What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And that He is the Most High, the Majestic Lord of our Lord"?

Question : Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord

وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا

[Al-Jinn 72:3]

?

Answer : The meaning of what Allah the Exalted said about the jinn when they said:

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا

[Al-Jinn 72:3]

is that His Majesty is Exalted and Majestic, for "al-Jad" (the Majesty) is greatness, as mentioned in the hadith:

and the fortune of a man of means is useless before You

ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد

So the meaning is that the greatness of Allah the Exalted rose and increased, so He did not

taken a wife or

اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا

[Al-Jinn 72:3]

take

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

وَلَدًا

[Al-Jinn 72:3]

. Yes.

Source اللقاء بالطلاب في مسجد المدينة الجامعية - 2 — archive.org (37:09)

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