The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And We built the sky with might, and We are expanding it."
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The Shaykh : Now, what do you say about the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Adh-Dhariyat 51:47] Is the meaning of "ayd" here the same as the meaning in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Ya-Sin 36:71]? Or is the meaning something else? Do you understand the question now? [Adh-Dhariyat 51:47] [Ya-Sin 36:71] Is the first "ayd" the same as the second "aydi" or not?
Answer: No. And whoever thinks that the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:47] is like His saying: [Ya-Sin 36:71] has erred in reality. Why? Because "ayd" in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Adh-Dhariyat 51:47] is not attached to Him. Allah did not attach it to Himself; He did not say "by Our hands." If Allah did not attach it to Himself, how is it permissible for you to attach it to Allah? As for [Ya-Sin 36:71], He did attach it to Himself. This is one aspect.
The second aspect is that His saying: is a verbal noun (masdar) from the root "ada, ya'uddu, 'aydan," and its parallel in conjugation is "ba'a, yabī'u, bay'an," like "kala, yakīlu, kīlan." So "ayd" in His saying "We built it with ayd" is not the plural of "hand" (yad), but it is a verbal noun from "ada, ya'uddu, 'aydan," just as Allah the Exalted said: [An-Naba 78:12] meaning strong. So the meaning of "with ayd" is "with strength," and it is not permissible for anyone to say that the meaning of "ayd" is the hands of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The third aspect is that no one has ever said that Allah built the sky with His hand, unlike Adam, whom Allah created with His hand. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, built the sky with the word "Be," like all other created things.[Ya-Sin 36:82] Do you understand, people? So how many aspects were there now?
Three: The first aspect is that Allah did not attach it to Himself, and if He did not attach it to Himself, it is not permissible for us to attach it to Himself.
Second: It is not a plural, but it is a verbal noun from "ada, ya'uddu, 'aydan," and its parallel in conjugation is "ba'a, yabī'u, bay'an" and "kala, yakīlu, kīlan."
Third: No one from the Salaf said that Allah built the sky with His hand, but rather that He built it with the word "Be," relying on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ya-Sin 36:82].
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعونDo they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock
أو لم يروا أنا خلقنا لهم مما عملت أيدينا أنعاماAnd the heaven We constructed with strength
والسماء بنيناها بأيدDo they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock
أو لم يروا أنا خلقنا لهم مما عملت أيدينا أنعاماAnswer: No. And whoever thinks that the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And the heaven We constructed with strength
والسماء بنيناها بأيدfrom what Our hands have made, grazing livestock
مما عملت أيدينا أنعاماAnd the heaven We constructed with strength
والسماء بنيناها بأيدfrom what Our hands have made, grazing livestock
مما عملت أيدينا أنعاماThe second aspect is that His saying:
We built it with ayd
بيناها بأيدAnd constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًاThe third aspect is that no one has ever said that Allah built the sky with His hand, unlike Adam, whom Allah created with His hand. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, built the sky with the word "Be," like all other created things.
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إنما أمره إذا أراد شيئا أن يقول له كن فيكونThree: The first aspect is that Allah did not attach it to Himself, and if He did not attach it to Himself, it is not permissible for us to attach it to Himself.
Second: It is not a plural, but it is a verbal noun from "ada, ya'uddu, 'aydan," and its parallel in conjugation is "ba'a, yabī'u, bay'an" and "kala, yakīlu, kīlan."
Third: No one from the Salaf said that Allah built the sky with His hand, but rather that He built it with the word "Be," relying on the saying of Allah the Exalted: