Darʾ Taʿâroud al-ʿAql wa-n-NaqlIbn Taimiya

As for his statement, “Where is the indication of the subtle meanings pertaining to the science of divine oneness, such as whether He knows by virtue of His essence or by virtue of knowledge, or is powerful by virtue of His essence or by virtue of power, and so on?”—this is addressed to those who share his misguidance and heresy, since he supposes that denying the divine attributes constitutes divine oneness, and that the Creator, Most High, has neither knowledge nor power nor any attributes.

Those who do not share his error, however, know that the Book has explained in the best possible manner the subtleties of true divine oneness brought by the messengers and revealed in the scriptures.

Allah Most High has described His attributes and names in so many of His verses that they can scarcely be counted, and has mentioned His knowledge in numerous places. For example, He says:

“They encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills.”
Al-Baqarah: 255.

He also says:

“He sent it down with His knowledge.”
Al-Nisā’: 166.

And He says:

“No fruits emerge from their sheaths, and no female conceives or gives birth, except with His knowledge.”
Fussilat: 47.

There are other such passages as well.

وأما قوله وأين الإشارة إلى الدقيق من المعاني المشيرة إلى علم التوحيد مثل انه عالم بالذات أو عالم بعلم أو قادر بالذات أو قادر بقدرة إلى آخره فهو خطاب لمن وافقه على ضلاله وإلحاده حيث ظن أن التعطيل هو التوحيد وان الباري تعالى لا علم له ولا قدرة ولا صفات. فأما من لم يوافقه على خطئه فإنه يعلم أن الكتاب بين دقائق التوحيد الحق الذي جاءت به السل ونزلت به الكتب على احسن وجه. فإن الله تعالى أخبر عن صفاته وأسمائه بما لا يكاد يعد من آياته وذكر علمه في غير موضع. كقوله تعالى {ولا يحيطون بشيء من علمه إلا بما شاء} البقرة: ٢٥٥. وقوله تعالى {أنزله بعلمه} النساء: ١٦٦. وقوله تعالى {وما تخرج من ثمرات من أكمامها وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمه} فصلت: ٤٧ وغير ذلك.

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