A Book on the Shadow of the Qur'an, Theology, and Logic

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

Answer:
It contains nothing of logic. As far as I know, Sayyid Qutb’s book contains nothing of logic, but it contains the denial of the attributes based on the Ash'ari school. It contains the denial of the attributes, and it contains speech about divine indwelling or union.
It also contains poor expression regarding the Qur'an, such as saying that it has a resonance, and so on, and that it has rhythms like the rhythms of singing. These are all bad 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, and did not follow the known methodology of exegesis, because he is not a scholar. His book is not an exegesis of the Qur'an, but it is one of the references for exegesis. Yes.

The presenter:
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