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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the explanation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (( ... and He is the Most High, the Magnificent ))

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The evidence has agreed, there is no question for people until we record a recording, the evidence has agreed on the elevation of Allah the Exalted by His Essence, as for His elevation by His attributes, whether they are attributes of power or dominion, this is acknowledged by all those who claim to be Muslims, even the Jahmiyyah and the Asha'irah and others, they acknowledge that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, acts with a conceptual elevation, yes, and it is the elevation of attributes. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
And He is the Most High وهو العلي
above His creation by dominion
the Magnificent الكبير
the Magnificent, yes,
the Magnificent الكبير
the Magnificent, there is no doubt that this is not a matching explanation, yes, but it seems the author took it from pairing the Magnificent with the Most High in the Verse of the Throne where he said:
and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. وَلا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
[al-Baqarah:255] and here he said:
the Most High, the Magnificent العلي الكبير
so he explained
the Magnificent الكبير
with what? With the Magnificent, but the correct view is that
the Magnificent الكبير
does not mean the Magnificent, but its meaning is the Possessor of Majesty, and its meaning is that nothing is like Allah the Exalted in His Essence, so the seven heavens and the seven earths in His hand, Glorified and Exalted is He, are like a mustard seed in one of our hands, it is not that the seven heavens, despite their greatness, and the seven earths are like what a person places in his hand, a mustard seed, the mustard seed, do you know it? The mustard seed is small, yes, the size of what? The size of a sesame seed, this mustard seed, if you put it in your palm, it is nothing, and this is also an analogy for the sake of approximation, otherwise Allah the Exalted is greater and more noble, so all created things in relation to Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, are nothing, we should say that
the Magnificent الكبير
is not the Magnificent, but it conveys another meaning, which is the One who possesses Majesty, and the One to whom nothing of His creation is attributed, so the seven heavens and the seven earths in His hand are like a mustard seed in one of our hands.
Source alathar.net

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