And We believe in His names and attributes, meaning: that He has the most beautiful names and the perfect, exalted attributes.

The Shaykh :"We also believe in His names and attributes, meaning that He has the most beautiful names and the perfect, exalted attributes" We believe in this because Allah the Exalted said We believe in His exalted attributes because Allah the Exalted said And "mithl" (likeness) means "description," and the evidence that "mithl" means "description" is His saying (the Exalted) to the end of it, "mithl" of them, meaning the description of them. So we believe that Allah the Exalted has the most beautiful names and the exalted attributes, and the evidence is what we mentioned to you: As for the exalted attributes, it is due to His saying (the Exalted) And "al-A'la" (the Most High), as you know, is a name of superlative degree, so the attributes of Allah the Exalted are the highest of all attributes. Now, if someone asks, "What is the difference between the names and the attributes?" We say the difference between them is that the names are those by which Allah is named, whereas the attributes are those by which Allah described Himself. The attributes are more comprehensive than the names, because every name includes an attribute, but not every attribute includes a name. For this reason, we describe Allah as "the Creator," as Allah the Exalted said But do we name Him "the Creator"? No. Likewise, we describe Allah the Exalted as one who mocks the hypocrites, but do we name Him "the mocker"? No. Likewise, we describe Allah as one who plots against those who plot against Him and against His awliya (close friends of Allah), but we do not name Him "the plotter." So the attribute is more comprehensive than the name, because every name includes an attribute, but not every attribute includes a name, and so on, if Allah wills. The lesson has ended.