Does Allah’s – Exalted is He – joy, when He rejoices, resemble our joy? And why did the Hadith compare Allah’s joy to the joy of a servant, which suggests that His joy is like the joy of a servant, but more intense?
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The attribute of joy has been affirmed for Allah Almighty, as stated in the : "Allah is more joyful over the repentance of His servant than one of you is over his riding-beast [after losing and then finding it]...", and it is a real joy befitting His majesty, not resembling the joy of created beings; for there is nothing like Allah Almighty.
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