المعنى الاصطلاحي

The known specific meaning that is indicated by a name/noun.

الشرح المختصر

"Mūsammā" (the named entity): To decide whether a name (of Allah) is the "Mūsammā" Himself, i.e. Allah Almighty, or not is an invented matter that has no (basis in a) tradition to be followed nor a scholar's statement to be considered. One of the innovations introduced by scholastic theologians is their claim that Allah's names are something other than Allah, and anything that is other than Allah is created. Thus, they paved the way before the religious innovation of claiming that the names of Allah are created. In sum, this issue involves three forms: 1. The name is something other than the "musammā": this is the statement of the Jahmites, the Mu‘tazilites, and those who agree with them. 2. The name and the "musammā" are one inseparable entity: this is the statement of the Ash‘arites and the Mātureediyyah. 3. The name belongs to the "musammā". The first and second forms bear both true and false connotations. That is, when someone says that the name is something other than the "musammā", if he means that the name is different from the essence and that it is created, then this is a false meaning, because Allah's names are part of His speech, and His speech is not created, hence, Allah's names are not created. If one says that Allah's names are not the essence of Allah, then this is true based on reason and language since "Zayd", as a name for example, is something other than "Zayd" himself, the person who eats and drinks. The second form, which suggests that the name is the very "musammā", also bears true and false meanings, because when one says so and believes that the name refers to the essence and that the words forming Allah's names are created, then this meaning is false, as previously explained. However, if he means thereby that the name and the "musammā" are inseparable and he does not believe that Allah's names are created, then his statement is true. The third form, however, which suggests that the name belongs to the "musammā", has a clear indication that involves neither confusion nor deception, nor is it an invented statement, rather its meaning is supported by the Quran and Sunnah.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر

"Mūsammā": the entity designated by a name; derived from "ism", which means name. Originally derived from "sumuw", which means sublimity and highness.