Is figurative language (majaz) established in the Qur'an by the indications of "Ask the village" and "a wall that was about to collapse"?

The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: How do we respond to those who establish figurative language in the Qur'an, citing the saying of the Exalted, "Ask the village"?

The Shaykh:
"Ask the village"—what is meant by the village, my brother? It is the *qarn* from *taqarr*, which means gathering. It is also said, "the village of ants," meaning the gathering of ants. So the meaning is the gathering, the people gathered there, which are the people. It is not the buildings, walls, and rubble that are meant by the village; the meaning is the people gathered in it, the *taqarr*. Yes.

The presenter:
And likewise, may Allah preserve you.

The Shaykh:
The village—there is no figurative language in this. The meaning of "Ask the village" is not that he is asking the walls. He is asking the people of the village; they are the village. They are the ones who called them the village. Yes.

The questioner:
And may Allah preserve you. He says: And their argument is by the saying of the Exalted: . Beautiful.

The Shaykh:
It leans, meaning it leans. The inclination is the leaning. Who said that inclination is specific to humans? They are the ones who defined these matters. The meaning is leaning, and leaning can come from a human, from a wall, and from everything that leans. Yes.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, she says.

The Shaykh:
He says: They were not given [this understanding] except because they do not understand the Arabic language; they do not understand it. Yes.