Does the verse: {And the Face of your Lord will remain, Full of Majesty and Honor} mean that the attribute of the Face remains?
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The student: May Allah reward you. Regarding affirming the attribute of the Face for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), if we say that it is: [Ar-Rahman 55:26-27].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the attribute of the Face is the one that remains ... [it is] omitted, and we say: And the Face of your Lord will remain, Full of Majesty and Honor?
The Shaykh : No, we do not say it that way, because in the Arabic language, the Face is often used to refer to the Self. For example, you might say to a man, "I intended your Face," when you actually intended the man himself. It is not possible to say that the Face of Allah, which is His Face, remains, while Glorified is Allah, the One who remains, perishes. That would not be the case.
The reader: And peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh : May Allah send blessings and peace upon him.
The reader: Our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said: "And I also said in it, the text of which is in the first letter: We see that whoever claims that Allah is in every place by His Self is a disbeliever or misguided if he believes it, and a liar if he attributes it to anyone other than the Salaf of the Ummah or its Imams. End of quote. And it is not possible for a person of intellect who knows Allah and esteems Him with His due esteem to say this."
The Shaykh : His esteem, his esteem, as He (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Al-An'am 6:91].
The reader: "And it is not possible for a person of intellect who knows Allah and esteems Him with His due esteem to say: That Allah is with His creation on earth. And I have continued, and I continue, to deny this statement in every gathering of mine in which it is mentioned."
The Shaykh : In it.
The reader: "In which it is mentioned. And I ask Allah the Exalted to keep me and my Muslim brothers firm with the firm word in this worldly life and in the Hereafter. This is after I wrote an article that was published in the magazine *Al-Da'wah*, which is issued in Riyadh, on Monday, the fourth of Muharram, 1404 AH."
The Shaykh : It is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The reader: "In the year 1404, issue number 911, in which I affirmed what the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) affirmed, that the presence of Allah the Exalted with His creation is true in its reality, and that this does not necessitate indwelling or mixing with the creation, let alone imply it. And I saw it obligatory to reject the word "Self-related" and I clarified the ways of reconciling the exaltation of Allah the Exalted with the reality of presence. And know that every word "
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
The last thing we read, yes? "And it is not possible for a person of intellect"?
(26) Everyone upon the earth will perish, (27) And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
كل من عليها فان ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرامThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the attribute of the Face is the one that remains ... [it is] omitted, and we say: And the Face of your Lord will remain, Full of Majesty and Honor?
The Shaykh : No, we do not say it that way, because in the Arabic language, the Face is often used to refer to the Self. For example, you might say to a man, "I intended your Face," when you actually intended the man himself. It is not possible to say that the Face of Allah, which is His Face, remains, while Glorified is Allah, the One who remains, perishes. That would not be the case.
The reader: And peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh : May Allah send blessings and peace upon him.
The reader: Our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said: "And I also said in it, the text of which is in the first letter: We see that whoever claims that Allah is in every place by His Self is a disbeliever or misguided if he believes it, and a liar if he attributes it to anyone other than the Salaf of the Ummah or its Imams. End of quote. And it is not possible for a person of intellect who knows Allah and esteems Him with His due esteem to say this."
The Shaykh : His esteem, his esteem, as He (Mighty and Majestic) said:
And they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal
وما قدروا الله حق قدْرهThe reader: "And it is not possible for a person of intellect who knows Allah and esteems Him with His due esteem to say: That Allah is with His creation on earth. And I have continued, and I continue, to deny this statement in every gathering of mine in which it is mentioned."
The Shaykh : In it.
The reader: "In which it is mentioned. And I ask Allah the Exalted to keep me and my Muslim brothers firm with the firm word in this worldly life and in the Hereafter. This is after I wrote an article that was published in the magazine *Al-Da'wah*, which is issued in Riyadh, on Monday, the fourth of Muharram, 1404 AH."
The Shaykh : It is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The reader: "In the year 1404, issue number 911, in which I affirmed what the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) affirmed, that the presence of Allah the Exalted with His creation is true in its reality, and that this does not necessitate indwelling or mixing with the creation, let alone imply it. And I saw it obligatory to reject the word "Self-related" and I clarified the ways of reconciling the exaltation of Allah the Exalted with the reality of presence. And know that every word "
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
The last thing we read, yes? "And it is not possible for a person of intellect"?