What is the meaning of His saying: {And We will place the balances of justice}? Is the balance singular or plural?
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The questioner : Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Anbya 21:47] Is the balance on the Day of Resurrection singular or are there multiple balances?
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that the wording of the Qur'an is not permissible to change or alter. So long as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) used the term "balances" (al-mawazin), they are balances. There is no objection to these balances being different, as we know from matters of the unseen. It is not befitting for us to imagine them as a specific balance, especially since balances in this world have already become numerous and varied. Therefore, it is even more likely that there will be multiple balances on the Day of Resurrection. So long as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) pluralized "balances" in such a Qur'anic phrase, I believe that interpreting "balances" as "the balance" is a form of denial of the divine attributes (ta'til). This is not the method of the Salaf (the earliest generations). Yes.
And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection
ونضع الموازين القسط ليوم القيامةThe Shaykh : There is no doubt that the wording of the Qur'an is not permissible to change or alter. So long as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) used the term "balances" (al-mawazin), they are balances. There is no objection to these balances being different, as we know from matters of the unseen. It is not befitting for us to imagine them as a specific balance, especially since balances in this world have already become numerous and varied. Therefore, it is even more likely that there will be multiple balances on the Day of Resurrection. So long as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) pluralized "balances" in such a Qur'anic phrase, I believe that interpreting "balances" as "the balance" is a form of denial of the divine attributes (ta'til). This is not the method of the Salaf (the earliest generations).