Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 3 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 294

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أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ ـ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - حِينَ قَرَأَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى : {إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ تَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُمْ بِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا} (١) وَضَعَ أَصَابِعَهُ عَلَى عَيْنِهِ وَعَلَى أُذُنِهِ، وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ حِينَ حَدَّثَ بِهِ كَذَلِكَ (٢) ، فَهَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ الَّذِي يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بِلَا سَمْعٍ بَصِيرٌ بِلَا بَصَرٍ نَقُولُ لَهُ هَكَذَا

When the Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—recited the saying of the Almighty: {Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing} (1), he placed his fingers upon his eye and his ear, and Abu Hurayrah did the same when he narrated it (2); so to this person who says that Allah is Hearing without hearing and Seeing without sight, we say this to him.

وَكَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يُنْكِرُ حَقِيقَةَ الْيَدِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبِضُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِيَمِينِهِ وَأَنَّ مَعْنَى فِي قَبْضَتِهِ أَيْ فِي تَصَرُّفِهِ، فَهَذَا نَقُولُ لَهُ كَمَا فَعَلَ الرَّسُولُ، فَالْمَقَامُ لَيْسَ بِالْأَمْرِ السَّهْلِ بَلْ هُوَ أَمْرٌ صَعْبٌ وَدَقِيقٌ لِلْغَايَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُخْشَى مِنْ أَنْ يَقَعَ أَحَدٌ فِي مَحْذُورٍ كَانَ بِإِمْكَانِكَ أَنْ تُمْسِكَ عَنْهُ ، وَهَذَا هُوَ فِعْلُ الرَّسُولِ - - فِي جَمِيعِ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ إِذَا تَأَمَّلْتَهَا حَتَّى الْأُمُورَ الْعَمَلِيَّةَ قَدْ يُؤَجِّلُهَا إِذَا خَافَ مِنْ فِتْنَةٍ أَوْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَ مَا أَخَّرَ بِنَاءَ الْكَعْبَةِ عَلَى قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَوْفًا مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِتْنَةً لِقُرَيْشٍ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا حَدِيثًا

Likewise, to the one who denies the reality of the Hand and says that Allah does not grasp the heavens with His right hand, and that the meaning of 'in His grasp' is 'in His disposal,' we say to him as the Messenger did; for the situation is not an easy matter, but rather it is a difficult and extremely delicate matter, as it is feared that one might fall into a forbidden thing that you could have refrained from, and this is the action of the Messenger in all his dealings if you contemplate them, even practical matters he might postpone if he feared a trial or something, just as he delayed the rebuilding of the Kaaba upon the foundations of Abraham for fear that it would be a trial for the Quraysh who had recently embraced Islam (3).

سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ ، الْآيَةُ

(1) Surah An-Nisa, verse: 58.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 44 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• أَمَرَ — to command
• أَدَّى — to perform
• رَسُول — messenger
• صَلَاة — prayer
• سَلَام — peace