That is in the essence of attributes of Allah -azwj ...
That is in the essence of attributes of Allah -azwj , however, they -asws are not Allah -azwj but the pious ‘Wali Allah’.
When it comes to the ‘Self of Allah’ then the translation of ‘‘لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ’’ would change and it becomes ‘not Allah -azwj ’, as we will try to understand from the following Ahadith: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) تَكَلَّمُوا فِي خَلْقِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ الْكَلَامَ فِي اللَّهِ لَا يَزْدَادُ صَاحِبَهُ إِلَّا تَحَيُّراً .
Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘You can speak regarding the creation of Allah -azwj , but do not speak regarding Allah -azwj (Self), for the speech regarding Allah -azwj (Self) does not increase its owner except with the confusion’. وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ تَكَلَّمُوا فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ .
And in another report, from Hareyz, ‘(He -asws said): ‘You can speak regarding everything, but do not be speaking regarding ‘ذَاتِ اللَّهِ’ the Essence (Self) of Allah -azwj ’.
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjal, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying [53:42] And that to your Lord is the ending . So when the speech (discussion) ends up to Allah -azwj (His -azwj Essence), so hold (stop there and refrain from further comments)’.
[7] So when it comes of the Self of Allah -azwj , the meanings of ‘‘لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ’’ will be ‘not Allah’ rather than the ‘other than Allah’. For example, the Ism (Name) of Allahazwj is ‘لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ’ (not Allah -azwj ).