Benefits: Concerning the Affirmation of the Attribute of the Hand and Creation for Allah (Mighty and Majestic)

The Shaykh : The author introduced this chapter to affirm the Hand, not to affirm creation, because the affirmation of creation is in the preceding chapter. However, there is no objection to the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) excellent arrangement, where the first chapter is on creation in general, and this chapter is on creation specifically, and with His Hand as well. He the Exalted said: This is a part of a longer verse. When Allah the Exalted created Adam, He commanded the angels to prostrate to him. Iblis was among them, but he was not of them; he was with them, but he did not belong to them. All the angels prostrated, except Iblis, who refused and refused to prostrate. Allah the Exalted said: because the original nature of the jinn is disobedience, not obedience, and the angels do not disobey Allah. So the angels prostrated, except Iblis, who refused. Then Allah the Exalted said: What prevented you? What did he say? He said: So what prevented him from prostrating was arrogance and haughtiness. And in the knowledge of Allah the Exalted, he was a disbeliever; it is written in the Preserved Tablet that he is a disbeliever. So he became arrogant and refused, saying: meaning, he was created from clay, so he will not prostrate, may Allah protect us from that. Then He the Exalted said to him: Here He said "to what" (li-ma) and did not say "to whom" (li-man), even though Adam is a rational being among the rational beings. But when the description is intended, the rational being is referred to with "what" (ma), and when the person is intended, the rational being is referred to with "who" (man). Have you seen His saying the Exalted: So marry what is pleasing to you of women, and He did not say "who is pleasing," considering what? The description, and the description is not rational. So here, this created being, Adam (peace and blessings be upon him), has a great status, so considering the description in him is more appropriate than considering the person. Therefore, look at Iblis’s answer: Iblis placed him in the position of a person, so he said: What? And Allah the Exalted said: because Allah the Exalted intended to exalt Adam, while Iblis intended to belittle him and diminish his status. So he said: