A Book on the Shadows of the Qur'an and the Science of Theology

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, you mentioned the invalidity of the science of theology (kalam) and the science of logic. Is the book *Idhla' al-Qur'an* by Shaykh Qutb included in this category or not?

Answer:
No, no, it contains nothing of the science of creed, as far as I know. It was something of a definitive work, containing nothing of the science of rank. However, it contains the denial of the attributes based on the Ash'ari school. It contains the denial of the attributes, and it contains talk of pantheism or union. It also contains poor expression regarding the rights of the Qur'an, such as saying that it has a tone, and such and such, and it has rhythms like the rhythms of singing. All of these are poor expressions. The man is not a scholar; he is a man of literature. So he wrote on the meaning of the Qur'an in a literary style, as he was accustomed to do.
Did he not follow the known methodology of exegesis? Because he is not a scholar, and his book is not an exegesis of the Qur'an. It is one of the references for exegesis.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you