Were you arrogant or were you from the exalted ones?
Were you arrogant or were you from the exalted ones?” [38:75] Meaning of the word ‘Hand’ in the speech of the Arabs ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد ابن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسماعيل، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن الحسن، قال: حدثنا بكر، عن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن عبد الله بن بحر، عن أبي أيوب الخزاز، عن محمد بن مسلم، قال: سألت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) فقلت: قوله عز و جل: يا إِبْلِيسُ ما مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِما خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ؟ Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘It was narrated to us by Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Umran Al Daqaq, from Muhammad Ibn Abu Abdullah Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Husayn Bin Al Hassan, from Bakr, from Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from Abdullah Bin Bahr, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far -asws , so I said, ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: He said: O Iblees!
What prevented you performing Sajda to what I Created with My Two hands? [38:75] ’. فقال: «اليد في كلام العرب القوة و النعمة. قال: وَ اذْكُرْ عَبْدَنا داوُدَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ و قال: وَ السَّماءَ بَنَيْناها بِأَيْدٍ أي بقوة وَ إِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ و قال: وَ أَيَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحٍ مِنْهُ أي قواهم. و يقال: لفلان عندي يد بيضاء، أي نعمة».- So he -asws said: ‘The ‘hand’ in the speech of the Arabs is (means) the strength and the favour.
He -azwj Said: and remember Our servant Dawood, the possessor of the hand (strength) [38:17] . And Said: And the sky, We Built it by Hand – i.e. by Strength and We are the Expanders [51:47] . And Said: and He Supported them with a Spirit from Him [58:22] , i.e. Strengthened them. And it is said, ‘For so and so there is a white hand with me’, i.e. a favour’.
[11] Point 9: وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ Finally, the speaker cites Holy Verse 39:67 and implies that people did not appreciated Allah -azwj as He -azwj came again and again in the figures of Masomeen -asws . Reply to Point 9: Since the speaker did interpretation on his ‘qias’ (analogy), he went totally opposite, please the Holy Verse and its interpretation from Masomeen -asws .
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ {67} And they are not appreciating Allah with the appreciation that is due to Him; and the whole of the earth would be in His Grip on the Day of Judgement, and the skies having been rolled up in His Right Hand.