What is the meaning of al-Quddus?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you. Many of the exegetes adopt the first possibility we mentioned, that the khalifah here is a khalifah on behalf of Allah, and they proceeded on this basis. But I read that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah strongly rejected this view, saying that one does not appoint a khalifah except for one who is a deficient example, or one who needs [something], or one who is absent, or something like that?
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. The Shaykh has other words besides this.
The questioner : Did I read this?
The Shaykh : Perhaps it is another statement in a second location. We say, as Allah said:[Sad 38:26]
The questioner : What do we say about ...?
The Shaykh : We say the verse has a possibility for......
The questioner : But what do we say about the statement of Shaykh al-Islam regarding the interpretation you mentioned?
The Shaykh : We say he has a statement in another location, or perhaps it is not a book in front of me right now so I can look. It may be that the indications point to the fact that the context is one of rejection for the sake of the interpretation of these people.
The questioner : Shaykh, Qaddas and Quddus are still there. Shaykh, Quddus means that it is an attribute of His perfection. Does this mean it is the opposite?
The Shaykh : Al-Tahir, al-Quddus means the One pure from every defect.
The questioner : An attribute of perfection. What? From the perspective of affirming perfection, is it the opposite of tasbih?
The Shaykh : Because it is not possible for there to be an attribute of deficiency, a negated attribute from Allah, except that it includes perfection. There is no pure negation.
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. The Shaykh has other words besides this.
The questioner : Did I read this?
The Shaykh : Perhaps it is another statement in a second location. We say, as Allah said:
O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth
يا داود إنا جعلناك خليفة في الأرضThe questioner : What do we say about ...?
The Shaykh : We say the verse has a possibility for......
The questioner : But what do we say about the statement of Shaykh al-Islam regarding the interpretation you mentioned?
The Shaykh : We say he has a statement in another location, or perhaps it is not a book in front of me right now so I can look. It may be that the indications point to the fact that the context is one of rejection for the sake of the interpretation of these people.
The questioner : Shaykh, Qaddas and Quddus are still there. Shaykh, Quddus means that it is an attribute of His perfection. Does this mean it is the opposite?
The Shaykh : Al-Tahir, al-Quddus means the One pure from every defect.
The questioner : An attribute of perfection. What? From the perspective of affirming perfection, is it the opposite of tasbih?
The Shaykh : Because it is not possible for there to be an attribute of deficiency, a negated attribute from Allah, except that it includes perfection. There is no pure negation.