Sharh Kashf al-Shubuhat by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح كشف الشبهات) — Page 110

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

النَّاسُ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ،

Bringing mankind out of darkness into the light by the permission of their Lord, to the path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy—Allah, to whom belongs everything in the heavens and on earth.

لَا نَقُولُ إِنَّ لَفْظَ الْجَلَالَةِ (اللَّهُ) صِفَةٌ بَلْ نَقُولُ هِيَ عَطْفُ بَيَانٍ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لَفْظُ الْجَلَالَةِ تَابِعًا تَبَعِيَّةَ النَّعْتِ لِلْمَنْعُوتِ

We do not classify the name Allah as an adjective; rather, it is an explanatory apposition, ensuring it does not function as a mere modifier dependent on a noun.

وَلِهَذَا قَالَ الْعُلَمَاءُ أَعْرَفُ الْمَعَارِفِ لَفْظُ (اللَّهِ) لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ سِوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

Scholars therefore state that the name Allah is the most definite of all proper nouns, as it refers exclusively to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (11 verbs · 34 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• كَانَ — to be
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• أَصْلٌ — root
• سِتَّةٌ — six