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We bear testimony the likes of he who affirms a testimony with his tongue, believing in it with his heart, and is of the utmost certainty concerning what is mentioned in these reports, of the Descent of the Lord, without us describing its kayfiyyah (ie: nature). This is because our Prophet, Al-Muṣtafáa, did not describe for us the nature of our Creator's Descent to the lowest heaven.
نَشْهَدُ شَهَادَةَ مُقِرٍّ بِلِسَانِهِ، مُصَدِّقٍ بِقَلْبِهِ، مُسْتَيْقِنٍ بِمَا فِي هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ نُزُولِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ نَصِفَ الْكَيْفِيَّةَ، لأَنَّ نَبِيَّنَا الْمُصْطَفَى لَمْ يَصِفْ لَنَا كَيْفِيَّةَ نُزُولِ خَالِقِنَا إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا،
(Indeed he ﷺ) taught us that [Allah] descends. And neither Allah, Jalla wa ʿAlāʾ, nor His Prophet ﷺ have neglected any clarification that the Muslims are in need of concerning matters of their religion.
وأَعْلَمَنَا أَنَّهُ يَنْزِلُ وَاللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلاَ ولى نَبِيُّهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ بَيَانَ مَا بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةُ، مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِهِمْ.
Therefore we are those whose positions, and beliefs, are these reports which mention the Descent; we have not been burdened with taking a position on biṣifatihi (ie: their description), or al-kayfiyyah (ie: the description of their nature), since the Prophet, ﷺ, did not describe for us the nature of the Descent.
فَنَحْنُ قَائِلُونَ مُصَدِّقُونَ بِمَا فِي هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ النُّزُولِ غَيْرِ مُتَكَلِّفِينَ الْقَوْلَ بِصِفَةِ الْكَيْفِيَّةِ، إِذِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَصِفْ لَنَا كَيْفِيَّةَ النُّزُولِ
And in these reports are what has become clear, and established: That Allah, Jalla wa ʿAlāʾ is above the lowest heaven; these reports in which the our Prophet ﷺ informed us that (Allah, ʿazza wa Jal) descends to it. This is because it is impossible, according to the language of the Arabs, for one to say: “He descended from below to above.”
وَفِي هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارِ مَا بَانَ وَثَبَتَ وَصَحَّ: أَنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلاَ فَوْقَ سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، الَّذِي خبرنا نَبِيُّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ يَنْزِلُ إِلَيْهِ، إِذْ مُحَالٌ فِي لُغَةِ الْعَرَبِ أَنْ تقُولَ: نَزَلَ مِنْ أَسْفَلَ إِلَى أَعْلَى،
Whereas what is understood from the speech is that the Descent is from the above to the lower.
وَمَفْهُومٌ فِي الْخِطَابِ أَنَّ النُّزُولَ مِنْ أَعْلَى إِلَى أَسْفَلَ.
Ibn Khuzaymah, al-Tawḥīd 1/259
ابن خزيمة، التوحيد ١/٢٥٩
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