وَلَهَذَاAnd for thisيَقُولُونَ:they say:لَيْسَthere is notلِلَّهِfor Allahعَيْنٌan eyeوَلَاnorوَجْهٌ،a face,وَلَاnorلَهُfor Himيَدٌ،a hand,وَلَاnorاسْتَوَىHe ascendedعَلَىuponالْعَرْشِ،the Throne,وَلَاnorيَنْزِلُHe descendsإِلَىtoالسَّمَاءِthe heavenالدُّنْيَاof this world ...لَكِنَّهُمْBut theyيُحَرِّفُونَ،distort,وَيُسَمُّونَand they callتَحْرِيفَهُمْtheir distortionتَأْوِيلًاinterpretationوَلَوْAnd ifأَنْكَرُواthey denyإنْكَارَthe denialجَحْدٍ؛of rejection;لَكَفَرُوا؛they would disbelieve;لِأَنَّهُمْbecause theyكَذَبُوا،lied,لَكِنَّهُمْbut theyيُنْكِرُونَdenyإنْكَارَthe denialمَاwhatيُسَمُّونَthey callتَأْوِيلًا،interpretation,وَهُوَand it isعِندَنَاwith usتَحْرِيفٌ.distortion.
And for this they say: there is not for Allah an eye, nor a face, nor for Him a hand, nor He ascended upon the Throne, nor He descends to the heaven of this world ... But they distort, and they call their distortion interpretation and if they were to deny the denial of rejection; they would disbelieve; because they lied, but they deny the denial of what they call interpretation, and it is for us distortion.
وَالْحَاصِلُAnd the resultأَنْis thatالْعَقْلَthe intellectلَاhas noمَجَالًspaceلَهُfor itفِيinبَابِthe realmأَسْمَاءِof the namesاللَّهِof Allah.
And the result is that the intellect has no space for it in the realm of the names of Allah.
فَإِن قُلْتَ:If you say:قَوْلُكَyour statementهَذَاthisيُنَاقِضُ،contradicts,الْقُرْآنَthe QuranلِأَنَّbecauseاللَّهَAllah says:﴿وَمَنْ﴿And whoأَحْسَنُis betterمِنَthanاللَّهِAllahحُكْمًا﴾in judgment﴾,[الْمَائِدَةِ:[Table:٥٠]،50],وَالتَّفْضِيلَand the preferenceبَيْنَbetweenشَيْءٍsomethingوَآخَرَand anotherمَرَاجِعُهُreturnsإِلَىtoالْعَقْلِ،the intellect,وَقَالَand He said:عَزَّ وَجَلَّ:Exalted be He:﴿وَلِلَّهِ﴿And for Allahالْمَثَلُis the parableالْأَعْلَى)the highest)[النَّحْلِ:[The Bee:٦٠] ،60],وَقَالَ:And He said:﴿أَفَمَن﴿Is then the oneيَخْلُقُcreatesكَمَنlike oneلَاdoes notيَخْلُقُcreateأَفَلَاWill they notتَذَكَّرُونَreflect?[النَّحْلِ:[The Bee:۱۷] ...17]...وَأَشْبَاهُAnd (the) likeذَلِكَof thatمِمَّاof what
If you say: your statement contradicts the Quran because Allah says: ﴿And who is better in judgment than Allah﴾ [Table: 50], and the preference between something and another returns to the intellect, and He said: Exalted be He: ﴿And for Allah is the highest example﴾ [The Bee: 60], and He said: ﴿Is then the one who creates like one who does not create? Will they not reflect?﴾ [The Bee: 17]... and (the) like of that.
فَالْجَوَابُSo the answerأَنْis thatنَقُولُ:we say:إِنَّIndeed,الْعَقْلَthe intellectيُدْرِكُperceivesمَاwhatلِلَّهِfor AllahسُبْحَانَهُGlory be to Himوَتَعَالَىand Exalted is Heوَيَمْتَنِعُand it cannot beعَلَيْهِupon Himعَلَىinسَبِيلِthe wayالإِجْمَالِof generalityلَاnotعَلَىinسَبِيلِthe detail;فَمَثَلًا:For example:الْعَقْلَthe intellectيُدْرِكُperceivesبِأَنَّthatالرَّبَّthe Lordلَاnotبَدًّmust beيَكُونَbeكَامِلًاcompleteفِيinالصِّفَاتِ،attributes,لَكِنَّbutهَذَاthisلَاnotيَعْنِيmeansأَنْthatالْعَقْلَthe intellectيُثَبِّتُestablishesكُلَّeveryصِفَةٍattributeبِعَيْنِهَاspecificallyأَوْorيَنْفِيهَا،denies it,لَكِنَّbutيُثَبِّتُit establishesأَوْorيَنْفِيdeniesعَلَىinسَبِيلِthe wayالْعُمُومِof generalityأَنْthatالرَّبَّthe Lordلَا بُدَّmustأَنْto beيَكُونَbeكَامِلًاcompleteفِيinسَالِمًاsafeمِنَfromالنَّقْصِ.deficiency.
So the answer is that we say: Indeed, the intellect perceives what for Allah, Glory be to Him and Exalted is He, and it cannot be upon Him in a general way not in detail; for example: the intellect perceives that the Lord must be complete in attributes, but this does not mean that the intellect establishes every specific attribute or denies it, but it establishes or denies in general that the Lord must be complete in attributes, safe from deficiency.
فَمَثَلًا:For example:يُدْرِكُthe intellect understandsبِأَنَّهُthat He must beلَا بُدَّmustأَنْthatيَكُونَbeالرَّبُّthe LordسَمِيعًاAll-Hearingبَصِيرًا؛All-Seeing;قَالَHe saidإِبْرَاهِيمُIbrahimلِأَبِيهِ:to his father:﴿يَتَأَبَّتِ﴿Why do youلِمَworshipتَعْبُدُwhatمَاdoes notيَسْمَعُhearوَلَاand does notيُبْصِرُ﴾see﴾?[مَرْيَمَ:[Mary:٤٢] .42].
For example: the intellect understands that the Lord must be All-Hearing, All-Seeing; He said Ibrahim to his father: ﴿Why do you worship what does not hear and does not see﴾? [Mary: 42].
وَلَاAnd mustبُدًّbeأَنْto beيَكُونَbeخَالِقًا؛the Creator;لِأَنَّbecauseاللَّهُAllah said:﴿أَفَمَن﴿Is then the oneيَخْلُقُcreatesكَمَنlike oneلَّاdoes notيَخْلُقُcreate?۸۱,
And (the Lord) must be the Creator; because Allah said: ﴿Is then the one who creates like one who does not create?﴾,