Are the names of Allah the Exalted derived from His attributes?
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The questioner : ... some of them distinguish between the name and...?
The Shaykh : or the attribute
The questioner : or the attribute from which the name is derived.
The Shaykh : That is, that is, no attribute from which a name is ever derived
The questioner : You find some scholars...
The Shaykh : It is not correct, this is an error, because if we derived a name from every attribute, the names would have no benefit. We would say Allah is the Holder, Allah is the Taker, Allah is the Seizer, Allah is the Mocking One, this is not possible
The questioner : Some scholars, like Ibn al-Arabi, reached... the thirty-fourth...
The Shaykh : No, this is an attribute, this is an attribute, an attribute...
The Shaykh : or the attribute
The questioner : or the attribute from which the name is derived.
The Shaykh : That is, that is, no attribute from which a name is ever derived
The questioner : You find some scholars...
The Shaykh : It is not correct, this is an error, because if we derived a name from every attribute, the names would have no benefit. We would say Allah is the Holder, Allah is the Taker, Allah is the Seizer, Allah is the Mocking One, this is not possible
The questioner : Some scholars, like Ibn al-Arabi, reached... the thirty-fourth...
The Shaykh : No, this is an attribute, this is an attribute, an attribute...