The Fourth Research on the Attribute of the Hand Mentioned in the Noble Qur'an

The Shaykh : The Fourth Research: The hand that Allah affirmed for Himself and which is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an appears in three forms: the singular, the dual, and the plural. The singular appears in such as His saying, the Exalted: and the like. The dual appears in this verse: and in His saying, the Exalted: It also appears in the form of the plural in His saying, the Exalted: One might think that these three forms contradict one another, but there is nothing in the Qur'an, praise be to Allah, that contradicts in a total way such that some of it denies the rest. The reconciliation of these three forms has a precedent in the reconciliation of these three forms regarding the attribute of the Eye of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. We said in reconciling them: As for the singular, it does not contradict the dual or the plural, because the singular when attached to a possessive is general and does not conflict with plurality; it does not conflict with plurality. Therefore, His saying, the Exalted: and do not contradict each other, because His saying: encompasses whatever hand belongs to Allah. Likewise, the singular does not contradict the plural in His saying, the Exalted: What remains is the consideration of reconciling the dual and the plural. We say: If we say that the minimum of the plural is two, there is no conflict, because we interpret the plural as being what? As being dual. And if we say that the minimum of the plural is three, as is well known, then the reconciliation between the dual and the plural is that the plural is not intended to mean the meaning of plurality, but rather it is pluralized for the sake of magnification and the correspondence between the possessed and the possessor. The possessed is "hands" (aydi), and the possessor is "our" (na) which indicates plurality. So in it, both the meaning and the wording are considered: the meaning is magnification, and the second is the wording, which is the correspondence between the possessed and the possessor. So what do we believe regarding the hand of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: is it one, two, or three? The second, meaning we believe and hold that Allah, the Exalted, has two hands. And upon this, the Salaf agreed that Allah has two hands.
If someone were to say, "Why do we not take the plural because it is more? For whoever takes the plural has also taken the dual," we say: This does not hold, because His saying, the Exalted: came as a response to the saying of the Jews: It came to clarify the complete attribute of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, regarding this attribute. If there had been a hand in excess of the two, it would have been mentioned, because the more hands there are, the more the giving. So if there had been a hand in excess of two, Allah, the Exalted, would have mentioned it for the sake of silencing these Jews and refuting them. Thus, it is established that the hand is two, not more. And the hadiths also appear clearly in this meaning, that the hand is only two. And this is what we believe regarding Allah, Mighty and Majestic.