The Evidence of Mutual Incompatibility from Verses of the Qur'an
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Question:
The fourth statement says that the evidence for mutual exclusion is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anbya 21:22] and from the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Mu'minun 23:91] The question is: Are both verses the evidence for mutual exclusion according to the people of the Sunnah?
Answer:
The commentator of the Tahawiyyah mentioned this in his commentary. He stated that they use these verses as evidence for the mutual exclusion of gods, which is the proof of completeness. It is clear from the verses that it is impossible for there to be another god alongside Allah, because if there were another god with Him, corruption would result from this disbelief due to the conflict between the two gods: one would want this and the other would want that. Either the intention of both would be realized, which is impossible because it would lead to contradiction, since one wants something and the other wants the opposite, and it is impossible for both things to occur because that is a contradiction. Or the intention of one of them would be realized while the intention of the other is not, in which case the one whose intention was realized is the Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, and the second is not fit for lordship. So the meaning is correct from the verses. Yes.[Al-Anbya 21:22] [Al-Mu'minun 23:91] It becomes, yes.
The fourth statement says that the evidence for mutual exclusion is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاAllah has not taken any son
مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍAnswer:
The commentator of the Tahawiyyah mentioned this in his commentary. He stated that they use these verses as evidence for the mutual exclusion of gods, which is the proof of completeness. It is clear from the verses that it is impossible for there to be another god alongside Allah, because if there were another god with Him, corruption would result from this disbelief due to the conflict between the two gods: one would want this and the other would want that. Either the intention of both would be realized, which is impossible because it would lead to contradiction, since one wants something and the other wants the opposite, and it is impossible for both things to occur because that is a contradiction. Or the intention of one of them would be realized while the intention of the other is not, in which case the one whose intention was realized is the Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, and the second is not fit for lordship. So the meaning is correct from the verses. Yes.
Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاAllah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him].
مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِذًا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما صحة عبارة أن هذا الكون لم يكن عفويًا ولا مصادفة، إنما هو من فاعل صانع مختار؟ — youtube.com (2:28)
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