The Meaning of the Comparison of Revelation to a Chain on a Smooth Stone
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that it is like a chain on a smooth stone: is it said that he compared the heard to the heard, or how is that?
The Shaykh:
He compared the sound of the revelation, or the sound of my master (peace be upon him), and not the speech of Allah. He did not compare the speech of Allah; rather, he compared the revelation that the people of the heavens hear. As for the speech of Allah, none knows its greatness and its nature except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The questioner:
And in this, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Such as his saying that you see your Lord as you see the moon, like the full moon, the sun. This is a comparison of the vision, not a comparison of one person to another.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that it is like a chain on a smooth stone: is it said that he compared the heard to the heard, or how is that?
The Shaykh:
He compared the sound of the revelation, or the sound of my master (peace be upon him), and not the speech of Allah. He did not compare the speech of Allah; rather, he compared the revelation that the people of the heavens hear. As for the speech of Allah, none knows its greatness and its nature except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The questioner:
And in this, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Such as his saying that you see your Lord as you see the moon, like the full moon, the sun. This is a comparison of the vision, not a comparison of one person to another.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 20 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:53)
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