Third: We observe in creation that things may share the same name but differ in reality and manner. We see that a human hand is not like an elephant’s hand.
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The Shaykh :“Third: We observe in creation that things may share the same name but differ in reality and manner. We see that a human hand is not like an elephant’s hand, and a human’s strength is not like a camel’s strength” Is that not so? A human does not have the strength of a camel. Reflect, my brothers. Does he not make it kneel and slaughter it? Yes. Does the camel defend itself? We say that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) alluded to this in His saying: [Ya-Sin 36:71-72] And if Allah had not made them submissive, we would never have been able to do so at all. You find a small child holding the reins of a camel and dragging it wherever he wishes; it is tamed and submissive. Good.
“Even though the name is the same” What is the name we mentioned? The hand and the strength. “So this is a hand and this is a hand, and this is strength and this is strength, and there is a difference between them in manner and description. From this, it is known that agreement in name does not necessitate agreement in reality” Good.
(71) Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are their owners? (72) And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ“Even though the name is the same” What is the name we mentioned? The hand and the strength. “So this is a hand and this is a hand, and this is strength and this is strength, and there is a difference between them in manner and description. From this, it is known that agreement in name does not necessitate agreement in reality” Good.