Bayān Talbīs al-JahmiyyaIbn Taimiya

—all of them.

He said: The opponent also claimed that Allah, Most High, is not to be described as having inward thought, and that inward thought must be denied of Allah. This statement did not originate with the opponent; it is an old, pernicious saying of Jahm’s, with which Jahm challenged Allah’s words:

“You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself.”
[al-Mā’idah 116]

By this he sought to deny that Allah had knowledge within Himself of any creatures and their deeds before creating them. He subtly employed the expression “inward thought” to conceal his intent more effectively from the ignorant. One of the scholars refuted this statement of Jahm’s and said to him:

“By saying this, you have disbelieved in three respects, O enemy of Allah. First, you denied that Allah had foreknowledge within Himself before the creatures and their deeds came into existence. Second, you accused the Messiah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—of ignorance for describing his Lord in terms you regard as inapplicable to Him: that He possesses hidden knowledge within Himself, as he says to Him:

‘And I do not know what is within Yourself.’
[al-Mā’idah 116]

كلها قال وادعى المعارض أيضًا أن الله تعالى لا يوصف بالضمير والضمير منفي عن الله وليس هذا من كلام المعارض وهي كلمة خبيثة قديمة من كلام جهم عارض جهم بها قول الله تعالى تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ [المائدة ١١٦] يدفع بذلك أن يكون الله سبق له علم في نفسه بشيء من الخلق وأعمالهم قبل أن يخلقهم فتلطف بذكر الضمير ليكون أستر له عند الجهال فرد على جهم بعض العلماء قوله هذا وقال له كفرت بها يا عدو الله من ثلاثة أوجه أنك نفيت عن الله العلم السابق في نفسه قبل حدوث الخلق وأعمالهم والوجه الثاني أنك استجهلت المسيح صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه وصف ربه بما لا يوصف به بأن له خفايا علم في نفسه إذ يقول له وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ [المائدة ١١٦]

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