The Meaning of Their Saying: "Indeed, Allah is Able to Do What He Wills"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks: What is the meaning of this phrase, "Indeed, Allah is Able to Do What He Wills"?
Answer:
This is an error. This is the statement of the Asha'irah: "Able to do what He wills." Rather, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Baqarah 2:259], and He did not say "Able to do what He wills" except in one verse in Surat al-Shura, where He said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:29] [Ash-Shuraa 42:29]. This is on the Day of Resurrection; if Allah wills to gather the people of the heavens and the earth on the Day of Resurrection, He is Able to do so.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks: What is the meaning of this phrase, "Indeed, Allah is Able to Do What He Wills"?
Answer:
This is an error. This is the statement of the Asha'irah: "Able to do what He wills." Rather, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
over all things competent."
عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌAnd He, for gathering them
وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْAnd of his signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 8 — youtube.com (10:03)
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