Explanation of the author's statement: "Just as He combined these in His saying"
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The Shaykh : He said: "And that He is with His creation, just as He combined these" "He knows what they are doing, just as He combined these in His saying: [Al-Hadid 57:4]"
Where is the elevation in what we said about combining them?
The student: "Then He established Himself upon the Throne"
The Shaykh : His saying: and His being with them [Al-Hadid 57:4] If Allah combines two attributes for Himself, we know with certainty that they do not contradict each other; they do not contradict each other, because if they did, one would falsify the other.
The student: The other one.
The Shaykh : The other one, because two contradictory things cannot coexist nor can both be negated; therefore, one of them must be established. If there were a contradiction, it would follow that the beginning of the verse falsifies the end of it, or vice versa.
Second: We also mentioned that elevation and being with them can coexist even in created things, as the author will mention in the people's saying, "We have been traveling..."
The student: And the moon with us.
The Shaykh : And the moon is with us. Third: If their contradiction were assumed regarding created things, they cannot contradict each other regarding the Creator, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is not like anything.
It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.
هو الذي خق السماوات والارض في ستة أيام ثم استوى على العرش يعلم ما يلج في الأرض وما يخرج منها وما ينزل من السماء وما يعرج فيها وهو معكم أينما كنتم والله بما تعملون بصيرWhere is the elevation in what we said about combining them?
The student: "Then He established Himself upon the Throne"
The Shaykh : His saying:
Then He rose above the Throne
ثم استوى على العرشand He is with you wherever you are
وهو معكم أينما كنتمThe student: The other one.
The Shaykh : The other one, because two contradictory things cannot coexist nor can both be negated; therefore, one of them must be established. If there were a contradiction, it would follow that the beginning of the verse falsifies the end of it, or vice versa.
Second: We also mentioned that elevation and being with them can coexist even in created things, as the author will mention in the people's saying, "We have been traveling..."
The student: And the moon with us.
The Shaykh : And the moon is with us. Third: If their contradiction were assumed regarding created things, they cannot contradict each other regarding the Creator, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is not like anything.