If it is said that the Qur\u2019an states that He is Merciful, that He gets angry,
that He loves, wills, dislikes, decrees, is displeased, is harmed, and the
like,
We reply: Allah said, \u201cThere is nothing like unto Him\u201d (42:11), \u201cAnd
there is none comparable to Him\u201d (112:4), \u201cSo do not set up rivals to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allah\u201d (2:22), and similar verses. Would Allah then contradict His own
word? Would the Qur\u2019an be inconsistent? Yet Allah said: \u201cHad it been
from anyone other than Allah, they would have found in it much
inconsistency\u201d (4:82), and \u201cFalsehood cannot approach it from before
or behind it\u201d (41:42). The only way out is to harmonize the verses: we
interpret the mutashabih (ambiguous) in light of the muhkam (clear)
and rational proofs. The verse \u201cThere is nothing like unto Him\u201d is clear
and decisive (muhkam), not subject to reinterpretation. We cannot
reject any part of the Qur\u2019an, nor believe in one verse and disbelieve in
another.
Thus, we interpret love and pleasure as what a lover does for the
beloved: praise, honor, giving, and decreeing that the obedient one
deserves reward (unless he turns back). This applies to those who
obey, thank, and glorify Allah as He deserves.
Displeasure, anger, and hatred are the opposite: reviling, cursing,
humiliating, decreeing punishment, and inflicting it upon the
disobedient. This applies to those who disbelieve or dare to commit
sins without repenting.
For the obedient, thankful one is worthy of love and pleasure; the
disbeliever and criminal deserve anger and displeasure. These are
metaphorical (kinayah). Similarly, one says \u201clong of staff\u201d for a tall
man even if he has no staff, and \u201cchained hand\u201d for a stingy man even
if his hand is intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the compassionate and merciful one does is called \u201cmercy\u201d:
sending messengers as givers of good news and warners, not
hastening punishment for the sinner, inviting criminals and
disbelievers to repentance, promising to accept it, admitting repentant
sinners into Paradise despite their extreme crimes, and all the
exhortations, encouragement, warnings, and parables in the Qur\u2019an
and Sunnah \u2014 all this is the utmost mercy. Evidence includes: \u201cWe
have not sent you except as a mercy to the worlds\u201d (21:107), and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExcept as a mercy from Us and enjoyment for a while\u201d (36:44). This is
metaphorical: \u201cmercy\u201d refers to its necessary concomitants.
His love, will, and intention for His actions and ours: these are His
knowledge that the action contains wisdom and benefit. There is a
difference between love and mercy: mercy is for both the obedient and
disobedient in this world; love is only for the obedient. The same
applies to mercy in the Hereafter.
His dislike for an action is His knowledge and judgment that it is evil
\u2014 either inherently or because it is disobedience to Him.
Being \u201charmed\u201d refers to what ordinarily causes harm, such as
disobeying Allah, cursing Him, or harming His friends.
In summary:
\u00b7 His love, will, and intention for actions = His knowledge that the
action contains wisdom and benefit, whether the action is from us or
from Him.
\u00b7 His love for us = doing what a lover does for the beloved, and His
judgment that the person is worthy of that.
\u00b7 His mercy = doing what the compassionate and merciful one does,
with knowledge that the person is worthy of it.
\u00b7 His dislike, anger, and displeasure are the opposite of that.
Our scholars differ on \u201cwill\u201d (iradah) into two opinions, which we
cannot ignore (as will be mentioned later in the book). Some say it is
His action; others say it is His knowledge that the action contains
wisdom and benefit. But real, literal will (al-iradah al-haq\u012bqiyyah) is
negated by all.
\u2014 Al-Qawl al-Sad\u012bd by al-Sayyid al-\u2018Allamah al-Hujjah al-Husayn ibn
Yahya al-Mutahhar (may Allah have mercy on him)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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