Discussion of the Mu'tazilah and their figurative interpretation of the verse: (( For those who do good, [there is] the best [reward] and more )) .

The Shaykh : I will give you an example from those old examples, and then we will stop speaking, considering that the time is nearing its end. For example, the Mu'tazilah, which is one of the old Islamic sects. Anyone who has read something of the books of the Islamic sects, or even something of Islamic literature and the biographies of Muslim scholars, knows that there is a sect called the Mu'tazilah. These people believe in the Book and believe in the Sunnah, but in many of the texts of the Book and the Sunnah, they followed this course in interpreting them, which I have exemplified for you with some examples of the Qadiyyah's figurative interpretation of the texts of the Book and the Sunnah. Take, for example, one of the beliefs of the Muslims, past and present, until today. This belief states that the believers will see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, as came in many, many hadiths. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) Similarly, for example, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in explaining a verse in the Qur'an. This applies to two matters: first, the refutation of the Quranists, and second, the refutation of the Mu'tazilah. Allah the Exalted says in the Noble Qur'an What is the "best" (al-Hasanah)? How do we interpret the "best"? If we employ our minds, then any meaning that comes from us as an interpretation of the "best" will be acceptable in our minds, but it will not be acceptable in our Shari'ah. Why? Because the Lawgiver has interpreted this text on the tongue of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as a confirmation of the previously mentioned verse So the Messenger clarified the meaning of this verse What is the "best" and what is the "increase"? Any person can come up with any meaning that has even a partial connection to the "best" and the "increase," but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted this verse with a clear and distinct interpretation, saying So Allah the Exalted, in this noble verse, as in many verses, gives glad tidings to the believers who did good in their worldly lives and followed the path of Allah and the path of the believers. He gives them glad tidings that for them is the "best," meaning Paradise, and an "increase," meaning the seeing of Allah in the Hereafter. The Mu'tazilah denied such hadiths, either by outright denial, and they do not care in the way of supporting their deviation, but they cannot deny the Qur'an; rather, they work with the tool of figurative interpretation. There is the verse that we read often in prayer and outside of prayer, namely His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He) An explicit text in the Noble Qur'an Upon them is radiance, upon them is joy and happiness and tranquility As you heard them in the hadith What did they do with this verse... If they could not interpret it, they denied it. As for the Qur'anic text, if they denied it, they would have exited the Muslims and their affair would be over. But none of them denied a verse of the Qur'an, nor even a letter of the Qur'an, otherwise they would be disbelievers. But they did with this verse what their followers, the Qadiyyah, did, for example, in interpreting some of the texts, of which we mentioned some examples just now. They said in interpreting the previous verse "Looking toward the pleasure of her Lord"!! The problem is solved. Allah says And they say "looking toward the pleasure of her Lord" means looking toward the pleasure of Paradise. So they removed the Lord, Exalted is He, on the assumption that He will be seen by the believers, and this is from the favor of the Lord of the Worlds. And it came in some hadiths that when the believers see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, they forget all the pleasure they enjoyed in Paradise, because there is nothing sweeter for the believers than their seeing of the Lord of the Worlds, Blessed and Exalted is He. So the Mu'tazilah came and denied this blessing, despite the explicit statement of the Qur'an and the Sunnah regarding it. Why? Because they employed their minds, asking how can the weak servant look at the Great, Majestic Lord? This is the judgment of the mind over the Shari'ah, and this is part of the misguidance of the Mu'tazilah, whose doctrines include the assertion of rational good and evil. They judge over Allah and swear by Allah with their minds, saying this is ugly, so it must be ugly with Allah, and this is beautiful and good, so it must be so with Allah So from this category, in the way of the judgment of the mind, they denied the seeing of the believers of their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, because their minds were too narrow to accommodate the possibility that the believer sees his Lord on the Day of Resurrection. As if they are saying, and this is certainly what they hold, that Allah the Exalted is incapable of granting His believing servants a power of vision whereby they are able to look at their Lord on the Day of Resurrection. This is the meaning of their words. Otherwise, if they believe that Allah the Exalted is truly able to do everything, then Allah the Exalted is able to grant the believing human being on the Day of Resurrection a power of sight whereby he is able to look at his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He. The point is that this Qur'anic text also went astray in the understanding of the Mu'tazilah, and they interpreted it with an interpretation that nullifies this blessing and denies it, while the people of the Sunnah say:
"They see Him without how, *** And without likening or any example" This is the belief of the people of the Sunnah regarding their Lord on the Day of Resurrection. They see Him without how, and without likening or any example. Why? Because the verses and hadiths were mass-transmitted in affirming this blessing by which our Lord will favor His believing servants. So the Mu'tazilah denied it, not by denying the text, but by interpreting the text figuratively. This interpretation was not followed by the Muslims, so they exited the community of the Muslims. From here, the secret of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in explaining the saved sect becomes apparent to you. Who are they? He said