Are the names and attributes of Allah among the clear, decisive verses or the ambiguous ones?
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Question:
Are the names and attributes of Allah of the category of the clear, decisive verses and not of the category of the ambiguous ones? Or are they clear, decisive in meaning but ambiguous in modality?
Answer:
It is from the muhkam (clear, decisive verses); the names of Allah al-Husna are muhkam in terms of meaning, but in terms of how they are, no one knows them except Allah. For this reason, the Salaf (the earliest generations) (may Allah have mercy on them) said regarding the attributes: "They are known, but their how is unknown. Rising above the Throne is known, mercy is known, anger is known, pleasure is known, and laughter is known, but the how is not known; the how is unknown."
So, what the people of the Sunnah and the community hold is: belief in the names and attributes, that they are true, and that their meaning is known, but their modality is known only to Allah. For this reason, Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Rising above the Throne is known, but the modality is unknown."
Are the names and attributes of Allah of the category of the clear, decisive verses and not of the category of the ambiguous ones? Or are they clear, decisive in meaning but ambiguous in modality?
Answer:
It is from the muhkam (clear, decisive verses); the names of Allah al-Husna are muhkam in terms of meaning, but in terms of how they are, no one knows them except Allah. For this reason, the Salaf (the earliest generations) (may Allah have mercy on them) said regarding the attributes: "They are known, but their how is unknown. Rising above the Throne is known, mercy is known, anger is known, pleasure is known, and laughter is known, but the how is not known; the how is unknown."
So, what the people of the Sunnah and the community hold is: belief in the names and attributes, that they are true, and that their meaning is known, but their modality is known only to Allah. For this reason, Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Rising above the Throne is known, but the modality is unknown."
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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