Explanation of the Hadith: "Majesty is My robe"

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Question:
With Shaykh Salih. One of the brothers is asking about the hadith "Majesty is My robe and greatness is My cloak," saying: If you would explain the meaning of this hadith, may Allah bless you.

Answer:
This is affirmed, as it came in the Qur'an, that might belongs to Allah. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:

And to Allah belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

[Al-Munafiqun 63:8]

This might is for the believers who uphold the religion of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and it comes after the might that belongs to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
And might is strength and dominance. This belongs to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said in the Qudsi hadith:

Pride is my cloak and majesty is my lower garment

الكبرياء ردائي والعظمة إزاري.

Sunan Abi Dawud 4090Sahih (Al-Albani)

This means that these two attributes, majesty and the robe, belong to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. We affirm them for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and we do not intervene in interpreting them, nor do we liken Him to the robe of creation or the majesty of creation, because Allah has attributes befitting Him, and creation has attributes befitting them, and there is no similarity between them except in the sharing of the wording.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,

Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7546 — youtube.com (14:02)

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