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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Someone says: Did not Allah the Exalted swear by the created things? He said: "By the sun and its brightness" and He said: "By the night when it covers it" and He said

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The Shaykh : A person says: Did not Allah the Exalted swear by the created things? He said:
And the sun and its brightness وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
and He said:
And the night when it covers it. وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
and He said:
And the sky and what He built of it وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
?! We say: Allah the Exalted has the right to swear by whatever He wills of His creation. So when He swears—(Glorified and Exalted is He)—when He swears by something, that is evidence of the greatness of Allah, because the greatness of the created thing indicates the greatness of whom? The Creator. Allah the Exalted does not swear by anything except something great, and the greatness of the created thing is from the greatness of the Creator. And Allah has the right to swear by whatever He wills of His creation, and no one restricts Allah; He does what He wills (Mighty and Majestic).
So if a person says: We hear some people say "I swear by the verses of Allah." Is this swearing by other than Allah, and is this disbelief or shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
We say: I do not know what he means by "the verses of Allah"? If he means by "the verses of Allah" the sun, the moon, the night, and the day, then this is swearing by other than Allah, and he becomes a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) or a disbeliever, because Allah says:
And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
[Fussilat 41:37]
. So if he says: "I mean by the verses of Allah by which I swore these things," we say: This is swearing by other than Allah, and he becomes a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) or a disbeliever. And if he says: "I mean by the verses of Allah the Qur'an, because the Qur'an is the verses of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)," then this is not shirk (associating partners with Allah). Why? Because the Noble Qur'an is the speech of Allah, and the speech of Allah the Exalted is among His attributes. So if he says: "I swear by the verses of Allah, and I mean by that the Qur'an," we say: This is a valid oath and there is nothing wrong with it. And in my opinion, when the common people say "I swear by the verses of Allah," in my opinion, what do you think they mean? The Qur'an. In my opinion, they mean the Qur'an. So if they mean the Qur'an, it is not forbidden. But if they mean the verses which are the sun, the moon, the stars, the night, the day, and the like of that, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) or disbelief. And success is from Allah.
Source alathar.net

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