Affirmation of The Two Hands of Allaah

The Explanation of 'Aqeedatul-Waasitiyyah of Shaykhul Islaam Ibn
Taymiyyah: Affirmation of The TwoHands of Allaah
By his Eminence, Shaykh Saaleh al-Fawzaan
Text of ' Aqeedatul – Wasitiyyah :
وقوله :
And His statement :
مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ
كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ
" What prevents you fromprostrating yourself to one whom I have
createdwith Both My Hands [] . Are you too proud (to fallprostrate to
Adam) or areyou one of the high exalted ? "
[Suratu Swad : 75]
وقوله :
And His statement :
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ
وَلُعِنُواْ بِمَا قَالُواْ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ
يَشَاء
" The Jews say: "Allaah's Hand is tied up (i.e. He does not give and
spend of His Bounty)." Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for
what they uttered. Nay, both His Hands [] are widely outstretched. He
spends (of His Bounty) as He wills."
[ Suratul Ma'eeda : 64]
The Explanation of Shaykh Saaleh al-Fawzaan :
Explanation of the First ayah :
مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ
كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ
" What prevents you fromprostrating yourself…
The speech is directed to Iblis ( the devil ) may Allaah curse him .
This is when he rejected to prostrate to Aadam (alayhi-s-salaam) .
Meaning : what is it , thatprevents you from prostrating …
لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ
"..to one whom I have created with Both My Hands.."
Meaning : I undertook hiscreation , with my own Hands ; without any
medium or intermediary.
[ the Shaykh then says] : And in this (action) is an honour for Aadam .
Explanation of the Second ayah :
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ
" The Jews say :
The name Yahud : its source is from their statement :
هُدْنَـا إِلَيْكَ
"…we have turned unto You.." [Suratul A'araaf : 156]
And it was a favourable name. And then even after the abrogation of
their shariah (due to the coming of the shariah of 'Isa alayhi salaam)
, the title stayed with them ; even though it did not contain any
condemnable meaning .
And it is said : They are called ( Yahud ) , because of their relation
to Yahudh ibn Ya'qub ( alayhi-s-salaam).
[The jews say]
يَدُ اللّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ
"Allâh's Hand is tied up (i.e. He does not give andspend of His Bounty)."
Allaah The Exalted narrates about them that; they (the jews) described
Allaah as beingstingy. Just as they described Him to be poorand that
they are the ones who are rich and free from need.
غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ
" ..Be their hands tied up.."
This is a response and a refutation on them from Allaah The Most Exalted.
A refutation of what theysaid : and a response to what they invented ,
and brought of this scandalous presumption.
And thus , this is what happened to them : verilyin them are the
utmost traits of miserliness and envy . And so many things.
So you'll never find a jewexcept that he/she is the most miserly and
stingy ; from the creation of Allaah.
وَلُعِنُواْ بِمَا قَالُواْ
"..and be they accursed for what they uttered."
And this statement is a result of what they did. This is a result of
what they invented and forged.
Meaning : they have beendistanced from the mercyof Allaah ; because of
these statements of theirs.
Then Allaah refuted them (again) by saying :
بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ
" Nay, both His Hands are widely outstretched."
Meaning : Rather , He is (opposite) of what they describe Him with :
in terms of granting bounties and giving : thus His Hands are
widelyoutstretched.
يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَاء
" He spends (of His Bounty) as He wills."
The statement (of Allaah) is continuing : and this is an emphasis in
the perfection of His granting of bounties.
So His bestowing , is dependant upon His Will. If He wishes : He makes it vast.
And If He wishes : He doesnot.
Therefore He is The One who grants favours , and The One who withholds
them : according to His perfect Wisdom.
Points of Evidence from these verses:
- In them is the affirmation and testification of the Two Hands of
Allaah , The MostExalted , The One free from All Defects.
And they are Two Hands in reality ; in accordance to His Majesty and Grandeur .
They are not like the hands of any of the creation.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ
"There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer."
- And in this is a refutation to those who deny ; the Two Hands of Allaah.
They do this by saying that what is intended in these verses as hands
: means power or favours.!
And this is an invalid and wrong interpretation. And it is a
distortion of the Noble Quran.
What is intended , is the Hands in reality ; and not 'power' or 'favour'.
If the meaning was 'power' : then this would invalidate the
distinction and uniqueness of Aaadam alayhi salaam – from the other
creations.
This is because All the creations – even Iblis- was created from the
power of Allaah.
So where would be the distinction of Aadam to Iblis , in Allaah's statement :
لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ
"..to one whom I have created with Both My Hands.."
And also , then it would be possible for Iblis to say: 'well I was
created by Your power too !"
So this shows that this would be the case if the meaning is 'power '.
[ so this is clearly not true ]
- And also if the intended meaning of The Two Hands was ' power or
decree' : then this would necessitate that Allaah has two different
powersor decrees. And this is false. As all Muslims have unanimously
agreed to ininvalidating this. [ as Allaah is One and Unique]
- And also if the intended meaning of The Hand was ' favour' : then
this would mean that Allaah created Aadam from or by two 'favours' .
And this is false and invalid.
Because the favours and bounties of Allaah , are infinite . They are
not justtwo favours. They are infinite ; No body can enumerate them.
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