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الصَّفَحَاتُ

The pages

الْإِلَهِيَّةُ

divine

فِي

in

الْقُرْآنِ:

the Quran:

The Divine Pages in the Quran:

ثُمَّ

Then

لَمَّا

when

كَانَ

it was

إِثْبَاتُ

affirming

الصِّفَاتِ

the attributes

الْإِلَهِيَّةِ

divine

Then when affirming the divine attributes

بِذِكْرِ

by mentioning

كُنْهِهَا

their essence

وَحَقَائِقِهَا

and their realities

وَدَقِيقِ

and subtle

مَسَائِلِهَا

issues

مُسْتَحِيلاً

impossible

فِي

regarding

حَقِّهِمْ،

them,

by mentioning their essence, realities, and subtle issues was impossible regarding them,

وَكَانَ

and and it was

تَرْكُهُمْ

leaving them

مِنْ

from

دُونِ

without

إِطْلَاعٍ

acquaintance

عَلَى

with

هَذِهِ

these

الصِّفَاتِ

attributes

الْإِلَهِيَّةِ

divine

and leaving them without acquaintance with these divine attributes

يَحْرِمُهُمْ

deprives them

مِنْ

of

مَعْرِفَةِ

knowing

الرُّبوبِيَّةِ

Lordship

deprives them of knowing Lordship

- الَّتِي

- which

هِيَ

is

أَنْفَعُ

the most beneficial

وَسِيلَةٍ

means

فِي

in

تَهْذِيبِ

refining

النُّفُوسِ

souls

الْبَشَرِيَّةِ -

human -

- which is the most beneficial means in refining human souls -

كَانَ

it was

حِكْمَةُ

the wisdom

اللَّهِ

of Allah

- تَعَالَى -

- Exalted is He -

وَهُوَ

while He is

أَحْكَمُ

the most judicious

الْحَاكِمِينَ -

of judges -

it was the wisdom of Allah - Exalted is He -, and He is the most judicious of judges,

أَنْ

that

يَخْتَارَ

He chose

مِنَ

from

الصِّفَاتِ

attributes

الْبَشَرِيَّةِ

human

الَّتِي

which

نَعَهْدُهَا

we know

وَنُشَاهِدُهَا

and witness

to choose from the human attributes that we know and witness

وَالَّتِي

and which

نَتَمَادَحُ

we praise one another

بِهَا

by them

وَنَفْتَخِرُ

and take pride

بِالتَّحَلِّي

in adorning ourselves

بِهَا،

with them,

and by which we praise one another and take pride in adorning ourselves,

صِفَاتٍ

attributes

كَرِيمَةً

noble

عَدِيدَةً

numerous

تُسْتَعْمَلُ

used

لِأَدَاءِ

to convey

مَعَانٍ

meanings

غَامِضَةٍ

obscure

دَقِيقَةٍ

subtle

numerous noble attributes used to convey obscure, subtle meanings

لَا

that do not

تَبْلُغُ

reach

جَلَالَهَا

their majesty

وَعَظَمَتَهَا

and greatness

عُقُولُ

minds

الْبَشَرِ،

of humans,

whose majesty and greatness human minds cannot reach,

ثُمَّ

then

يَجْعَلُ

He makes

قَوْلَهُ

His statement

الْفَصْلَ:

decisive:

then He makes His decisive statement:

{لَيْسَ
{There is
كَمِثْلِهِ
like unto Him
شَيْءٌ}
anything}

{There is nothing like unto Him}

تِرْيَاقاً

as an antidote

لِدَاءِ

for the disease

الْجَهْلِ

of ignorance

الْعُضَالِ،

incurable,

as an antidote for the incurable disease of ignorance,

وَعِلَاجاً

and a remedy

لِقِلَّةِ

for lack

الْبَصَرِ

of insight

وَالْإِدْرَاكِ،

and perception,

and a remedy for the lack of insight and perception,

وَنَهَى

and He forbade

عَنْ

from

اسْتِعْمَالِ

using

تِلْكَ

those

الصِّفَاتِ

attributes

الْبَشَرِيَّةِ

human

and He forbade the use of those human attributes

الَّتِي

which

يُخْشَى

are feared

مِنْهَا

from

جُمُوحُ

the runaway

الْأَوْهَامِ

of illusions

وَالظَُّنُونِ

and suspicions

from which one fears the runaway of illusions and suspicions

نَحْوَ

toward

الْعَقَائِدِ

beliefs

الْبَاطِلَةِ

false

كَإِثْبَاتِ

like affirming

الْوَلَدِ،

a child,

toward false beliefs such as affirming a child,

وَالْبُكَاءِ،

weeping,

وَالْجَزَعِ

and panic

وَمَا

and what

إِلَى

to

ذَلِكَ.

that.

weeping, panic, and so on.

خَطَرُ

The danger

الْخَوْضِ

of delving

فِي

into

الصِّفَاتِ

the attributes

بِدُونِ

without

تَوْقِيفٍ:

textual instruction:

The Danger of Delving into Attributes Without Textual Instruction:

وَإِذَا

And if

أَنْعَمْتَ

you bestow

النَّظَرَ

reflection

وَتَأَمَّلْتَ

and contemplate

مَسْأَلَةَ

the issue

الصِّفَاتِ

of attributes

الْإِلَهِيَّةِ

divine

بِدِقَّةٍ

with precision

And if you reflect and contemplate the issue of divine attributes precisely