He is not overtaken by drowsiness or sleep; to Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth

The Shaykh : Yes, he said: And he did not say "he does not sleep," because sleep occurs by choice, whereas being overtaken occurs by force. When we are tired, sleep overtakes us by force, does it not? By force, such that if a person does not want to, he may drop the book from his hand and the cup from his hand. Yes. As for the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, nothing overcomes Him, and sleep does not overtake Him ever, neither by choice nor by lack of choice, because sleep is an attribute of deficiency. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And what comes after that? It is impossible for Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, to sleep. Why? This is an attribute. Yes, this is an attribute among the attributes of negation, i.e., denial. And it has passed us that attributes of negation must necessarily include an affirmation, which is the perfection of the opposite. What is the perfection in His saying: We say it is the perfection of life and sustenance, because it is part of the perfection of His life that He does not need sleep, and part of the perfection of His sustenance that He does not sleep. Yes. How is it that it is part of the perfection of His life that He does not need sleep? Because sleep is something that humans and living creatures need due to their deficiency, because they need sleep in order to rest from prior fatigue and to regain strength for future work, does it not? A person, with fatigue, needs sleep to rest from previous fatigue and to regain energy for subsequent future work. And since the people of Paradise are perfect in life, they do not sleep, as the authentic reports state. The people of Paradise do not sleep due to the perfection of their life. But if someone were to say: Sleep in a human is a perfection, and for this reason, if a person does not sleep, he is considered sick. Yes, we say: It is like eating in a human, which is a perfection, and if he does not eat, he is considered sick. But it is a perfection from one aspect and a deficiency from another aspect. It is a perfection because it indicates the health and soundness of the body, and a deficiency because the body needs it. So, in reality, it is a deficiency. If the body were strong, did not tire, and did not get bored, it would not need sleep, nor would it need food and drink.
So, not every relative perfection for the created being is a perfection for the Creator, just as not every perfection in the Creator is a perfection in the created being. Arrogance is a perfection in the Creator and a deficiency in the created being, which is known. Eating, drinking, and sleeping are a perfection in the created being and a deficiency in the Creator. For this reason, the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, does not eat, being self-sufficient in everything. If someone were to say: This contains a negated attribute. What is the affirmative attribute that it indicates or includes? We say: The perfection of life and sustenance. Yes.
Drowsiness: It is the precursor to sleep, and it is drowsiness. And sleep is well known. Yes. How? No, do not answer with "fainting" or anything like that. This frightens us. Some people no longer sleep. Some say sleep is a heavy fainting that seizes the heart, causing the brain's perception to disappear, and the like. This is philosophical talk and is not correct. In my view, a person becomes unconscious. The one who sleeps on the pillow faints; he may not be able to sleep. For this reason, it is said in *al-Qamus*: "Sleep is well-known." No one denies sleep, and no one is ignorant of sleep. Good.
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: "To Him": This is a fronted predicate, and "what": This is a delayed subject. So in the sentence, there is restriction through the method of fronting what is properly delayed, which is the predicate. For fronting the predicate implies restriction. Good.
"To Him": This lam is for ownership, complete ownership without any opponent. What is in the heavens, of the angels and Paradise and other things we do not know. Of all the created things, the animals among them and the non-animals.
And His saying: Indicates that the heavens are plural, and that is the case. And the Qur'an explicitly stated that they are seven. The earths: The Qur'an indicated that they are seven without explicit statement, and the Sunnah explicitly stated it. Allah, the Exalted, said: Like them in what? In number, not in attribute, because the attribute between the heavens and the earth is a great difference. So the similarity here is in number. And in the Sunnah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
Good. The establishment of ownership for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. And it has preceded us, and we were speaking at the beginning of this creed about tawhid, tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), and we said that there is ownership for other than Allah. Is that obligatory for us or not? Good. So there is no need to repeat it.