The Philosophers' Intention Regarding the Antiquity of the World
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What do the philosophers mean by the antiquity of the world?
Answer:
They mean that it has no beginning, that the world has no beginning, and this is invalid. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the First, and there is nothing before Him, and this created thing is a created entity that came into existence from nothing. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What do the philosophers mean by the antiquity of the world?
Answer:
They mean that it has no beginning, that the world has no beginning, and this is invalid. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the First, and there is nothing before Him, and this created thing is a created entity that came into existence from nothing. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (48:38)
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