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His statement "two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful": al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This is from the hadiths of attributes and there are two views in regards to them which have just preceded: "One of them is to believe in them without venturing into ta'wil (interpretation), or trying to understand its meaning. Rather, one believes it is the truth and that its outward purport is not intended. Allah Most High said 'Naught is as His likeness' (42:11). "And the second...
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"He (Allah Most High) then firmly established (istawa) Himself over the Throne" (Qur'an 7:54) means He firmly established Himself over the Kingly Throne and began decreeing orders (ahkams) in the heavens and the earth. In the tafsir (exegesis) of "He then firmly established Himself over the Throne", it is safer to adopt silence in agreement with the methodology of the salaf (pious predecessors) and that is also my view although the muta'akhirin (scholars of the later generations) have opened the doors for...
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