Does Allah (SWT) have any states such as feeling gladness, sadness or (May Allah forgive me for saying it) crying?

Does Allah (SWT) have any states such as feeling gladness, sadness or (May Allah forgive me for saying it) crying?

Dear Brother / Sister,

Things such as crying are out of question for Allah (SWT) . Since things like that a deficiency, they are definitely far away from the Most Sacred Being.

Allah does not have gladness or sadness similar to our emotions because those emotions emerge as a result of meeting a need or a desire or as a result of dissatisfaction. However, Allah (SWT) is Samad, everything is in need of Him but He is not in need of anything.

Consequently, sadness or gladness in the sense we comprehend is out of question for Allah.  

Nevertheless, the fact of “gaining Allah’s pleasure” that is emphasized repeatedly in the Qur’an also brings “rejoicing” to mind. However, as that rejoicing is not similar to the rejoicing of man, it is not related with the causes which are the reasons for that rejoicing, either. As Badiuzzaman Said Nursi states, that issue can be considered as “divine gladness (whose essence cannot be known by us) convenient to the sacredness of Allah’s Essence, Names and Attributes.”     .

In the same way, the concept sadness can also be considered as “divine displeasure convenient to the sacredness of Allah’s Essence, Names and Attributes.”

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