Is there anyone in this age who says: The angels are a mental force?
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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there anyone in this age who says that the angels are mental forces?
Answer:
There are those who follow the methodology of the philosophers who say, according to their saying, that something of this was found in the words of Muhammad 'Abduh, the mufti of Egypt, and it was transmitted by the author of al-Manar. He transmitted this in the Tafsir al-Manar regarding the angels, stating that they are psychological, psychosomatic forces, and that the devils are psychosomatic forces. This is the saying of the philosophers. Yes.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there anyone in this age who says that the angels are mental forces?
Answer:
There are those who follow the methodology of the philosophers who say, according to their saying, that something of this was found in the words of Muhammad 'Abduh, the mufti of Egypt, and it was transmitted by the author of al-Manar. He transmitted this in the Tafsir al-Manar regarding the angels, stating that they are psychological, psychosomatic forces, and that the devils are psychosomatic forces. This is the saying of the philosophers. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [358 -858] هل يوجد في هذا العصر من يقول: إن الملائكة قوة ذهنية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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