Interpretation of His Saying (مِن رُّوحِنَا)and His Saying (مِن رُّوحِى) Let it be known that Allah the Exalted is the Creator of the soul and the body, so He is not a soul or a body. Despite that, Allah attributed to Himself the soul of ^Isa [Jesus] with the meaning of ownership and honor, not with the meaning of [the soul] being a…
The linguist, Muhaddith and Hanafiyy scholar, Murtada Az-Zabidiyy said in his book Ithaf as-Sadatil-Muttaqin, conveying from the book At-Tadhkirah Ash-Sharqiyyah by Abu Nasr Al-Qushayriyy[1]: As for the Saying of Allah: ﴿وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللهُ﴾ [which means] “No one knows its ta’wil except Allah,” He only means by that the exact time of the Hour [the Day of Judgment]. The…
The Ambiguous-mutashabih Verses The ambiguous verse is that which what it refers to is not clear, or it could possibly have several facets in meaning and is in need of contemplation to interpret it in accordance with the proper meaning, like the Saying of Allah the Exalted: ﴿الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى العَرْشِ اسْتَوَى﴾ And the Saying of Allah the Exalted: ﴿إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ…
The Decisive- muhkam Verses The decisive- muhkam verses are those which do not accept more than one meaning as an explanation as far as the rules of the language are concerned, or [according to another definition] that which its intended meaning is known with clarity. Like the Saying of Allah: ﴿لَيسَ كَمِثلِهِ شَىءٌ﴾ [which means] “Nothing is like Him in…
The Decisive- muhkam and Ambiguous- mutashabih Verses To understand this topic as it should be understood, it is necessary to know that the Qur’an has within it decisive (muhkam) verses and ambiguous (mutashabih) verses. Allah the Exalted Said: ﴿هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُّحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ…
The Reason for the Revelation of Surah Al-Ikhlas The Jews said to the Messenger, “Describe your Lord for us.” Their question was out of stubbornness, not out of the love of knowledge and seeking to be guided by it. For that reason Allah revealed Surah Al-Ikhlas: ﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ﴾ [which means] “[O Muhammad,] say Allah is One,” meaning…
All of the Attributes of Allah Are Perfect The Attributes of Allah are Eternal and Everlasting, because the Self is Eternal. Therefore He would not acquire an attribute He did not have in Eternity. As for the attributes of the creation, they are events. They accept development from perfection to what is more perfect. Hence, the Knowledge of Allah…
Dissimilarity to the Creation It is necessary that Allah the Exalted would be Different from the events. This means that He does not resemble anything of His creation. Therefore, He is not a volume that occupies a space and He is not an attribute. The volume is what has containment and an independent standing, such as bodies. The quality is…
Non-neediness of Others Know that the meaning of His Non-neediness of the creation is His not being in need of everything that is other than Himself. So He does not need someone to specify Him with existence, because being in need of another negates His Eternality and the necessity of His Eternality and Everlastingness has been confirmed.
Life Life is necessary to attribute to Allah the Exalted. So He is Living unlike those who are alive. Since His Life is Eternal and Everlasting, it is not by soul and blood. The evidence for the necessity of His Life is the existence of this world, because had He not been Living, then nothing of this world would exist….