Is it permissible to say: "Our Lord does not play," based on His (the Most High) saying: "And We did not create the the heaven and the earth and what is between them in play"?
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Allah is transcendent above idle amusement and play, so it is permissible to state that He does not engage in play, as Allah Almighty says: "And We did not create the heaven and earth and what is between them in play. Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us, if We were to do so." The context of the discourse must be observed to glorify and exalt Allah.
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