Can a name indicate meanings that the absolute term does not indicate?
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The Shaykh : Can one of the names of Allah indicate other meanings that the absolute term does not indicate? Yes. What is this type of indication called?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Indication by implication. What is an example? No, first, it indicates the affirmation of the Creator and the affirmation of the creation, and this is by inclusion and congruence. Now, the third is by implication.
The student: It is necessary that the Creator be All-Knowing and All-Powerful.
The Shaykh : All-Powerful and All-Willful. Now, can you provide us with a proof? Please.
The student:[At-Talaq 65:12].
The Shaykh : Well done. He said, for example, and had it not been for power, He would not have created [At-Talaq 65:12] and had it not been for knowledge, He would not have created. Now, may Allah reward you.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Indication by implication. What is an example? No, first, it indicates the affirmation of the Creator and the affirmation of the creation, and this is by inclusion and congruence. Now, the third is by implication.
The student: It is necessary that the Creator be All-Knowing and All-Powerful.
The Shaykh : All-Powerful and All-Willful. Now, can you provide us with a proof? Please.
The student:
It is Allah who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allah is over all things competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge.
اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًاThe Shaykh : Well done. He said, for example,