The Meaning of Affirming the Attributes Without Their Meanings
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Question:
What is the meaning of the phrase in the second condition of this poem: "That is your answer regarding all that is attributed in transmission to descriptions without meanings"? Does it mean affirming the attributes without meanings?
Answer:
Some of them hold that they affirm the words but deny the meanings. This is the position of the Mu'azzilah, who say: We affirm their words, but we do not believe in the meanings they indicate; rather, we delegate that to Allah.
What is the meaning of the phrase in the second condition of this poem: "That is your answer regarding all that is attributed in transmission to descriptions without meanings"? Does it mean affirming the attributes without meanings?
Answer:
Some of them hold that they affirm the words but deny the meanings. This is the position of the Mu'azzilah, who say: We affirm their words, but we do not believe in the meanings they indicate; rather, we delegate that to Allah.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : أتكون خردلة تساوي الطود في الأجزاء في شيء من الأذهان — islamhouse.com (1:21:32)
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