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Chapter: An Eighth Prophetic Tradition Clarifying That Our Creator, Majestic and Exalted, Has Two Hands, Both of Which Are Right Hands
Our Creator, Mighty and Majestic, has no left hand, for a left hand is an attribute of created beings. Exalted is our Lord above having a left hand.
Also included is evidence that in His words, Mighty and Majestic:
“Rather, both His hands are outstretched.”
[al-Mā’idah: 64]
He—exalted be His remembrance—meant by “two hands” two hands, not two blessings, as the Jahmiyyah, who deny the divine attributes, have claimed.
بَابُ ذِكْرِ سُنَّةٍ ثَامِنَةٍ تُبَيِّنُ وَتُوَضِّحُ:
أَنَّ لِخَالِقِنَا جَلَّ وَعَلَا يَدَيْنِ كِلْتَاهُمَا يَمِينَانِ، وَلَا يَسَارَ لِخَالِقِنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، إِذِ الْيَسَارُ مِنْ صِفَةِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ، فَجَلَّ رَبُّنَا عَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ يَسَارٌ،
مَعَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى أَنَّ قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ:
{بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ}
[المائدة: ٦٤]
, أَرَادَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ بِالْيَدَيْنِ، الْيَدَيْنِ , لَا النِّعْمَتَيْنِ كَمَا ادَّعَتِ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ الْمُعَطِّلَةُ