The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And a Spirit from Him"
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The questioner:
And what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted, "And a Spirit from Him"? May Allah preserve you and care for you?
The Shaykh:
The Torah is the tablets, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, wrote it on tablets. And He sent it down to Moses (peace be upon him). These are the tablets of the Torah. As for the scrolls, they are the scrolls of Abraham (peace be upon him), and the scrolls of Moses, which is also the Torah; it is called tablets and it is called scrolls. And the rest of the question.
The questioner:
And what is the meaning of the saying "And a Spirit from Him"?
The Shaykh:
"A Spirit from Him" refers to Jesus (peace be upon him). "A Spirit from Him" means from the created spirit that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created from Him, meaning from His side, Glorified and Exalted is He. It is like sustenance; you say "sustenance from Allah," meaning that it is from Allah and that Allah created it. "A Spirit from Him" means from His side, Glorified and Exalted is He; He is the one who created it. And he (peace be upon him) was called a Spirit because he was created from a mother without a father, rather through the Word, which is what Allah the Exalted said about it: "Be, and it was" (peace and blessings be upon him).
And what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted, "And a Spirit from Him"? May Allah preserve you and care for you?
The Shaykh:
The Torah is the tablets, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, wrote it on tablets. And He sent it down to Moses (peace be upon him). These are the tablets of the Torah. As for the scrolls, they are the scrolls of Abraham (peace be upon him), and the scrolls of Moses, which is also the Torah; it is called tablets and it is called scrolls. And the rest of the question.
The questioner:
And what is the meaning of the saying "And a Spirit from Him"?
The Shaykh:
"A Spirit from Him" refers to Jesus (peace be upon him). "A Spirit from Him" means from the created spirit that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created from Him, meaning from His side, Glorified and Exalted is He. It is like sustenance; you say "sustenance from Allah," meaning that it is from Allah and that Allah created it. "A Spirit from Him" means from His side, Glorified and Exalted is He; He is the one who created it. And he (peace be upon him) was called a Spirit because he was created from a mother without a father, rather through the Word, which is what Allah the Exalted said about it: "Be, and it was" (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المقصود بالألواح في قوله –تعالى ﴿وكتبنا له في الألواح من كل شيء﴾؟ وما هي الصحف؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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