Continuation of the previous: And we believe that Allah the Exalted has two real eyes...

The Shaykh : Their plants die and nothing remains for them, and likewise their livestock die. And when the people call out and respond to his call, he commands the sky to rain, and it rains while they watch. He says, "O sky, rain down," and it rains. And to the earth, "O earth, sprout," and it sprouts. So their grazing returns to them in its most abundant state of flesh, fat, and milk. This is a trial, and not just any trial, but a great trial, one of the greatest trials, especially for the Bedouin. This man, the Dajjal, tests people, and because of the intensity of the trial and the bewilderment, a person does not reflect with rational thought to realize that this is not a god. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us a sign, or rather signs, that he is not a god. He said: But this is a sign that the heart understands. Perhaps because of the severity of the matter, what does he forget? He forgets this and does not care. So there is a tangible sign: The writer and the non-writer, even the one who does not know how to write or read, reads this: between his eyes. Here is a tangible sign, or not.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : A person is not distracted from it because he sees the man. Likewise, another tangible sign is that he is one-eyed; one of his eyes is blind. The narrations differ as to whether it is the right or the left eye, but the important thing is that he is one-eyed. And this is a distinguishing sign, and not just any distinguishing sign.
The student: A distinguishing sign.

The Shaykh : A distinguishing sign, by his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Now, the indication that this hadith proves that Allah has only two eyes is that if Allah had more than two eyes, that multiplicity would be a perfection, would it not? Because every attribute by which Allah is described is a perfection, and it achieves the distinguishing sign, or it does not.
The student: It achieves it.

The Shaykh : The sign is a distinguishing one between the Dajjal and the Lord. It achieves it.
The student: No.

The Shaykh : No, O Shaykh.
The student: It achieves it.

The Shaykh : It achieves it... there is no doubt it achieves it. If this Allah Mighty and Majestic had three eyes, and this Dajjal has how many eyes?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Two eyes are enough to distinguish the Creator from this Dajjal. So when the three are not mentioned, it is known that He does not have three. It is known that He does not have three, and that He has only two, in which the Dajjal shares with Him. What does the Dajjal share in? That the Dajjal has two eyes. But the eye of the Creator Mighty and Majestic is distinguished by being complete, without any defect, and the eye of the Dajjal is...
The student: Blind.

The Shaykh : Blind. And by this, it is established completely, and upon this the creed is built, that Allah has only two eyes. This is what the people of the Sunnah agreed upon. This is what we believe, and Allah does not have more than two eyes. And by this, we know that the eye of Allah Mighty and Majestic came once in the singular, once in the plural, and once in the dual. But it is a weak hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But it is a weak hadith. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned it in *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, but it is weak. However, we are actually in no need of it. Why? The hadith is what?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : The Dajjal. So if someone asks, what is the reconciliation between the singular and the plural? and What is the reconciliation? We say the reconciliation between them is easy. The singular is a singular noun with a possessive, and it passed us in the principles of jurisprudence that the singular with a possessive is what?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : It is general. So if it is general, then his saying does not preclude multiplicity, because it includes everything established for Allah regarding His eye. This is Arabic speech. Good.
As for the plural, it was pluralized for the sake of magnification. And the plural for magnification does not necessitate multiplicity, let alone limit the number to two. The plural for magnification, pay attention to it, does not necessitate...
The student: Multiplicity.

The Shaykh : Multiplicity. Have you not seen the saying of Allah the Exalted: This is a plural. Does it necessitate multiplicity?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : No.
The student: It does not necessitate it.

The Shaykh : It does not necessitate multiplicity; rather, it is only for magnification. So He pluralized them for magnification, so it does not necessitate multiplicity. This is if we do not say, if we do not say that the plural...
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Its meaning is the plural.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Indicates absolute multiplicity. Good. The third of the aspects remaining is that it came in the form of the dual, that Allah has two eyes. We say this is a text regarding the number. A text regarding the number, so it is taken into account. It is taken into account. So we believe that Allah has two eyes. And what was mentioned in the singular is general, including the one and more. And what was mentioned in the way of magnification, and what was mentioned in the word of the plural, is in the way of magnification.
And likewise it is said regarding the hands. The hands came in three ways: singular, dual, and plural. From the singular is His saying the Exalted: And from the plural is His saying the Exalted: Plural. And from the dual is the saying of Allah Blessed and Exalted is He: Good. So what is the reconciliation? We say, as for what came in the singular, it is a singular noun with a possessive, so it does not preclude multiplicity. And as for what came in the plural, like , the intended meaning is magnification. And as for what came in the dual, it is a text regarding the number, so the reality of the matter is that He has how many hands?
The student: Two.

The Shaykh : Two hands. Yes.