المُرَادُthe intendedبِالسَّاقِby the legالشِّدَّةِthe severity
The intended meaning of 'the leg' is 'the severity'.
فَإِذَاSo ifقَالَsaidقَائِلٌthe speaker::أَنْتُمْyou allتَثْبُتُونَestablishأَنْthatلِلَّهِfor Allahتَعَالَىthe ExaltedيَدَهُHis handحَقِيقِيَّةٌreal،,وَنَحْنُand weلَاdo notنَعْلَمُknowمِنَofالأَيْدِيthe handsإِلَّاexceptأَيَادٍthe handsالْمَخْلُوقِينَof the created beings؛;فَيَلْزَمُthus it necessitatesمِنْfromكَلَامِكُمْyour speechتَشْبِيهٌthe likenessالْخَالِقِthe Creatorبِالْمَخْلُوقِwith the created being
So if someone says: 'You establish that for Allah the Exalted is a real hand, and we do not know of hands except the hands of created beings; it necessitates from your speech a likeness of the Creator with the created beings.'
فَالْجَوَابُThe responseأَنْis thatنَقُولُwe say::لَاNoيَلْزَمُit necessitatesمِنْfromإِثْبَاتِestablishingالْيَدِthe handلِلَّهِfor Allahأَنْthatنُمَثِّلُwe representالْخَالِقَthe Creatorبِالْمَخْلُوقِينَwith the created beings؛;لِأَنَّbecauseإِثْبَاتِestablishingالْيَدِthe handجَاءَcameفِيinالْقُرْآنِthe Quranوَالسُّنَّةِand the Sunnahوَإِجْمَاعِand the consensusالسَّلَفِof the predecessor،,وَنَفْيِand negatingمُمَاثَلَةِlikenessالْخَالِقِthe Creatorلِلْمَخْلُوقِينَof created beingsيَدُلُّindicatesعَلَيْهِon itالشَّرْعُthe lawوَالْعَقْلُand the intellectوَالْحَسُّand the senses::أَمَّاAs forالشَّرْعُthe lawفَقَوْلُهُHis sayingتَعَالَىthe Exalted::﴿(لَيْسَthere is notكَمِثْلِهِlike Himشَيْءٌanythingوَهُوَand He isالسَّمِيعُthe All-Hearingالْبَصِيرُthe All-Seeing))[الشُّورَى: ١١][Ash-Shura: 11]وَأَمَّاAnd as forالْعَقْلُthe intellectفَلَاit cannotيُمْكِنُbe similarأَنْthatيُمَاثِلَit resemblesالْخَالِقَthe Creatorالْمَخْلُوقَthe created beingفِيinصِفَاتِهِHis attributesلِأَنَّbecauseهَذَاthisيُعَدُّis consideredعَيْبًاa faultفِيinالْخَالِقِthe Creator
The response is: It does not necessitate from establishing the hand for Allah that we liken the Creator with the created beings; because the establishment of the hand has come in the Quran, Sunnah, and the consensus of the predecessors, and negating the likeness of the Creator to the created beings indicates it through the law, intellect, and senses: As for the law, His saying, the Exalted: 'There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.' [Ash-Shura: 11] And as for the intellect, it cannot resemble the Creator within His attributes; because this is considered a fault in the Creator.
وَأَمَّاAnd as forالحَسُّthe perceptionفَكُلُّeveryإِنْسَانٍhumanيُشَاهِدُwitnessesأَيْدِيthe handsالْمَخْلُوقَاتِof the created beingsمُتَفَاوِتَةٌare variedوَمُتَبَايِنَةٌand differingمِنْfromكَبِيرٍlargeوَصَغِيرٍand smallوَضَخْمٍand massiveوَدَقِيقٍand delicate. . . إلَى آخِرِهِetc.؛;فَيَلْزَمُthus it necessitatesمِنْfromتَبَايُنِthe varianceأَيْدِيthe handsالْمَخْلُوقِينَof the created beingsوَتَفَاوُتِهِمand their differencesمُبَايَنَةٌthe dissimilarityيَدُthe handاللَّهِAllahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedلِأَيْدِيto the handsالْمَخْلُوقِينَof created beingsوَعَدَمِand notمُمَاثَلَتِهِمits similarityلَهُمْto themسُبْحَانَهُGlory be to Himوَتَعَالَىand Exaltedمِنْfromبَابِthe aspectأَوْلَىof most priority
And as for the senses, every human witnesses the hands of created beings to be varied and differing from large, small, massive, and delicate, etc.; thus it necessitates from the dissimilarity of the hands of created beings and their differences, the dissimilarity of the hand of Allah, the Exalted, to the hands of created beings, and not its similarity to them. Glory be to Him and Exalted is He from the aspect of most priority.
هَذَاThis؛;وَقَدْand hasخَالفَcontradictedأَهْلُthe people ofالسُّنَّةِthe Sunnahوَالْجَمَاعَةِand the communityفِيinإِثْبَاتِestablishmentالْيَدِthe handلِلَّهِfor Allahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedأَهْلُthe people ofالتَّعطيلِthe denialمِنَfromالمُعْتَزِلَةِthe Mu'tazilaوَالْجَهْمِيَّةِthe Jahmitesوَالْأَشْعَرِيَّةِthe Ash'arisوَنَحْوِهِمand their likes،,وَقَالُواand they saidلَاnoيُمْكِنُit canأَنْthatنُثَبِّتَwe establishلِلَّهِfor Allahيَدًاa hand،,حَقِيقِيَّةًreal،,بَلْbutالمُرَادُthe intendedبِالْيَدِby the handأَمْرٌa matterمَعْنَوِيٌmetaphorical،,وَهُوَand it isالْقُوَّةُthe power!!!!أَوْorالمُرَادُthe intendedبِالْيَدِby the handالنِّعْمَةُthe blessingلِأَنَّbecauseالْيَدُthe handتُطْلَقُis usedفِيinاللُّغَةِthe languageالْعَرَبِيَّةِArabicعَلَىon٣٠٤304
This; and has contradicted the people of the Sunnah and the community in the establishment of the hand for Allah, the Exalted, the people of denial from the Mu'tazila, Jahmites, Ash'aris, and their likes; and they said: 'No, it can be established for Allah a hand, real; but the intended by the hand is a metaphorical matter, and it is the power!! Or the intended by the hand is the blessing, because the hand is used in the Arabic language on.'