Surat al-Ikhlas and the Detailed Negation
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of Allah in Surat al-Ikhlas[Al-Ikhlas 112:3-4], is this not an instance of detailed negation?
The Shaykh:
Yes. Sometimes the negation is detailed. Sometimes it is of this type. Sometimes it is detailed negation. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The negation is always general, but sometimes it is detailed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of Allah in Surat al-Ikhlas
(3) He neither begets nor is born, (4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌThe Shaykh:
Yes. Sometimes the negation is detailed. Sometimes it is of this type. Sometimes it is detailed negation. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The negation is always general, but sometimes it is detailed. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية، العقيدة الطحاوية 19-01-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:05:09)
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