Is the comparative of superiority, when attributed to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), always in its proper place, as in His saying: ((And it is easier for Him))?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you. Is the comparative of superiority, when attributed to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), always in its proper place?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Well, His saying:[Ar-Rum 30:27] is it in its proper place?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is correct, it is in its proper place.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Because the beginning of creation is easier than the recreation of creation.
The questioner : But Shaykh, it is for us, meaning for the created beings, because for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) everything is[Ya-Sin 36:82], so are they equal...?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is all easy for Him, without doubt, but some of it is easier. And the meaning of "easier" is not that the other thing, which is preferred over it, is difficult. No, because with Allah, everything is easy.
The questioner : Shaykh, can we respond by saying that everything is easy for Allah, because we have received something other than this?
The Shaykh : Yes. Do we respond to them? Yes, indeed. Is not Allah the Exalted able to say, "And it is easy for Him"? Yes. Well, why did He say "easier"? So that every rational person knows that the recreation of creation is easier than its beginning. And Allah the Exalted addresses people in a way they understand[An-Naml 27:59]? It is known that these idols contain no good, but it is in accordance with the custom.
The questioner : Because if He did not address them, Shaykh, one might suspect that this is... to remove the suspicion?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, to remove the suspicion and to address the intellect, so that the intellect knows that the recreated thing is easier than the beginning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Well, His saying:
and that is [even] easier for Him
وهو أهون عليهThe Shaykh : Yes, it is correct, it is in its proper place.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Because the beginning of creation is easier than the recreation of creation.
The questioner : But Shaykh, it is for us, meaning for the created beings, because for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) everything is
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 فيكونThe Shaykh : Yes, it is all easy for Him, without doubt, but some of it is easier. And the meaning of "easier" is not that the other thing, which is preferred over it, is difficult. No, because with Allah, everything is easy.
The questioner : Shaykh, can we respond by saying that everything is easy for Allah, because we have received something other than this?
The Shaykh : Yes. Do we respond to them? Yes, indeed. Is not Allah the Exalted able to say, "And it is easy for Him"? Yes. Well, why did He say "easier"? So that every rational person knows that the recreation of creation is easier than its beginning. And Allah the Exalted addresses people in a way they understand
Is Allah better or what they associate with Him?"
آلله خير أما يشركونThe questioner : Because if He did not address them, Shaykh, one might suspect that this is... to remove the suspicion?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, to remove the suspicion and to address the intellect, so that the intellect knows that the recreated thing is easier than the beginning.