Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (217)

Tafsir Asma Allah al-Husna li-al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

all praise His servants offer Him.

Know that the reverence due to Allah alone has two aspects:

The first is that He possesses every attribute of perfection, and His perfection in each is the fullest, greatest and most encompassing. His are all-encompassing knowledge, irresistible power, majesty and greatness. Such is His greatness that the heavens and the earth in the palm of the Most Merciful are smaller than a mustard seed, as stated by Ibn ʿAbbās1 and others2. Allah Most High says:

“They have not given Allah His due recognition. On the Day of Resurrection, the whole earth will be in His grasp, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand” 3.

He also says:

“Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease to be. If they should cease, no one could hold them after Him” 4.

Allah Most High—who is the Most High, the Magnificent—also says:

“The heavens almost split apart from above them” 5, to the end of the verse.

In an authentic hadith, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Allah says: ‘Majesty is My cloak and greatness is My lower garment. Whoever contends with Me for either of them, I shall punish him’” 6. Thus, majesty and greatness belong to Allah Most High: two attributes whose magnitude cannot be measured and whose true nature cannot be fathomed.

The second aspect of His greatness is that no created being deserves to be revered as Allah is revered. He, exalted and majestic, therefore deserves that His servants revere Him with their hearts, tongues and limbs, by striving to know Him, love Him and humble themselves before Him,

1. Reported by Abū al-Shaykh in al-ʿAzama, 2:445. Al-Suyūtī included it in al-Durr, 7:248, attributing it to ʿAbd ibn Humayd, Ibn Abī Hātim, and Abū al-Shaykh. 2. This was narrated from Abū Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him. See Kitāb al-ʿAzama, 2:635–636. 3. Al-Zumar (67). 4. Fātir (41). 5. Al-Shūrā (50). 6. Reported by Muslim, 4:2023, Book of Righteousness, Maintaining Family Ties, and Etiquette, chapter on what has been reported concerning arrogance.

ما يتثنى عليه عباده. واعلم أن معاني التعظيم الثابتة لله وحده نوعان: أحدهما: أنه موصوف بكل صفة كمال، وله من ذلك الكمال أكمله، وأعظمه وأوسعه، فله العلم المحيط، والقدرة النافذة، والكبرياء، والعظمة، ومن عظمته أن السماوات والأرض في كف الرحمن أصغر من الخردلة كما قال ذلك ابن عباس١ وغيره٢ وقال تعالى ﴿وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالأرْضُ جَمِيعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ﴾ ٣. وقال: ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ﴾ ٤. وقال تعالى وهو العلي العظيم: ﴿تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ﴾ ٥ الآية. وفي الصحيح عنه ﷺ: "إن الله يقول الكبرياء ردائي والعظمة إزاري، فمن نازعني واحداً منهما عذبته" ٦ فلله تعالى الكبرياء والعظمة، والوصفان اللذان لا يقدر قدرهما ولا يبلغ كنههما. النوع الثاني: من معاني عظمته تعالى أنه لا يستحق أحد من الخلق أن يعظم كما يعظم الله فيستحق ﷻ من عباده أن يعظموه بقلوبهم، وألسنتهم، وجوارحهم وذلك ببذل الجهد في معرفته، ومحبته، والذل له،

١ أخرجه أبو الشيخ في العظمة (٢/ ٤٤٥) وأورده السيوطي في الدر (٧/ ٢٤٨) وعزاه إلى عبد ابن حميد وابن أبي حاتم وأبي الشيخ. ٢ روى ذلك عن أبي ذر ﵁. انظر: كتاب العظمة (٢/ ٦٣٥ و٦٣٦). ٣ الزمر (٦٧). ٤ فاطر (٤١). ٥ الشورى (٥٠). ٦ أخرجه مسلم (٤/ ٢٠٢٣) كتاب البر والصلة والآداب باب ماجاء في الكبر.