Regarding the names and attributes, such as His saying, the Exalted:
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The questioner : Regarding the names and attributes, specifically the attributes that contain blame, for example: [Al-Baqarah 2:15], and His saying: [Ali 'Imran 3:54]? I mean, do we describe Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with plotting, or do we not attribute it to Him, or what?
The Shaykh : First: your saying that they contain blame is an incorrect expression. They contain blame, did you understand?
The questioner : Yes, no, because some of the attributes...
The Shaykh : My brother, I am asking you: did you understand?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And you often give reasons in inappropriate places. Leave the reasons aside. We say as He, the Exalted, said:[Ali 'Imran 3:54], [Al-Baqarah 2:15], but we do not derive an active participle from that; so we do not say that Allah is a plotter or a schemer or a mocker or the like. Perhaps you have understood me?
The questioner : Yes, I understood, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you have anything else?
The questioner : Yes, in a final question.
The Shaykh: Please proceed.
[But] Allah mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.
اللهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَAnd the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned
وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللهُThe Shaykh : First: your saying that they contain blame is an incorrect expression. They contain blame, did you understand?
The questioner : Yes, no, because some of the attributes...
The Shaykh : My brother, I am asking you: did you understand?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And you often give reasons in inappropriate places. Leave the reasons aside. We say as He, the Exalted, said:
And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned
وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللهُ[But] Allah mocks them
اللهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْThe questioner : Yes, I understood, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you have anything else?
The questioner : Yes, in a final question.
The Shaykh: Please proceed.
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