Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

As for the second: He is declared transcendent above fatigue in what He does, as in His saying, Exalted is He:

“We certainly created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days, and no weariness touched Us.” [Qaf]

Power and creation are undoubtedly perfections, but in the case of created beings, deficiency may affect them. A creature may make a door, a cooking pot, or construct a building, yet do so with fatigue and exhaustion; thus, this constitutes a deficiency in that perfection. As for the Lord, He is not touched by fatigue or exhaustion, even in creating these immense creatures—the heavens and the earth—in this short span of time.

As for the third: resemblance to created beings. Resemblance to created beings is a deficiency, because likening that which is perfect to that which is deficient renders it deficient. Rather, even comparing that which is perfect to that which is deficient renders it deficient, as has been said:

Have you not seen that a sword is diminished in worth
When it is said, “A sword is sharper than a stick”?

For if you were to say, “I have a strong iron sword, sharper than a stick,” people would understand from this that the sword is weak, because your saying, “Sharper than a stick,” means that it is nothing noteworthy.

His statement, “my Lord, the Magnificent”: He is magnificent in His essence and His attributes. In His essence, He is greater than everything, as Allah, Exalted is He, says:

“On the Day We will roll up the heavens like a scroll of written pages. Just as We originated the first creation, so We will bring it back again—a promise binding upon Us. Surely We will do so.” [al-Anbiya]

Rolling up a scroll containing writings is extremely easy. When a person writes a document, folding it up is easy for him. Allah, Exalted is He, says: “They have not appraised Allah with the appraisal due to Him”

أمَّا الثاني: فيُنزَّه عن التَّعبِ فيما يفعله، كما في قوله تعالى: ﴿وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِنْ لُغُوبٍ *﴾ [ق] فالقُدْرَة والخلق لا شَكَّ أنها كمال، لكن قد يعتريها النقص بالنسبة للمخلوق، فالمخلوق قد يصنع باباً، وقد يصنع قِدْراً، وقد يبني بناءً، ولكن مع التعب والإِعياء، فيكون هذا نقصاً في الكمال. أمَّا الرَبُّ ﷿؛ فإنَّه لا يلحقُه تعبٌ ولا إعياءٌ، حتى مع خَلْقِهِ لهذه المخلوقات العظيمة السماوات والأرض، وفي هذه المدَّة الوجيزة. وأما الثالث: مماثلة المخلوقين، فإن مماثلة المخلوقين نقصٌ؛ لأن إلحاق الكامل بالناقص يجعله ناقصاً، بل مقارنة الكامل بالناقص يجعله ناقصاً كما قيل: ألم تَرَ أنَّ السَّيفَ ينقصُ قَدْرُه إذا قيل: إنَّ السيفَ أمضى مِن العَصَا لأنك لو قلت: عندي سيف حديد قويٌ أمضى مِن العصا. فسيفهم الناس مِن هذا السيف أنه ضعيف؛ لأن قولك: «أمضى مِن العصا» معناه: أنه ليس بشيء. وقوله: «رَبِّي العظيم». العظيم في ذاتِهِ وصفاتِهِ، فإنه ﷾ في ذاته أعظم مِن كلِّ شيء، قال الله تعالى: ﴿يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ *﴾ [الأنبياء]. وطَيُّ السِّجِلِّ للكُتُب سهل جدًّا، إذا كَتَبَ الإِنسانُ وثيقةً فطيُّها عنده سهل، وقال ﷿: ﴿وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ

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