The meaning of the satisfaction of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and His wrath

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 14

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

Book 1, Chapter 14

The meaning of the satisfaction of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and His wrath

Hadith #2

وبهذا الاسناد، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه رفعه إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " فلما آسفونا انتقمنا منهم " قال: إن الله تبارك وتعالى لا يأسف كأسفنا ولكنه خلق أولياء لنفسه يأسفون ويرضون وهم مخلوقون مدبرون فجعل رضاهم لنفسه رضى وسخطهم لنفسه سخطا وذلك لأنه جعلهم الدعاة إليه والأدلاء عليه، و لذلك صاروا كذلك وليس أن ذلك يصل إلى الله عز وجل كما يصل إلى خلقه، ولكن هذا معنى ما قال من ذلك، وقد قال أيضا: من أهان لي وليا فقد بارزني بالمحاربة ودعاني إليها. وقال أيضا: " من يطع الرسول فقد أطاع الله " وقال: أيضا " إن الذين يبايعونك إنما يبايعون الله " وكل هذا وشبهه على ما ذكرت لك، وهكذا الرضا والغضبو غيرهما من الأشياء مما يشاكل ذلك. ولو كان يصل إلى المكون، الأسف والضجر وهو الذي أحدثهما وأنشأهما لجاز لقائل أن يقول: إن المكون يبيد يوما ما لأنه إذا دخله الضجر والغضب دخله التغيير وإذا دخله التغيير لم يؤمن عليه الإبادة ، ولو كان ذلك كذلك لم يعرف الخالق من المخلوق، وتعالى الله عن هذا القول علوا كبيرا. هو الخالق للأشياء لا لحاجة فإذا كان لا لحاجة استحال الحد والكيف فيه فافهم ذلك إن شاء الله.

2. With this chain, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, that he ascribed it to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah: «And when they grieved Us, We took retribution from them» (43:55), that he said: Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, does not grieve like our grieving, however, He created Allies for Himself who are to grieve and to be satisfied, and they are created, managed. So, He made their satisfaction a satisfaction for Himself, and their anger an anger for Himself, and that is because He made them those who call to him and guide to him, and for that they became as such. It is not that this reaches Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, like how it reaches His creation, however, this is the meaning of what He said about that. He also said: He who humiliates an Ally to me, has indeed drawn a sword against Me in combat and invited Me to it. He also said: «He who obeys the Messenger, has indeed obeyed Allah.» (4:80) He also said: «Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, are only pledging allegiance to Allah.» (48:09) All this and its similar is upon that which I mentioned to you, and so is satisfaction, wrath and other things than them that are similar to that. If it would be that for the Creator, it reaches grief and weariness, when He is the One who made them and created them, it would be possible for a sayer to say: Indeed, the Creator is to be annihilated one day, because if weariness and anger enter him, (it implies that) change enters him, and if change enters him, He cannot be secured from annihilation, and if it was as such, the Creator would not have been recognized from the created. Exalted is Allah above this saying, a great exaltation. He is the Creator of things, not for any need, and if it was for no need, limit and condition would be impossible in Him. Hence, understand that, Allah willing.