Affirming the Self for Allah the Exalted
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:116], is there an affirmation of the Self for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
Answer:
Yes, without a doubt, the Self is affirmed for Allah, and Allah warns you of His Self and[Al-Ma'idah 5:116] But it is not like the self of the created beings, just as all His other attributes are (Glorified and Exalted is He). Is it interpreted as the Essence? No, it is not interpreted as anything; it is explained as it came, that it is a Self for Allah that does not resemble the selves of the created beings, nor do the selves of the created beings resemble it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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, without a doubt, the Self is affirmed for Allah, and Allah warns you of His Self and
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»، [278 /1350] في قول عيسى "ولا أعلم ما في نفسك" هل في هذا إثبات النفس لله؟ وهل تفسر بأنها الذات؟ — youtube.com
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