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Everything Will Perish Except His Face
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam al-Qurtubi explains in his tafsir: “Ibn Abbas explained that when this verse was revealed, the angels remarked, “The people of the earth are perished.” Subsequently, the verse was revealed: “Everything will perish except His Face” [Al-Qasas: 88]. This solidified the angels’ certainty about the impending destruction, as mentioned by Muqatil.…
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Do the Ash’airah Have Irja’?
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Qadi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani al-Maliki refutes the claim of the Ash’airah having irja’ “And know that the essence of faith (iman) is belief (tasdiq). And know that the place of belief (tasdiq) is the heart, which means that the heart affirms the truth. And know: We do not deny that faith…
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Shaykh Nur ad-Din as-Sabuni on the Affirmation of Direction for Allah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Nur ad-Din as-Sabuni al-Bukhari al-Hanafi writes: “As for the raising of hands to the sky during supplication and asking [from Allah], it is like the facing to the Ka’bah in prayer with the affirmation that the worshipped (i.e. Allah) is transcendent above containment in the Ka’bah. Then the meaning in…
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The Beliefs of The Ash’airah from The Qur’an and Sunnah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Aqidah is composed of what Allah & His Messenger ﷺ stated alongside the necessary implications of those statements. These are called lawazim. 1) Allah exists without a place Allah ﷻ says in the Qur’an: “Allah is the Creator of all things” [Qur’an 39:62] Places are either conceptual or physical. All physical…
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Minds Cannot Comprehend Him, Locations Cannot Contain Him
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Ibn Jarir at-Tabari states: ”The mind cannot comprehend Him and locations do not contain Him” [Tarikh al-Umam wa l-Muluk (1/3)] جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا
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