God's Attributes
Ibn al-Jawzi, Bustān al-Wāʿiẓīn wa-Riyāḍ al-Sāmiʿīn. Creed. Advanced.

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الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَوَّرَ الصُّوَرَ وَما باشرَ وَلا مَسَّ
Praise be to Allah, who shaped the forms without touching or contacting.
وَعَلِمَ البَواطِنَ وَما لَمَسَ وَلا جَسَّ
And knows the innermost thoughts without touching or feeling.
سَمِعَ وَرَأَى وَلَا يُقَالُ أَحَسَّ
He hears and sees, and it is not said that He senses.
جَلَّ عَنْ صَاحِبَةٍ وَوَلَدٍ وَكَذَبَ القِسُّ
Exalted is He above having a wife and child, and the priest lied.
افْتَرَتِ اليَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى وَجَاحِدُ القُرْآنِ أَخَسُّ
The Jews and Christians fabricated, and the denier of the Quran is more vile.
هُوَ مِنْهُمْ بِلا شَكٍّ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ فِي المُسْلِمِينَ يَنْدِسُّ
He is among them, without a doubt, yet he infiltrates the Muslims.
أَخْيَالٌ يَعْتَرِي المُبْتَدِعَ أَوْ جُنُونٌ أَوْ مَسٌّ
Is it an illusion that afflicts the innovator, or madness or possession?
ما هَذَا الخَوْضُ فِي الفُضُولِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ كِتَابٌ وَسُنَّةٌ بَسْ
What is this engagement in trivialities? It is nothing but the Book and the Sunnah.
أَيَعْلَمُ جَاحِدُ القُرْآنِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ عَادَى مَنْ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا وَثَمُودًا وَأَصْحَابَ الرَّسِّ
Does the denier of the Quran know that he has opposed the One who destroyed Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well?
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