The interpretation of the name al-Latif as "the One who is not seen"
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
He explained to you the term as being the One who is.
The Shaykh:
To goodness.
The questioner:
He interpreted al-Latif as the One who informed about Abu Dharr al-Ghifari. Is this interpretation correct?
The Shaykh:
No. Al-Latif is the One who perceives things and knows them, Glorified and Exalted is He, while people do not know that. This is al-Latif, meaning with subtlety, i.e., in a hidden manner, such that they are not aware of it. As for the one who is so subtle that he is not seen, as they say, meaning that al-Latif is the One who is not seen, this is a false statement. Yes.
He explained to you the term as being the One who is.
The Shaykh:
To goodness.
The questioner:
He interpreted al-Latif as the One who informed about Abu Dharr al-Ghifari. Is this interpretation correct?
The Shaykh:
No. Al-Latif is the One who perceives things and knows them, Glorified and Exalted is He, while people do not know that. This is al-Latif, meaning with subtlety, i.e., in a hidden manner, such that they are not aware of it. As for the one who is so subtle that he is not seen, as they say, meaning that al-Latif is the One who is not seen, this is a false statement. Yes.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وهو القوي له القوى جمعا تعالى الله ذو الأكوان والسلطان — islamhouse.com (46:53)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.