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Why Allah says in Quran “We” in the Qur’an?

Why Allah says in Quran We
Is God plural or singular

🏁Royal we🏁
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.

Allah may also use the word ana (I), indicating one person, or the third person huwa (He). All three styles are used in the Qur’an, where Allaah addresses the Arabs in their own tongue. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 4/143).

“Allaah, 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 :

‘Verily, We have given you a manifest victory” [al-Fath 48:1],

and other similar phrases.

But Allaah never refers to Himself by use of the dual, because the plural refers to the respect that He deserves, and may refer to His names and attributes,

whereas the dual refers to a specific number (and nothing else), and He is far above that.”

🏴(Al-‘Aqeedah al-Tadmuriyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, p. 75).

These words, innaa (“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” ]

In such cases, only one person is speaking but the plural is used for respect. The One Who is more deserving of respect than any other is Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, so when He says in the Qur’an innaa (“Verily We”) and nahnu (“We”), it is for respect and glorification, not to indicate plurality of numbers. If an aayah of this type is causing confusion, it is essential to refer to the clear, unambiguous aayaat for clarification, and if a Christian, for example, insists on taking ayaat such as

“Verily, We: it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e., the Qur’an)”
🏴[al-Hijr 15:9]

as proof of divine plurality, we may refute this claim by quoting such clear and unambiguous aayaat as :

“And your god is One God, there is none who has the right to be worshipped but He, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful”
🏴 [al-Baqarah 2:163] and

“Say: He is Allaah, the One”
🏴 [al-Ikhlaas 112:1]

and other aayaat which can only be interpreted in one way.

Thus confusion will be dispelled for the one who is seeking the truth.

Every time Allaah uses the plural to refer to Himself, it is based on the respect and honour that He deserves, and on the great number of His names and attributes, and on the great number of His troops and angels.”
🏴(Reference: Al-‘Aqeedah al-Tadmuriyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, p. 109). And Allaah knows best.

The ‘We’… in Arabic does not indicate plurality

-It means Royal Plural, Active to Singular.

So ‘We’– When it says… ‘We’ have created you

– it means singular Allah (Subhanahu wa taala). Qur’an clearly states in Surah Ikhlas, Ch. 112,

‘Say: He is Allah one and only.’– Allah is only one…

So not more than one.

Haven’t you seen a president of a certain country speaking with “we” but not “I”

That means he wants to tell u implicitly that Iam the majestic or president

In the same way Allah proves by We The Majestic Sovereign of al that exists

▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎

Also, Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) wrote in Majmaoo’ al-Fataawaa (5/128)
👉🏼some words which may be of interest to us here:

“With regard to Allaah’s closeness to us, sometimes it is mentioned in the singular, as in the aayah :

‘’And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then (answer them) I am indeed near (to them by My knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me…’ [al-Baqarah 2:186]

and the hadeeth:

‘The One on Whom you call is closer to any one of you than the neck of his riding-camel’, and sometimes in the plural, as in the aayah:

‘… And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein’ [Qaaf 50:16].

This is like the aayaat :

‘We recite to you…’
[al-Qasas 28:3]
and
‘We relate unto you…’
[Yoosuf 12:3].

Such usage in Arabic refers to the one who is great and has helpers who obey him; when his helpers do something by his command, he says ‘We did it,’ as a king might say, ‘We conquered this land and we defeated this army,’ and so on.”

Therefore this is an answer too to those who claim Allah is everywhere not on His Throne

By: Ask A Muslim

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