Discussion regarding the verse: (( Allah testifies that there is no god but He, and the angels and those possessing knowledge testify to it, upholding justice. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise )) .

The Shaykh : His saying: The angels are conjoined to, O Muhammad?
The student: To Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He),

The Shaykh : How?
The student: Meaning, Allah testifies that there is no god but He, and likewise the angels testify that there is no god but Allah, right? Meaning, the angels testified that there is no god but Allah?

The Shaykh : Yes, good.

The Shaykh : Is conjoined to what?
The student: Likewise, and those possessing knowledge,

The Shaykh : To? To the testimony, what is its name? To to all of it?

The Shaykh : And those possessing knowledge likewise testify, conjoined to the Divine Name,

The Shaykh : To the Divine Name only.
Who is meant by those possessing knowledge? Those who know Allah through religious knowledge, the possessors of knowledge of Allah, of His names and attributes and rulings, is that so? Yes, good.

The Shaykh : If someone were to say: Is it not meant by those possessing knowledge the possessors of knowledge of the natures of things and crafts?
The student: No, that is not what is meant,

The Shaykh : Is that not what is meant? No, one may be the most disbelieving of people. What is meant by knowledge is knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His names and attributes and rulings.

The Shaykh : His saying, the Exalted: 'Abd al-Munan, what is its grammatical analysis?
The student: A state (hal),

The Shaykh : A state from where? From the Divine Name. Where is the Divine Name? Bring it? , so did Allah testify while upholding justice? Did Allah testify that He is upholding justice? The Divine Name only, that is not correct, but say with us: Allah testified in the state of being upholding justice. Do you agree with this? Shaybah? 'Qayyiman' is a hidden pronoun, it is Allah, yes, but the state is from where? A state from the Divine Name, it is Allah, from the pronoun in 'He': that there is no god but He, in the state of being upholding justice, meaning that His divinity is not injustice and tyranny, but rather it is upholding justice.

The Shaykh : His saying: What is the position of the sentence, or what is the place of the sentence relative to what came before it in meaning? 'Abd al-Rahman?
The student: Confirmation,

The Shaykh : Do you agree with this?
The student: A ruling,

The Shaykh : A ruling, correct. So Allah testified for Himself that there is no god but He, then He ruled for Himself. And on this basis, is the sentence foundational or confirmatory? Foundational. The correct view is that it is foundational, not confirmatory, because the ruling follows the testimony, so it is a call, a testimony, and a ruling. So the sentence is a ruling from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He is alone and that He is unique in divinity.

The Shaykh : As for , the discussion has been mentioned repeatedly, and we have known that might is divided into three categories, and that wisdom is derived from ruling and perfecting, and that ruling is cosmic and legislative, and that the wisdom in it is either circumstantial or purposive. As for His saying: , good, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: to the end of it, we took its benefits, from His saying: