09/25/2024
📢 THE PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF "NAHNU" (THE ROYAL WE) IN QUR'AN THAT REFERS TO ALLAH TA'ALA IN HIS SINGULAR DHATI (SELF) PLURAL BEING AL - WAHID (THE ONE) WITHOUT ASSOCIATES IN HIS RUBUBIYAH (LORDSHIP/DIVINITY)‼️
Nahnu "We" is the Royal "We" of a King in the Singular Self Plural issuing a Royal Decree. So in this Ayah (Verse, Sign, Lesson) the "We" is Allah Ta'ala Alone who is Al - Khaliq (The Creator) and there is no Creator besides Allah Ta'ala.
Allah Ta'ala says (what means)
And indeed We have created man, and We know what his ownself whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge).
[Suratul Qaf 50:16]
Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Exegesis or Explanation of Suratul Qaf 50:16
"And verily We created man and We know (wa-na‘lamu is a circumstantial qualifier with an implicit [preceding] nahnu) what (mā relates to the verbal action) his soul whispers to him, [what] it speaks [to him] (the bi- [of bihi, ‘him’] is extra, or it is [required] for the intransitive verb to become transitive [and take a direct object]; the [suffixed] personal pronoun [in bihi, ‘him’] refers to man); and We are nearer to him, in knowing [him], than his jugular vein (habli’l-warīdi: the genitive annexation is explicative; al-warīdān are two [principal] veins on either side of the neck)."
It is a feature of literary style in Arabic that a person may refer to himself by the pronoun nahnu, ‘We’, for respect or glorification. He may also use the word ana, ‘I’, indicating one person, or the third person huwa, ‘He’ . All three styles are used in the Quran , where Allah addresses the Arabs in their own tongue. (Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah, 4/143)
Allah Ta'ala says (what means)
O mankind! Remember the Grace of Allah upon you! Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the sky (rain) and the earth? La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). How then are you turning away (from Him)?
These words, inna (“Verily We”) and nahnu (“We”), and other forms of the plural, may be used by one person speaking on behalf of a group, or they may be used by one person for purposes of respect or glorification, as is done by some monarchs when they issue statements or decrees in which they say “We have decided…” etc. [This is known in English as “The Royal We”
[Suratul Fatir 35:3]
“Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, sometimes refers to Himself in the singular, by name or by use of a pronoun, and sometimes by use of the plural, as in the phrase (Allah Ta'ala says what means):
‘Verily, We have given you a manifest victory” [Al-Fath 48:1],
and other similar phrases. But Allah never refers to Himself by use of the dual, because the plural refers to the respect that He deserves, and also refer to His names and attributes, whereas the dual refers to a specific number (and nothing else), and He is far above that.”
(Al-‘Aqidah al-Tadmuriyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, p. 75)
Allah Ta'ala says (what means)
Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then remember?
[Suratul Nahl 16 - 17]
Allah Ta'ala says (what means)
O mankind! A similitude has been coined, so listen to it (carefully): Verily! Those on whom you call besides Allah, cannot create (even) a fly, even though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly snatched away a thing from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought.
[Suratul Hajj 22:73]
Imam al-Bukhari reported in his Saheeh from Abu Sa‘eed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wa Salaam) said: "There is no created being but Allah created it." In Arabic, the word "khalaqa" means to make out of nothing, which is something that only Allah can do; it is impossible for anyone except Allah to do this. It also carries the meaning of decreeing or foreordaining. [**]
See Fath al-Bari Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari, 13/390.
Allah Ta'ala says (what means)
Yet they have taken besides Him other aliha (gods) that created nothing but are themselves created, and possess neither hurt nor benefit for themselves, and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor of raising the dead.
[Suratul Furqan 25:3]
Allah Ta'ala says (what means)
And certainly, you (O Muhammad Salallahu Alayhi Wa Salaam) call them to a Straight Path (true religion Islamic Monotheism).
[Suratul Mu'min 23:73]