Adding the hand to Allah in the singular, dual, and plural forms
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Question:
And the Shaykh (may Allah make your origin pure) said: The matter is between his people and Qa'wa. There is no one who does not submit to what I created with My hand. And His saying, the Exalted, "what I created with My two hands," verses...
Answer:
There is no difference in that. However, when the hands are attributed to a plural pronoun, they are pluralized for the sake of stylistic correspondence (mushakalah), meaning a group of people. The original state is that they are a group, but the intended meaning here is that they refer to the two hands of Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, from the perspective of a single meaning, which is the chapter of glorification. This is from the chapter of glorifying Allah, the Exalted and Glorified. And when the hand is attributed to a plural pronoun, it is pluralized, and it is not said "two hands" or "hands" (dual form), because this involves a linguistic conflict. The singular is not attributed to the plural, nor the dual to the plural, because this results in a conflict in the Arabic language. So the hand is attributed to Allah in the singular, attributed to Allah in the dual, and attributed to Allah in the plural according to the wording. Yes.
And the Shaykh (may Allah make your origin pure) said: The matter is between his people and Qa'wa. There is no one who does not submit to what I created with My hand. And His saying, the Exalted, "what I created with My two hands," verses...
Answer:
There is no difference in that. However, when the hands are attributed to a plural pronoun, they are pluralized for the sake of stylistic correspondence (mushakalah), meaning a group of people. The original state is that they are a group, but the intended meaning here is that they refer to the two hands of Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, from the perspective of a single meaning, which is the chapter of glorification. This is from the chapter of glorifying Allah, the Exalted and Glorified. And when the hand is attributed to a plural pronoun, it is pluralized, and it is not said "two hands" or "hands" (dual form), because this involves a linguistic conflict. The singular is not attributed to the plural, nor the dual to the plural, because this results in a conflict in the Arabic language. So the hand is attributed to Allah in the singular, attributed to Allah in the dual, and attributed to Allah in the plural according to the wording. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12/3 شرح كتاب لمعة الاعتقاد : الشريط الثالث — youtube.com (44:01)
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