Explanation of al-Munshif's statement: "3- Semantic distortion, which is diverting the word from its apparent meaning without evidence"

The Shaykh : As for the third category, "and distortion, and semantic distortion, which is diverting the word from its apparent meaning without evidence, such as distorting the meaning of the hands attributed to Allah to power and grace, and the like", this is common. Semantic distortion is the most prevalent among those who claim to belong to the qiblah, meaning Islam. For example, the Asha'irah distorted, the Mu'tazilah distorted, the Jahmiyyah distorted, the Murji'ah distorted, likewise the Wa'idiyyah distorted, the Haruriyyah distorted, and so on. All the innovated sects have engaged in semantic distortion, because they cannot distort the wording itself, as they claim to belong to Islam, and a Muslim cannot distort the speech of Allah. However, the meaning can be diverted to understanding and minds, and they were able to distort it. One says that Allah the Exalted says , and the intended meaning of the hands is grace, and he says, "No, His hands mean His graces." How are they His graces? And you say two? He says, "Yes, the intended meaning is the genus: the grace of religion and the grace of this world, or the grace of this world and the grace of the Hereafter." And the one who interprets it as power, the intended meaning of the hand is power, does he escape or not? He does not escape, because the power of Allah is one; he cannot say that Allah has two powers. Therefore, this distortion is invalid. The intended meaning of the hand is the real hand by which He, (Glorified and Exalted is He), takes and grasps , and by which He folds . Yes, and the conclusion is that the people of the Sunnah and the community preserved the indication of the hands to their apparent meaning befitting Allah (Mighty and Majestic), while these distorters distorted it. As for "istawa" (rising above the Throne), what is its meaning according to the people of the Sunnah? He rose above it in a manner befitting His Majesty, (Glorified and Exalted is He). These people say "istawa" on the Throne means "istawla" (dominated), they distorted it with semantic distortion. They cannot change the wording, they cannot change the wording, so they say "istawla" on the Throne. The Children of Israel were able to distort both the wording and the meaning, and they were told to say "Hatta" (a lightening of the burden), but they said "Hanat" (wheat). Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) compared in his poem al-Nuniyyah the lam of the Asha'irah and the Mu'tazilah in "istawa" with the nun of the Jews in "Hatta." The nun of the Jews is the nun of the yod, and Allah, I forgot, the important thing is that he says the lam of the Jahmiyyah in "istawa" is like the nun of the Jews in "Hatta." Yes, so the conclusion is that this is semantic distortion, and it is common, and the people of the Sunnah and the community disavow all distortion. Yes.