And Allah the Exalted punished those who described Him with deficiency, as in His saying, the Exalted:

The Shaykh :"And Allah punished those who described Him with deficiency, as in His saying, the Exalted:

And the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained."

وقالت اليهود يد الله مغلولة

[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]

" This is a description of deficiency. The meaning of 'closed' in their view is that it is restrained from spending, because for the Jews, the most important thing is money; they do not prefer anything over it. "Allah the Exalted said:

Their hands are closed.

غلت أيديهم

" That is, Allah closed their hands, so they became the most stingy of people, and they began to command people to be stingy. May Allah protect us and you from that. "

and cursed are they for what they say

ولعنوا بما قالوا

[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]

" So they were recompensed for the sin with its like, in that their hands were closed, and they were recompensed with the curse because they fabricated a lie against Allah in what they said, claiming that the hand of Allah is closed, whereas the hand of Allah is full, pouring out in the night and the day. "

Rather, both His hands are extended

بل يداه مبسوطتان

[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]

" 'Nay' is for the negating interjection, meaning that what came before is false. "

both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills

يداه مبسوطتان ينفق كيف يشاء

[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]

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