Can the hand be intended to mean power?
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The Shaykh : With verses from the Qur'an and hadiths from the Sunnah. From the Qur'an, my dear Khalil.
The student: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Qamar 54:14]
The Shaykh : ... He looks at you. Now, the word "eye" regarding the eye intended for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in the Noble Qur'an appears in more than one form.
The student: Yes, in ...
The Shaykh : In more than one form, how many?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : In the Qur'an.
The student: In the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: And in the singular.
The Shaykh : In the singular.
The student: Yes, two forms.
The Shaykh : It appears in more than one form, the singular.
The student: And the plural.
The Shaykh : And the plural only.
The student: In the Qur'an only.
The Shaykh : Yes. Now, from the singular, praise? From the singular, I mean, give an example from the Qur'an where the attribute of the eye is in the singular.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ibn al-Qayyim's statement in *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah* that,
When "the two hands" is used in the Arabic language, it is not conceivable that it be used metaphorically. When "the two hands" is used in the dual form, it is not conceivable except that it is literal.
The Shaykh : "The two hands" means
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Due to His saying, the Exalted:[Sad 38:75]
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : How do we saySunan Ibn Majah 4075Sahih (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : There are not two hands.
The questioner : Yes, there are not two hands.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : We interpreted it as power.
The Shaykh : Yes, we said that because the expression mentioned by Allah, the Exalted,[Sad 38:75] it is not possible in such an expression that power is intended. It is not possible that power is intended. As for the saying of the Arabs, "I have not two hands in such a matter" or "I have not two hands in this," they intend by it capacity and ability, and this is well known among them.
The student: Shaykh, it was not mentioned.
The Shaykh : No, it was mentioned. It was mentioned in such a construction, there is no doubt. Such a construction was mentioned, and we cited the evidence for you from the hadith and from the poetry of the Arabs. Yes.
The student: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
Sailing under Our observation as reward
تجري بأعيننا جزاءThe Shaykh : ...
He looks at you, despondent and despairing
ينظر إليكم أزلين قنطينThe student: Yes, in ...
The Shaykh : In more than one form, how many?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : In the Qur'an.
The student: In the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: And in the singular.
The Shaykh : In the singular.
The student: Yes, two forms.
The Shaykh : It appears in more than one form, the singular.
The student: And the plural.
The Shaykh : And the plural only.
The student: In the Qur'an only.
The Shaykh : Yes. Now, from the singular, praise? From the singular, I mean, give an example from the Qur'an where the attribute of the eye is in the singular.
The student: ...
The Shaykh :
And make it with my eyes
ولتصنع على عينيThe questioner : Ibn al-Qayyim's statement in *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah* that,
When "the two hands" is used in the Arabic language, it is not conceivable that it be used metaphorically. When "the two hands" is used in the dual form, it is not conceivable except that it is literal.
The Shaykh : "The two hands" means
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Due to His saying, the Exalted:
to that which I created with My hands
لما خلقت بيديThe Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : How do we say
whom no one will be able to kill
لا يدان لأحد بقتالهمThe Shaykh : There are not two hands.
The questioner : Yes, there are not two hands.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : We interpreted it as power.
The Shaykh : Yes, we said that because the expression mentioned by Allah, the Exalted,
to that which I created with My hands
لما خلقت بيديThe student: Shaykh, it was not mentioned.
The Shaykh : No, it was mentioned. It was mentioned in such a construction, there is no doubt. Such a construction was mentioned, and we cited the evidence for you from the hadith and from the poetry of the Arabs. Yes.