What are the categories of the attributes of Allah the Exalted?
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Question:
Are the categories of the attributes of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) four: essential attributes, contingent attributes, descriptive attributes, and action attributes? And are all the essential attributes established by revelation and reason? And are all the descriptive attributes essential attributes?
Answer:
It is known that they are revealed, received from the Book and the Sunnah. All of the attributes of Allah are revealed. There are also innate, rational attributes, which Allah created the servants with, just as He created them with the belief in the exaltation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), His great power, and that He is their Lord and Creator. This is the innate disposition with which Allah created the servants, and it was brought by revelation from the Book and the Sunnah. They are of two types: essential and action attributes, which pertain to His will (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The essential ones are: such as hearing, sight, knowledge, and power. These are essential attributes that are necessary for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), part of His perfection (Exalted and Majestic is He).
There are also action attributes that pertain to His will: such as satisfaction and anger, creation and provision, management and speech. All of this is by His will (Glorified and Exalted is He). So He speaks when He wills, is satisfied when He wills, is angry when He wills, loves whom He wills, and hates whom He wills, according to what the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) indicate.
Are the categories of the attributes of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) four: essential attributes, contingent attributes, descriptive attributes, and action attributes? And are all the essential attributes established by revelation and reason? And are all the descriptive attributes essential attributes?
Answer:
It is known that they are revealed, received from the Book and the Sunnah. All of the attributes of Allah are revealed. There are also innate, rational attributes, which Allah created the servants with, just as He created them with the belief in the exaltation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), His great power, and that He is their Lord and Creator. This is the innate disposition with which Allah created the servants, and it was brought by revelation from the Book and the Sunnah. They are of two types: essential and action attributes, which pertain to His will (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The essential ones are: such as hearing, sight, knowledge, and power. These are essential attributes that are necessary for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), part of His perfection (Exalted and Majestic is He).
There are also action attributes that pertain to His will: such as satisfaction and anger, creation and provision, management and speech. All of this is by His will (Glorified and Exalted is He). So He speaks when He wills, is satisfied when He wills, is angry when He wills, loves whom He wills, and hates whom He wills, according to what the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) indicate.
Source
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