الصفات
The Attributes of Allah
The Hands and Fingers, the Speech and Voice, Laughter, Pleasure and Anger, Descent and Coming.
- The Most Beautiful Names of Allah: Their Rules, with al-Muʾmin, al-Wārith and the Question of al-Makr The names of Allah are proper names and descriptions together, all of them most beautiful, known only by revelation. Ibn al-Qayyim set out their rules, and these rules answer the questions that are raised about them: whether Allah is “a believer”, whether He is “an inheritor”,…
- The Speech of Allah: The Call to Mūsā, the Voice and the Recited Qurʾān Allah spoke to Mūsā directly, called him, and told him to listen. A call in the language of the Arabs is a raised voice, and listening is only to what is heard. The Prophet ﷺ described Allah calling the servants on the Day of Resurrection with…
- The Face of Allah, Owner of Majesty and Honour Allah has a Face, described with majesty and honour, which remains when everything on the earth perishes, whose glories would burn the creation were the veil removed, in which the Prophet ﷺ sought refuge, and at which the believers will look in Paradise. Ahl al-Sunnah affirm…
- The Two Hands and the Fingers of Allah Allah affirmed in the Qurʾān that He created Ādam with His two Hands and that the heavens will be rolled up in His right Hand. The Prophet ﷺ described His Hand as full, His taking the heavens and the earths in His Hands, and the hearts…
- The Shin of Allah (al-Sāq) The authentic Sunnah establishes that Allah will uncover His Shin on the Day of Resurrection, and that the believers will prostrate to Him while the hypocrites cannot. The verse of al-Qalam and the ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd explain one another. The claim that the Shin means…
- The Descent, the Coming, the Kursī and the Attributes of Action The Prophet ﷺ said that our Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven. The Qurʾān states that He comes on the Day of Resurrection. Ibn ʿAbbās explained the Kursī as the place of the two Feet. The imams affirmed all of this as it came,…
- The Volitional Attributes: Allah Does What He Wills, When He Wills Allah is described with attributes that He does by His will and His power, at the time He wills: He speaks, He is pleased and angry, He hears and sees what comes into being, He rises over the Throne, He descends and He comes. The Qurʾān…
- The Ruʾyah: The Believers Will See Their Lord The believers will see their Lord with their own eyes on the Day of Resurrection and in Paradise, as they see the full moon on a cloudless night, without crowding one another to see Him. The Qurʾān states it, the Prophet ﷺ described it, the Companions…