah?

Answer:
No, this is a matter of reciprocity. "He does not grow bored until you grow bored" is a matter of reciprocity, like
And the disbelievers planned, but Allah plannedوَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ
[Ali 'Imran 3:54]
, and "He mocked
so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule themفَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ
[At-Tawbah 9:79]
" is a matter of reciprocity and retribution. It is not permissible to describe Allah as being bored, or as one who mocks, or as one who plots. Rather, this is solely a matter of reciprocity and retribution. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
Source شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : فمما جاء من آيات الصفات — islamhouse.com (1:11:20)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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