What is the meaning of "coming" in the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And your Lord has come...}?

Question:
Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir mentioned in *Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya*, in the biography of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), that Al-Bayhaqi narrated from Imam Ahmad that he said regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Fajr:22], "His command has come." This is the end of what Ibn Kathir mentioned. Al-Khallal also mentioned that Imam Ahmad said regarding the attributes of Allah: "We pass them over as they came, without asking how or interpreting their meaning." So what is said about those narrations?

Answer:
This narration is an error and is not authentic from Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him); because the rule is not to interpret the texts, but to pass them over as they came. So regarding his saying: [Al-Fajr:22], the original meaning is His coming (Glorified and Exalted is He) on the Day of Resurrection, just as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Al-An'am:158]. So He (Exalted and Majestic is He) comes on the Day of Resurrection to judge between His servants, in a manner befitting His majesty, so interpretation is not permissible.
And this was mentioned by some exegetes: "The command of your Lord has come," and this is an error. Even if it were authentic from Ahmad, it would be an error on his part. The other texts indicate that he retracted it; because the rule of Ahmad, the righteous Salaf, and the Companions before them is: not interpreting, and passing the texts over according to their apparent meaning, without asking how, without likening Allah to creation, and without denying the names and attributes of Allah. This is the rule of the righteous Salaf. So if an anomalous narration comes from Ahmad among them; it is either invalid or contains an error, from the category of error. He is not infallible, nor is anyone else.