Is the statement of Allah the Exalted: “He begets not, nor was He begotten” an explicit negation?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in Surat al-Ikhlas[Al-Ikhlas 112:3-4], is this or is it not an instance of detailed negation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, negation sometimes comes in a detailed form; sometimes this is one of them; sometimes it is from the detailed negation. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Negation is always general, but sometimes it is detailed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in Surat al-Ikhlas
(3) He neither begets nor is born, (4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌThe Shaykh:
Yes, negation sometimes comes in a detailed form; sometimes this is one of them; sometimes it is from the detailed negation. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Negation is always general, but sometimes it is detailed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 311- هل قوله تعالى: ﴿لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ﴾ من النفي المفصَّل؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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