What is the ruling on interpreting the Self of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) as His Essence?
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Interpreting the Self as the Essence in the case of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
I am not aware of any impediment to this. It is interpreted as the Essence, and it is interpreted as another meaning more specific than the Essence. The apparent meaning of the texts includes the Essence and includes another meaning, just as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Al-Ma'idah: 116] in the manner befitting Allah. No one knows its modality except He (Glorified and Exalted is He).
I am not aware of any impediment to this. It is interpreted as the Essence, and it is interpreted as another meaning more specific than the Essence. The apparent meaning of the texts includes the Essence and includes another meaning, just as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself
تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ
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