Al-Hirras’s remarks on explaining the verses of the poet
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. He says: Al-Hirras said, in explaining the poet’s words: “If it were said, ‘What do you desire?’ he would immediately reply: ‘I desire to visit you, [O eyes] more than the eyelids. As if Allah, if time permitted your nearness and you were to settle in the lowly place, I would rub my cheek in gratitude against the earth and darken my eyelids with your dust.’” He said: The author exaggerated in these verses, and that he
Answer:
intends Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), negating His bodies, fabricating barriers for Allah, or intending His creation. Al-Hirras (may Allah have mercy on him) may be understood in a way that is not correct in this regard, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh. He says: Al-Hirras said, in explaining the poet’s words: “If it were said, ‘What do you desire?’ he would immediately reply: ‘I desire to visit you, [O eyes] more than the eyelids. As if Allah, if time permitted your nearness and you were to settle in the lowly place, I would rub my cheek in gratitude against the earth and darken my eyelids with your dust.’” He said: The author exaggerated in these verses, and that he
Answer:
intends Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), negating His bodies, fabricating barriers for Allah, or intending His creation. Al-Hirras (may Allah have mercy on him) may be understood in a way that is not correct in this regard, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [46] — alfawzan.live (1:13:22)
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