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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What does the negation of blindness regarding Allah the Exalted imply?

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The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : The attribute of blindness.

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : Regarding the attribute of blindness from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), you inferred that He is...

The Shaykh : One-eyed.

The questioner : Not one-eyed. The indication is...

The Shaykh : The indication is that His saying:
He is not one-eyed ليس بأعور
implies the existence of both eyes.

The questioner : One-eyed...

The Shaykh : A one-eyed person is one who has only one eye.

The questioner : And a blind person is one who sees nothing. The indication, O Shaykh, is that...

The Shaykh : Equal?

The questioner : One-eyed in the left eye.

The Shaykh : Yes, because the existence of two eyes implies that he is not blind. If one-eyedness is negated, then blindness is even more so.
Source alathar.net

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