Explaining Some Deviations of the Khalaf in the Chapter of Names and Attributes
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The Shaykh : ... in the Arabic style, with the exaltation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) above being likened to creation, as is known from His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] ... affirming in the sense that ... .
The questioner: The linguistic understanding.
The Shaykh: The linguistic understanding with exaltation.
The questioner: With exaltation, the concept is clear, and the condition of exaltation is clear.
The Shaykh: The school of the Khalaf sometimes aligns with the Salaf ... and they exalt, and sometimes they interpret, indeed they deny the attributes, so they are two schools; the school of understanding the verses of attributes and hadiths of attributes with exaltation.
And a second understanding, their interpretation ... ... existing things, this is the Arabic meaning, but ... so the Salaf interpreted these meanings in light of[Ash-Shuraa 42:11], whereas the Khalaf interpreted them, saying: Istiwa' means dominion, they said regarding the affirmation of the hand [Al-Ma'idah 5:64] rather, what? [Al-Ma'idah 5:64], so they interpreted them, they did not affirm for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) the two hands that befit His greatness and majesty and do not resemble the hands of humans, the Khalaf here contradicted the Salaf in their belief in the attributes of hearing and seeing in the Arabic meaning with exaltation, here they interpreted, whereas "the Mu'awwilah" are those who say: we do not know, we do not know, we do not know, and therefore these people, if they say ... .
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُThe questioner: The linguistic understanding.
The Shaykh: The linguistic understanding with exaltation.
The questioner: With exaltation, the concept is clear, and the condition of exaltation is clear.
The Shaykh: The school of the Khalaf sometimes aligns with the Salaf ... and they exalt, and sometimes they interpret, indeed they deny the attributes, so they are two schools; the school of understanding the verses of attributes and hadiths of attributes with exaltation.
And a second understanding, their interpretation ... ... existing things, this is the Arabic meaning, but ... so the Salaf interpreted these meanings in light of
There is nothing like unto Him
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌThe hand of Allah is chained
يَدُ اللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌChained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended
غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُوا بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ
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