Bismillah...

Asalam Alikum wa Rahmatullah

i was going through a book n found this..

Umar S. Al – Ashqar quotes in his book “Islamic Creed Series: Belief in Allah” that Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen ash-Shanqeeti (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that the Holy Qur'an indicates that the issue of the Divine Attributes is focused on three principles. He stated that each of these three principles is indicated in the Qur'an :


The first principle: Declaring that Allah is far above any of His Attributes resembling any of the attributes of His creatures. This principle is indicated by the aayaat (verses):


لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ
“There is nothing like Him”


وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
“And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.”


فَلاَ تَضْرِبُواْ لِلّهِ الأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ اللّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ
“So put not forward similitudes for Allah [as there is nothing similar to Him, nor He resembles anything”


The second principle: Believing in Allah (SWT) as He has described Himself, because Allah cannot be described by anyone who knows Allah(SWT) better than Allah(SWT):



قُلْ أَأَنتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللّهُ
“Say, `Do you know better or does Allah?”

And (this principle includes) believing in what the Messenger (SAW) has said describing Allah, because no one knows Allah, after Allah Himself, better than the Messenger of Allah (SWT) of whom Allah(SWT) said:



وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى {3} إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى {4}


“Nor does he speak of [his own] desire. It is only a Revelation revealed.”


The third principle: the one on which the issue of the divine Attributes centres - as Ash-Shanqeeti says is that there is no hope of understanding the true nature of how these attributes are, because understanding their true nature is impossible. Allah (SWT) has stated this clearly in Soorah Ta-Ha where He says:


يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا
“He [Allah] knows what happens to them [His creatures] in this world, and what will happen to them [in the Hereafter] but they will never compass anything of His Knowledge.”


This means that it is impossible for the human mind to encompass the attributes of the Lord of the heavens and the earth.


In general, the unification of Allah's names and attributes (Tawheed Al-Asmaa wa Sifaat) means the firm conviction that Allah, the Glorious and Mighty, is characterized by all the attributes of perfection, is above all defects and deficiencies, and that He alone is distinguished from His creation by these characteristics.

Bismillah...

Asalam Alikum wa Rahmatullah

i was going through a book n found this..

Umar S. Al – Ashqar quotes in his book “Islamic Creed Series: Belief in Allah” that Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen ash-Shanqeeti (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that the Holy Qur'an indicates that the issue of the Divine Attributes is focused on three principles. He stated that each of these three principles is indicated in the Qur'an :


The first principle: Declaring that Allah is far above any of His Attributes resembling any of the attributes of His creatures. This principle is indicated by the aayaat (verses):


لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ
“There is nothing like Him”


وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
“And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.”


فَلاَ تَضْرِبُواْ لِلّهِ الأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ اللّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ
“So put not forward similitudes for Allah [as there is nothing similar to Him, nor He resembles anything”


The second principle: Believing in Allah (SWT) as He has described Himself, because Allah cannot be described by anyone who knows Allah(SWT) better than Allah(SWT):



قُلْ أَأَنتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللّهُ
“Say, `Do you know better or does Allah?”

And (this principle includes) believing in what the Messenger (SAW) has said describing Allah, because no one knows Allah, after Allah Himself, better than the Messenger of Allah (SWT) of whom Allah(SWT) said:



وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى {3} إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى {4}


“Nor does he speak of [his own] desire. It is only a Revelation revealed.”


The third principle: the one on which the issue of the divine Attributes centres - as Ash-Shanqeeti says is that there is no hope of understanding the true nature of how these attributes are, because understanding their true nature is impossible. Allah (SWT) has stated this clearly in Soorah Ta-Ha where He says:


يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا
“He [Allah] knows what happens to them [His creatures] in this world, and what will happen to them [in the Hereafter] but they will never compass anything of His Knowledge.”


This means that it is impossible for the human mind to encompass the attributes of the Lord of the heavens and the earth.


In general, the unification of Allah's names and attributes (Tawheed Al-Asmaa wa Sifaat) means the firm conviction that Allah, the Glorious and Mighty, is characterized by all the attributes of perfection, is above all defects and deficiencies, and that He alone is distinguished from His creation by these characteristics.

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