Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: "Surely His are the creation and the command." What is the difference between creation and command? Is the Qur'an part of the creation or part of the command? And what are the things
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The questioner : Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: [Al-A'raf 7:54] What is the difference between creation and command? Is the Qur'an part of the creation or the command? And what are the things that follow from the claim that the Qur'an is created?
The Shaykh : Yes. Listen[Al-A'raf 7:54]. The scholars say: What does the conjunction imply?
The student: Difference.
The Shaykh : Difference. And the types of difference are many: verbal difference, semantic difference. The default is that it is for semantic difference, but it can be for verbal difference, and it can be for descriptive difference.
[Al-A'la 87:1-4] This is a type of difference — brother, we will return to you, may Allah bless you —
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What did we say?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : — And different? Give it to me, there is no power and no strength except in Allah, sit down — verbal difference and descriptive difference and what kind of difference? Semantic. Meaning semantic in the sense that this entity is different from this entity. If I say: Zayd and 'Amr came, then the conjunction here is for what kind of difference? Semantic, entity-based. This is Zayd, not 'Amr.
[Al-A'la 87:1-3] What kind of difference? Descriptive. Meaning these are attributes of one described entity.
"And he found her words to be a lie and a falsehood" A lie and a falsehood. Falsehood is a lie. What kind of difference is this?
The student: Verbal.
The Shaykh : Verbal. Good. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:54] Creation is not command. And if you wish, read His saying, the Exalted: [Ya-Sin 36:82] So the command is the command of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and it is either cosmic or legislative. What brings about existence is a cosmic command, and what brings about the Shari'ah is a legislative command. So His saying, the Exalted: This is legislative. And His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He, to the earth and the heavens: [Fussilat 41:11] This is a cosmic command. In any case, the command is not the creation. The command is the command of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, whether it is cosmic or legislative. And the creation is the bringing into existence by Allah the Mighty and Majestic and the making by Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
As for what follows from the claim that the Qur'an is created, it entails the invalidation of the Shari'ahs in reality. Because if we say that it is created, it negates that it is a command or a prohibition. Because if you say it is created, it is as if it is a thing created in a specific form that does not contain a command. For example, "Establish." If we say it is created, it becomes like the creation of the sun or the creation of the moon. Meaning, letters were created in this form and do not indicate the meaning of a command, because creation means bringing into existence. So Allah brought into existence speech in this form, but it does not contain a command and does not contain a prohibition. For this reason, the scholars said: The claim that the Qur'an is created means the invalidation of the command and prohibition of Allah. And this is correct. The Qur'an, or the revealed speech, contains the command, the prohibition, the report, the inquiry, the stories, and so on. This is the difference. Yes.
Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command
ألا له الخلق والأمرThe Shaykh : Yes. Listen
Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command
ألا له الخلق والأمرThe student: Difference.
The Shaykh : Difference. And the types of difference are many: verbal difference, semantic difference. The default is that it is for semantic difference, but it can be for verbal difference, and it can be for descriptive difference.
(1) Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High, (2) Who created and proportioned (3) And who destined and [then] guided (4) And who brings out the pasture
سبح اسم ربك الأعلى الذي خلق فسوى والذي قدر فهدى والذي أخرج المرعىThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : What did we say?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : — And different? Give it to me, there is no power and no strength except in Allah, sit down — verbal difference and descriptive difference and what kind of difference? Semantic. Meaning semantic in the sense that this entity is different from this entity. If I say: Zayd and 'Amr came, then the conjunction here is for what kind of difference? Semantic, entity-based. This is Zayd, not 'Amr.
(1) Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High, (2) Who created and proportioned (3) And who destined and [then] guided
سبح اسم ربك الأعلى الذي خلق فسوى والذي قدر فهدى"And he found her words to be a lie and a falsehood" A lie and a falsehood. Falsehood is a lie. What kind of difference is this?
The student: Verbal.
The Shaykh : Verbal. Good. Allah the Exalted said:
Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command
ألا له الخلق و الأمرHis command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إنما أمره إذا أراد شيئاً أن يقول له كن فيكونEstablish prayer and give zakah.
أقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاةCome [into being], willingly or by compulsion.
ائتيا طوعاً أو كرهاًAs for what follows from the claim that the Qur'an is created, it entails the invalidation of the Shari'ahs in reality. Because if we say that it is created, it negates that it is a command or a prohibition. Because if you say it is created, it is as if it is a thing created in a specific form that does not contain a command. For example, "Establish." If we say it is created, it becomes like the creation of the sun or the creation of the moon. Meaning, letters were created in this form and do not indicate the meaning of a command, because creation means bringing into existence. So Allah brought into existence speech in this form, but it does not contain a command and does not contain a prohibition. For this reason, the scholars said: The claim that the Qur'an is created means the invalidation of the command and prohibition of Allah. And this is correct. The Qur'an, or the revealed speech, contains the command, the prohibition, the report, the inquiry, the stories, and so on. This is the difference. Yes.