Explanation of the author's statement and his saying: (Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His servant to be a warning to all the worlds, He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and He did not take a son)

The Shaykh : He said: "Blessed" means Exalted and Magnificent, and that blessing settled upon Him through the mention of His name and so on. And "who sent down the Criterion upon His servant"—from whom? It is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And His saying: means by it the Qur'an, because it distinguishes between truth and falsehood, between the Muslim and the disbeliever, between the righteous and the wicked, and between the harmful and the beneficial; all of it is a Criterion. Yes.
Now he says: Who? Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). And he said: So he described him with servitude in the context of speaking about the revelation of the Qur'an to him. This context is considered one of the noblest stations of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). For this reason, Allah the Exalted described him with servitude in the context of the Qur'an descending upon him, as here, and as in His saying: And He described him with servitude in the context of defending him and challenging [the disbelievers] And He described him with servitude in the context of honoring him with the Ascension, saying: And He said in Surat al-Najm, which contains the account of the Ascension: This indicates that describing a human being with servitude to Allah is considered a perfection, a perfection, because servitude to Allah is the reality of freedom. So whoever does not worship Allah becomes a slave to someone else. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"They fled from the slavery for which they were created *** and were afflicted by the slavery of the self and Satan"
Here "Flee from the slavery for which they were created" What is the slavery for which they were created?
The student: The worship of Allah

The Shaykh : The worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And they were afflicted with the slavery of the self and Satan, so they became slaves to their selves and slaves to Satan. So no person flees from the servitude of Allah except that he falls into the servitude of his desire and his Satan. Now, the lam here is for causation, and the pronoun in does it refer back to the Criterion or refer back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? It refers back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Because he is the nearest mentioned, and because Allah the Exalted said: And He said to the Prophet: So the one who warns is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Now, and His saying: includes the jinn and mankind. And up to now we are in the attributes.
The student: Negative

The Shaykh : Subhan Allah! Affirmative, my brothers. And He said: This is from the negative attributes. A negative attribute. Affirmative. Likewise, some scholars said that this verse is in the form of inversion (taqdim wa ta'khir), because the intended meaning is "before creation." And some said, rather, it is in order. And the intended meaning of "determination" here is making it according to a specific measure; it means the making of things equal. They said, and indicating this is His saying: "He created and proportioned." And this is more correct. In this verse, from the attributes of Allah, from the negative attributes, is His saying: The reason is perfection.
The student: The attributes

The Shaykh : Perfection of His richness, for one does not take a son except if he is in need of him. For the perfection of His power and dominion. Now.
Yes, we benefit from these verses from the educational and behavioral aspect: that it is obligatory for us to know the greatness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His transcendence from every deficiency. And when we know that, we increase in love for Him and glorification of Him.
And in the second verse, the verse of the Criterion, we benefit from it the clarification of this great Qur'an, and that it is a reference. And that if a person wants matters to become clear to him, let him refer to what?
The student: To the Qur'an

The Shaykh : To the Qur'an, because Allah named it the Criterion.
And we also benefit from the educational and behavioral aspect: that our love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is confirmed, where he was a servant of Allah. And we, the more a person is a worshipper of Allah, the more he is beloved to us, because we love those who worship Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
And we also benefit that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the last of the messengers, so we do not believe in any claim of prophethood after him, due to His saying: And if there had been a messenger after him, his message would have ended with that messenger, and it would not be for all the worlds. Now.