Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 1 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 430

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غَضَبُ اللَّهِ وَبَيْنَ الِانْتِقَامِ، وَهُوَ أَنْصَحُ الْخَلْقِ وَأَعْلَمُ الْخَلْقِ بِرَبِّهِ، فَلَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِكَلَامٍ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ خِلَافَهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ أَتَى بِذَلِكَ لَكَانَ مُلَبِّسًا وَحَاشَاهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَلِكَ، فَالْغَضَبُ غَيْرُ الِانْتِقَامِ وَغَيْرُ إِرَادَةِ الِانْتِقَامِ، فَالْغَضَبُ صِفَةٌ حَقِيقَةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ لِلَّهِ تَلِيقُ بِجَلَالِهِ لَا تُمَاثِلُ غَضَبَ الْمَخْلُوقِ لَا فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ وَلَا فِي الْأَثَرِ.

between the wrath of Allah and vengeance, and he is the most sincere of creation and the most knowledgeable of creation regarding his Lord, so it is impossible for him to utter words while intending the opposite, because if he were to do that, he would be deceptive, and far be it from him to be such.

وَهُنَاكَ فُرُوقٌ بَيْنَ غَضَبِ الْمَخْلُوقِ وَغَضَبِ الْخَالِقِ مِنْهَا: ١ - غَضَبُ الْمَخْلُوقِ حَقِيقَتُهُ هُوَ غَلَيَانُ دَمِ الْقَلْبِ، وَجَمْرَةٌ يُلْقِيهَا الشَّيْطَانُ فِي قَلْبِ ابْنِ آدَمَ حَتَّى يَفُورَ، أَمَّا غَضَبُ الْخَالِقِ فَإِنَّهُ صِفَةٌ لَا تُمَاثِلُ هَذَا، قَالَ تَعَالَى: لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ.

There are differences between the wrath of the created and the wrath of the Creator, among them: 1- The reality of the wrath of the created is the boiling of the heart's blood, and a burning coal that Satan casts into the heart of the son of Adam until it seethes, whereas the wrath of the Creator is an attribute that does not resemble this, as the Almighty said: 'There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.'

أَنَّ غَضَبَ الْآدَمِيِّ يُؤَثِّرُ آثَارًا غَيْرَ مَحْمُودَةٍ، فَالْآدَمِيُّ إِذَا غَضِبَ قَدْ يَحْصُلُ مِنْهُ مَا لَا يُحْمَدُ فَيَقْتُلُ الْمَغْضُوبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَرُبَّمَا يُطَلِّقُ زَوْجَتَهُ، أَوْ يَكْسِرُ الْإِنَاءَ وَنَحْوَ ذَلِكَ، أَمَّا غَضَبُ اللَّهِ فَلَا يَتَرَتَّبُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا آثَارًا حَمِيدَةً لِأَنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ، فَلَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَتَرَتَّبَ عَلَى غَضَبِهِ إِلَّا تَمَامُ الْفِعْلِ الْمُنَاسِبِ الْوَاقِعِ فِي مَحَلِّهِ.

2- The wrath of a human produces unpraiseworthy effects; when a human becomes angry, things may occur from him that are not praiseworthy, such as killing the one he is angry with, perhaps divorcing his wife, or breaking a vessel and the like, whereas the wrath of Allah results in nothing but praiseworthy effects because He is Wise, so nothing can result from His wrath except the perfection of the appropriate action that occurs in its proper place.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 44 nouns)

• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• أَتَى — to utter
• أَرَادَ — to want
• غَضَبٌ — anger
• انْتِقَامٌ — revenge
• خَلْقٌ — creation