أَخَص؛Special;فَكُلٌّSo everyقَوِيٌّstrongمِنْofذِيthe one withالشُّعُورِ،feelings,قَادِرٌcapableوَلَيْسَand notكُلُّeveryoneقَادِرٍcapableقَوِيًّا.strong.
Special; so every strong one with feelings is capable, but not every capable one is strong.
مَثَالٌAn exampleذَٰلِكَis thatتَقُولُ:You say:الرِّيحُthe windقَوِيَّةٌ،is strong,وَلَاand notتَقُولُyou sayقَادِرَةٌ،capable,وَتَقُولُ:and you say:الْحَدِيدُthe ironقَوِيٌّ،is strong,وَلَاand notتَقُولُ:you say:قَادِرٌ،capable,لَكِنَّbutذُوthe one withالشُّعُورِfeelingsتَقُولُ:you say:إِنَّهُthat he isقَوِيٌّ،strong,وَإِنَّهُand that he isقَادِرٌcapable
An example of this is that you say: the wind is strong, and you do not say capable, and you say: the iron is strong, and you do not say capable, but for the one with feelings you say: that he is strong, and that he is capable.
وَلَمَّاAnd whenقَالَتْsaidعَادٌ:‘Aad:مَنْWhoأَشَدُّis strongerمِنَّاthan us?قُوَّةٌ؛strength?;قَالَsaidاللَّهُAllahتَعَالَى:the Exalted:أَوَلَمْDid they notيَرَوْاseeأَنَّthatاللَّهَAllah,الَّذِيwhoخَلَقَهُمْcreated themهُوَHe isأَشَدُّstrongerمِنْهُمْthan them;قُوَّةٌstrength?) [فَصْلَتْ: ١٥].) [Fussilat: 15].
And when ‘Aad said: 'Who is stronger than us in strength?' Allah, the Exalted, said: 'Did they not see that Allah, who created them, is stronger than them in strength?' [Fussilat: 15].
وَقَوْلُهُ:And His saying:الْمَتِينُ:the Strong:قَالَsaidابْنُIbnعَبَّاسٍAbbasرَضِيَmay Allah be pleasedاللَّهُAllahعَنْهُمَا(١):about them:الشَّديدُ.the strong.أَيْThat is:الشَّديدُthe strongفِيinقُوَّتِهِ،His strength,الشَّديدُthe strongفِيinعِزَّتِهِ،His might,الشَّديدُthe strongفِيinصِفَاتِattributesالْجَبَّارُof tyranny;وَهُوَAnd He isمِنْin terms ofحَيْثُwhereالْمَعْنَىthe meaningتَوْكِيدٌan affirmationلِلْقَوِيِّ.of the strong.
And His saying: 'the Strong': Ibn Abbas may Allah be pleased with him said: the strong; that is: the strong in His strength, the strong in His might, the strong in His attributes of tyranny; and from the perspective of meaning, it is an affirmation of the strong.
جَمِيعٌAllوَيَجُوزُAnd it is permissibleأَنْtoنُخْبِرَinformعَنْaboutاللَّهِAllahبِأَنَّهُthat He isشَدِيدٌstrongوَلَاand notنُسَمِّيwe nameاللَّهَAllahبِالشَّدِيدِ،the strong,بَلْbutنُسَمِّيهِwe name Himبِالْمَتِينِ؛as the Strong;لِأَنَّbecauseاللَّهَAllahنَفْسَهُHimselfبِذَٰلِكَ.by this.
And it is permissible to inform about Allah that He is strong, and we do not name Allah the strong, but we call Him the Strong; because Allah Himself is by this.
فِيInهَذِهِthisالْآيَةِverse;إِثْبَاتٌan affirmationاسْمَيْنِof two namesمِنْof;أَسْمَاءِthe namesاللَّهِ؛of Allah;هُمَا:they are:الرَّزَّاقُ،the Provider,وَالْمَتِينُ،and the Strong,وَإِثْبَاتٌand an affirmation ofثَلَاثٍthreeصِفَاتٍ،attributes,وَهِيَ:and they are:الرِّزْقُ،the sustenance,وَالْقُوَّةُ،and strength,وَمَاand whatتَضَمَّنَهُis includedاسْمُthe nameالْمَتِينِ.the Strong.
In this verse, there is an affirmation of two names of Allah; they are: the Provider, and the Strong, and an affirmation of three attributes, which are: sustenance, strength, and what the name the Strong encompasses.
وَالْفَائِدَةُAnd the benefitالْمَسْلَكِيَّةُmethodologicalفِيofالإِيمَانِthe faithبِصِفَةِin the attributeالْقُوَّةِof strengthوَالْرِّزْقِand sustenanceأَنْis thatلَاnotنَطْلُبُwe seekالْقُوَّةَstrengthوَالْرِّزْقَand sustenanceإِلَّاexceptمِنْfromاللَّهِAllahتَعَالَى.the Exalted.
And the methodological benefit in believing in the attribute of strength and sustenance is that we do not seek strength and sustenance except from Allah, the Exalted, and that we believe that every strength, however great, will not be compared to the strength of Allah, the Exalted.