A student welcomes and introduces, on behalf of the Shaykh, a writer named 'Adil al-Tal, the author of the book *The Materialist Tendency*, in which he responds to the secularists.

The student: Shaykh, at the beginning, I mean, when I got to know the brother, we had not recorded it, so if you would be kind enough, I mean, on the basis that, I mean.

The Shaykh: As an introduction.

The questioner: As an introduction, yes, Shaykh.
The student: ... 'Adil al-Tal.
Another student: My name is 'Adil al-Tal, brothers.
The student: Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows them. On this occasion where we meet our brothers from the people of Yemen, and perhaps we do not know our brother and his companions, Abu al-Hasan al-Misri, Abu Hatim, and Abu al-Fadl; we do not know them, and even though we do not know them, and praise be to Allah, we hear much and abundant good about them. On this occasion, we see some brothers whom we do not know, even though they are among us and in our country, among them our brother, the brother 'Adil al-Tal, the author of the book *The Materialist Tendency*. This book is one that every Muslim intellectual must read; I do not say only those who are deeply engaged, but also those who do not have sufficient culture to distinguish the features of Islamic culture. I see that they are in need of reading a book like this, because it reveals to us people whom we considered, and thought, and even believed, that they, or at least some of them, were on the right path, and that they were among the callers to Islam and the bearers of the banner of the Sunnah. This book clearly reveals to us three of the famous figures who have become prominent in this time, among them the Shaykh Joudat Sa'id, the poet Muhammad Iqbal, and Dr. Muhammad Shahrour. These three have become well-known in our Arab and Islamic world and have crept into the minds of intellectuals, especially. Many people were greatly impressed by these three, particularly in this period when the book by Muhammad Shahrour, *The Book and the Qur'an*, appeared, and.
Another student: Shahrour.
The student: Yes.
Another student: Muhammad Shahrour, *The Qur'an and the Book*.
The student: *The Qur'an and the Book*, not in, also.
Another student: The state ... a book, *A Contemporary Reading of the State and Society*.
Another student: No, no, it is the book *The Book and the Qur'an*.
Another student: *A Contemporary Reading*, just.
Another student: Ah, the important thing is, I mean, this book, and the truth is, I was perhaps among the first to read this book. And that was not for the sake of research and investigation and trying to discover what was in it, but rather, someone who was most impressed by it brought it to me and began to praise this book greatly, saying to me, "Look at this page and this page, up to these pages that impressed him so much." These pages of the book indicated clear falsehood, malice, and intense cunning. Therefore, the truth is, I say that our brother, Professor 'Adil al-Tal, may Allah reward him with good, was able with this book, which he named *The Materialist Tendency*, to place in our hands the markers by which we distinguish things from one another and recognize the personalities of these three whom I mentioned, without effort, because he is the one who suffered a great deal until he conveyed to us these ideas he gathered about these three. So I hope that every one of the brothers will read this book so that their deceptions do not deceive us, and so that none of them can enter the minds of intellectuals. This book is truly worthy of being read, and I do not think I am exaggerating in my praise of the book and its author, nor am I exaggerating in acknowledging its virtue and introducing it. But at the very least, I can say, may Allah reward him with good and do well by him, and for what he has presented for Islamic thought in general and Arab thought in particular, because this book also places you, or places your mind, on keys by which you can also distinguish, through the poetry he quoted from Iqbal and others, many of the errors, indeed the great sins, in which many of the youth have fallen. So may Allah reward him with good and do well by him, and bless him.
Another student: May Allah reward you with good, may Allah reward you with all good. I read in your book a hint to Shahrour's book ... in the book, I read this hint without mentioning his name, notes ... .
The student : Yes, yes.